While outlining the steps taken by the state, Vini Mahajan stressed the need to compensate farmers for the additional costs incurred by them for management of paddy straw.
SAD and AAP, as also some Congress leaders, have criticised Amarinder govt's decision to extend jobs to grandsons of two leaders killed during militancy days in 1987.
The decision to appoint sons of two Congress MLAs Fateh Jung Singh Bajwa and Rakesh Pandey on compassionate ground was taken in a cabinet meeting. Kaur said only merit should be the criteria.
SAD chief Sukhbir Singh Badal accused the Congress-led govt of ‘making money’ by selling vaccine to private hospitals and asked the CM to dismiss Balbir Singh Sidhu.
Demanding an HC-monitored probe, Akali Dal chief said a case should be registered against the state health minister for diverting vaccines meant for common man to private institutions.
Addressing the media after a cabinet meeting Monday, Punjab Congress chief Sunil Jakhar said the night curfew will now be imposed from 6 pm in the state as opposed to 8pm.
The situation has become very grim over the past a few days as the supply of liquid medical oxygen has not been able to meet the increased demand, Amarinder wrote Sunday.
Punjab CM Amarinder Singh has called a meeting with 'arthiyas' (commission agents) Friday to discuss about a new mechanism ahead of wheat procurement that will commence from 10 April.
The UP government had earlier told the apex court that the Punjab government is 'shamelessly' protecting Mukhtar Ansari in connection with an alleged extortion case.
The Hasina family’s generational ties with the Gandhi family have influenced the ex-Bangladesh PM to pass on the baton to her children, like Gandhis in India.
SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.
A common thread runs through the memories of soldiers of the 1965 war—ingenuity, courage and camaraderie that withstood an apparently technologically superior foe.
Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.
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