Anil Bhardwaj

Harsimrat has no locus standi to demand CBI probe in scholarship scam: Punjab CM

August 31, 2020

Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Sunday termed Union Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal’s comments on the alleged scholarship scam as nothing more than the statement of a politician who was in the habit of demanding a CBI probe into any and every case, thus further undermining the agency’s special...

Punjab Assembly rejects Centre’s farm Ordinances, CM calls them ‘anti-farmer’

August 29, 2020

The Punjab Vidhan Sabha on Friday passed a resolution, moved by Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh, rejecting the farm ordinances and the proposed electricity bill promulgated by the Union government. The resolution was passed in Vidhan Sabha by majority. The AAP and the LIP supported the CM’s resolution, while the...

Number of Covid-positive ministers and MLAs in Punjab rises to 29

August 28, 2020

As the number of Covid-positive ministers and MLAs of the state rose to 29, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Thursday appealed to all other legislators who had come in contact with them to avoid attending the one-day Vidhan Sabha session on Friday. The protests by the Aam Aadmi...

Police bust narco-terror racket with Khalistan connections

August 27, 2020

CHANDIGARH: Punjab Police busted an international narcoterror racket with links to the banned Khalistan Liberation Force (KLF), with the arrest of wanted heroin smuggler Rajinder Singh and a police constable who was allegedly facilitating safe movement of the drugs and money during the lockdown period, state DGP Dinkar Gupta said...

Capt hails CWC move asking Sonia to continue

August 25, 2020

Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Monday welcomed the unanimous resolution passed by the Congress Working Committee (CWC), asking Sonia Gandhi to continue as party president till the next AICC session and authorising her to take whatever decisions needed, including necessary organisational changes that she may deem appropriate, to...

Only Gandhis can lead Congress: Capt Amarinder

August 24, 2020

Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh has opposed the bid by some Congress leaders to challenge the Gandhi family leadership of the party, saying this was not the time to raise such an issue, given the need for a strong opposition against the BJP-led NDA. In a statement issued here...

Corona negative report mandatory for Punjab Assembly session

August 22, 2020

CHANDIGARH: Expressing concern over the steady increase in Covid-19 infections in the state, Punjab Assembly Speaker Rana K.P. Singh on Friday said that the latest corona negative report would be mandatory for ministers, MLAs, officers and employees to attend the one-day Assembly session on 28 August. According to an official...

Punjab BJP demands CBI probe

August 22, 2020

CHANDIGARH: The Punjab unit of the BJP demanded a CBI investigation into the illicit liquor tragedy, which has claimed 113 lives so far. The police detained around 200 protesting BJP activists, led by state president Ashwani Sharma who was marching towards the Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh’s residence from Sector-17...

WEEKEND LOCKDOWN, DAILY NIGHT CURFEW TO BEGIN IN PUNJAB FROM TODAY

August 21, 2020

With an objective of curbing the spread of Covid-19 in the state, Punjab CM Capt Amarinder Singh on Thursday ordered a series of emergency measures, including extension of weekend lockdown with daily night curfew from 7 pm to 5 am in all 167 cities and towns of the state from...

Punjab to ramp up Covid-19 testing to 30,000 samples per day

August 21, 2020

Concerned over the rising number of Covid-19 cases in Punjab, Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Thursday ordered an increase in testing to 30,000 per day, with at least 10 people in the immediate circle of every positive patient to be tested. Interacting with top health and medical experts and...

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