Punjab

CHANDIGARH, JANUARY 23: Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh has announced a hike from Rs 31,000 to Rs 51,000 in the Shagun amount for the marriage of daughters of construction workers in Punjab from April 1, 2021, while also approving Rs 1500 in financial aid to such workers or their …

CHANDIGARH: The Punjab unit of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) took out motorbike rallies in several parts of the state on Saturday to mobilise people for a proposed tractor parade of farmers in Delhi on January 26.

CHANDIGARH: A three-member High-Level Committee constituted by the Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh to address the objections raised by the farmers regarding the acquisition of land for the Delhi-Katra Expressway Project, on Friday, met under the chairmanship of Public Works Minister  Vijay Inder Singla and interacted with the farmers of …

CHANDIGARH: Even as he slammed the Akalis and AAP for spreading lies over the Farm Laws and dubbed the Centre’s refusal to repeal them as ‘inhuman’, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Friday announced jobs for one member of each of the families of the state’s farmers who had …

CHANDIGARH: Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) President Sukhbir Singh Badal on Friday condemned the witch hunt launched against Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC) President Manjinder Singh Sirsa by registration of a false case against him solely because the latter was providing ‘Langar Sewa’ and other humanitarian aid to the Kisan …

CHANDIGARH: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Friday released another list of candidates for the forthcoming Municipal Corporation, Municipal Committee and Nagar Panchayat elections in the state. In a joint statement issued from the party headquarters, AAP’s state incharge and MLA from Delhi Jarnail Singh and state president and MP Bhagwant …

CHANDIGARH, JANUARY 22: Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Friday directed the Punjab Infrastructure Development Board (PIDB) to expedite all developmental works in the state at a meeting of its Board, which gave ex-post-facto approval to Rs 27.16 cores worth of urban environment improvement projects, along with development, upgradation and …

CHANDIGARH, JANUARY 22: Punjab Water Supply and Sanitation Minister Razia Sultana today under took the review of projects of the Department of Water Supply and Sanitation and directed the officers to complete all the ongoing projects on time for ensuring supply of clean and potable drinking water to the residents …

CHANDIGARH: Today at Chandigarh Group College of colleges’ Jhanjeri, on the occasion of national girl child day, Dr Harshindar Kaur from Patiala was honoured due to her selfless service towards saving girl child for last 28 years.

CHANDIGARH, JANUARY 22: The Republic Day Tableau of Punjab for 2021 reflects the theme of the unparalleled and supreme sacrifice of Ninth Sikh Guru Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Ji, who laid down his life to uphold the eternal values of humanity, religious co-existence and freedom of faith.