Punjab
Punjab CM flays oppn for 'twisting' farm debt waiver issue
Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh today lashed out at the opposition for "twisting" the farm debt waiver issue and said the Rs 1,500 crore proposed in the budget was initial money provided to leverage more sum to be given for the debt waiver scheme in instalments
Capt Amarinder Singh slammed AAP, SAD for immature, rowdy behaviour
Chandigarh: Amid continuing ruckus and disruptions by both, the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), in the Vidhan Sabha, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Thursday lashed out at the opposition for their atrocious behaviour which smacked of hooliganism.
Capt Amarinder to take strict action against the irregularities in sports kits distributed under SAD-BJP regime
Chandigarh: Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh has assured of a thorough probe into any irregularities in the distribution of sports kits to youth clubs under the erstwhile SAD-BJP rule.
AAP,SAD MLAs suspended for a day for creating ruckus
Chandigarh: Main opposition Aam Aadmi Party and ally Lok Insaaf Party (LIP) MLAs were physically removed out of the Punjab assembly here today by the Marshals after they created a ruckus. The opposition SAD legislators were also named by the Speaker after they protested and rushed to the Well of the House protesting the manner in which the AAP legislators were thrown out.
AAP MLAs evicted from Vidhan Sabha, SAD-BJP walkout in support
All AAP MLAs were thrown out out of Punjab Assembly on Thursday during the ongoing budget session. Shiromani Akali Dal MLAs staged walkout in support of them
Punjab police nabbed two more, terror module busted
Chandigarh: The Counter Intelligence Wing of the Punjab Police has nabbed two more persons with links to the terror module busted last month, tasked with targeting `anti-Panth’ leaders in the state.
AAP MLAs thrown out of Vidhan Sabha, stage protest
High drama witnessed outside Punjab Vidhan Sabha where marshalls have thrown out all APP MLAs out of Punjab Assembly, on Thursday at Chandigarh. All AAP MLAs suspended from House for today's sitting
Lt Gen GS Dhillon takes over as Western Command chief of staff
Lt Gen G S Dhillon today took over as the chief of staff of the Western Command at its headquarters in Panchkula near here. He replaces Lt Gen I S Ghuman, who takes over a corps in the southern sector, a defence spokesman said here
Govt school teachers upset over column on 'attire' in ACR
A month after facing criticism over a controversial order on the dress code for teachers in government schools, the Punjab government has come up with a new format of the Annual Confidential Report (ACR), wherein 'attire' would be one of the criteria to judge the teachers' performance, a teachers' union claimed today
DCP suspended in CM camp office raid case
Earlier, Inspector Harwinder Singh and Inspector Arvinder Singh were placed under suspension. Police Comissioner SS Srivastava confirmed the devlopment. "Yes, we got the orders from the government," he said