Anil Bhardwaj

Capt Amarinder blames Centre for Punjab’s power crisis

October 16, 2020

Even as he reiterated his appeal to the farmers to ease their “Rail Roko” agitation to allow the transportation of critical essentials, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Thursday blamed the Central government for failing to resolve the power crisis resulting from the farmers’ agitation. The Chief Minister said...

PUNJAB GOVT TO PROVIDE ONE LAKH GOVT JOBS BY 2021-22 IN PHASED MANNER

October 15, 2020

To fulfil the Chief Minister’s promise of providing one lakh government jobs to youth in the remaining term of his government, the Punjab Cabinet on Wednesday approved a State Employment Plan 2020-22, to fill vacant jobs in government departments, boards, corporations and agencies in a phased time-bound manner. The recruitment...

Punjab convenes special Assembly session on 19 Oct against farm laws

October 15, 2020

The Punjab government has decided to convene a special session of the Assembly on 19 October, to bring in a legislation to counter the farm laws of the Central government. A decision to this effect was taken at a meeting of the Punjab Cabinet chaired by Chief Minister Captain Amarinder...

Four-year-old raped in Hathras, accused held

October 15, 2020

A four-year-old girl has been allegedly raped by her relative in Sasni in Hathras. The police said the accused has been arrested and a case has been registered. Circle Officer Ruchi Gupta said that the incident took place on Tuesday and the girl’s condition is stable. “An information was received...

Punjab Governor condemns the attack on state BJP chief, seeks report

October 15, 2020

The Punjab Governor V.P. Singh Badnore has expressed serious concern over the recent attack on the state BJP president, Ashwani Sharma. In a communiqué to the Chief Secretary, Punjab Vini Mahajan, the Governor has sought a complete report of the attack on the BJP leader at Hoshiarpur. He further said...

Farmers’ groups accept Centre’s invitation for ‘talks’ on farm laws

October 14, 2020

Various farmers’ organisations have accepted the invitation from the Central government to discuss the issue of new agricultural laws. A 7-member committee of farmers’ organisations would present its views on Wednesday in a meeting with the central government in Delhi on the farm laws. A decision in this regard was...

Call Assembly session in 7 days or face gherao: SAD to CM Amarinder

October 13, 2020

The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Monday gave seven days ultimatum to Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh to convene a special session of the Punjab Assembly to declare the entire State a notified Mandi (Principal Market Area) and reject the centre’s recent Acts on farm marketing as well as...

Punjab’s gross GST collection stands at Rs 1,055.24 crore in September

October 12, 2020

The gross GST revenue collection for Punjab stands at Rs.1055.24 crore during September 2020 against Rs. 974.96 crore for the corresponding period of last year thereby registering a rise of 8.23 percent. According to a spokesperson of Punjab Taxation Commissioner’s Office, the gross GST revenue collection for Punjab for the...

AAP stages ‘dharna’ outside Punjab Assembly, demands special session

October 10, 2020

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLAs on Friday staged a ‘dharna’ outside the Punjab Assembly, demanding that Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh should immediately convene an all-party meeting, in which representatives of farmer organizations, farmers, farm experts and other stakeholders should be invited. AAP MLAs said that the special Vidhan Sabha...

Sukhbir urges PM Modi to hold direct talks with farmer bodies

October 10, 2020

Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal on Friday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to address the grievances of the farming community by holding direct talks with farmer organisations as well as all the other stakeholders to come out with a solution which is acceptable to all. The SAD...

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