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Punjab CM Amarinder Singh meets Congress panel to end factionalism

This is the second time Singh has met the panel. He had earlier met its members at the AICC headquarters, before submission of the panel report

SC Commission issues notice to Punjab govt over thrashing of Dalit female

Taking strong notice of Dalit woman being thrashed in a Panchayat over a wage dispute in Punjab, Chairman of NCSC Vijay Sampla issued a notice to the government of Punjab

Punjab Congress leaders' kin appointed as police inspector, naib tehsildar

The Punjab government decided to appoint the sons of two former Congress leaders as a police inspector and a naib tehsildar respectively by giving "relaxation in the relevant rules"

Mayawati slams Punjab govt over profiteering from Covid-19 vaccines

Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati on Saturday said that Punjab government selling Covid vaccines to private hospitals at a premium was "indecent, inhuman, condemnable and very unfortunate"

Amarinder-Sidhu row: Sonia sets up 3-member panel to resolve differences

Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Friday set up a three-member committee to resolve differences among its leaders in Punjab

Punjab to explore possibility of procuring vaccines from global sources

Amid an acute shortage of anti-coronavirus vaccine, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Thursday directed the health department to explore possibilities of floating a global tender for the procurement of immunisation shots from all possible sources, an official statement said. The state government will reach out directly to all vaccine manufacturers for direct purchase of various COVID vaccines, including Sputnik V, Pfizer, Moderna, and Johnson & Johnson, Singh said in the statement. Punjab can store 35 lakh Sputnik V vaccines, which require a storage temperature of minus 18 degrees Celsius, he added. The chief minister said all efforts would be made for procurement of vaccines to meet the acute shortage in the state which has received fewer than 44 lakh vaccine doses so far from the Union government, of which only one lakh is currently available for use and which will be exhausted within a day. The state government was forced to stop the vaccination drive for phase I and ...

Punjab govt extends Covid restrictions till May 31 to curb infections

Amid high positivity and fatality rates, the Punjab government on Sunday extended all existing Covid restrictions till May 31

Punjab CM Amarinder Singh announces creation of new district of Malerkotla

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh announced Malerkotla as the state's new district and noted that a long-pending demand of the people has been fulfilled

Punjab CM urges PM Modi to increase oxygen, Covid vaccine supplies

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to increase the total quota of oxygen to 300 metric tonnes (MT), and ensure urgent supplies of vaccine for the state

Consensus among MLAs that Badals ruling state, instead of Congress: Sidhu

Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu on Sunday sharpened his attack against his own government in Punjab

Punjab CM rules out complete lockdown; announces phased opening of shops

Punjab CM announced phased opening of shops after a few of his cabinet colleagues raised the issue of resentment among shopkeepers over selective closure of shops amid the Covid-19 outbreak

Endgame for relationship between farmers and commission agents in Punjab?

Commission agents say directly transferring money into farmers' accounts could put their loans in jeopardy

Take custody of MLA Mukhtar Ansari by April 8, Punjab tells UP govt

Punjab's home department has asked the Uttar Pradesh government to take custody of gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari from Rupnagar jail by April 8

Not even single promise kept by Punjab govt: CM Kejriwal to people

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday slammed the Punjab government, alleging that not even a single promise has been honoured in the past four years by it

Punjab Budget: Govt to waive off loans worth Rs 1,186 cr of 113k farmers

Expecting the submission of the report of the Pay Commission soon, Badal said the recommendations of the pay panel will be implemented from July 1 this year

CM Amarinder indisposed, likely to skip NITI Aayog meeting, says report

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh is indisposed and unlikely to attend Saturday's meeting of the Niti Aayog's governing council to be chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, sources said. State Finance Minister Manpreet Singh Badal will attend the meeting in his place, they said. The Niti Aayog's governing council meets regularly. This will be the sixth meeting of the government think tank's apex body. "The Punjab chief minister is indisposed and is likely to skip the Niti Aayog's meeting. The state finance minister will attend in his place," sources close to Singh said. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is also likely to give the meeting a miss. The Niti Aayog's governing council includes all chief ministers, lieutenant governors of union territories, several Union ministers and senior government officials. The prime minister will chair Saturday's meeting wherein issues related to agriculture, infrastructure, manufacturing and human resource development will be ...

Congress misused govt machinery to win civic body polls: Punjab BJP chief

The Punjab BJP on Friday alleged that the ruling Congress won the civic body polls in the state by misusing the government machinery.

Disturbed Punjab suits Pakistan's policies, says CM Capt Amarinder Singh

He said that there has been an increase in weapons coming from Pakistan since October when the farmers began their agitation against the three farm laws

Nothing short of repeal of farm laws will resolve crisis: Punjab cabinet

The Punjab cabinet asserted that nothing short of a repeal of the Centre's three new farm laws would break the deadlock

Punjab CM launches scheme for free sanitary pads to high school girls

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Thursday announced a slew of welfare schemes, including free sanitary pads for girls studying in high school and colleges in the state.