Parkash Singh Badal
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Punjab to review imposition of property tax: CM
India | Jun 03, 2014, 07:11 PM ISTKapurthala (Punjab): Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today said that the SAD-BJP government would soon review the imposition of property tax in the state in the larger interest of public, amid Congress's demand for
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Consult all political parties before acting on Art 370: Badal
National | May 30, 2014, 10:21 PM ISTBathinda: Amid a raging row over Article 370 that guarantees special status for Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today appealed to the Centre to take all political parties in confidence before
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Rs.731 crore-worth drugs seized in Punjab
National | Apr 23, 2014, 06:07 PM ISTChandigarh: Punjab authorities have seized drugs worth Rs.731 crore and 7.5 lakh litres of illicit and country liquor in the run-up to the April 30 Lok Sabha polls in the state, an election officer said
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We will fight them and beat them: Amarinder Singh
National | Mar 26, 2014, 03:21 PM ISTChandigarh: Amarinder Singh has set the political temperature soaring after the Congress announced he would take on BJP heavyweight Arun Jaitley in Amritsar and the confident former Punjab chief minister who belongs to an erstwhile
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Arun Jaitley will win the election: Rajnath Singh
National | Mar 22, 2014, 03:06 PM ISTNew Delhi: Bharatiya Janata Party president Rajnath Singh Saturday said he is confident that senior leader Arun Jaitley will win the Lok Sabha election from Punjab's Amritsar constituency."There should be no doubt that Arun Jaitley
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End of political innnings for Sidhu?
National | Mar 20, 2014, 11:33 AM ISTChandigarh: This week marked the virtual end of cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu's innings on Punjab's political wicket. The high-profile star campaigner of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has been yanked off the Amritsar Lok Sabha
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With Jaitley's arrival, Sidhu's Punjab politics over for now
National | Mar 16, 2014, 06:25 PM ISTAmritsar: Top leaders of Punjab's ruling Akali Dal-BJP alliance can breathe easy now. Having been involved in a war of words with BJP's Amritsar MP Navjot Singh Sidhu in recent times, they may not have
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And now, Badal promises to consider Beant Singh assassins' release
India | Feb 21, 2014, 01:41 PM ISTChandigarh: Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal on Thursday said his government would study the legal implications about the release of persons convicted in Beant Singh assassination case. Talking to reporters, Badal said, the matter
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Badal announces Rs 65 crore as financial assistance
India | Feb 19, 2014, 08:52 AM ISTChandigarh: Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today sanctioned Rs 65 crore as financial assistance to the kin of farmers and farm laborers who committed suicides in the state due to economic distress during the
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Rahul Gandhi is a novice, no match for Modi: Badal
National | Nov 13, 2013, 10:23 PM ISTShahkot: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is a novice in public life and is hardly any match to BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal said today.The country's Prime Minister should
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Punjab CM Badal not invited to cancer hospital event
India | Oct 10, 2013, 08:48 AM ISTJalandhar: Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal has written a letter to Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh complaining that neither he nor any of his ministers have bee invited to the foundation laying ceremony for
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No financial crisis in Punjab: Sukhbir, alleges UPA govt in fund crunch
India | Sep 10, 2013, 08:07 AM ISTChandigarh: Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal yesterday said there was no financial crunch in the state and hit back by alleging that Congress-led UPA government was under severe financial crisis and burdened with
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Go beyond Gujarat, Badal tells Modi
National | Sep 09, 2013, 04:52 PM ISTGandhinagar: Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal Monday urged his younger counterpart Narendra Modi, widely seen as the BJP's prime ministerial candidate, not to confine himself to Gujarat."I have great love for Modi," Badal told
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Make farming pricing body autonomous: Badal
National | Sep 09, 2013, 02:26 PM ISTGandhinagar: Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal Monday demanded that a central government body that decides the prices of farm produce must be made autonomous.Speaking at the Vibrant Gujarat Global Agriculture Summit here, Badal accused
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Badal urges PM to secure release of crew of Indian vessel
India | Aug 30, 2013, 10:28 AM ISTChandigarh: Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to make use of all diplomatic channels for securing the release of the 35 Indian crew members of the vessel ‘MV Desh
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Badal slams Congress, asks not to meddle in Punjab
National | Aug 16, 2013, 07:22 AM ISTIssru: Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal yesterday asked the UPA government to desist from meddling in the state's affairs.Addressing a gathering here yesterday to mark the Martyrdom Day of Shaheed Karnail Singh Issru, who
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Hooda's statements for cheap popularity: Badal
National | Jul 27, 2013, 06:38 AM ISTBathinda, July 27: Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal Friday reacted sharply to Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda's claim over Chandigarh, saying that his statements were “just to gain cheap popularity”.Dismissing his Haryana counterpart's
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Badal not well, cancels all appointments
National | Jul 15, 2013, 07:06 AM ISTChandigarh, July 15: Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal Sunday cancelled all his scheduled engagements and meetings due to illness, a spokesman of the chief minister's office said here.Badal, 86, the oldest serving chief minister
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Badal lauds Modi, says 'lead country'
National | Jun 24, 2013, 10:35 AM ISTMadhopur (Punjab), June 24: The BJP top brass gave a miss here Sunday to the first public rally of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi after he took over charge of the party's 2014 poll campaign
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Mullanpur to be renamed as New Chandigarh
India | May 29, 2013, 09:23 PM ISTChandigarh, May 29: Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today approved renaming of Mullanpur as New Chandigarh and asked the Greater Mohali Area Development Authority (GMADA) to develop it as a world class planned city.