Chandigarh, Feb 1 Five-time former Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Thursday hailed the Union Budget as farmer friendly and people-oriented. In his reaction to the annual Budget presented by Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday, Badal said that linking MSP (minimum support price) with cost of production,Read More

Chandigarh, February 1: Terming the Union Budget as directionless and anti-poor, Gurdaspur MP and Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC) chief Sunil Jakhar on Thursday charged the central government with backstabbing the beleaguered farmers of the country. In a statement issued here, Jakhar lashed out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi andRead More

Chandigarh Feb 1 – The Union Minister for Food Processing Ms Harsimrat Kaur Badal today described the Union Budget presented today as “ daring, futuristic and visionary for the farmers of the country in general and for the enterprising Punjab farmers in particular. ” This is an extraordinary budget because it takes toRead More

Chandigarh, February 1: Encouraged by the new favourable investment environment in Punjab and the increased thrust of the state government on education, the Amity University has proposed to set up a state-of-the-art university in Mohali. A delegation of the university led by President, Amity Education Group, Dr. Atul Chauhan metRead More

Chandigarh, February 1 Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Thursday ordered the release of the pending amounts under the Ashirward scheme. He directed the Finance Dept to forthwith clear all pending cases for the the months of April-September 2017. The Chief Minister also sought a detailed report on theRead More

Chandigarh, February 1 The Punjab Finance Department has released an amount of Rs 128 crores for old age pension in the state, as per the directive issued by Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on January 23. The pension has been paid on enhanced rates of Rs 750 per month, asRead More

Attari, Recognising the bravery of 17-year-old Karanbir Singh, who had saved 15 children after their school bus fell off a bridge at Muhawa village in 2016, Local Bodies Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu today gave him a reward of Rs 1 lakh from his own pocket. The minister, who drove to theRead More

Khuralgarh (Hoshiarpur), Finance Minister Manpreet Singh Badal said here today that the construction of the Guru Ravidass memorial, Minar-e-Begumpura, would be completed soon. Addressing a gathering at the state-level function to mark Guru Ravidass’ birth anniversary, Manpreet announced a grant of Rs 10 lakh for the Khuralgarh village panchayat for developmentRead More

Chandigarh, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh has approved a ban on sale of 20 insecticides reported to be harmful for human beings, as well as from the point of environmental sustainability and economic viability. Acting swiftly on the recommendations of the Registration Committee, Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) and theRead More

Chandigarh, Leader of opposition in Punjab assembly Sukhpal Khaira on Tuesday demanded an inquiry into land purchase by politicians, bureaucrats and other powerful people, including chief minister Capt Amarinder Singh, around Chandigarh. In a complaint to chief secretary Karan Avtar Singh, Khaira alleged there was serious conflict of interest and breachRead More