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Akali Dal today submitted a memorandum to the Chief Election Commissioner seeking the transfer of DGP S S Virk and other controversial officers. The text of the memorandum is as follows:
“S.S.Virk, IPS who is currently posted as the Director General of police, is a Maharashtra cadre officer and has been posted on this plum post [...]

The Govt. of India has finally waived off the outstanding security related debt of Rs. 3772 crore thereby conceding to the long pending demand of Punjab Govt.
Disclosing this here today, a spokesman of the Punjab Government said that this security related debt was [...]

World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors have approved Punjab Rural Water and Sanitation Project on December, 14, 2006. The project envisages to provide safe drinking water in 2124 NC and 920 PC villages over a period of next 6 years. Besides, old Rural Water Supply Schemes will be rejuvenated by making minor repairs/replacements [...]

The Shiromani Akali Dal President Mr. Parkash Singh Badal strongly condemned the partisan role being played by Door Darshan, Jalandhar while telecasting sponsored programmes of SAD and Congress party. He alleged that on the instruction of Union as well as State Government, the Door Darshan has stopped the telecast of our documentary as well as [...]

The Shiromani Akali Dal President Mr. Parkash Singh Badal today appointed the former High Commissioner of India to Mozambique and Swaziland Mr. Jaspal Singh as a member of Political Affairs Committee of the party. Mr. Singh is M.A. in Political Science and Ph.D from Punjab University, Chandigarh. He taught Political Science for over [...]

Sh. A.S. Chatha, Chairman 3rd Punjab Finance Commission today presented the final report of the of the Commission to Punjab Governor, Gen. (Retd.) S.F. Rodrigues, PVSM VSM at Punjab Raj Bhavan, here today. The 3rd Punjab Finance Commission was set up by the Government of Punjab to inquire in depth into the financial position of [...]