Chandigarh, November 3: Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh has directed the cabinet sub-committee headed by minister Brahm Mohindra to expedite drafting of the legislation on PCOCA (Punjab Control of Organised Crime Act) to crack down on the menace of organised crime and gangsters in the state. The directive wasRead More

Patiala, November 3: Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh today inaugurated a Passport Seva Kendra here at the General Post Office to facilitate passport services for the residents of Patiala and Sangrur. The second such Passport Seva Kendra in Punjab and the 59th in the country, the centre would initiallyRead More

Patiala, November 3: Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Friday announced Rs. 1000 crore worth of development projects, including a canal-based drinking water supply scheme at Rs. 782 crore, for Patiala, in addition to 84000 new job cards in the district under MNREGA. The new job cards will takeRead More

Chandigarh, Nov 3 : Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Friday opposed GI tagging of Madhya Pradesh’s 13 Basmati-producing districts, saying it was illegal and will “adversely affect” other states, and urged the Prime Minister to stop the move. In a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday, AmarinderRead More

Amritsar- Dal Khalsa today extended heartiest felicitations to all the people and Sikh Diaspora in particular on the sacred occasion of Guru Nanak’s 548thbirth anniversary. Party leaders H S Cheema, H S Dhami and Kanwar Pal Singh said Guru Nanak’ message to all mankind was One Akal Purakh (God), truthfulRead More

Chandigarh, November 3: Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh has called for setting up a Livestock Products Export Development Authority (LPEDA) to focus exclusively on comprehensive development of the Animal Products sector and to harness its tremendous export potential. The establishment of such an Authority would help provide products neededRead More

Chandigarh, November 3 Finance Minister Punjab Mr. Manpreet Singh Badal today described the special job fairs to provide employment to women as a concrete step essential for encouraging women empowerment in the state. The Finance Minister also stated that the development of infrastructure is meaningless unless the youth of theRead More

Chandigarh, November 2: Punjab Congress MLA Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa has questioned unconditional apology offered by The Tribune group of newspapers to former minister and Akali Dal general secretary Bikram Singh Majithia. In the letters addressed to Tribune Trust chairman Justice S S Sodhi and Editor-in-Chief Harish Khare, he said TheRead More

CHANDIGARH, NOVEMBER 2: The Scheduled Castes, Backward Classes and Minority Welfare Minister, Punjab, Mr. Sadhu Singh Dharamsot today revealed that scams pertaining to various educational institutions have been unearthed during the special audit of the Post Matric Scholarship Scheme carried out by the department. He further said that the 2Read More

Mumbai, November 2: Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh has assured the Hindujas that his government would not allow any monopoly or ‘goondgardi’ in the cable business in the state, but will provide level playing field to all players. The assurance came at a high-level meeting steered by Captain AmarinderRead More