Chandigarh, .The Punjab and Haryana high court decision to grant permission to the Shiromani Akali Dal(SAD) to hold its “POL Khol”rally at Faridkot this Sunday has completely exposed that the rally was banned on purely political consideration by the ruling party and not out of any apprehensions of law and order.

Chandigarh,

Led by Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh, the Punjab Government on Friday released funds to the tune of Rs. 575 crore towards pending payments for various development projects and pro-people initiatives.

An official spokesperson said the Government has released Rs. 125 crore to the Department of Local Government and Rs. 50 crore to Governance Reforms, along with Rs. 200 crore on account of retiral benefits up to July 15, 2018.

Chandigarh, 
Shiromani Akali Dal has demanded registration of criminal cases against three Congress legislators of Moga district for threatening the Additional Deputy Commissioner Jagwinder Singh Grewal and for obstructing a government official from performing his legitimate official duties.

Chandigarh, Religion holds centre-stage in Punjab's murky politics, especially in the run-up to important elections, be it assembly or parliamentary polls.

With the general election, scheduled in April-May next year, just months away, the religious issue of sacrilege cases of the Sikh holy Guru Granth Sahib is again at the forefront of Punjab political discourse.

Chandigarh, Taking umbrage at the rejection of the Punjab police proposal to purchase new armoured luxury Sedan for former Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal and deputy chief minister Sukhbir Badal, the SAD today lambasted Punjab government, especially Punjab finance minister Manpreet Badal for compromising the security of senior Punjab leaders.

In a statement issued here today, party spokesman Mahesh Inder Singh Grewal said that the security cover is provided in consideration of threat perception to individuals and Manpreet has vetoed the proposal caring too hoots for the security concerns.

Chandigarh, If Punjab Congress president Sunil Jakhar is sincere and honest in mitigating the problem of the common man following rise in petrol and diesel prices, then he should first ask Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh to first slash the VAT on these products on the pattern of Andhara and Rajasthan.

Chandigarh, Punjab will supply live pigs to the north-eastern state of Nagaland, a minister said on Tuesday.

"Punjab would soon start supplying live pigs to the state of Nagaland. 8,000 live pigs will be supplied per month. This will bring an earning of Rs 200 crore annually for the pig farmers of Punjab," Punjab's Animal Husbandry minister Balbir Singh Sidhu said .

Chandigarh, The entire Golden Temple complex in Amritsar, where the holiest of Sikh shrines, Harmandir Sahib, is located, was bedecked with flowers on Monday to mark the installation of the Sikh holy book, Guru Granth Sahib, there in 1604.

A religious procession was taken out from Gurdwara Ramsar to the Golden Temple complex, around 250 km from here.

Chandigarh, Congress leaders and workers held protests across Punjab on Monday following the Bharat Bandh call given by the Congress party against the rising fuel prices.

The protests were held in Ludhiana, Amritsar, Jalandhar, Patiala, Bathinda, Ferozepur and other towns across Punjab.

In Ludhiana, the protest was led by MP Ravneet Singh Bittu. He said that the Central government has failed to deliver on any of the promises made to the people in the 2014 general elections.

Chandigarh

On the directive of Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh, the Punjab Government has declared a gazetted public holiday on the auspicious occasion of ‘First Parkash Purab of Sri Guru Granth Sahib ji’ (installation of Sri Guru Granth Sahib ji in Sri Harmandir Sahib in 1604) on September 10 (Monday).