Chandigarh, May 31 – Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal today thanked the party rank and file for working tirelessly to retain the party vote share in the Shahkot by-election to emerge as the principal opposition party. In a statement here, the SAD president said the SAD retainedRead More

Chandigarh, May 31: The Punjab Cabinet, led by Captain Amarinder Singh, has made fraudulent practices by financial establishments a non-bailable offence, inviting up to 10 years of imprisonment, with provisions for attachment of properties. The Cabinet has approved a new legislation to this effect, in a bid to safeguard theRead More

Chandigarh, May 31: Having won a major battle on the issue in the Supreme Court, the Punjab Government on Thursday decided to grant mining contracts through progressive bidding, in a move that is expected to boost government revenues and curb illegal mining. The Supreme Court had earlier this month stampedRead More

Chandigarh, May 31 The Punjab Cabinet led by Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh has congratulated Sonia Gandhi and Congress president Rahul Gandhi on the party’s excellent performance in the Assembly elections, for which results were announced today. The Cabinet unanimously hailed the Congress victory on four Assembly seats, including ShahkotRead More

Chandigarh, May 31: To ensure that SC students do not face hardship on account of the ongoing financial scrutiny into scholarship disbursement, the Punjab Cabinet on Thursday approved the release of funds to private educational institutions under the Post Matric Scholarship for Scheduled Castes to private educational institutions, while decidingRead More

Chandigarh, May 31 Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh has hailed the Congress victory in the Shahkot bypoll, with which the party now has two-thirds majority in the Vidhan Sabha, as vindication of the government’s people-centric policies, marking the total rejection of the negative, divisive and toxic politics of SADRead More

CHANDIGARH, MAY 30: The Central Government has agreed to provide easy availability of certain narcotic drugs and other opioids for terminally ill cancer patients. This assurance has been given by the Union Ministry of Finance in a letter to Punjab’s Industry and Commerce Minister Sunder Sham Arora who lost hisRead More

Chandigarh, May 29: Taking note of the reported `objections’ of the Shiromani Gurdwara Prabhandak Committee (SGPC) to his alleged ‘interference in religious affairs’, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Tuesday said that maintenance of law and order in the state was his foremost responsibility, which he was committed toRead More

Chandigarh, May 30 Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh has described as a cruel joke on the people the one paisa cut each in the per litre price of petrol and diesel by the central government. “Clerical error? Nobody can believe that. It is just another joke the Narendra ModiRead More

Chandigarh, May 30: State Vigilance Bureau, today nabbed Assistant Sub Inspector (ASI) red handed while accepting bribe of Rs 12,000/-. Disclosing this here an official spokesperson of the Vigilance Bureau said ASI Yograj Singh posted at police station Hariana, Hoshiarpur district was nabbed red handed on the complaint of JaspalRead More