CHANDIGARH: BJP national general secretary Tarun Chugh today warned Punjab chief Minister Amrinder Singh against making political capital out of the incidents of sacrilege of Shri Guru Granth Sahib.

AMRITSAR: Former minister Bikram Singh Majithia today said the newly formed SAD-BSP alliance would sweep the 2022 assembly elections even as he announced that more like minded parties would come on the same platform with the SAD and BSP in the near future.

CHANDIGARH: Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Sunday condoled the sad demise of former Captain of Indian Women National Volleyball team Nirmal Milkha Singh (85), the wife of legendary Flying Sikh Milkha Singh, who passed away here this evening at a private hospital in Mohali after a valiant battle against COVID-19. She is survived by her husband, one son and three daughters. Her son Jeev Milkha Singh is also a renowned Golfer.

CHANDIGARH: Punjab Education Minister, Vijay Inder Singla, today advised his Delhi counterpart, Manish Sisodia to first check fact regarding the status of " Learning Level and Quality" parameter in the " Performance Grading Index" released by the Union government before stooping so low to unnecessarily politicise the issue.

CHANDIGARH: The Cabinet Minister and Senior Congress leader S. Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa has termed the SAD-BSP alliance as a rank opportunistic one which is more of a marriage of convenience based on votebank politics sans any ideological foundations.

CHANDIGARH: The Subordinate Services Selection Board, Punjab has issued an advertisement to fill 112 vacancies of Supervisor to be filled in directorate of Women and Child development department of Punjab.

CHANDIGARH: Ridiculing the Delhi deputy CM’s atrocious allegation of a political conspiracy of the Centre and the Punjab government in the matter of school education ranking, Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Saturday termed it a clear case of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) crying foul in the face of its imminent wipeout from Punjab in the 2022 Assembly polls.

CHANDIGARH: Extending his government’s full support to the solar plant project for Darbar Sahib, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder on Saturday said he had already directed the Power department to accord approval to the Shiromani Gurudwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) for installation of the plant and work proactively to ensure its early completion.

CHANDIGARH: The Subordinate Services Selection Board, Punjab has started a process to fill 866 vacancies of Veterinary Inspector, 97 posts of Junior Coaches and 5 vacancies of Election kannungo in Punjab Government.

CHANDIGARH: Reacting sharply to the utterances of the Delhi Education Minister, Manish Sisodia, Mr. Vijay Inder Singla said that the desperation of Manish Sisodia was quite visible and understandable as paid clamour about the rosy picture of Delhi Schools in media by the AAP government had comprehensible been exposed.

CHANDIGARH: The Shiromani Akali seems to have tricked the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and took the dalit commmunity for a ride while forging an allaince with BSP for assembly elections of 2022.

CHANDIDIGARH: In order to help the slum dwellers realise their dream of having their own home, Punjab Chief Secretary, Ms Vini Mahajan, on Saturday approved granting proprietary rights to 1996 slum households in six districts under the Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh’s flagship slum development programme- ‘Basera’.

CHANDIGARH: Stating that the COVID-19 crisis is a once in a century calamity, Punjab Finance Minister Manpreet Singh Badal on Saturday stated that the GST’s Group of Ministers (GoM) should stop acting like a shahenshah of yesteryears and instead let compassion speak through its decisions.

AMRITSAR: Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) president Bibi Jagir Kaur has strongly condemned the beadi (desecration) of Sri Guru Granth Sahib at Paharpur village in Kaithal district of Haryana and demanded action against the accused person.

CHANDIGARH: Shiromani Akali Dal(SAD) and Bahujan Sanaj Party (BSP) today formed political alliance in Punjab to contest 2022 assembly elections together.

AMRITSAR: The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) today after ardas (prayer) initiated the work to install solar power plant to supply electricity at Sri Harmandar Sahib, Sri Golden Temple Complex.

CHANDIGARH: In order to achieve the “housing for all” commitment of the Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh, the Punjab Government on Friday approved the annual capacity building plan amounting to Rs 1050.9 lakh for the current fiscal 2021-22.

CHANDIGARH: Under the mission ‘Kamyaab Kisan Khushaal Punjab (K3P)’, the Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Friday emphasized the need to improve the income of farmers on a sustainable basis while preserving the ecological balance for the future.

KAPURTHALA: 'Mission Red Sky' launched by the Punjab Government with the objective of bringing the drug addicted youth out of the drug swamp and into the mainstream has been a resounding success in Kapurthala district.

CHANDIGARH: Punjab Police on Thursday night seized a huge cache of foreign-made Pistols, and arrested a weapons smuggler allegedly linked with Pakistan-based terrorist outfits and anti-India pro-Khalistani elements based in USA, Canada and UK, and operating on the directions of a USA-based handler.

CHANDIGARH: The Punjab Govetnmment has devleoped an Android app for efficient monitoring of complaints pertaining to mining activities. This android app would be helpful to reduce false complaints.

CHANDIGARH: Punjab State Subordinate Services Selection Board has announced the result of examination to fill 166 vacancies of Upvaid and sent their recommendations to the state government. It was informed by Chairman of Punjab State Subordinate Services Selection Board Raman Behal after meeting of Board members.

CHANDIGARH: The Punjab School Education Department has directed the school heads to ensure the participation of the students on the occasion of International Yoga Day.

CHANDIGARH: In a bid to bring far more efficiency, transparency and accountability in the functioning of state administration, the Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Thursday asked the Additional Chief Secretary Governance Reforms to ensure complete digitalization by shifting all the users in the government on e-Office.

CHANDIGARH: Punjab is all set to boost vaccination drive from June 12 for 18-44 age groups. The vaccination would be for priority groups with many more categories added by the state government. It was disclosed by Nodal Officer of State for Vaccination Mr. Vikas Garg in a press communiqué released here today.

NEW DELHI: The Congress panel constituted to resolve factionalism in the party in Punjab, submitted its report to party interim President Sonia Gandhi on Thursday.

CHANDIGARH: Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Thursday termed the meagre MSP hike for paddy as not only grossly inadequate but an insult to the farmers who have been fighting for their rightful dues through their anti-Farm Laws agitation for the past over six months.

CHANDIGARH: Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Thursday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking release of the state's pending amount and revised sharing pattern under the Post-Matric Scholarship for Scheduled Castes (PMS-SCs) for 2017-2020.

PATIALA: With the start of Paddy season on Wednesday, the power demand in the state has touched 11787 MW an increase of 2000 MW from the previous day.

CHANDIGARH: In a bid to keep pace with the changing times, the Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Thursday emphasized the need to offer an opportunity to the students desirous of learning foreign languages as optional subjects in the government schools.

AMRITSAR: Giani Maan Singh, a Senior Granthi(priest) of Sri Darbar Sahib has resigned from his post, according to SGPC sources.

AMRITSAR: Shiromani Akali dal (SAD) should not make mistake of reaching out of court settlement with union government in the court case related to Operation Blue Star in Golden Temple in June 1984. This was stated by Harnam Singh Khalsa head of Damdami Taksal and president Sant Samaj while talking to media persons at its headquarters in Mehta 45 km from here today.

CHANDIGARH: Underscoring full faith in Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh's leadership and vision for state, Punjab MPs today reiterated that Congress would comfortably sweep 2022 assembly polls to carry forward party's ongoing developmental agenda for people of the state.

CHANDIGARH: Most wanted drug smuggler and gangster, Jaipal Singh Bhullar s/o Bhupinder Singh r/o Ferozepur and Jaspreet Singh @ Jassi s/o Ravinder Singh r/o Kharar, SAS Nagar, who had rewards of 10 Lakh and 5 Lakh rupees on their head have been neutralized by the STF West Bengal Police on Wednesday afternoon, after they fired on the STF Police party, when they raided their apartment.

CHANDIGARH: In order to provide citizen services to the residents in a time bound and hassle-free manner with minimum requirement for office visits, the Punjab Government on Wednesday decided to launch 192 more public delivery services of 7 departments from the sewa kendras in the state.