Punjab monsoon assembly session wasteful exercise- Bhattal

CHANDIGARH: Former Chief Minister and senior Congress leader, Rajinder Kaur Bhattal said here on Thursday that due to autocratic attitude of Badal government brief monsoon assembly session was a futile exercise as ruling combine did not allow opposition to raise major issues concerning welfare of common man. She said that monsoon session of assembly having only […]

Previous Cong govts at Centre of ignored farmers: Badal

Chandigarh, Sep 24 : Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today accused previous Congress governments at the Centre of ignoring issues of farmers struggling under huge debts.During a debate in the assembly on a resolution on “rising financial crisis of farmers”, Badal said “successive Congress governments at the Centre did nothing to benefit them”.”Previous Congress […]

Farmers’ Union to launch protest in Punjab on Sep 30

Faridkot, Sep 23 ; Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU-Lakhowal) today threatened to launch a protest against “anti-people” policies of the Central government and block all rail and road routes towards Delhi on September 30.”All rail and road routes towrads Delhi would be blocked on September 30,” BKU (Lakhowal) president Ajmer Singh Lakhowal said here after addressing […]

High Court tells Bajwa to withdraw petition seeking CBI probe, snubs him

Chandigarh, September 23: -Asking Punjab Congress president Partap Singh Bajwa to withdraw his petition seeking CBI probe into drug smuggling in the state, the Punjab and Haryana High Court took a strong view saying judiciary could not be used to settle political scores by the politicians.The high court, while snubbing Bajwa, asserted it did not […]