CHANDIGARH : The Haryana government on Friday objected to the Punjab government’s move for de-acquisition of land taken to construct the Sutlej-Yamuna Link (SYL) canal, which has been at the centre of a water-sharing row between Punjab and Haryana for decades. Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal has taken exception to a statement by his Punjab […]
CHANDIGARH : In a political masterstroke, Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today declared that the Punjab government would de-notify the land which had been acquired for the construction of the controversial Satluj-Yamuna Canal in Punjab. The said land measuring 5376 acres would be returned to its original owners. Making this momentous announcement on the floor […]
CHANDIGARH : The Aam Aadmi Party(AAP) has asked the Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee(PPCC) president Capt Amarinder Singh to clarify his alleged dubious role in welcoming the them Prime Minister Indira Gandhi on April 8, 1982, to lay the foundation of disputed SYL canal at Kapoori. Sukhpal Singh Khaira AAP leader from Punjab has issued clipping of […]
CHANDIGARH : Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Wednesday accused both SAD-BJP alliance government in Punjab and Congress party for politicising the Punjab river waters issue for decades and doing nothing on the ground to block the construction of Sutlej Yamuna Link (SYL) canal for carrying water to the neighbouring state Haryana. Raising the issue during the […]
CHANDIGARH: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Sangrur MP, Bhagwant Mann on wednesday has written to Union Minister for Home Affairs Rajnath Singh asking him not to put financial burden on Punjab for fighting terrorism against Pakistan based terrorists at Pathankot in January. Mann in his communiqué said if the centre government was of the view that Punjab […]