CHANDIGARH: Call it timing or a planned move, the Punjab Government on Monday issued notification of 15 % hike in salaries of employees just a few hours after Charanjit Singh Channi assumed was sworn-in as Punjab Chief Minister.

NEW DELHI: The politics over Dalit votes has grown intense in poll-bound Punjab with Bharatiya Janata Party sharpening its attack on Congress for cheating the community and insulting them by using it only as a vote bank.

LUCKNOW: Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati on Monday said Charanjit Singh Channi’s appointment as Punjab Chief Minister is a “poll gimmick” and added that Congress does not fully trust the Dalits.

CHANDIGARH: Hussan Lal on Monday was appointed the new Principal Secretary to CM and Rahul Tiwari the new Special Principal Secretary to CM.

CHANDIGARH: Charanjit Singh Channi was sworn in as Chief Minister of Punjab on Monday. Governor Banwarilal Purihot also administered the oath of office to Congress leaders Sukhjinder S Randhawa and OP Soni as ministers in the state cabinet.

HARYANA: Following Charanjit Singh Channi’s appointment as the Chief Minister of Punjab, Haryana Home Minister Anil Vij took a jibe at him on Monday.

CHANDIGARH: The Chief Minister Punjab Capt. Amarinder Singh tendered his resignation and that of his Council of Ministers. The Punjab Governor Shri Banwarilal Purohit accepted his resignation and that of his council of Ministers.

BATHINDA: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Punjab has termed the job of Excise Inspector given to millionaire son-in-law of Cabinet Minister Gurpreet Singh Kangar on compassionate grounds as a betrayal with lakhs of unemployed youth of Punjab. In a joint statement issued from the party headquarters here on Saturday, AAP MLAs Prof Baljinder Kaur, Principal Budh Ram and …

CHANDIGARH: Former Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh has said that he will not accept Navjot Sidhu as Chief Minister as he is not capable but a disaster.

AMRITSAR: Bibi Jagir Kaur, President, Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) today handed over appointment letters to 40 ex-servicemen for service in Seva dal at the SGPC office.