Latest Punjab Government news in Chandigarh

• SAD delivers BJP a grand alliance in Haryana

  The Bharatiya Janata Party ( BJP) is very close to repeating a Maharashtra in Haryana, but at the expense of sacrificing its sitting Amritsar member of Parliament Navjot Singh Sidhu, who is now likely to contest from the New Delhi constituency.

• EC disallows atta-dal cards with CM's photo

  Ruchika M Khanna Tribune News Servic Chandigarh, March 8 The Punjab Government's flagship Atta Dal Scheme has met with disapproval of the state Election Commission. The commission has asked district authorities not to allow cards used for ...

• Govt-aided college teachers protest, threaten to boycott examinations

  Teachers from government aided colleges in Punjab and Chandigarh held a two-hour protest against nonpayment of salaries for the past nine months at the Sector 25 rally ground on Friday. The teachers, led by the Punjab & Chandigarh College ...
  Govt-aided college teachers protest, threaten to boycott examinations at "Chandigarh"

• Build temple, not gurdwara, for 282 'skulls': Amarinder

  CHANDIGARH: Former Punjab chief minister Capt Amarinder Singh on Friday rejected the idea of building a gurdwara at the site of a well in Amritsar's Ajnala area that had last week thrown up skulls of 282 soldiers, who were killed in a revolt against ...

• Akalis blame Pakistan for poor fiscal health

  CHANDIGARH: Here's Akali Dal's googly on the deteriorating fiscal health of Punjab: The 553 km hostile border with Pakistan. With election code of conduct in place for Lok Sabha polls, Punjab government, which had already made up its mind not to ...

• Punjab to seek debt relief when NDA comes to power: Punjab FM

  Chandigarh: Confident that the BJP-led NDA would come to power, Punjab Finance Minister Parminder Singh Dhindsa today said the state government will seek relief from the "burgeoning" debt which is expected to cross Rs 1 lakh crore in current fiscal, ...
  Punjab to seek debt relief when NDA comes to power: Punjab FM at "Chandigarh"

• Punjab presents vote on account, awaits new govt

  FM Parminder Singh Dhindsa presented the Rs.25,292.96 crore vote on account before the state assembly for approval IANS | Chandigarh March 7, 2014 Last Updated at 18:30 IST Putting its bet on seeing a new NDA government at the centre after the ...
  Punjab presents vote on account, awaits new govt at "Chandigarh"

• Waiting for new government, Punjab opts for vote on account

  Chandigarh, March 7 : Putting its bet on seeing a new NDA government at the centre after the April-May general election, the Punjab government Friday opted for a vote on account instead of a regular budget for four months (April 1 to July 31) this year.

• Punjab equates state DGP with Army Chief to get him red beacon

  Man Aman Singh Chhina Chandigarh,March 7, 2014| UPDATED14:45 IST The attachment to the fast vanishing red beacons atop their official cars is making bureaucrats do funny things. From now onwards, the Punjab Director General of Police is ...
  Punjab equates state DGP with Army Chief to get him red beacon at "Chandigarh"

• Farmer Sukhbir's aviation dream takes off with Majithia jets

  CHANDIGARH: Punjab deputy chief minister Sukhbir Singh Badal, who had shown himself as an agriculturist in the 2012 state assembly polls with a modest 1999-model tractor as his only vehicle, is now the largest shareholder of a Rs 80-crore aviation ...

• `SAD-BJP state govt denied OBC reservation benefits to Jats`

  Chandigarh: All India Jat Maha Sabha president Amarinder Singh on Thursday lambasted the SAD-BJP led Punjab government for making "deliberate" delay in declaring Jats and Jat Sikhs as backward classes, saying the Maha Sabha would "expose" the state ...

• PCCTU threaten to boycott University exams

  Punjab and Chandigarh Collage Teacher's Union (PCCTU) threaten to boycott the coming university exams if things do not improve. In a press release, PCCTU President P S Gill said here today "we were being compelled by the circumstances to adopt the ...
  PCCTU threaten to boycott University exams at "Chandigarh"

• HC: Drug haul case probe by Punjab police satisfactory

  CHANDIGARH: Taking up Punjab's drug haul case, the Punjab and Haryana high court on Wednesday expressed satisfaction over the investigations carried out by Punjab police into the case. HC made the observation after going through the status report ...
  HC: Drug haul case probe by Punjab police satisfactory at "Chandigarh"

• Rash driver takes quest of 2 students into blind alley

  s another normal day for Balraj and Ramandeep Singh, but the excitement was unusual for these visually-impaired students, when they went to find a writer for their final year examination at Sector-19. However, fate had something else in store. ...

• HC asks Punjab to take action against illegal construction

  The Punjab and Haryana High Court has directed the Punjab government to take action against the illegal constructions that have come up in Bari Karoran village in SAS Nagar district and in adjoining areas and submit a compliance report within a ...

• 1857 question springs from well

  Chandigarh, March 4: An unused well in a Punjab town has thrown up the remains of at least 90 men, thought to be sepoys killed by the British during the 1857 revolt. State government archaeologists dug up the bones and skulls between Friday and ...

• Punjab Cabinet approves Backward Class quota for Jats

  Ruchika M Khanna Tribune News Servic Chandigarh, March 4 The Punjab Cabinet tonight decided to include Jats in the Backward Classes category. With this, Jats will be the 69th community to be included in the category. Former Punjab Chief ...

• Punjab in quandary over Karnataka's exchange offer

  Punjab government's appeal for transfer of Sikh prisoners languishing in other states has landed it into a catch-22 situation.

• Punjab Governor reopens Chandigarh debate, Haryana minister reaffirms claim

  Chandigarh: Haryana government will never let go its claim on Chandigarh, state Finance Minister Harmohinder Singh Chattha said today. "Keeping this in view, a contribution of Rs 200 crore has been released for upcoming Shaheed Bhagat Singh ...

• Commissioner to look into shady land deals in 35 villages: High Court

  The tribunal had given a panoply of suggestions and findings regarding land deals in 35 villages including Nayagaon and Kansal Maintaining that a senior officer of Punjab shall be appointed to hold an incisive probe into the alleged illegal ...

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