Chandigarh : Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh on Thursday sought Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s intervention to allow the Punjab government to sell surplus power to Pakistan or Nepal in the financial interest of the cash-strapped state. At an hour-long meeting with Modi here, Amarinder also sought the Centre’s support to make agriculture more sustainable […]
Jalandhar : Canadian Defence Minister Harjit Singh Sajjan on Thursday visited a girls’ orphanage here. Unique Home is an orphanage where 60 abandoned girls are being taken care of by ‘mother’ Parkash Kaur. It was started 24 years ago. Girls here are provided best opportunities for education. Sajjan also played football with the kids. Lucy, […]
Chandigarh : Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday, which will be followed by his meeting with Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh, according to well-placed sources.The Punjab CM’s meetings with the PM and HM will be subsequent to the administrative-level meetings of Punjab and Haryana officials with the […]
Chandigarh : The Punjab cabinet on Wednesday approved fresh mine auctions through progressive e-bidding to boost the state revenue multifold, and bring greater transparency into the mining business.The decision will bring to an end the earlier practice of granting contracts of mines through reverse bidding process. The decision, taken by the state cabinet under the […]
Chandigarh : The Amarinder Singh-led Punjab government is determined to stick to its stand that the state has no spare water for Haryana, during the meeting called by the Centre on Thursday to resolve the SYL canal dispute. The meeting, to be chaired by the Secretary, Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation, […]