CHANDIGARH: Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC) president Capt Amarinder Singh on Thursday charged the SAD MLA Bikram Singh Majithia - brother-in-law of deputy chief minister Sukhbir Singh Badal - with "having a definite role" behind Guru Nanak Dev University (GNDU) vice-chancellor AS Brar's affidavit in the high court with­ drawing ...

CHANDIGARH: Punjab Congress president Capt Amarinder Singh on Tuesday asked the SGPC to explain the deficit of Rs 23 crore in Darbar Sahib Accounts. He said it was shocking that Darbar Sahib was running in deficit despite a large inflow of devotees. He said the finger of suspicion, pointed towards people ...

CHANDIGARH: The Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Tuesday criticized the Punjab government for making new statements every day on the issue of strengthening the bund near the Hansi-Butana link canal by the Haryana government. Responding to a question by media persons at his residence, Hooda said that the ...

CHANDIGARH: The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Friday slammed the Congress for its "unwarranted criticism" of the Badal government's decision to appoint Harish Rai Dhanda as chairperson of the Punjab Public Service Commission (PPSC). "While Congress MP Santosh Chaudhary has remained PPSC chairperson, Satwant Singh Mohi, a member of the ...

PATHANKOT: Residents of the Dhaki road wore black bands on their arms during a sangat darshan programme by chief minister Parkash Singh Badal on Tuesday to express their resentment against the state government for its failure to repair a three-km slippery stretch of the road. Badal's bodyguards formed a tight security ...

BHADAUR (BARNALA) NEWS: Punjab deputy chief minister Sukhbir Badal on Friday had a stern word of advice for Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC) president Capt Amarinder Singh on the new land acquisition policy drafted by the SAD-BJP government. Talking to reporters here, Sukhbir said Amarinder seemed to have not read the ...

CHANDIGARH NEWS: Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee president Capt Amarinder Singh on Thursday sought the scrapping the land purchase policy recently approved by the state cabinet. He said this policy was aimed at bypassing the legal process for land acquisition and would only lead to widespread exploitation of landowners. Referring to the ...

CHANDIGARH: Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC) president Capt Amarinder Singh on Tuesday wondered what was new or so special about the Right to Service Act being "trumpeted as a land­ mark decision" by the Akali-BJP government. Reacting to the cabinet approval for the Right to Service Ordinance 2011, Amarinder said: ...

GURDASPUR: In his show of commitment to development of Majha, local MP Partap Singh Bajwa has not spared his own party, the Congress, too over alleged apathy of the party's 2002-07 government towards the region. He, however, did criticise the ruling SAD-NJP alliance, speaking at a function Saturday night at ...

CHANDIGARH (Punjab): PPCC president Capt Amarinder Singh on Monday said PPCC vice­ president Lal Singh, who is in-charge of the party office, had issued show-cause notices to party MLAs Sukhpal Singh Khaira and Surinderpal Singh Sibia on his instructions. Referring to reports questioning Lal Singh's authority to issue the notice ...

CHANDIGARH (Punjab) : Amidst the growing rumbling over the recently released Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC) office­ bearers list, PPCC chief Capt Amarinder Singh has embarked upon dinner diplomacy to keep the flock together. Amarinder hosted a dinner al his farmhouse in Dochi in Himachal, reportedly to celebrate the birth­ day ...

CHANDIGARH (Punjab): Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC) president Capt Amarinder Singh on Sunday said the higher rate of VAT imposed by SAD­ BJP government is the reason why petrol is costlier in Punjab than the rest of the country. In a statement issued here, Amarinder pointed out that the total tax ...

CHANDIGARH(Punjab): Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC) president Capt Amarinder Singh on Friday sought the resignation of minister for local bodies Tikshan Sud in the wake of grave charges of corruption levelled against him by a senior officer of his previous department. Reacting to the revelations made by a senior forest officer ...