Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh will on Sunday formally launch the farm debt waiver scheme, which will benefit 5.63 lakh farmers in the initial phase. Additional Chief Secretaries D.P. Reddy and Viswajeet Khanna told reporters here that the government had identified 5.63 lakh farmers, who had taken loan of nearly[Read More…]
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Captain Amarinder Singh likely to waive farmers’ loan
Punjab government led by Capt Amarinder Singh is likely to include the much-awaited debt relief for farmers in the budget proposals. It is expected to be announced towards the end of this month. According to the sources, the government, with the help of a group of experts, is working on[Read More…]
SYL canal construction can bring back militancy: Capt Amarinder
Punjab Chief Minister, Amarinder Singh, warned on Monday that the construction of the Sutlej-Yamuna Link (SYL) would become a national problem if the final judgement goes against Punjab. He said that the construction of SYL canal to provide water to neighbouring Haryana could lead to the revival of militancy in[Read More…]
Punjab govt to launch mobile app for public services
An easy access to services will now be made available by the Punjab state government through a launch of a portal and a mobile application. Currently, 137 services online are already there at the Sewa Kendra’s portal but within the next two months, 67 of more services will also be[Read More…]
‘Police should be used for policing’
CM Amarinder Singh’s captain days
Punjab: Amarinder Singh takes oath as CM; Sidhu, Manpreet cabinet ministers
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…]
Amarinder, Sidhu take jibes at Kejriwal after Punjab win
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…]
Royal family members attend wedding of Amarinder Singh’s grandson
Members of the royal families from across the country converged at Kashmir House in Lutyen’s Delhi on Saturday to attend the wedding of the grandson of Punjab Congress chief Amarinder Singh with grand daughter of senior Congress leader Karan Singh. Nirvan Singh, a descendant of Patiala royal family, tied the[Read More…]
Navjot Singh Sidhu quits BJP, likely to join Aam Aadmi Party ahead of Punjab polls
Former cricketer and senior BJP leader Navjot Singh Sidhu resigned from the Rajya Sabha on Monday, July 18. He and his wife, Navjot Kaur, who is a parliamentary secretary for the Punjab government will be joining hands with Arvind Kejriwal’s Aam Aadmi Party. Speculations are rife that Sidhu may be[Read More…]