Monthly Archives: MARCH 2017

Brahm Mohindra, Health and family welfare Minister Punjab today marked a time bound inquiry into the irregularities in the working of De-addiction centers and the rehabilitation centers in Punjab which has recently figured in the CAG report. Husan Lal, Secretary Health, would head the inquiry ...

Japan has evinced interest in investing in Punjab and partnering the state across key segments of growth and development, with a high-level delegation of the Japanese envoy and Mitsubishi Managing Director meeting Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh here on Thursday to discuss a range of ...

Former Punjab Chief Minister and SAD stalwart Parkash Singh Badal said here today that he had been saddened by address given by the new government to the Governor to read as it was " a directionless, visionless and retrograde step which contains no outline for ...

CM Captain Amarinder Singh has ordered the newly-constituted Special Task Force (STF), headed by ADGP Harpreet Sidhu, to go all-out to wipe out the drugs scourge from the state within the stipulated time of four weeks, without sparing anyone found complicit in the trade. 

 

CM has ...

CHANDIGARH: The Punjab Cabinet on Monday decided to take up the matter of settlement of the legacy accounts regarding the pending Cash Credit Limit (CCL) with the Government of India, along with RBI and SBI, on priority basis.

 

A decision to this effect was taken here ...

Parkash Singh Badal said here today that there was no reason for CM Captain Amarinder Singh to react so " peevishly" to the SAD-BJP asking him not to link the Congress poll promise of loan waiver with a central fiscal package for Punjab. " Where ...

Punjab Advocate General Atul Nanda has not found any conflict of interest between Navjot Singh Sidhu’s office as state cabinet minister and his work on television shows.

CM Captain Amarinder Singh has confirmed that he has received the report of the advocate general on the issue, ...

Sukhbir Singh Badal today said it was unfortunate that the Congress had gone back on its promise for a complete loan waiver for Punjab farmers within one week of government formation. 

 

Talking to newsmen after paying homage to the great martyr Bhagat Singh on his death ...

Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Thursday indicated the first expansion of his cabinet before the state’s budget session, slated to be held in June.

 

In a TV interview to a TV channel, Captain Amarinder said Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi had given him full ...

Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh called upon President Pranab Mukherjee at the Rashtrapati Bhawan on Wednesday evening. An official spokesperson described it as a courtesy call.

 

Captain Amarinder met the President for the first time on Wednesday after being elected Chief Minister following the decisive ...