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Topic: Punjab government

Why state-owned electricity firms are under a cloud in power-surplus Punjab

The Punjab govt's decision to redevelop the land on which its oldest power plant, shut down in 2018, stands has brought out old concerns.

After unconditional apology from chief secretary, Punjab ministers end row over ‘rudeness’

Punjab ministers had ‘boycotted’ chief secretary Karan Avtar Singh after an argument over excise revenues at a 9 May meeting. 

Punjab govt orders detailed audit of Covid-19 deaths to understand high mortality rate

Punjab CM Amarinder Singh told Congress President Sonia Gandhi that his govt is strengthening its pandemic containment measures under the guidance of an expert panel.

Punjab govt approves plasma therapy on critically-ill top cop battling Covid-19

Ludhiana's Assistant Commissioner of Police Anil Kohli is admitted at Apollo Hospital, where the therapy will be performed.

Doctors & health staff, regular patients no longer need curfew passes in Punjab

Banks and ATMs have also been allowed to operate the whole week, according to the state home department's revised guidelines amid the nationwide lockdown to curb Covid-19.

Punjab CM seeks help from Centre to clear pending wage liabilities of MGNREGA workers

Punjab CM Amarinder Singh said that with Rs. 84 crores pending wages for upto 1.30 lakh workers, families would find it hard to sustain during the 21-day lockdown.

Punjab govt to suspend public transport from Friday midnight due to coronavirus outbreak

The state has also decided to shut marriage palaces, hotels, restaurants, banquets and dining places, except home delivery services and takeaways.

In wrong place at wrong time: Forgotten story of Operation Blue Star’s ‘Jodhpur detainees’

375 unarmed men, women & children were found in Golden Temple when Army entered on 6 June 1984. They remained in Jodhpur Central Jail for the next 4–5 years.

Cheaper petrol, job promise, no new taxes: Congress govt in Punjab rains sops in budget

Punjab is estimated to lose Rs 800 to Rs 1,000 crore annually on account of the VAT reduction on fuel.

Punjab panel blames railway staff & Dussehra event organisers for Amritsar train tragedy

As many as 61 people were killed in the Amritsar train tragedy this October, when they were mowed down while watching Ravan dahan on Dussehra.

On Camera

Hasina eyes Rahul-Priyanka model for Awami League. It is yet another blunder from her

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.

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

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.

60 yrs on, veterans recall lessons from 1965 India-Pakistan war. ‘Equipment alone doesn’t win battles’

A common thread runs through the memories of soldiers of the 1965 war—ingenuity, courage and camaraderie that withstood an apparently technologically superior foe.

India doesn’t give walkovers to Pakistan in war. Here’s why it shouldn’t do it in cricket either

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.