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  Amritpal Singh News: The search for fugitive Amritpal and his accomplice intensified

  News | March 29, 2023 8:54 IST

  A search operation has been intensified in Punjab's Hoshiarpur district following reports that fugitive Amritpal Singh was hiding in the city. Police have received information that two people have gotten out of the recovered car and fled towards the village.

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  Punjab govt to send action taken report on PM security breach to Centre

  India | March 14, 2023 19:03 IST

  PM Modi security breach: Prime Minister Narendra Modi's security witnessed a major lapse in January while he was on his way to Ferozpur from Bathinda in Punjab to address a poll rally and lay the foundation stone of Delhi-Amritsar-Katra expressway among other developmental projects.

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  Punjab: 36 government school principals will be sent to Singapore for training

  Education | January 20, 2023 15:51 IST

  Punjab: Punjab Education Minister has informed that the government has decided to send 36 government school principals to Singapore for training.

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  Rahul Gandhi says 'Ludhiana can compete with China if small, medium businesses get support'

  India | January 12, 2023 14:49 IST

  Bharat Jodo Yatra: While attacking the Punjab government and the Centre, Rahul Gandhi said 'Ludhiana can compete with China if small, medium businesses get support.'

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  Sidhu Moosewala murder mastermind Goldy Brar will be brought back to India: Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann

  India | December 03, 2022 16:24 IST

  Goldy Brar news: "We will definitely bring Goldy Brar to India as per the treaty with America so that the families which have lost their sons and daughters find some solace. Brar was the main mastermind, and there are others as well whose records are with us," CM Mann said.

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  Punjab government transfers 22 IAS, 10 PCS officers in administrative reshuffle

  India | November 27, 2022 15:33 IST

  Punjab news: Services of IAS officer Malwinder Singh Jaggi have been placed at the disposal of the department of local government for posting as chief executive officer of Punjab water supply and sewerage board, the order said.

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  Punjab cabinet approves old pension scheme

  India | November 18, 2022 15:44 IST

  Old pension scheme Punjab: Earlier, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand too went back to the Old Pension Scheme and quashed the new pension scheme.

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  Punjab Assembly session: Governor Banwarilal Purohit permits to convene 3rd session on September 27

  India | September 25, 2022 12:17 IST

  Punjab Assembly session: This will be the Punjab government's third Assembly session that is scheduled to take place at around 11:00 am in Chandigarh.

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  Punjab CM Mann says "it's too much" after Guv seeks details of Sep 27 proposed assembly session

  India | September 24, 2022 0:27 IST

  The fresh development comes after governor Banwari Lal Purohit had stopped the Mann-led regime's plan to summon a special assembly session on September 22 to bring a "confidence motion only".

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  'When Op Lotus started failing': Kejriwal, Mann slam Punjab Guv for not allowing assembly session

  India | September 22, 2022 0:39 IST

  Bhagwant Mann slammed Governor Purohit for withdrawing his order of summoning a special session of the Assembly, saying not allowing it raises a big question on the country's democracy.

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  Ex-Punjab minister Bharat Bhushan Ashu held over 'scam' in foodgrains transportation tenders

  India | August 22, 2022 23:24 IST

  Transportation Tender Scam: Ashu's arrest came hours after he along with other senior Punjab Congress leaders "presented" themselves at the Vigilance Bureau office in Mohali, saying it could detain any of them as they were fed up with the AAP government in Punjab levelling corruption allegations.

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  SAD's Majithia seeks clearance of cane dues from Punjab govt, pvt sugar mills

  India | August 16, 2022 18:36 IST

  Majithia, who was recently released from the Patiala jail after he was granted bail by the Punjab and Haryana High court in a drugs case, said it was brought to his notice that farmers had been protesting here and demanding their cane dues of Rs 72 crore pending towards a local sugar mill here.

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  Punjab government withdraws 'security cover' provided to 424 dignitaries

  India | May 28, 2022 13:41 IST

  Those whose security cover has been withdrawn included- many retired police officers, religious leaders, and also political figures.

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  Punjab Cabinet approves 26,000 recruitments in govt depts, doorstep delivery of ration

  India | May 02, 2022 16:50 IST

  The decision is in line with Bhagwant Mann's promise of filling 25,000 vacancies in various departments after the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) came to power in the state in March. 

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  2015 Bargari sacrilege incident: Man stages 'dharna' for 46 days, demands justice for father's death

  India | February 10, 2022 8:07 IST

  In 2015, the incidents of sacrilege occurred between June to October following the theft of the sacred Guru Granth Sahib from a Gurudwara in Burj Jawaharsinghwala, Faridkot, and the discovery of torn pages from the Holy Book in Bargari, Faridkot.

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  PM's security breach: Punjab govt forms panel to probe lapses; report within 3 days

  Elections | January 06, 2022 11:26 IST

  In a "major security lapse", the prime minister's convoy was stranded on a flyover due to a blockade by protesters in Ferozepur on Wednesday after which he returned from poll-bound Punjab without attending any event, including a rally.

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  Punjab govt refused to provide job and reward as promised, alleges chess champion Malika Handa

  Sports | January 03, 2022 9:20 IST

  World Chess Champion Malika Handa recently took to Twitter to express her anger against Punjab government. She alleged in the tweet, that, Punjab government had promised her reward and a job, which hasn't been fulfilled.

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  World champion Malika Handa claims Punjab govt failed to fulfill promises made to her | Watch

  India | January 03, 2022 0:06 IST

  Taking to Twitter, the World Chess champion said that she had met the Sports Minister on December 31, where he informed the player that she is ineligible for job and cash award because they do not have a policy for deaf sports.

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  Punjab government replaces officiating DGP, gives charge to IPS officer Siddharth Chattopadhyaya

  India | December 17, 2021 13:11 IST

  The order to appoint Chattopadhyaya as the officiating DGP was issued late Thursday night.

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  BSF jurisdiction row: Manish Tewari asks Punjab govt to move Supreme Court

  India | November 12, 2021 11:06 IST

  The Centre had last month amended the BSF Act to authorise the border guarding force to undertake search, seizure and arrest within a 50 km stretch, up from the existing 15 km, from the international border in Punjab, West Bengal and Assam.