Anil Bhardwaj

Punjab Police files FIR in case of ‘conspiracy’ to tarnish CM’s image

March 17, 2021

The Punjab Police on Tuesday registered a case under various sections against unknown miscreants for allegedly spreading false and patently defamatory WhatsApp and other social media messages aimed at tarnishing the reputation of the Chief Minister, using a young lady’s photograph picked up from her social media accounts without her...

Punjab earmarks Rs 4,300 crore for ‘holistic’ rural development

March 16, 2021

In a major push for rural development in the state, the Punjab Government has earmarked Rs 4,300-crore for the holistic development of the villages. “The idea is to develop every village and ensure that every villager gets basic amenities at par with the cities to end the rural-urban divide in...

TOP PUNJAB AUTHORITIES MEET TO CURB RISING COVID CASES

March 15, 2021

Punjab’s Chief Secretary Vini Mahajan on Sunday held a meeting in Chandigarh with Deputy Commissioners, police chiefs, municipal commissioners, civil surgeons and other officers to review the emergency measures tackle the current peak in Covid-19 cases in the state. While expressing concern over the third peak, wherein 1,515 Covid-19 positive...

SUKHBIR BLOWS POLL BUGLE WITH ATTACK AGAINST CAPT AMARINDER’S MISRULE

March 15, 2021

Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal on Sunday formally blew the poll bugle with a blistering attack against Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh for presiding over four years of “brazen misrule” and “broken promises”, as he announced his candidature from the Jalalabad constituency. Addressing a rally at the...

Vigilance Bureau unearths scam worth crores under Ayushman Bharat

March 11, 2021

Punjab Vigilance Bureau has exposed a big scam worth crores of rupees under the Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (Ayushman Bharat scheme) in which private hospitals have obtained health insurance claims from insurance company named IFFCO TOKIO on the basis of fake bills for treatment of beneficiary patients possessing smart...

PUNJAB ASSEMBLY CONDEMNS ED RAID AT MLA KHAIRA’S HOUSE

March 11, 2021

CHANDIGARH: The Punjab Assembly on Wednesday condemned unanimously the Enforcement Directorate (ED) raid at MLA Sukhpal Singh Khaira’s house during its ongoing Budget Session, calling it “unconstitutional and unwarranted”. Parliamentary Affairs Minister Brham Mohindra said that the House expressed its concern in one voice against the use of central agencies...

PUNJAB ASSEMBLY APPROVES EIGHT KEY BILLS IN BUDGET SESSION

March 10, 2021

The Punjab Assembly on Tuesday passed eight important Bills in the Budget session chaired by Speaker Rana K.P. Singh. Industry and Commerce Minister Sundar Sham Arora presented two Bills including the Indian Partnership (Punjab Amendments) Bill, 2021 and the Punjab Bureau of Investment Promotion (Amendment) Bill 2021 and passed in...

Centre wants to end assured government procurement on MSP: Harsimrat Badal

March 10, 2021

Former Union minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal on Tuesday said that it was increasingly becoming clear that the Central government wanted to end assured government procurement on minimum support price (MSP) for food grains from the forthcoming wheat harvesting season itself by putting a new condition of uploading of land records...

PUNJAB CM COMMITS TO EMPOWER WOMEN & GIRL CHILD AT EVERY LEVEL

March 9, 2021

CHANDIGARH: The Punjab Vidhan Sabha on Monday unanimously passed a Resolution saluting the “indomitable spirit of women in contributing to the progress of the Nation”, with Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh declaring his government’s strong and continued commitment to the empowerment of women and the girl child at every level,...

ANOTHER PROVOCATION: PUNJAB CM ON CENTRE’S PROPOSAL TO PROVIDE DIRECT PAYMENT TO FARMERS

March 9, 2021

CHANDIGARH: Even as the Punjab Chief Minister 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, Captain Amarinder Singh on Monday said the apathetic attitude of the Government of India would not...

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