Chandigarh : Ripping apart Punjab Government’s claims of quality education through en masse approval of private institutes, a performance audit report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) reveals shocking facts — graduate college teachers taking post-graduate classes and private universities recruiting an army of teachers in flagrant violation of eligibility norms. The report, a […]
Lambi : Two factions of the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) clashed over the distribution of cheques to the poor at a gurdwara at Sehna Khera village in Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal’s home constituency Lambi in Muktsar district on Thursday. Five people suffered injuries during the brawl, which took place in the presence of CM’s OSD […]
CHANDIGARH : Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee president Capt Amarinder Singh today congratulated the party legislators for bringing the Akali-BJP government on its toes during the last session of the Vidhan Sabha in a most peaceful manner. “The power of democracy and peaceful protest finally prevailed over the arrogance of the government”, he remarked in a […]
Chandigarh, September 14 : It was utter chaos at the Punjab Assembly session here on Wednesday as shoes were hurled at the treasury benches and books and paper missiles freely thrown at Speaker Charanjit Singh Atwal that made the veteran Akali leader call it the worst day of his 60 years in politics. Meanwhile, despite […]
Chandigarh : Cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu who, along with former hockey player Pargat Singh and the Bains brothers, had recently floated the front, Awaaz-e-Punjab, on Wednesday resigned from the BJP.The four-time Amritsar MP, who had recently resigned from the Rajya Sabha, submitted his resignation to party president Amit Shah in the Delhi BJP office in […]