MALERKOTLA:Former Chief Minister and Punjab Lok Congress president Capt Amarinder Singh today said that he was not against people of Pakistan but against their rulers and the army who were fomenting trouble in India and killing our soldiers on the borders.

JALANDHAR: Former Chief Minister and Punjab Lok Congress leader, Capt Amarinder Singh today said that country’s security and safeguarding the future of Punjab were two top most priorities for the state right now.

JALANDHAR:Former Chief Minister and Punjab Lok Congress leader, Capt Amarinder Singh today said that country’s security and safeguarding the future of Punjab were two top most priorities for the state right now.

PATIALA:Former Chief Minister and Punjab Lok Congress President Capt Amarinder Singh today lashed out at the Congress government for stopping all the development works in Patiala which had been started by him.

PATIALA:Punjab Lok Congress (PLC) chief Captain Amarinder Singh on Tuesday said the Congress had made a big mistake by announcing a CM face, as “a chief minister should be decided on grounds of capability and not on the metric of caste, be it a SC, Jat or Hindu, which they had done.”

PATIALA: Even as he dubbed as farce Rahul Gandhi’s claims of deciding the CM face with inputs from the ground, Punjab Lok Congress (PLC) chief Captain Amarinder Singh on Monday predicted an abysmal defeat for Navjot Singh Sidhu from Amritsar East, which he had won in the past only with the support of the BJP.

CHANDIGARH: Dismissing Charanjit Singh Channi’s denial of involvement in illegal sand mining as a total lie, Captain Amarinder Singh on Saturday said that as chief minister, he had received specific inputs that Channi had a share in the mafia, along with several other Congress leaders and MLAs in Punjab.

SAMANA (PATIALA): Former Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh today lashed out at the Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi and the Deputy Chief Minister Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa for behaving like cowards by running away from their responsibilities.

CHANDIGARH: Holding the Charanjit Singh Channi government squarely responsible for the gross security lapse during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Punjab, that eventually led to cancellation of all his programmes, today, former Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh has demanded dismissal of the government and imposition of President’s rule in the state.

BATHINDA:  Former Chief Minister and Punjab Lok Congress leader Capt Amarinder Singh today said that the alliance with the Bhartiya Janata Party and the Shiromani Akali Dal-Sanyukt was in the national and state’s interest.

CHANDIGARH:Former Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh today expressed confidence that after coming together, the three parties including Punjab Lok Congress, the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Shiromani Akali Dal-Sanyukt will form the next government in Punjab getting absolute majority in the ensuing Vidhan Sabha elections.

CHANDIGARH: Reiterating his concerns over the challenges to the state’s peace, security and law and order, from across the border, former Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh today condemned the blast in Ludhiana Court complex, which left two people dead and many others injured.

CHANDIGARH: Taking strong notice of ex Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh and AAP leader Raghav Chaddha giving open statements in favour of the Akali leader Bikram Singh Majithia, the Congress MLAs have launched a scathing attack on both and averred that the two seemed to be more eager than even akalis to give clean chit which clearly establishes the truck Captain Amarinder Singh has with the akalis and AAP is the ‘B’ team of the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD).

CHANDIGARH:Former Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh today said that terror and trade cannot go together and there was no point in starting business and trade with Pakistan as long as it did not stop funding terror and killing our soldiers along the borders.

RAJPURA (PATIALA):Former Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh today said that national security and the welfare of Punjab was on top of his agenda and hoped that next PLC-BJP goverment will successfully work on that.

CHANDIGARH: Lashing out at the misplaced priorities of the Congress government in the state, former Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh today asked the Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi why he had not ordered a probe into the allegations of corruption in posting of the Senior Superintendents and Deputy Superintendents of Police in Punjab, as alleged by one of his cabinet colleagues, the same way he had ordered a probe into the leaking of the contents of a letter by a police officer to the DGP.

CHANDIGARH:Punjab Lok Congress (PLC) chief Captain Amarinder Singh on Tuesday warned Punjab Police officials against intimidating his party workers at the behest of some local Congress leaders, saying he would take all necessary measures to come down heavily on such hooligans in uniforms.

CHANDIGARH: Former Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh today said that he felt sad and bad about the Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi over the way he was being treated by the Congress party.

CHANDIGARH:Former Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh today hailed the successful completion of the farmers’ agitation along the Delhi borders as they headed back home after 380 days of, what he called, “tapp, tyaag and tapasya”.

CHANDIGARH: Congratulating the farmers over the triumphant culmination of their over year-long agitation against the Farm Laws, Punjab Lok Congress (PLC) chief Captain Amarinder Singh on Thursday hoped it would pave the way for a more constructive political environment for the progress of the farming community, who constitute the backbone of India’s economic growth and sustainability.

CHANDIGARH:Former Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh today lashed out at the Congress high command for appointing Ajay Maken as the Chairman of the Screening Committee for shortlisting candidates for the next Vidhan Sabha elections in Punjab.

AMRITSAR: Akal Takht Acting Jathedar appointed by Sarbat Khalsa Bhai Dhian Singh Mand has declared Tankhiya former chief minister Capt Amarinder Singh and appealed to Sikhs not allow to Speak on any religious stage in any Gurdwaras.

GHANAUR/CHANDIGARH: Reiterating the party commitment to bring every offender to book, the Transport Minister Amarinder Singh Raja Warring on Wednesday said that former Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh is a state liability and the people will teach both him and BJP a lifetime lesson in forthcoming polls.

CHANDIGARH: Former Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh today lashed out at Congress secretary in-charge for Punjab, Harish Chaudhary, over his baseless accusations of being hand in glove with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Bharatiya Janata Party, when he was the Chief Minister.

PATIALA: Former Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh today said that despite criminal intimidation and arm twisting of councillors, the state government could not pass the vote of no confidence against the Mayor Sanjeev Sharma.

PATIALA: Former Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh today said that despite criminal intimidation and arm twisting of councillors, the state government could not pass the vote of no confidence against the Mayor Sanjeev Sharma.

CHANDIGARH: Former Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh today thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the union Home Minister Amit Shah for reopening the Kartarpur Corridor ahead of the birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev Ji.

CHANDIGARH: Former Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Sunday rubbished the claims made by one of the ministers in the state government that he will be meeting Congress interim President Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi and he will return to the party.

AMRITSAR: Akal Takht Acting Jathedar appointed by Sarbat Khalsa Bhai Dhian Singh Mand has summoned former Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh on Decembet Five and and sought an explanation from him regarding the Bargari sacrilege case and police firing.

CHANDIGARH: Rejecting the Punjab government resolution moved in the Punjab Vidhan Sabha today against the proposed move of the centre to extend the operational jurisdiction of the Border Security Force (BSF) from 15 kms to 50 kms, former Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh asked the state government not to politicize the issue of national security for petty partisans ends and motives.

CHANDIGARH: Clearing the air about the Punjab Government reinstating the then SP (D) Faridkot Bikramjit Singh facing criminal case Singh connection with the Behbal Kalan firing, the Deputy Chief Minister S. Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa said that the orders to this effect were given by the former Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh.

CHANDIGARH: Captain Amarinder Singh has today formally joined the BJP. Informally and internally, he had joined the BJP long ago but today the former Chief Minister has let the cat out of the bag by announcing formation of a new party and negotiating seats with the BJP. This was stated by senior Congress leader and Deputy Chief Minister Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa in a press statement released here today.

CHANDIGARH: It's an amazing coincidence that the much gossiped about Pakistan's defense Journalist Ms. Aroosa Alam’s two intimate ‘love buddies’ Capt. Amarinder Singh, Chief Minister of Punjab (India) and Lieutenant General Faiz Hameed ISI Chief of Pakistan, lost their top jobs almost simultaneously.

CHANDIGARH: SAD president Sukhbir Singh Badal and former akali minister Bikram Singh Majithia have come to the rescue of former Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh after Punjab Home Minister Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa raked up the issue of relations between Capt Amarinder Singh and alleged ISI agent Aroosa Alam.

CHANDIGARH: The Punjab government on Friday ordered a probe into former Chief Minister Amarinder Singh's relations with his Pakistani woman friend Aroosa Alam and her relation with the ISI.

CHANDIGARH: Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Saturday announced a Milkha Singh Chair at Sports University Patiala, in memory of the great athlete who died late last night due to Covid complications.

AMRITSAR: Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) has sought the intervention of chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh in getting vacated the illegal occupation from General Shivdev Singh Diwan Gurbachan Singh Khalsa College in Patiala, being run by the Sikh body.

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: Even as he castigated those stabbing the Congress ideology for misplaced political ambitions, youth state leader Ankit Bansal underlined that for every party soldier Captain Amarinder Singh is the soul of party without whom it is not possible to imagine any future.

CHANDIGARH: Sukhpal Singh Khaira and two other MLAs of Aam Aadmi Party(AAP) today joined Congress party here in presence of Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh and his wife Preneet Kaur MP. All of them were suspended by AAP for anti-party activities.

CHANDIGARH: Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Saturday slammed Yogi Adityanath over his inflammatory tweet on the declaration of Malerkotla as the 23rd district of Punjab, terming it an attempt to incite communal hatred in the peaceful state as part of the Bharatiya Janata Party’s divisive policies.

CHANDIGARH: The Punjab Cabinet led by Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Thursday gave its nod to Punjab Prison Rules, 2021, under the Prison Act 1894, thus superseding the archaic and outdated jails manual.

CHANDIGARH: Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh seems to have make up his mind to permanently close doors for his former cabinet colleague Navjot Sidhu Sidhu who is time and again targeting the Chief Minister over various issues. The situation as reached a stage that Chief minister is preparing to rejig his cabint and fill the vacancy created by Sidhu after his resignation on June 10, 2019.

CHANDIGARH: Taking strong exception to the no-holds-barred attack unleashed by Navjot Sidhu against Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh, several Punjab cabinet ministers on Monday urged the Congress high command to take strict disciplinary action against the dissident MLA.

CHANDIGARH: Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh today told former minister Navjot Sindh Sidhu to choose the political party he wanted to join but speaking against party is gross indecipline.

CHANDIGARH: Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh today said that he disagree with the judgement delivered by Punjab and Haryana High Court in a petition related to police firing in Behbal Kalan and Kotkapura on Sikhs protesting sacrilege of holy Guru Granth Sahib.

CHANDIGARH: Punjab on Thursday took a major leap towards becoming a national and global lighthouse for ‘Ease of Doing Business for MSME’, with Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh unleashing a fresh wave of reforms to further reduce the regulatory burden on MSMEs through rationalisation, digitalisation and decriminalisation of the regulatory landscape, thus enabling entrepreneurs to focus on expanding their operations in an predictable business environment during this COVID-19 pandemic.

CHANDIGARH: The Punjab government will spend at least 30% of funds under all government schemes for the welfare of the state’s SC population.

CHANDIGARH: Expressing shock at Harsimrat Kaur Badal’s pathetic and insensitive attempts to make political hay from the current Covid crisis in the state, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Tuesday said the Akali leader’s habit of lying, even on the most sensitive of subjects, was shameful, especially at a time when the unrelenting efforts of the state’s healthcare workers were showing some positive results

CHANDIGARH: Putting to rest all baseless media speculation in this regard, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Tuesday ruled out any role of Prashant Kishor in finalisation of Congress tickets in the 2022 Assembly elections.

CHANDIGARH: Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Sunday ridiculed Sukhbir Badal for jumping the gun on the High Court orders in the Kotkapura firing case, of which the Honourable court is yet to release the copy, and urged the Akali leader to refrain from making merry as the matter was far from being over.

CHANDIGARH: Sonu Sood, the Messiah of the migrants who refuses to call himself so, has donned a new hat. Beginning today, he is the Brand Ambassador of the Punjab Government for its Covid vaccination programme.

CHANDIGARH: Wheat procurement kicked off in Punjab on Saturday with the Arhtiyas calling off their proposed strike after Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh ordered various steps to ensure their continued involvement in the process and immediate release of their pending payments of Rs. 131 crores without waiting for dues to come from FCI.

CHANDIGRH: With Punjab left with only 5 days of supply (5.7 lakh Covid vaccine doses) at the current levels of vaccinating 85000-90000 persons a day, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh has urged the Centre to share the schedule for supply of vaccines with the States over the next quarter based on their confirmed supply orders.

CHANDIGARH: Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Thursday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to clear the state government’s proposal for launching various projects worth Rs 937 crores, including the development of Sri Anandpur Sahib as Smart City, to pay befitting tributes to 9th Guru Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Ji, whose 400th Prakash Purab is being celebrated this year.

CHANDIGARH: As Covid cases continue to remain high in the state, Punjab Chief Minister, Captain Amarinder Singh, on Wednesday ordered a total ban on political gatherings till April 30 and said that violators, including political leaders, will be booked under the DMA and Epidemics Act. The chief minister also announced extension of night curfew from 9 PM to 5 AM, which hitherto was imposed in 12 districts, to the entire state and reduced the number of attendees at funeral/cremations/weddings to 50 people indoors and 100 for outdoors. Wearing of masks has been made mandatory for all government employees while in office.

CHANDIGARH: Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Sunday slammed the central government for spreading misinformation about the state’s farmers with its grave and incorrect allegations of bonded labourers working in the fields.

SBS NAGAR: Shri Anandpur Sahib MP Manish Tewari today thanked the Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh for sanctioning Rs 13.7 crores for the agriculture college at Ballowal Saunkhri near Balachaur.

CHANDIGARH: Taking strong exception to the Centre’s criticism of his government’s management of the Covid surge, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Wednesday said not only was the state consistently doing more tests per million than the national average, but the situation would perhaps have been better had the Government of India not delayed opening up of vaccination for 45+ age group.

CHANDIGARH: Women in Punjab get to travel free of cost in all Government-run buses within the state from Thursday, with the cabinet today stamping its formal approval on the scheme, announced by Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh earlier this month.

CHANDIGARH: In a bid to streamline the functioning of cattle pounds run by the government in the districts, and to effectively redress of the menace of stray animals, the Punjab Cabinet on Wednesday gave approval for running these cattle pounds in Public Private Partnership (PPP) mode.

CHANDIGARH: As Covid cases and deaths continue to escalate, with the UK strain emerging the most prevalent in the state, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Tuesday ordered extension of curbs till April 10, while directing the Health Department to increase the number of vaccination sites to target the priority categories on urgent basis.

CHANDIGARH: Ruling out any threat from the other major political parties in the next Assembly elections, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Wednesday said he believed that his experience of governing the state and also in the Army will help him handle the challenges of the state beyond 2022.

CHANDIGARH:Terming Islamabad-sponsored terrorism as the biggest hurdle to normalizing relations between the two nations, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Friday said Pakistan Chief of Army Staff, General Qamar Javed Bajwa, should back his rhetoric on peace with India with solid action.

CHANDIGARH:Punjab Congress will not hold any political gatherings for the next two weeks in view of the spike in Covid cases in the state.

CHANDIGARH:Promising to fulfill all the 2017 poll commitments before going back to the people for their blessings ahead of the 2022 Assembly elections early next year, Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Thursday said the Congress in Punjab has no rival, as neither the Akalis nor the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) offer any competition.

CHANDIGARH:Taking serious note of the perceptible increase in drone movement from across the border since the farmers’ protests started gathering heat in October 2020, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Thursday declared that “as long as I am here, no Khalistani or Pakistani or any other terrorist activity will be allowed to disturb the peace of the state.”

CHANDIGARH: As active Covid cases in the state surged to 12,616, with daily positivity rate climbing to over 5%, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Wednesday urged the Centre to review its immunization strategy to vaccinate all age groups in selected areas, while announcing a stricter policy to deal with the problem.

CHANDIGARH:Even as he termed the Centre’s proposal on direct payment to the farmers, bypassing the Arhtiyas, as another provocation that will further aggravate the current crisis over the Farm Laws, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Monday said the apathetic attitude of the Government of India would not help resolve the situation.

CHANDIGARH:Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Saturday condoled the sad demise of Senior Staff Reporter of Daily Ajit Major Singh, who passed away at Jalandhar in a private hospital after a brief illness this morning. Major Singh (68) is survived by his wife, three sons and a daughter.