State prunes security of 46 leaders, aides

Chandigarh : The Punjab Police have started pruning the security cover of VVIPs beginning with MPs and MLAs and their special officers even as a report by the committee formed for the purpose is to be submitted on March 24. In the first list of downsizing of security, the state police withdrew security men from […]

Sidhu’s TV show no violation, says Nanda

Chandigarh : Local Bodies, Tourism and Culture Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu is having the last laugh. Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh has been made to understand that the office-of-profit law does not bar Sidhu from continuing with his innings as a celebrity-judge on a popular TV comedy show. A day after Amarinder officially threw the […]

Regulate fee structure and admission criteria of Private Schools- Phoolka

CHANDIGARH : Taking a serious note of the school admission round the corner, Aam Aadmi Party leader and leader of opposition in Punjab Vidhan Sabha, Adv. H. S. Phoolka on Tuesday said that the government should immediately take the steps to regulate admission/readmission fee structure and purchase of books in various private schools of Punjab. […]

Captain’s men made advisers, no surprises

Chandigarh : The Punjab Government today made eight political appointments in the Chief Minister’s office (CMO) that will cost the state exchequer lakhs of rupees every month. At its maiden meeting on Saturday,  the Punjab Cabinet, chaired by Capt Amarinder Singh, had decided on several austerity measures. Capt Amarinder has reposed faith in his old […]