Chandigarh: Punjab Agriculture Minister Tota Singh was found guilty in a corruption case by a trial court in Mohali adjoining Chandigarh on Saturday. He has been sentenced to one-year imprisonment and a fine of Rs 30,000. However, Tota Singh will not be arrested till July 2 by which time he can file an appeal in the superior court. Tota Singh is the second minister in the newly formed Akali Government...
07:21 PM, May 05, 2012
New Delhi: Ahead of the meeting on National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC), to be held on Saturday, Chief Ministers from across the states will be arriving in the Capital on Friday. However, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who has raised reservations about the act, is already in the Capital. Whereas, both Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi and his Tamil Nadu counterpart Jayalalithaa, who had slammed the Centre for its...
11:12 AM, May 04, 2012
Chandigarh: While farmers in Bundelkhand are worried about poor produce, Punjab is experiencing a problem of plenty. The state has recorded a bumper harvest and has once again run out of space to store the grain. Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal has blamed the Centre for the grain storage problem. He says the state godowns are stocked to full capacity. "Grain storage is a huge problem. It is a...
11:20 AM, May 02, 2012
Fatehgarh Sahib: Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Sunday said any further hike in petrol and diesel prices would lead to more inflation that would break the common man's back. "If there is any further hike in petrol and diesel prices, this will lead to more inflation and will break the back of the common man," he said. "The Union government advises the state to reduce VAT on petroleum...
02:59 AM, Apr 30, 2012
Amritsar: The recent drubbing of Congress in Delhi's municipal elections connotes that the party is losing its identity in the nation's politics, Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Wednesday said. "The recent Delhi Municipal Corporation results proved that in the near future Congress roots would exist no more in the nation's politics as people have started disliking it," Badal said. Days are numbered for the Congress led Government, Badal...
02:16 AM, Apr 19, 2012
New Delhi: Three non-Congress Chief Ministers, who are opposed to setting up of the National Counter-Terrorism Centre, are likely to meet their Tamil Nadu counterpart J Jayalalithaa separately in New Delhi on Monday to evolve a strategy against the proposed anti-terror body. Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, Punjab's Parkash Singh Badal and Orissa CM Naveen Patnaik are expected to meet Jayalalithaa separately at the Tamil Nadu Bhawan in New Delhi....
11:08 AM, Apr 16, 2012
Chandigarh: Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Monday said that the state government was committed to continuing free power to the farmers and the weaker sections of people in the state through its power subsidy. Addressing people on the last day of his thanks-giving six-day tour of Lambi assembly seat on Monday, Badal said that there was hardly any reason to stop these subsidies. He said that these subsidies...
02:14 AM, Apr 10, 2012
Muktsar: Opening borders of Punjab with Pakistan for trade would provide impetus to economy of the state, and will be a "major boon" for the farmers, Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Sunday said. "Punjab being a land locked state had been a victim of the wrong policies of the successive Congress government at the Centre, who have virtually ignored economic development of the state," Badal said. He was talking...
12:11 AM, Apr 09, 2012
Muktsar: Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Friday said his government will make all efforts to transform the state into a developed one in the next two years. "The state government is fully committed to fulfill the aspirations of the people who have given historic mandate in favour of the development policies and programmes of the SAD-BJP alliance government," he told a gathering in his home district. To ensure...
03:40 AM, Apr 07, 2012
New Delhi: Two days after police officials were caught touching convicted minister Bibi Jagir Kaur in jail, Punjab Jail Minister SS Phillaur denied any such treatment being meted out to Kaur. "I haven't seen the video of policemen touching Jagir Kaur's feet. How can I comment on it," said Phillaur. Uniformed officers were seen bowing down to touch Kaur's feet and transporting her in an air-conditioned car to Kapurthala Jail...
11:59 AM, Apr 03, 2012
Fatehgarh Sahib: Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Friday defended the state government's seeking clemency for death convict Balwant Singh Rajoana saying since the mercy plea of the other co-accused was pending in courts it was not at all justified to hang him till the outcome of these appeals. Badal said that the state government had taken this stand "keeping in view the sentiments of the people and in...
12:36 AM, Mar 31, 2012
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has criticised the Punjab government on the Balwant Singh Rajoana clemency issue. The court called the stay on the hanging of Rajoana, a drama by the state government. Rajoana is one of the assassins of former Punjab chief minister Beant Singh and was to be hanged on Saturday. However, the Centre stayed his hanging after Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal met President Pratibha Patil...
01:03 PM, Mar 29, 2012
New Delhi: Bowing to the pressure from Punjab government, the Centre on Wednesday stayed the hanging of Balwant Singh Rajoana, who was sentenced to death for the assassination of former Punjab chief minister Beant Singh in 1995. The decision to stay Rajoana's hanging, which was to be carried out on March 31 at the Patiala Central Jail, was announced after the Sikh religious body, Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee, filed a...
06:50 AM, Mar 29, 2012
New Delhi: The Centre on Wednesday stayed the hanging of Balwant Singh Rajoana, the co-assassin of former Punjab chief minister Beant Singh. The decision to stay Rajoana's hanging, which was to be carried out on March 31 at the Patiala Central Jail, was announced after Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal met President Pratibha Patil seeking clemency for him. "We had appealed to the Centre asking for clemency for Rajoana....
07:40 PM, Mar 28, 2012
Chandigarh: Clashes have been reported from Patiala and some other regions of Punjab as tension escalates over the hanging of Balwant Singh Rajoana, convicted in the assassination of former Punjab chief minister Beant Singh. Sikh groups have also taken out protest marches in Jammu in support of Rajoana, putting pressure on the Punjab government. Security forces have been put on high alert across Punjab and 60,000 Punjab Police personnel along...
02:51 PM, Mar 28, 2012
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