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Punjab govt to reward those who provide information that lead to drugs recovery

The quantum of reward will be decided on a case-to-case basis. Punjab CM Amarinder Singh said the move will help govt in cracking down on drug smugglers and traffickers.

Convinced CM Amarinder to accept my resignation, says Punjab top cop who quit after HC rap

IG Kunwar Vijay Pratap Singh had quit last week after Punjab & Haryana HC quashed his probe into 2015 Behbal Kalan, Kotkapura firing cases. CM Amarinder yet to accept the resignation.

Ensure direct online payment to farmers for rabi crop, Piyush Goyal writes to Punjab CM

The Centre has made online direct payment to farmers mandatory for the upcoming Rabi wheat procurement season.

BJP stages sit-in at Punjab CM’s house after farmers ‘rough up, rip clothes off MLA’

The BJP protesters, some of whom took their shirts off, raised slogans against state's Congress govt, alleging failure of law and order.

Punjab CM urges govt to widen vaccination ambit after 81% samples test positive for UK strain

Amarinder Singh urged PM Modi to widen the vaccination ambit to cover those younger than 60 as the mutant has been found to be infecting young people more.

Punjab shuts all educational institutions till March end to check Covid surge

Cinema hall capacity has been reduced by 50% and mall entry capped at 100 people. CM Amarinder Singh also appealed people to keep social activity at homes to the bare minimum.

Punjab Police transfers likely after HC order on convicted, charge-sheeted cops

The HC order came Monday over a petition filed by a dismissed police officer, who has challenged his release from the force over 'arbitrariness'.

Free transport for women, higher pensions, 25% more farm allocation — Punjab’s FY22 budget

Punjab Finance Minister Manpreet Singh Badal announces a please-all budget in the presence of CM Amarinder Singh. No new taxes.

When Amarinder turned wedding singer for granddaughter, and Anil Vij sang ‘Kasme waade’

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Amarinder Singh appoints Prashant Kishor as principal advisor, Punjab govt to pay him Re 1

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh’s decision to appoint Prashant Kishor to the govt comes a year ahead of the 2022 assembly elections in the state.

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India’s future lies in pragmatism. Protectionism must be phased out gradually, not in disruptive shocks.

BJP MPs go full throttle against Trump even as govt hails enduring India-US ties amid tariff tension

New Delhi: While the Indian government has made a measured response to the 25 percent trade tariff imposed by Donald Trump, many in the BJP...

India to get last of Spain-built C-295 next month, focus now on 1st India-made aircraft

New Delhi: The last of the C-295 transport aircraft that is replacing the ageing Avro fleet of the Indian Air Force (IAF) will be...

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.