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Punjab allows shops dealing in non-essential shops to open on Saturdays

The Punjab government on Monday decided to allow shops dealing in non-essential items to open on Saturdays and reduced the night curfew timing by two and half hours in urban areas

Punjab govt to provide 50,000 free health kits to Covid-19 patients

Punjab CM Amarinder Singh said that his government will provide 50,000 free health kits to coronavirus patients undergoing treatment in hospitals and in home isolation to ensure better care for them

Power tribunal allows passing pollution control costs on to tariffs

Moves comes as a breather for Vedanta and L&T for their plants in Punjab

Punjab govt to stop affixing posters outside homes of Covid-19 patients

The psychological trauma which patients were seen suffering as a result of these posters, meant to protect neighbours and others, was defeating the very purpose, Singh said

Punjab CM asks Oppn-ruled states to challenge NEET, JEE exams

With just days to go for the NEET and JEE exams being conducted amid the Covid-19 pandemic, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Wednesday

Punjab imposes daily night curfew from tomorrow as Covid-19 cases surge

Chief Minister bans all gatherings except weddings and funerals across the state till August 31

Unlock-3.0: Punjab govt imposes additional restrictions in all cities

The Punjab government said that on account of a sudden rise in coronavirus cases in urban areas, it was felt necessary to impose additional restrictions on certain activities in all the cities

SAD warns Punjab govt against withdrawal of free power to farmers

Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal on Friday warned Punjab CM Amarinder Singh against the withdrawal of free power to farmers, saying the move will face still resistance from his party. If you take a single step towards discontinuing free power to farmers, you must prepare yourself and your government to face an unprecedented mass movement by the SAD to safeguard interests of the already beleaguered peasantry. We will never allow free power to stop, Badal said. Sukhbir's comments came after a group of experts formed by the Punjab government to suggest ways to revive the state economy in the post-coronavirus period recommended some tough measures. The expert group has recommended to defer the payment of salaries to employees and described free power to farmers as highly regressive. The group of experts, led by former deputy chairman of the erstwhile Planning Commission Montek Singh Ahluwalia, in its first report said free power has limited the "government's ability to

Punjab govt employees protest against cut in pay scale for new recruits

Punjab government employees in Chandigarh and Mohali went on a four-day pen-down strike against the state's decision to reduce their mobile phone allowance and cut down the pay scale for new recruits

Punjab CM to launch to scheme to distribute smartphones among youth today

In order to avoid large gatherings, the launch of the distribution scheme will be organised at 26 different locations in Chandigarh and Punjab

Withdrawal of Congress MP Bajwa's security a 'routine exercise': Punjab CM

The state government on Saturday had decided to withdraw state security given to Bajwa, saying he enjoys the central security cover and virtually faced no threat

Congress MP Dullo condemns withdrawal of police security cover to Bajwa

Congress Rajya Sabha member Shamsher Singh Dullo on Monday condemned the Punjab government's move of withdrawing MP Partap Singh Bajwa's police security cover

Punjab: AAP chief Bhagwant questions police cover given to Badal family

Why the Badal family continues to enjoy the state police cover when it has been withdrawn from Congress Rajya Sabha MP Partap Singh Bajwa, AAP chief Bhagwant asked the Punjab government on Sunday.

Punjab hooch tragedy: SAD takes out protest march, demands govt's dismissal

The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) alleged that the liquor mafia in the state had paid money to the Congress to "thwart" any probe into the "illegal liquor trade"

Covid-19: Punjab govt orders night curfew in Ludhiana, Patiala, Jalandhar

The Chief Minister also announced a week-long trial of enforcement of the mandatory mask-wearing rule by making offenders stand at the spot for an hour with a mask on

None will be spared: CM Amarinder Singh to hooch victims' families

Singh also spoke to the families and took ground assessment of the action taken against the culprits

Punjab to provide health insurance to all state govt employees, pensioners

The Cabinet has approved the extension of AB-SSBY for the next policy plan period from August 20, 2020 to August 19, 2021 at the tendered premium rate of Rs 1,100 per family per year.

Punjab hooch tragedy: Police arrests Ludhiana-based methanol supplier

Rajeev Joshi, the owner of Ludhiana Paint Store, was nabbed late Monday evening

AAP holds protest against Congress govt over hooch tragedy in Punjab

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Tuesday held a protest against the Congress government in Punjab over the hooch tragedy that claimed more than 100 lives.

Won't spare politician, public servant found complicit in hooch tragedy: CM

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Tuesday said no politician or public servant found complicit in the hooch tragedy that has claimed over 100 lives so far will be spared. The chief minister said he would finish off the liquor mafia in the state. Nobody will be allowed to get away with this, he added. The entire Punjab Police force has been tasked to crack down on the mafia, Singh said in a statement here. The death toll in the hooch tragedy has risen to 110. So far, 83 deaths have taken place in Tarn Taran district, followed by 14 in Gurdaspur's Batala and 13 in Amritsar. The tragedy has been unfolding since Wednesday evening in the three districts.