Punjab
Sultanpur Lodhi to get new look ahead of Parkash Utsav celebration
Chandigarh: Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Thursday announced complete refurbishment at Sultanpur Lodhi ahead of the 550th Parkash Utsav of Sri Guru Nanak Devi ji to be held in 2019.
Fire directorate to come up in Punjab, says Navjot Singh Sidhu
Chandigarh: "A separate Fire Directorate would come up in order to provide better fire services to the urban population of the state." This was disclosed by the Local Government Minister, Punjab, Navjot Singh Sidhu during the question hour on second day of the second budget session.
Capt Amarinder lambasts at AAP for obnoxious conduct
Chandigarh: Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh lashed out at the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) for the unruly and obnoxious conduct of its MLAs inside the Vidhan Sabha, terming it an unprecedented act amounting to Constitutional sacrilege.
Abohar water works land scam, Sukhbir’s uncle in soup
Chandigarh: Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh has ordered a vigilance probe into the Abohar water works land scam in which the name of ex-Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal’s uncle Paramjit Singh Lali Badal’s name cropped up.
Punjab Government inks MoU with GoI, AAI under UDAN
Taking a major step towards promoting affordable air travel for the common people of the state, the Punjab Government on Thursday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Government of India (GoI) and Airports Authority of India (AAI) under the country's flagship programme UDAN (Ude Desh Ka Aam Naagrik), in the presence of Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh
High drama prevailed in assembly, Sidhu termed Akalis ‘Chor’
Chandigarh: A high drama prevailed in the assembly when SAD legislators walked out from the assembly demanding the apology of Navjot Singh Sidhu for using rough language against the Akalis.
Akalis staged walk out on second day
Chandigarh: The second day of Punjab Vidhan Sabha session too started with noisy sphere. Firstly, tribute paid to late professor and famous Punjabi writer Ajmer Singh Aulakh for 2 minutes. After which the Akali Dal opposed the Congress government and protested and raised slogans against the government demanding to waive the farmer’s loan in the Vidhan Sabha.
LIP MLA Bains suspended from session
AAP MLAs Simarjit Singh Bains raised slogans against speaker after they were suspended from the session. AAP MLAs try to break human wall of Marshals to reach speaker chair. Due to all this Speaker AAP MLA Simarjit Singh Bains suspended for the whole session. After all this house adjourned for the day
Pearl of Punjab, Ajmer Aulakh is no more
Chandigarh: Punjabi novelist, play writer and famous Theatre personality Ajmer Aulakh is no more. He passed away early in the morning today at his residence in Mansa. He was 75 years old. Aulakh dedicated his life to people gripped in the jaws of socioeconomic crises.
Short term crop loan for farmers: Capt Amarinder
In a statement issued here after the Union Cabinet’s approval of the Interest Subvention Scheme (ISS) for farmers, Captain Amarinder Singh the central government should move forward to waive off the loans of at least the small farmers, who were resorting to extreme measures to escape their mounting debts