CHANDIGARH: Taking serious note of the cases wherein officers are being transferred/posted in the adjacent districts within the same Parliamentary Constituency by the state governments, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has strengthened its existing transfer policy to ensure that officials are not able to disturb the level playing field in the elections.

CHANDIGARH: The Bhagwant Mann government in Punjab is tied in a difficult situation as the stand off with protesting farmers continued for third day today over registration of FIR against Haryana Police personnel who 'killed' a young farmer Shubhkaran Singh at Khanuari border on February 21.

CHANDIGARH: Senior Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader Bikram Singh Majithia today demanded the Haryana government hand over a youth farmer who had been kidnapped by its police and grievously injured to the victim family, even as he condemned chief minister Bhagwant Mann for failing to take up the case with Haryana and forcing the family to approach the High court for justice.

CHANDIGARH: Asserting that the ongoing agitation of farmers has been handled in a very apt and diligent manner in the state, the Punjab government led by Chief Minister Mr Bhagwant Singh Mann has strongly refuted the allegations that the law and order position in the State has deteriorated.

CHANDIGARH: Under the Matru Vandana Yojana, the Punjab government has distributed Rs. 25 crore during the current financial year to enhance the nutrition and health status of pregnant women and lactating mothers. Minister for Social Security, Women and Child Development, Dr. Baljit Kaur, revealed that the government, led by Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann, is committed to this cause.

PATIALA: The Punjab Government has announced a significant increase in the initial pay scale of Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) employees.

CHANDIGARH: To make Punjab the leading state in the field of sports again, under the efforts of the state government led by Chief Minister S. Bhagwant Singh Mann, a Sports Code has been drafted for the Sports associations to conduct the sports events smoothly across the state.

CHANDIGARH: Ensuring judicious distribution of funds under various social security schemes, the Punjab Government has recovered Rs.28.97 crore from bank accounts of deceased beneficiaries of various Social Security Schemes.

CHANDIGARH: On the directions of Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, the state government has enhanced the daily timings of all 320 Sewa Kendras and 506 Saanjh Kendras across the State and would also now remain open on Sundays. This pro-people decision would come into force from April 15, 2022.

CHANDIGARH:In a bid to provide all possible assistance to the distressed families in this hour of crisis, the Punjab Government has set-up a dedicated 24x7 control room to help the people from Punjab stuck up in war hit Ukraine.

CHANDIGARH:In view of Assembly Polls, the Punjab Government on Friday declared paid holiday for employees working in the Shops & Commercial establishments and for workers working in the factories situated in the State of Punjab on 20 February 2022 (Sunday).

CHANDIGARH: The Punjab Government has declared a paid holiday in the state on February 20, 2022 (Sunday) on account of voting for the State Legislative Assembly.

CHANDIGARH: Punjab Public Works Minister Vijay Inder Singla, on Thursday, said that the state government has named Bhawanigarh-Sunam-Budhladha-Boha road after the legendary King of Agroha, Maharaja Aggarsen ji. The cabinet minister said that the 87.05 km road stretch up to Haryana border has been named as Maharaja Aggarsen Marg as it connect major cities of Punjab to Agroha Dham.

CHANDIGARH: Punjab Public Works Minister Vijay Inder Singla, on Thursday, said that the state government has named Bhawanigarh-Sunam-Budhladha-Boha road after the legendary King of Agroha, Maharaja Aggarsen ji. The cabinet minister said that the 87.05 km road stretch up to Haryana border has been named as Maharaja Aggarsen Marg as it connect major cities of Punjab to Agroha Dham.

PHAGWARA: Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi on Tuesday announced to provide one lakh jobs to youth within a year.

CHANDIGARH: With an objective to have a focused and output based approach, the Punjab Cabinet on Tuesday approved the ‘Punjab Government Rozgar Guarantee for Youth Scheme (PRAGTY) 2022’.

PHAGWARA:Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi on
Tuesday announced a plan to provide one lakh jobs to youth within a
year.

CHANDIGARH: Updating the status of the file regarding regularization of the services of contractual employees in Punjab, Shri Banwarilal Purohit, Governor Punjab in a press statement informed that information shared with media by Shri Charanjit Singh Channi, Chief Minister Punjab on January 1 is “factually incorrect”.

CHANDIGARH:All India Power Engineers Federation (AIPEF) in a letter to Chief Minister and Finance Minister Punjab urged to release the pending payments due to Punjab State Power Corporation Ltd.(PSPCL) on account of waiving of arrears for domestic consumers, enhanced power subsidy due to benefits given to domestic and industrial consumers .pending payments

AMRITSAR: The effigy of the Punjab government was burnt after a protest rally outside Deputy Commissioner office here today in support of their long pending demands.

CHANDIGARH: Punjab Public Works Minister Vijay Inder Singla, on Thursday, informed that the Punjab Government has named the Sirhind-Fatehgarh Sahib-Bela road after Mata Gujar Kaur ji. The minister said that the road connecting to three historically important cities for Sikhs viz Sri Fatehgarh Sahib, Sri Anandpur Sahib and Sri Chamkaur Sahib will now be known as Mata Gujri Marg.

CHANDIGARH: Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh announced to set up Punjabi Film Development Council, Punjab to promote Punjabi language and Culture.

KAPURTHALA:Punjab Government today launched the 'Sankalp' project from the Central Jail, Kapurthala to improve the lives of the inmates in the jails. Under this training, the inmates in 8 jails of the state would be given various vocational trainings. The project was inaugurated by Punjab Technical Education, Employment Generation and Horticulture Minister Rana Gurjeet Singh.

CHANDIGARH: In a move to protect the critically endangered Ghadiyal (Gavialis Gangeticus ), the Punjab government under the third phase of Gavialis Gangeticus rehabilitation project released 24 ‘gharials’ in Beas river near Kulla Fatta village of Tanda, on Sunday.

CHANDIGARH/MALERKOTLA:The International Day of Persons With Disabilities for the year 2021-22 was celebrated by the Department of Social Security and Women and Child Development, Punjab today at the Urdu Academy Malerkotla. Such programs were also celebrated at every district level in which medical camps/UDID camps for disabled persons were organised. The Chief Guest at the function was Mrs. Razia Sultana, Cabinet Minister, Department of Social Security and Women and Child Development, Punjab. The function was presided over by Mrs. Raji P Srivastava, Principal Secretary, IAS, Government of Punjab. Persons with disabilities who have done remarkable deeds were also honored and artificial limbs were also donated to the needy.

CHANDIGARH/RUPNAGAR:In order to diagnose hearing impairment at birth, Punjab Government on Wednesday launched 'Universal Newborn Hearing Screening' (UNHS) with SOHUM Automated Auditory Brainstem Response (AABR) Device at Mother & Childcare Hospital, at District Hospital Ropar.

CHANDIGARH/SARABHA(Ludhiana):Punjab Transport Minister Amarinder Singh Raja Warring on Tuesday announced that Punjab Government would soon send a proposal to Union Government for naming Halwara International Airport after Shaheed Kartar Singh Sarabha as a tribute to legendary revolutionary of the country.

MOHALI: Punjab Unaided Colleges Association (PUCA) has urged Punjab Government to start technical courses in punjabi language.

GURDASPUR:Sarpanches and Councilors were asked to register maximum number of construction workers with the Board for availing the benefits of various welfare schemes.

CHANDIGARH: In a major relief to the farming sector of the State, the Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi accompanied by the Deputy Chief Minister S. Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa and the Finance Minister Manpreet Singh Badal, on Monday decided in a meeting with the private sugar Mill owners that the 30 percent of the increased Rs. 50 per quintal State Agreed Price (SAP) of sugarcane will be borne by the private sugar mill owners while the rest 70 percent by the State Government.

KOTLI SURAT MALHI (GURDASPUR): Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Mr. O.P. Soni today it was not right to increase the strength of Border Security Force (BSF) the state without informing the Punjab government. He said that Punjab Chief Minister had also raised his strong objection in this regard.

CHANDIGARH:The Shiromani Akali Dal (Sanyukt) today announced to stage a protest in front of the Powercom headquarters, Patiala on Wednesday at 10.30 am against the Congress Govenment, holding them responsible for the ongoing power crisis in Punjab due to coal shortage.

CHANDIGARH:State Government will review the permission to procure from other states the Basmati Paddy varieties that are not produced in Punjab, assured OP Soni Deputy Chief Minister(DCM) Punjab in a meeting with the Punjab Rice Millers Exporters Association at Punjab Civil Secretariat here today. The meeting was jointly chaired by Finance Minister Manpreet Singh Badal and Food and Civil Supplies Minister, Bharat Bhushan Ashu.

PATIALA:Reiterating Chief Minister S. Charanjit Singh Channi led Punjab Government's firm commitment to back farmers in repealing black laws, Punjab Local Bodies, Parliamentary Affairs, Elections and Grievance Redressal Minister, Mr Brahm Mohindra said that Punjab has emerged as the lone state across the country to raise voice against these laws by calling a special session of Punjab Vidhan Sabha.

CHADIGARH/HARYANA: Deputy Chief Minister of Punjab Mr OP Soni today laid the foundation stone of 300 bedded government superspeciality hospital at Handiaya.

CHANDIGARH: In order to set the ball rolling to ensure speedy justice in unfortunate sacrilege and firing incidents, the Punjab Government on Friday gave nod to appoint senior advocate of Punjab & Haryana High Court Rajwinder Singh Bains as Special Public Prosecutor under Section 24 (8) of CrPC 1973.

CHANDIGARH:Principal Secretary Health Mr. Alok Shekhar here today stated that an upsurge in dengue cases has been reported in Punjab in the current year. He said 1724 confirmed cases from across state have already been reported till day. Amritsar, Hoshiarpur, Sri Muktsar Sahib, SAS Nagar, Bathinda, and Pathankot are among the major districts attributing dengue cases. He said that to prevent and manage dengue outbreaks, the Government of Punjab has increased the number of testing labs to 39. He added that testing and treatment of dengue is free of cost in all Government hospitals.

CHANDIGARH:Punjab school education minister Mr. Vijay Inder Singla, on Friday, said that Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh led state government has decided to convert the subjects of the master cadre posts reserved for visually impaired category candidates for their convenience. The cabinet minister said that the education department would now offer the same quota in the posts of Arts stream subjects in lieu of posts remaining vacant in the science and commerce stream subjects and physical education subject as well due to non-availability of suitable candidates.

 CHANDIGARH: The Punjab Government has announced to conduct the entrance examination for meritorious schools on October 3, 2021.

CHANDIGARH: To provide computer education to the students without any hindrance, the Punjab Government has decided to upgrade the e-labs of the high and senior secondary schools. On the directions of the Education Minister Mr. Vijay Inder Singla, department has also released grant in this regard.

CHANDIGARH: The Punjab Government has given a big relief to the backward classes and economically weaker sections by waiving the debt of 4702 debtors to the tune of Rs. 20.98 crore. It is disclosed by Social Justice, Empowerment & Minorities Minister Mr.  Sadhu Singh Dharamsot.

CHANDIGARH: An amount of Rs. 3 crore has been released for 116 more schools as part of the ongoing efforts of the Punjab Government to improve the sports infrastructure of the schools.

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 Government has invited the online applications from teachers for the National Teacher Award-2021.

CHANDIGARH: Keeping in view the interests of the candidates for the recruitment of teachers in the School Education Department, the Punjab Government has extended the last date for receving application to June 9, 2021 for the posts of Pre-Primary Teachers.

CHANDIGARH: On the directives of Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh, the Punjab government today issued an order for taking back COVID Vaccines from Pvt. Hospitals with immediate effect.

CHANDIGARH: The Punjab Government has announced the results of the test conducted on April 11 for the recruitment of teachers in Meritorious Schools.

CHANDIGARH: Punjab Government today issued the treatment and diagnosis guidelines for Mucormycosis.Disclosing this here today, the Health Minister Mr. Balbir Singh Sidhu said that State Government has already declared Mucormycosis, popularly known as black fungus as a notified disease.

CHANDIGARH: The State Government has set up a Mobile Covid Care Unit (MCCU) in partnership with Treebo Hotels to serve the remote villages of the district, informed Balbir Singh Sidhu Health Mnister Punjab while flagging it off from District Administrative Complex of Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar on Monday.

CHANDIGARH: Punjab Government on Friday issued the revised guidelines for Home Isolation of mild/asymptomatic COVID-19 cases.

CHANDIGARH: A delegation of Punjab Coaches Association of the Sports department today called on the Director Sports Punjab Mr. DPS Kharbanda to impress upon him for the pending demands of the coaches.

CHANDIGARH:The Punjab State Commission for Scheduled Castes today issued an order directing the Punjab Government not to release grants/funds to the Punjab Agricultural University Ludhiana until it does not implement the reservation policy of the state Government.

CHANDIGARH: Punjab Health Minister Punjab Mr. Balbir Singh Sidhu dedicated 4 new Laboratories for free testing of Dengue to the people of the State on the occasion of National Dengue Day on 16th May. The new labs have been made functional at Sub-divisional Hospital Kharar, Rajpura, Abohar and Jagraon.

CHANDIGARH: Keeping in view the present alarming situation of Covid pandemic in Punjab, Health and family welfare department today appointed 192 Medical Officers.

CHANDIGARH: The Punjab Government on Friday issued the new advisory for COVID-19 Testing during 2nd wave of Pandemic.

CHANDIGARH: Consequent to the orders of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, the Punjab Government on Friday constituted a new three-member Special Investigation Team (SIT), comprising of senior IPS officers, and directed it to complete the investigations into the Kotkapura firing incident, preferably in six months, as per the court’s orders.

CHANDIGARH: In the ongoing fight against Corona Virus, the Punjab government has appointed two nodal officers to facilitate the individuals/ organizations in getting tax exemption on any Covid relief to be imported into the state from abroad.

CHANDIGARH: Under the State Government’s flagship programme of Ghar Ghar Rozgar and Karobar Mission, the Employment Generation, Skill Development & Training Department has successfully provided 16.29 lakh job avenues so far since April 1, 2017 with 58508 in government departments, 5.69 lakh in private sector besides 9.97 lakh have been facilitated for self employment ventures and 4299 in army and police forces.

CHANDIGARH: The Punjab Government has decided to extend the period of general transfers and postings of officers and employees by one more month in view of the COVID-19 pandemic.

CHANDIGARH: Punjab government has assisted youngsters of the state in getting jobs and self-employment during the last four years. It was stated by the Minister of State for Printing and Stationery Mr. Sadhu Singh Dharmsot while handing over appointment letters to two youths as clerks on compassionate grounds here today.

CHANDIGARH: Punjab Government has postponed the departmental examination of IAS/PCS officers and other officers of different departments till further orders.

CHANDIGARH: To address the problems faced by the students and their parents regarding admission in schools, the Punjab Government has waived off the condition of transfer certificate for admission in schools.

KAPURTHALA: Managing Director, Punjab State Warehouse Corporation Yashanjit singh said that Punjab has adequate quantity of bardana for the procurement of wheat and farmers and artiyas would not face any difficulty during the season.

CHANDIGARH: The Subordinate Services Selection Board, Punjab has issued advertisement to fill 160 vacancies of Clerk Legal in various departments of Punjab Government .

CHANDIGARH: In wake of COVID-19, the Punjab Government today issued the advisory on Safe Farming Operations (Procurement and Marketing).

CHANDIGARH: Punjab Government is committed to the welfare of Nomads (Taprivas) and Bazigar community and the Bazigar & Taprivas Welfare Board will adopt a time bound strategy to address the issues related to them.'' It was disclosed by Board Chairman Jagga Ram after a meeting with board members.

CHANDIGARH: The Punjab Government has notified the Policy for the empanelment of News Web Channels namely 'The Punjab News Web Channel Policy, 2021'.

PATIALA: Cabinet Minister for Forests, Social Justice, Empowerment and Minorities, Sadhu Singh Dharamsot today inaugurated the newly constructed building of Sadar Police Station Patiala, built at a cost of Rs. 2 crore.

CHANDIGARH: The next Departmental Examination of Assistant Commissioners, Extra Assistant Commissioner/I.P.S officers, Tehsildars /Revenue Officials and other departments are to be held from 26 April, 2021 to 30 April, 2021.

CHANDIGARH: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has expressed concern over the loss of standing wheat crop due to heavy rain and strong winds across Punjab recently and demanded compensation from the state government for the loss of crop.

CHANDIGARH: The Punjab Government has directed the managements of private schools not to impose books, published by private publishers on the students studying in their schools and they should recommend the books only published by the certified institutes.

CHANDIGARH:The Punjab government today extended term of Punjab State Women Commission Chairperson Mrs. Manisha Gulati for next three years from March 19, 2021.

CHANDIGARH: The Punjab government today extended term of Punjab Subordinate Services Selection Board chairman Mr. Raman Bahl for next two years from March 28, 2021.A spokesperson of the Punjab Government said that the notification on Bahl's extension had already been issued by the personnel department.

CHANDIGARH: Punjab School Education Minister Mr. Vijay Inder Singla said that the Education Department, under the visionary stewardship of the Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh, has been striving hard to bring in qualitative improvement in school education as well as generating employment avenues for the educated youth. The School Education Minister, Vijay Inder Singla said that that the Education Recruitment Board, under the aegis of the Education Department, has released a list of as many as 2,823 candidates, who have been selected for recruitment against the 3,704 master cadre posts in the government schools. Mr. Singla and Secretary School Education Krishan Kumar also congratulated the selected candidates.

CHANDIGARH: The Punjab Government has invited applications for the appointment of Vice-Chancellor of Punjabi University, Patiala. The Punjabi University, Patiala is an institution of excellence in higher learning and research. Punjabi University, Patiala established in 1962 is a premier institution of Punjab with more than 42,000 students and 60 teaching and research departments, 20 Regional Centres Neighbourhood Campus/Constituent Colleges and about 275 affiliated colleges.

CHANDIGARH: The Punjab Government is organizing a special function on the occasion of International Language Day under the banner of Punjab Arts Council focusing on development of Punjabi Language and culture. This year the function will be dedicated to the ongoing Farmers Protest. The Function will be organised at Punjab Kala Bhawan on February 21 from 10.30 am.

CHANDIGARH: The Punjab Government has extended the last date to administer 1st dose vaccination for healthcare workers from 19th February to 25th February 2021. The deadline for 1st dose vaccination of frontline workers has also extended to 6th March, 2021.