Chandigarh, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Thursday directed all the Deputy Commissioners to immediately release any pending compensations to farmers who had suffered losses during the 2017 floods. Expressing concern at the delay in the disbursement of 2017 compensation by the DCs, despite having received the money fromRead More

Chandigarh, The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) today asked chief minister Capt Amarinder Singh to release compensation pending for crops damaged in 2017 floods, release compensation for current crop damage in a time bound manner and award the same at the rate of Rs 35,000 per acre. In a statement here,Read More

Chandigarh, Punjab Director General of Police Suresh Arora on Thursday said the district police and the STF will work in synergy to combat the drug menace, and called upon all members of the force to work as one team to realise Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh’s vision of a drug-free Punjab.Read More

Chandigarh, Taking a serious note of attempts of recycling Public distribution system rice meant for the poor into the milling process, Mr. Bharat Bhushan Ashu, Food & Civil Suppy Minister Punjab ordered a surprise check in 10 rice mills in Ferozepur. The raids unearthed 91,000 bags of rice hoarded by 4Read More

Chandigarh, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Thursday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, reiterating his request for Rs.100 per quintal as compensation to farmers for management of paddy straw. The compensation should be given only to those farmers who refrain from burning paddy residue, he wrote in hisRead More

Chandigarh, The Punjab Government today issued transfer and posting orders of nine IPS officers after their promotion as DIG with immediate effect. Disclosing this here today an official spokesperson said Babu Lal Meena has been posted as DIG Vigilance Bureau Punjab, Baljot Singh Rathore as DIG/GRP, Gurpreet Singh as CommissionerRead More

Chandigarh, September 26: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has assured Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh of all support from the Centre in tackling the flood situation arising in the state due to incessant rains.   The Prime Minister spoke to Capt Amarinder Singh on phone of Wednesday evening and inquired aboutRead More

Tarn Taran/Kapurthala, September 26: Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Wednesday surveyed the flood-affected areas of Tarn Taran and Kapurthala districts to assess the damage caused by the overflowing Beas river waters and announced that the special girdawari, ordered by him earlier, will be completed at the earliest, pavingRead More

Lambi, September 26: Akali Dal patriarch and 5-time chief minister Parkash Singh Badal today declared ‘war’ against Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh. He said they would teach a lesson to Amarinder. He was addressing series of  meetings in the villages in his constituency to mobilise people for October 7 rallyRead More

Amritsar, Sep 26: A woman was admitted to a hospital in Amritsar with injuries on Wednesday after she fell off the roof of a speeding Punjab Police jeep. She was forcibly put there by the Punjab Police Crime Branch personnel, police sources said. The matter came to light after CCTVRead More