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Farmers continue to block rail tracks, affect train traffic in Punjab

Ferozepur division railway officials said, 84 trains were cancelled, 47 were short-terminated and 25 were short-originated

'No study' in Punjab govt schools, need support to change this: Kejriwal

Punjab goes to polls early next year and Aam Aadmi Party is looking to wrest power from the ruling Congress

Captain Amarinder achieved nothing during his tenure, says CM Channi

He alleged that Amarinder Singh and SAD chief Sukhbir Singh Badal were befooling the people of Punjab

Punjab CM announces Rs 25,000 cash reward for reporting illegal sand mining

Channi also emphasised on increasing the number of mining sites and restarting the sites which were earlier closed

Amarinder targets Choudhary, says Punjab CM turned into 'rubber stamp'

Amarinder Singh targeted Congress leader Harish Choudhary, accusing him of turning the current CM into a 'rubber stamp' while junking accusations that he was in cahoots with the BJP

Covid-19 pandemic: Punjab sees 41 new cases and 2 deaths

Two more Covid-related deaths were reported in Punjab on Thursday while 41 new cases of coronavirus took the infection tally to 6,03,132, according to a medical bulletin.

Channi urges PM to give Rs 4 lakh ex-gratia to kin of Covid-19 victims

Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi on Wednesday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to give an ex gratia of Rs 4 lakh to the kin of those who died of COVID-19, saying mere Rs 50,000 compensation is insufficient. Channi wrote to Prime Minister Modi, saying his government is ready to contribute 25 per cent of the ex gratia amlount. Wrote a letter to PM@narendramodi ji & urged him to implement his previous order of disbursing ex gratia of Rs 4 lakh to the kin of those who died of Covid-19. I feel, mere Rs 50,000 compensation is insufficient, Channi tweeted Wednesday evening, tagging his letter to Modi. In his tweet, Channi mentioned that my government is ready to contribute 25 per cent share under this scheme. We demand that the central government implement its earlier order notified on date 14th March, 2020, (33-4/2020-NDM-1) issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs, where the government committed to disburse ex gratia payment of Rs 4 lakh per deceased, Channi said in his ...

Covid-19 pandemic: Punjab logs 42 fresh cases, 1 death in a day

Punjab reported 42 fresh cases of COVID-19 in a day which pushed the infection tally in the state to 6,03,043, according to a medical bulletin on Tuesday.

Amarinder Singh's replacement was a botched operation: Manish Tewari

'Singh's new party definitely has the potential of causing harm to the INC. I would still advocate reconciliation', said Tewari

Eyeing polls, Punjab to regularise services of 36,000 employees

This decision was taken during a meeting chaired by Chief Minister Charanjit Channi

'All is well': Sidhu, Channi put up united face in Punjab Cong meeting

The meeting was held on a day former Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh resigned from the Congress and announced the name of his own political party.

Punjab to scrap 40K pending cases of VAT against traders, industrialists

The state has also allowed faceless assessment of GST and VAT, doing away with the need for traders and industrialists to be physically present with tax officers

Amarinder announces his party will contest all 117 Punjab assembly seats

Addressing media here, Captain claimed several Congress workers are going to join his new party.

AAP accuses Congress govt of using farmers as vote bank in Punjab

"The Congress government has never fulfilled its promises made to the farmers and used them only as a vote bank," said Kultar Singh Sandhwan,

'Last chance for redemption': Sidhu writes to Sonia amid Punjab crisis

Sidhu's letter to Sonia Gandhi reminded her of the party's 18-point agenda 'given to the last chief minister' of Punjab and said that those were 'equally relevant today'

Won't join BJP, but no intention to continue in Congress either: Amarinder

Former Punjab CM Amarinder Singh on Thursday made it clear that he was not joining BJP but said he had no intention of continuing in the Congress, which he said was going downhill with senior leaders

Punjab to waive pending bills of those with power connection of up to 2 kW

The move is expected to place a financial burden of Rs 1,200 crore on the state exchequer

Punjab CM Channi invites Sidhu for talks to sort out differences

'Whoever is party president is head of the family. I had called him (Sidhu) and told him that the party is supreme,' Channi told media

7 new faces likely in Punjab cabinet, 5 from Amarinder govt may be skipped

Charanjit Singh Channi said the oath-taking ceremony for the new ministers will take place at 4:30 pm on Sunday

Channi holds talks with Cong leaders in Delhi on cabinet formation

Punjab's new Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi held talks with Congress leaders in the national capital on Tuesday about cabinet formation