Punjab BJP President Kewal Singh Dhillon on Monday said a poster promoting a protest being held in Delhi by the Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) against Chief Election Commissioner of India Gyanesh Kumar was circulated on the official WhatsApp channel of the Punjab School Education Board (PSEB), which has approximately 4.48 lakh followers.
The Gujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) and the Valsad Special Operations Group (SOG) have arrested three accused in the murder case of social media influencer and makeup artist Madhu Sudan Singh alias Mad Sandhu in Amritsar, Punjab.
MOHALI (SAS NAGAR): Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann on Saturday launched the final phase of ‘Yudh Nashean Virudh’ from the historic land of Chapparchiri, flagging off a bikers’ rally across all 23 districts to turn the fight against drugs into a people’s movement. Declaring that Punjab would not allow drugs to be sold even secretly,.
Punjab’s ‘Sikhiya Kranti’ is bringing 21 lakh parents together with the Bhagwant Mann Government to transform 19,200 government schools across all 23 districts and make them world-class.
Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann has directed all departments to ensure world-class arrangements for the Asian Cup Hockey tournament from October 27 to November 2, with a focus on seamless coordination, international-standard facilities, city beautification and hospitality.
Punjab is emerging as a preferred destination for investors with a renewed focus on ease of doing business, transparency and employment generation, as Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann on Thursday launched the ‘HUNAR Punjab’ and ‘Fast-Track Punjab’ portals in Chandigarh. He said the new portals will ensure all necessary approvals through a single window within 45 days, enable investors to transparently track financial incentives, and connect industries directly with skilled youth.
Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann on Wednesday hit out at the BJP over the 12-hour Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) raids conducted across Punjab, asserting that the agency’s teams returned empty-handed and that nothing was found despite an extensive search across Punjab.
With the BJP left without any issue to take to the people in Punjab, the Modi government has now resorted to the blatant misuse of central investigative agencies, with the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) raid at the camp office of CM Bhagwant Singh Mann just months before the Assembly elections exposing its desperation to gain a foothold in the state.
A couple of days back in my write up, I advocated coordinated response to subdue the drug menace, it being a national problem. After penning the piece, analyzed that but I advocated if implemented will certainly help in eradicating drugs from Punjab. However, question tickled, is national coordination on tackling this important security and societal.
For the past few years, there has been a vigorous campaign urging farmers not to burn crop stubble in their fields. To tackle this issue, the government has instituted strict penalties for those who burn stubble, while offering financial incentives to those who adopt alternative methods. Punjab is frequently cited among the states where stubble.
The Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB) during its ongoing drive against corruption in the state, has apprehended Sub Divisional Officer(SDO) Hardeep Singh posted at Mining Department Nabha district Patiala, red-handed accepting a bribe of Rs 50,000/-.
