Chandigarh, May 21 (IANS) In a setback to the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)-led state government, the Punjab and Haryana High Court on Thursday refused to stay the single Bench order directing Punjab to release 58 per cent dearness allowance (DA) of government employees and pensioners on a par with senior government officers. During the hearing, the division bench made it clear that it was not inclined to put a hold on the earlier court judgment.However, it said that it could consider extending the June…
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Islamabad, May 21 (IANS) A leading international human rights organisation on Thursday wrote to the Chief Minister of Pakistan’s Punjab province, expressing grave concerns over the structural and persistent discrimination, harassment and violence against the Ahmadiyya community in the province.In its letter to CM Maryam Nawaz, Amnesty International said that these violations routinely intensify in periods preceding and during major religious occasions, such as the upcoming Eid ul-Adha.The righ…
Chandigarh, May 16 (IANS) To ensure that the increased fuel prices do not impose any additional financial burden on the people of Punjab, the state government should follow the example of the BJP-led Central government, which on March 27 reduced taxes by Rs 10 per litre and absorbed the burden of rising fuel prices, the state unit of the BJP said on Saturday. BJP General Secretary Anil Sarin, while addressing the media in the presence of the party’s state media head Vineet Joshi, said that sim…
Chandigarh, May 14 (IANS) Punjab’s government schools have scripted a major turnaround in public education, with 416 government schools recording a perfect 100 per cent pass result in the Punjab School Education Board Class 12 examinations, the government said on Thursday. As girls dominated the merit list and pass percentage once again, Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann hailed the daughters of Punjab for spearheading the state’s educational resurgence after three students, Supneet Kaur from M…
Batala, May 14 (IANS) Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Thursday asserted that the state government would erase the “blot of drugs” from the state at any cost, saying the ongoing Yudh Nashean Virudh campaign has already delivered a major blow to the narcotics network, with over 63,707 drug smugglers arrested in 437 days and illegal properties built through drug money being demolished. Addressing an anti-drug awareness programme dedicated to the 38th Gurugaddi Divas of Sant Trilochan …
Chandigarh, May 13 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party National General Secretary Tarun Chugh on Wednesday launched a sharp attack on the Punjab government over the state’s law and order situation, alleging that Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann was indulging in “accusation and counter-accusation politics” instead of addressing public concerns.Speaking to IANS, Chugh claimed that Punjab was facing a serious law and order crisis and accused the state government of failing to curb crime and violence.”The w…
Chandigarh, May 9 (IANS) Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann on Saturday launched the ‘Meri Rasoi Yojana’ at a programme in Bhalwan village in Sangrur district, marking the beginning of distribution of free nutritional food kits to nearly 40 lakh poor and economically weaker families across the state.Describing it as one of the country’s largest household nutrition support initiatives, CM Mann said the scheme was aimed at reducing the burden on household kitchens amid rising inflatio…
Chandigarh, May 9 (IANS) Union Minister Ravneet Singh Bittu, while launching a sharp attack on the Aam Aadmi Party government in Punjab, said the party’s national convenor, Arvind Kejriwal, and Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann constantly invoke the names of invaders and Mughal rulers because their “style of functioning resembles the same mindset”. He said ministers, Members of Legislative Assembly, and officials of the Aam Aadmi Party are “repeatedly being caught in corruption cases and t…
Chandigarh, May 9 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Saturday arrested Sanjeev Arora, one of the powerful Cabinet ministers in the Bhagwant Mann-led Punjab government, from his official residence in Sector 2 here. The action came after the ED carried out extensive search operations on Sanjeev Arora’s residences and offices under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) of 2002. However, there is no official statement from the ED on his arrest.Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader Bikram …
Chandigarh, May 8 (IANS) The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Friday sought the Punjab government’s stand on the withdrawal of security cover provided to Rajya Sabha MP and industrialist Rajinder Gupta, while also directing that no harm should come to his family within the state in view of recent incidents.Advocate Chetan Mittal, appearing for Gupta, told court that the Rajya Sabha MP from Punjab and Chairman Emeritus of the Trident Group had approached the High Court challenging the withdrawal …