Vijay C Roy Chandigarh, March 22 While Budget estimates are always optimistic about the state’s finances and income, actual revenue receipts paint a different picture. Although, the Punjab Government envisaged a considerable reduction in revenue receipts at the revised estimate...
Abohar, March 20 Representatives of Hindu Arora and Sikh Arora community, owing allegiance to different political parties, today sought representation in the newly-formed Aam Aadmi Party government. Community leaders said none of the 11 AAP legislators from the Arora...
Lambi (Muktsar), March 20 After the SAD’s worst-ever performance in the Assembly polls and his defeat to a first-timer in Lambi, 94-year-old former Chief Minister and SAD patron Parkash Singh Badal today started a thanksgiving tour on the home turf....
Sukhmeet BhasinBathinda, March 20 Mansa district got its first representation in the Cabinet as Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA Dr Vijay Singla was inducted as minister on Saturday. Singla is the first MLA in the district to become a Cabinet...
Amritsar, March 20 Former Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) president Navjot Singh Sidhu today held an informal meeting with some Congress leaders at his home here. At least seven Congress leaders met at Sidhu’s residence to discuss ways to bring the...
New Delhi/Chandigarh, March 20 Ahead of the March 31 Rajya Sabha elections for five of the seven seats from Punjab, academician Sandeep Pathak, AAP’s Delhi MLA and national spokesperson Raghav Chadha and former spinner Harbhajan Singh Bhajji have emerged among...
Sanjeev Singh BarianaChandigarh, March 20 The AAP government in Punjab is mulling one pension for every MLA, doing away with the practice of pension for each term served as an elected representative. Reliable sources within the party told The Tribune...
Chandigarh, March 20 Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann today reconstituted the special investigation team (SIT) probing the drugs case against SAD leader and former minister Bikram Singh Majithia. Arvind Kejriwal virtually addresses Punjab AAP MLAs. Tribune photo You will...
Chandigarh, March 19 The National Minorities Reservation Morcha has demanded the inclusion of a Muslim face in the newly formed Punjab Cabinet. Its president Parvez Siddiqui, in a press release, said Muslims had always got representation in the Cabinet, but...
Vishav Bharti Chandigarh, March 19 Three of the 10 Cabinet ministers — Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal, Lal Chand Kataruchak and Harpal Cheema — started their political career with Left movement. Dhaliwal, was a firebrand radical Left student leader in Punjab. He...
Jalandhar, March 19 With only one Doaba MLA finding place in the newly formed Cabinet of the AAP government, the development hasn’t gone down well with the Opposition parties. While some have termed it bias against Doaba, others have called...
Amritsar, March 19 The non-inclusion of giant slayers from the holy city in the first Cabinet of the Aam Aadmi Party government has surprised many. Although AAP candidates Dr Ajay Gupta and Jasbir Singh Sandhu, a BAMS doctor, defeated...
Harpal Cheema, 48 The Dirba MLA was re-elected for a second term this time. A graduate from Government Ranbir College, Sangrur, Cheema studied law from Punjabi University, Patiala, where he became active in student politics. An advocate by profession, Cheema...
Ruchika M Khanna Chandigarh, March 19 While choosing the ministers, the AAP government has tried to strike a regional balance. Five ministers — Harpal Cheema, Dr Baljit Kaur, Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer, Dr Vijay Singla and Harjot Singh Bains —...
Chandigarh, March 19 Ten MLAs, including a woman, were inducted in the Bhagwant Mann-led Punjab Cabinet here on Saturday. Seven berths have been left vacant for expansion later. Also read: Average age 47, Punjab cabinet youngest ever Balancing act: 5 from...
Tarn Taran, March 16 In a post-poll clash, five supporters of the Congress, including an expectant mother and a 7-year-old boy belonging to the Scheduled Caste, suffered injuries due to acid attack at Mehmoodpur village on late Monday night. Two...
Sameer Singh Bathinda, March 16 The Election Commission (EC) has collected Rs 85.90 lakh after forfeiting security deposits (Rs 10,000 per candidate) of 997 candidates out of 1,304 nominees who contested the 2022 Assembly poll on 117 segments. Prominent among...
Archit Watts Lambi (Muktsar), March 16 AAP’s Gurmeet Singh Khudian, who defeated five-time CM and SAD patron Parkash Singh Badal on the latter’s home turf Lambi, is a contented man. Even after being in politics for three decades, there are...
Chandigarh, March 16 Almost eight months after taking over as PCC chief, Navjot Singh Sidhu on Wednesday tendered his resignation after Congress president Sonia Gandhi asked the PCC presidents to resign for reorganisation of the state bodies. In a tweet,...
Muktsar, March 16 AAP leader Pritpal Sharma, who lost the Assembly election from Gidderbaha, has publicly warned some arbitrarily appointed presidents of boards, social organisations and unions in Gidderbaha to step down on their own. Pritpal recently had said: “Several...
Chandigarh, March 16 “I will uphold the dignity of the Punjab Vidhan Sabha and ensure that the democratic values of the Constitution are always upheld,” said the newly elected Pro tem Speaker of Punjab Vidhan Sabha Dr Inderbir Singh Nijjar....
Chandigarh, March 16 On the day Chief minister Bhagwant Mann assumed charge, he is reported to have given a clear message to his party MLAs to avoid getting into any controversy with government employees. Sources said the CM made his...
Chandigarh, March 16 With Navjot Singh Sidhu stepping down as the PCC chief, the Congress high command has begun the exercise to appoint the new incumbent. Ahead of appointing the PCC president, the party will decide on the CLP...
Aditi Tandon New Delhi, March 16 Congress president Sonia Gandhi was in for some hard talk at an internal meeting she held with party’s Punjab MPs on Wednesday to assess their thoughts on the recent election debacle. MPs from both...
Deepkamal Kaur Khatkar Kalan, March 16 The swearing-in ceremony at Khatkar Kalan village that cost the exchequer over Rs 3 crore concluded in just 17 minutes. While the formal oath ceremony got over in just five minutes, the remaining time...
Khatkar Kalan, March 16 “I pray to the God that he may succeed. His success is Punjab’s success,” said Congress MP Mohammad Sadiq as CM Bhagwant Mann took oath of office today. The Faridkot MP was a special guest at...
Chandigarh, March 16 From a comedian to Chief Minister, Bhagwant Mann has seen a phenomenal rise in a political career of just over a decade. With the swearing-in as Chief Minister, Mann accepted a huge burden of expectations and high...
Ruchika M KhannaChandigarh, March 16 If the sea of humanity greeted Punjab’s new Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann at Khatkar Kalan, the state government employees, extended him a warm welcome in Chandigarh. Employees greet CM Bhagwant Mann upon his arrival at...
Aparna BanerjiJalandhar, March 16 CM Bhagwant Mann with his son and daugther on Wednesdayat Khatkar Kalan. Lakhs of people sporting yellow turbans and ‘dupattas’ gathered in the sprawling, never-ending pandals behind the Shaheed-E-Azam Bhagat Singh Martyr’s Memorial at Khatkar Kalan...
Chandigarh, March 16 Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Wednesday assumed the charge of his office at the Punjab Civil Secretariat here. Mann was sworn in as the Punjab chief minister earlier in the day. Punjab Governor Banwarilal Purohit administered...