The announcement of a new pay commission in Punjab is targeted at wooing the government employees and pensioners in the election year. The move comes in spite of both Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal and Finance Minister Parminder Singh Dhindsa ruing, on several occasions, how almost 65 per cent of the state’s total revenue […]
Sandeep Joshi This does not qualify as “breaking news”, but no one should be surprised if three months down the line during the West Bengal and Assam assembly election campaigns, some senior BJP functionary — say, Hon’ble Amit Shah-— were to puff up his chest and claim “victory” at Pathankot: “We killed six for six. […]