Chandigarh,

Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Monday said his government was trying its best to address the problems of the agitating teachers and other Adhoc employees and would try to bring a solution in the winter session of the Vidhan Sabha.

Though his government had no money to pay them, it was looking into the issues raised by the teachers and making its best efforts to resolve the same, the Chief Minister told a press conference here.

Chandigarh,

Lashing out at vested political interests seeking to politicise a sensitive issue, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Monday asserted that there was no question of backing out of his promise to bring to book the culprits of the Bargari sacrilege case and the subsequent incidents of firing at Behbal Kalan and Kotkapura.

Addressing a press conference here, the Chief Minister rejected allegations of the situation in Bargari getting out of control and said his government was fully equipped to deal with it.

Chandigarh

Swindlers beware, unique number is the name of the game. Yes in its efforts to bring in hassle-free services in a transparent manner, the Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh led Punjab government has decided to give a unique number to the plots of government and approved colonies in the revenue records which will show the khasra number as well as the plot number.

Chandigarh

The Government agencies and private millers have procured 896357 metric tonnes of Paddy in Punjab till October 13.

Disclosing this here today, an official spokesman of the Government of Punjab informed that out of the total procurement from various procurement centres in the State, the Government agencies procured 867451 MT of paddy while 28906 MT has been procured by the millers.

Chandigarh, Dismayed at the wrong economic burdens being levied on the common man in the state on one pretext or the other that the Financial condition of the state exchequer is in dire straits Former Finance Minister Upinderjit Kaur said that Mr Manpreet Badal has no business to fool the people of the state.

Breaking her silence after the congress regime came into power she alleged that Manpreet badal is programmed to be " anti poor". He projects an image which is totally contrary to his political leanings. Even when in SAD he as a Finance Minister always tried to scuttle social welfare schemes and pro poor policies. He was the biggest advocate to do away with subsidies. She said.

Chandigarh, -Taking strong exception to the Punjab cabinet minister Navjot Singh Sidhu’s assertions at literary fest at kasauli this morning, Shiromani Akali Dal(SAD) is up in arms against him and asked Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh to throw him out of cabinet for making such preposterous statements compromising the very spirit of Indian nation.

Chandigarh

Raising the pitch on its war against drugs on the directives of Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh, the Punjab Police has decided to launch a drive against Proclaimed Offenders (POs) of drug cases, including those who had fled the country.

The decision was taken on Saturday at a high-level joint meeting of the Special Task Force (STF), Intelligence Wing and Bureau of Investigation (BoI), held under the chairmanship of DGP Suresh Arora, at the Intelligence Bhawan,

Chandigarh, Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) today condemned the fuel surcharge imposed by the Congress government, saying such measures had resulted in repeated hikes in power tariff and put an unbearable burden on the common man.

While demanding an immediately rollback, former minister Sikander Singh Maluka said the Congress government was repeatedly hiking power tariff through the back door by imposing electricity duties and fuel surcharge costs on consumers which had increased power tariff by around 20 per cent in the last one and a half years.

Chandigarh

The Local Government, Tourism and Cultural Affairs Minister, Punjab, Mr. Navjot Singh Sidhu here today inaugurated the ‘World Food Festival’ and ‘Traditional Rasoi Sammelan’ and invited all the world famous chefs to open an Indian Culinary Institute in Punjab so as to give fillip to the hotel as well as the tourism sector in the state. The minister also assured that the State Government would extend all possible assistance for the purpose apart from providing land.

Chandigarh Hon’ble Mr Justice Krishna Murari, Chief Justice, Punjab and Haryana High Court along with Hon’ble Mr. Justice Rajesh Bindal, Chairman, Arrears Committee, had interaction with all the District & Sessions Judges in the State of Punjab and State of Haryana and U. T. Chandigarh on Wednesday, through video-conferencing to review the disposal of old cases, especially cases relating to crime against women, under the Prevention of Corruption Act, Negotiable Instruments Act, senior citizens, punctuality and discipline being on top priority, and in continuation of the interaction held with all the District & Sessions Judges in the States of Punjab & Haryana and U.T., Chandigarh on August 19, 2018.