Anil Bhardwaj

Punjab CM extends 100% tax waiver for bus operators till 31 Dec

October 31, 2020

In a major relief to bus operators in Punjab, Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Friday ordered 100% waiver on Motor Vehicle Tax till 31 December for all stage carriage, mini and school buses, while deferring payment of arrears of taxes, without interest and penalty to 31 March 2021. The...

ANDHRA SLASHES LIQUOR PRICES, CITES INCREASE IN SMUGGLING

October 30, 2020

The Andhra Pradesh government on Thursday cut down the price of Indian Made Foreign Liquor in the medium and premium categories by at least 25 to 30 per cent, citing instances of ‘’smuggling’’ from outside the state and consumption of sanitisers by some. It had in May enforced a 75...

Centre’s move to withhold Punjab’s RDF unfortunate: Capt Amarinder

October 30, 2020

Terming the decision to put Punjab’s Rural Development Fund (RDF) on hold as unfortunate, Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Friday urged the Centre to review the decision as the move would badly impact the rural development works in the state. Questioning the timing of the Centre’s move, the Chief...

FARM LAWS: SAD CHIEF SUKHBIR BADAL ACCUSES PUNJAB CM AMARINDER SINGH OF FOOLING FARMERS

October 30, 2020

Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal on Thursday said the passage of a Bill making the entire State a single ‘mandi’ by Congress ruled Chhattisgarh had exposed the ‘fraud’ played on farmers by Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh. He said Captain had played a fixed match with the...

SAD, AAP SLAM CENTRE FOR HALTING RDF TO PUNJAB; BJP HITS BACK

October 29, 2020

With the Centre halting the Rural Development Fund (RDF) for Punjab, a war of words has begun in the state. Even as SAD and AAP slammed the Centre over withholding of the fund, the BJP accused the state government of misusing the money given to it by the central regime....

SUKHBIR SLAMS CENTRE’S MOVE TO REDUCE STATES’ SHARE IN REVENUE POOL

October 28, 2020

Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) President Sukhbir Singh Badal in a statement on Tuesday lashed out at the Central government, saying that its proposed move to further slash states’ share in the Divisible Pool of Revenue is unfortunate. Badal reiterated his party’s demand that the states’ share in this pool must...

PUNJAB CM SEEKS RAILWAYS MINISTER’S INTERVENTION FOR RESTORATION OF FREIGHT MOVEMENT

October 27, 2020

Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh has sought the personal intervention of Union Railways Minister Piyush Goyal for the immediate restoration of freight movement, which remains suspended in and through the state even after the farmers’ decision to partially lift their blockade. The Chief Minister spoke to the Union Minister...

PROBE ON IN HOSHIARPUR RAPE CASE, NO NEED TO VISIT VICTIM’S FAMILY: PUNJAB CM

October 26, 2020

A day after Union Minister Nirmala Sitharaman targeted Congress over Hoshiarpur incident, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh launched a counter-attack on BJP saying that a police investigation is underway and the accused have been arrested, unlike Hathras case. “A 6-year-old child of a Dalit migrant labourer from Bihar is raped,...

WON’T LET BJP TO DIVIDE PUNJAB ON CASTE LINES: CM AMARINDER SINGH

October 24, 2020

Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Friday charged the BJP with trying to divide the society on caste lines “to promote their political interests.” He also said that he would not allow them to impose their agenda on the state. “I will not let them disturb the peaceful atmosphere...

AMARINDER SLAMS SUKHBIR AS SAD REJECTS PUNJAB FARM LAWS

October 24, 2020

Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Friday said that Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal’s yet another ‘U-turn’ on the farm laws demonstrated that these moves of the SAD chief were clearly aimed at promoting the Centre’s anti-farmer agenda. In rejecting the state’s amendment bills, which his...

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