Anil Bhardwaj

CAPT AMARINDER VOWS TO PROTECT INTERESTS OF PUNJAB FARMERS

September 21, 2020

Vowing to fight till his last breath to protect the interests of the state’s farmers, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Sunday said his government will take the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its allies, including the Akalis, to court over the issue of new farm laws of the...

Bills will cause annual loss of Rs 4k crore to Punjab: Manpreet Badal

September 19, 2020

Accusing the NDA government of violating the federal structure of the Constitution by passing bills on items reserved on the State list, Punjab Finance Minister Manpreet Singh Badal on Friday said that Punjab alone would suffer a loss of Rs 4,000 crore every year that will lead to the mass...

Agri Bills part of SAD-backed Centre’s anti-farmer and anti-Punjab plot: Amarinder

September 19, 2020

Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Friday said that the farm legislations of the Centre government are part of the “Destroy Farmers, Destroy Punjab” conspiracy of the BJP-led NDA, of which the Akali Dal continues to be a part. “I don’t know what enmity the BJP and the Akalis...

Too little, too late: Capt Amarinder on Harsimrat Badal’s resignation

September 18, 2020

Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Thursday said Harsimrat Kaur Badal’s decision to quit the Union Cabinet was another in the long chain of theatrics being enacted by the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), which has still not quit the ruling coalition, despite Farm Bills. Questioning the SAD’s decision to...

Suresh Raina’s kin attack and murder case solved, says Capt Amarinder

September 17, 2020

Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Wednesday announced that the case of attack and murder involving cricketer Suresh Raina’s kin has been solved with the arrest of three members of an inter-state gang of robber- criminals. Eleven other accused are yet to be arrested, DGP Dinkar Gupta said, giving...

Farm ordinance in Parliament exposes SAD’s agenda: Capt Amarinder Singh

September 16, 2020

Punjab CM Captain Amarinder Singh on Tuesday said that the presentation of the farm ordinances in Parliament on Monday by the Centre had totally exposed the farce of Shiromani Akali Dal’s pretence of protecting the interests of the farmers of the state. With the BJP-led NDA government going ahead with...

Police bust another pro-Khalistan terror module in Punjab

September 16, 2020

Punjab police on Tuesday claimed to have busted yet another pro-Khalistan terrorist module with the arrest of two persons allegedly operating in connivance with five criminals, including a KZF operative currently inside the Amritsar jail. “The Pakistan-backed module was busted on the basis of inputs about the nefarious designs of...

Punjab CM denies being onboard with farm ordinance

September 15, 2020

Categorically rejecting the Centre’s claim that Punjab was taken onboard before the promulgation of the farm sector ordinances presented in Parliament on Monday, Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh urged the Prime Minister not to go ahead with their legislation and also announced that he will lead an 11-member delegation of...

Punjab CM dares Sukhbir to quit Central govt on Ordinance

September 14, 2020

Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Sunday challenged the Shiromani Akali Dal (SaD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal to quit the BJP-led central government to prove his party’s sincerity in the farm Ordinances issue. Pointing out that, as a member of the ruling alliance at the Centre, the SaD was...

Punjab approaches Centre to block social media links for spreading Covid-19 rumours

September 11, 2020

Intensifying their crackdown against rumour mongers spreading misinformation on Covid-19 on social media, the Punjab Police on Thursday approached the Centre for blocking access to 45 links indulging in false propaganda after the concerned social media platforms failed to act against them within the mandated 36 hours of notices being...

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