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Maintain 60:40 ratio for Chandigarh administration posts: CM to Punjab govt

July 13, 2022

Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann has expressed concern over the partial system that was adopted towards the Punjab Cadre bureaucrats for filling up the posts of Civil Administration in Chandigarh Administration. The CM has written a letter to Chandigarh Administrator Banwari Lal Purohit appealing to maintain the ratio of 60:40 between...

‘PUNJAB TOPS IN LIVER TRANSPLANT RECIPIENTS’

July 12, 2022

Be it PGIMER or Delhi, where liver transplants are actively happening, the maximum recipients are from Punjab and this number is consistently increasing. Punjabis are known for their habit of drinking alcohol the most. Hence, liver cirrhosis is trapping Punjabis the most, said Prof Dr Varinder Singh, Head of Hepatology,...

Punjab police arrest 676 smugglers in a week

July 12, 2022

Intensifying the war to completely eradicate the drug menace from the state, the Punjab Police has arrested 676 drug smugglers after registering 559 first information reports (FIRs) under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act in the last week. Addressing a press conference on Monday, a Punjab Police spokesperson...

‘NO INDUSTRIAL UNIT TO BE SET UP NEAR MATTEWARA FORESTS’

July 12, 2022

Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Monday announced that no industrial unit will be set up at the proposed site near the Mattewara forests for saving the precious water resources and woods of the state. “I will categorically like to announce that not only in Mattewara but the state government...

CITIZENS SUPPORT DEMAND TO CANCEL TEXTILE PARK AT MATTEWARA FOREST IN PUNJAB

July 11, 2022

The call by the Public Action Committee (PAC) to support the cancellation of the proposed mega textile park adjoining Mattewara protected forest on the bank of Sutlej has received a huge response from citizens across Punjab. A large number of people gathered at one place to send a strong message...

HERITAGE TREE COSTS CHILD’S LIFE IN CHANDIGARH

July 9, 2022

In a shocking incident that has come to light from Chandigarh, a huge tree fell down in the Camel Convent School, Sector-9, killing one girl child and injuring 18 others. One school attendant also sustained injuries. The deceased student has been identified as Hirakshi, who lived with her parents in...

FIRST CASE OF SACRILEGE IN PUNJAB, 3 DERA FOLLOWERS CONVICTED

July 8, 2022

In the first instance of Sri Guru Granth Sahib desecration case in Punjab, three Dera Sacha followers have been convicted. The Moga court made the initial and decisive ruling in the Punjab sacrilege case. In the 2015 lawsuit involving the sacrilege in the Malke village of Moga, the court has...

WEDDING BELLS FOR PUNJAB CM BHAGWANT MANN

July 7, 2022

Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann is set to tie the knot with 32-year-old Dr Gurpreet Kaur in Chandigarh on Thursday. CM Bhagwant Mann got divorced from his first wife in 2015. It is being said that Bhagwant Mann›s mother and sister wanted this marriage to happen. At the age of...

DSP Faridkot held for accepting bribe from drug supplier

July 7, 2022

Punjab Police on Wednesday arrested Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Faridkot Lakhvir Singh for accepting Rs 10 lakhs as a bribe from a drug supplier for not nominating him in the FIR registered under NDPS Act in Tarn Taran, said the Director-General of Police (DGP) Punjab Gaurav Yadav. The development...

NEWLY INDUCTED PUNJAB MINISTERS: JOURAMAJRA GETS HEALTH, MAAN GETS TOURISM

July 6, 2022

Chetan Singh Jauramajra is the new Health Minister of Punjab after sacking Dr Vijay Singla out of cabinet due to the graft charges against him. All ministers got portfolios in Punjab Tuesday. The portfolios of some old ministers have also been changed. The total number of ministers including the Chief...

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