Former Punjab DGP KPS Gill passed away on Friday in a Delhi hospital at 82. Among his notable contribution to Punjab, Gill has served twice as DGP of Punjab and is credited with having brought the Punjab insurgency under control. He has been called a “supercop”, for his work in[Read More…]
The results of the Class X exams of the Punjab School Education Board (PSEB) were declared on Tuesday showing the girls surpassing the boys. Significantly, the pass percentage of girls’ was 63.97, much more than the boys’ whose number stood at 52.35 per cent. The overall pass percentage was 57.5.[Read More…]
A right-wing group on Friday demanded to scrap Article 370 that grants special autonomous status to the state of Jammu and Kashmir. Additionally, they also asked the country to take the initiative to declare Pakistan a terrorist state. This outfit believes that providing a special status to Jammu and Kashmir[Read More…]
Punjab state government has set up an expert group to waive loans of farmers in the state. Dr T Haque, former chairman, Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices, has been appointed chairman of the group. The other two members of the group are Dr Pramod Kumar Joshi, Director (South Asia),[Read More…]
The student protests against a steep fee hike took a very violent turn in the Panjab University on Tuesday with police using water cannons to disperse protesting crowd of students. The incident turned violent as the students resorted to stone pelting which in return lead to lathi charge on them.[Read More…]
Punjab CM Amarinder Singh’s outreach to meet investors and business leaders in Mumbai seems to have bode well with India Inc. Sources close to the Punjab CM told Newsd that every top corporate honcho who met Capt Singh evinced interest in the impending growth story of the state. “Of them,[Read More…]
Punjab government takes a U-turn on the cabinet decision to do away with beacons, as it on Tuesday issued an order permitting its use atop vehicles of the Chief Minister and ministers. “Beacon lights atop official vehicles will be prohibited except in the case of Chief Justice, Judges of the[Read More…]
Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Saturday urged all his colleagues to set an example for others by giving up red beacons on their vehicles. “It is the collective responsibility of all party members to uphold the commitments made in the manifesto and fulfill their promises to the people,” he[Read More…]
Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh will seek legal opinion on whether his minister Navjot Sidhu can continue as a celebrity-judge on a popular TV comedy show. He told a TV news channel that he will ask the advocate general to give his opinion on Sidhu’s continuation as a celebrity-judge[Read More…]
In its first cabinet meeting, the newly formed Punjab government on Saturday decided to completely shun the VIP culture by removing the red, yellow and blue beacons from their official vehicles. The state cabinet’s first meeting was chaired by Capt Amarinder Singh. During the meeting, all Cabinet ministers unanimously decided[Read More…]
Punjab governor VP Singh Badnore on Thursday allotted portfolios to newly-inducted ministers on advice and recommendation of newly-inducted Punjab chief minister, Captain Amarinder Singh. Captain Amarinder Singh took oath as the 26th Chief Minister of Punjab on Thursday in a ceremony attended by senior Congress leaders, including former prime minister[Read More…]
Captain Amarinder Singh sworn-in as Punjab chief minister on Thursday after the Congress party’s clear-cut win in the Assembly elections held last month. This is Amarinder’s second stint as chief minister. Along with Singh, eight other cabinet ministers also took the oath. Amarinder was the Congress party’s projected chief ministerial[Read More…]
As Congress swept the Punjab polls, Arvind Kejriwal became the target of jibes with Capt Amarinder Singh calling him a “summer storm that has come and gone” while Navjot Singh Sidhu termed it as a defeat of the AAP leaders’ trolls. Amarinder Singh lauded the wisdom of Punjab voters for[Read More…]
After gaining a significant lead in the Punjab assembly polls, Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu said this to be ‘just the beginning’, on Saturday. The state will serve as an example to others on good governance,” he added. An overjoyed Sidhu said the victory is a ‘new year’s gift’ to[Read More…]
The counting of votes for the Punjab assembly elections 2017 began at 8 am on Saturday. Votes will be counted at 54 centres in 27 locations set up for election to 117-member assembly. The Opposition Congress was surging ahead in 63 seats in the 117-member Punjab Assembly, followed by the AAP[Read More…]