Anil Bhardwaj

PUNJAB LOGS IN TO POLITICAL SLUGFEST AS SAD LOGS OUT OF NDA

September 28, 2020

With the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), one of the oldest allies of the BJP and a founding member of the NDA, having exited the ruling coalition at the Centre in protest against the farm legislations pushed through Parliament by the Modi government, the politics in Punjab has heated up in...

Punjab CM calls presidential assent to farm bills unfortunate

September 28, 2020

Terming the President’s assent to the Farm Bills as unfortunate and distressing, Punjab CM Captain Amarinder Singh on Sunday said his government is exploring all options, including possible amendments to the state laws, to protect the interests of the farmers. SAD president Sukhbir Singh Badal also described it as sad,...

Farmer’s pain will hopefully reach the central government, says Captain Amarinder

September 26, 2020

Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Friday said that the pain of agitating farmers, who braved the pandemic and the heat to protest against the agriculture bills, will hopefully reach the central government and expressed hope that it will gracefully back off from its decision regarding these bills. “Maybe...

Punjab CM Amarinder Singh urges all parties to fight unitedly on the issue of Farm Bills

September 25, 2020

Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Thursday appealed to all political parties to come on one platform to fight unitedly against the Agriculture Bills. Asserting his commitment to protect the rights of the farmers at all costs, the Chief Minister said he was ready to lead the political fight...

Constable arrested for posing as CM’s PA to dupe govt officers and others

September 24, 2020

Punjab Police has arrested constable Manjinder Singh for allegedly duping several persons by ‘impersonating as PA to the Chief Minister, and using the Truecaller app to falsely project him as senior officer of various designations.’ DGP Dinkar Gupta said that he has directed Special DGP Punjab Armed Police to dismiss...

Punjab CM urges PM to ensure adequate medical oxygen supplies

September 24, 2020

Amid apprehensions of shortage of oxygen supplies with rising cases of Covid-19, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Wednesday urged the Prime Minister to take urgent steps to ensure adequate medical oxygen supplies from other states. The CM also sought the expeditious release of Rs 200 crore that the...

Punjab’s GMCs to participate in Phase 3 of COVAXIN trials

September 23, 2020

Government Medical Colleges of Punjab will participate in the Phase 3 trials of the COVAXIN being tested by Bharat Biotech Ltd in collaboration with the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR). The trials are scheduled to commence from 15 October in which 3 government medical colleges will go for trials....

SAD to hold ‘chakka jam’ in Punjab, Amarinder questions motive

September 23, 2020

To get the farm Bills reversed, the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Tuesday announced a ‘sangharsh’ programme, including a statewide ‘chakka jam’ on 25 September as well as a simultaneous ‘kisan march’ from all three Sikh religious ‘Takths’ to Mohali on 1 October, to hand over a memorandum for the...

Punjab CM takes a dig at Centre’s decision to hike MSP

September 22, 2020

Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Monday dismissed the Centre’s hike in MSP of wheat and five other Rabi crops as a cruel joke on the farmers “amid their growing apprehensions about the abolition of the MSP regime following the passage of the new Agriculture Bills in Parliament.” “This...

Sukhbir Badal urges President not to sign the farm Bills

September 21, 2020

The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) chief Sukhbir Singh Badal on Sunday urged the President of India, Ram Nath Kovind not to put his seal of approval on the farm sector Bills passed by the parliament. Sukhbir has requested the President to grant a personal audience to a delegation of senior...

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