Anil Bhardwaj

Restore Punjabi among official languages in J&K: Sukhbir Badal

September 11, 2020

The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) has decided to take up the issue of restoration of Punjabi as an official language in the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah besides taking up the issue in Parliament also. A decision to this...

Punjab CM orders crackdown on spreading fake information on Covid-19

September 8, 2020

Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Monday directed the DGP Dinkar Gupta to crack down on all rumour-mongers and web channels spreading misinformation among the people about the Covid-19 pandemic. Captain also asked DGP to monitor statements being issued by anti-India operators working from abroad and to register cases...

No more posters outside Covid patients’ houses in Punjab: Govt

September 5, 2020

CHANDIGARH: In a major step towards mitigating the stigma attached to the pandemic, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Friday rescinded his government’s earlier decision of putting posters outside the houses of Covid patients under home isolation or quarantine. Posters that were already affixed may be removed, CM directed....

Amarinder Singh slams Kejriwal over ‘furthering political agenda’ in Punjab

September 5, 2020

Trashing the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) claims of successful Covid-19 management by the Arvind Kejriwal government in Delhi, Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Friday said that the AAP leaders in Punjab had chosen to put their petty vested political interests even above the security concerns of the state and...

Capt Amarinder asks Kejriwal to stay out of Punjab

September 4, 2020

Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Thursday asked his Delhi counterpart Arvind Kejriwal to stay out of Punjab and focus on managing Covid-19 in his own state where the situation is worsening by the day. Captain said that Kejriwal’s announcement, asking AAP workers to go around villages and streets...

Punjab allows free walk-in Covid test, gears up to fight rumours

September 4, 2020

Punjab has decided to allow free walk-in test in government hospitals and mobile vans, and similar test at a nominal manpower cost not exceeding Rs 250 by private doctors and hospitals. People who want their result immediately can opt for Rapid Antigen testing while RT-PCR testing will also be similarly...

Former DGP Saini’s bail plea rejected

September 2, 2020

CHANDIGARH: A Mohali court on Tuesday rejected the bail plea of former Punjab DGP Sumedh Singh Saini in the alleged kidnapping and disappearance of Balwant Singh Multani, son of a former IAS officer. Saini now has the option of moving the high court. It may be noted that Sumedh Singh...

SIT formed to investigate attack on Suresh Raina’s kin

September 2, 2020

Punjab DGP has set up a Special Investigation Team (SIT), on the orders of Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh, to carry out a probe into the attack on the relatives of cricketer Suresh Raina in Pathankot. Ashok Kumar, the cricketer’s uncle, died on the spot while his son Kaushal succumbed...

Punjab govt rejects Centre’s options on GST compensation

September 1, 2020

In a letter to Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Punjab Finance Minister Manpreet Singh Badal on Monday asked for reconsideration of the decision related to GST compensation to the states. Terming the decision a clear breach of the solemn and constitutional assurance by the Central Government, he said that it...

AMARINDER SINGH HITS BACK AT BAJWA, SAYS ‘CORRUPTION IS CORRUPTION’

September 1, 2020

Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Monday rejected Rajya Sabha MP Partap Singh Bajwa’s contention that there was no comparison between the present scholarship scam and the 15-year-old bitumen scam, asserting that “corruption is corruption, in any and every form.” The Bitumen scam allegations against Bajwa, then PWD minister...

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