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Central Committee of Examination, Punjab is organizing the next departmental examination of certain categories of Officers/Officials from July 21 to July 25, 2008 at local Lajpat Rai Bhawan in two shifts i.e. from 9.00 A.M. to 12:00 noon and 2:00 to 5:00 P.M.
Disclosing this here today a spokesman of the Punjab Government said that these [...]

Mr. Parkash Singh Badal, Chief Minister Punjab has said that his government was committed to provide efficient and corruption free governance from top up to the lower level, so that the people of the state could themselves judge the difference between the present and the previous government.
Mr. Badal was interacting with the media persons after [...]

Punjab Chief Minister S.Parkash Singh Badal has decided that he would attend the office at least three days during a week, on every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday for the quick and effective disposal of the official work. The announcement comes as a marked contrast to the style of functioning of the Capt Amarinder Singh where [...]

Punjab Chief Minister S.Parkash Singh Badal today announced to upgrade the Ropar district as the 5th Divisional Headquarter of the State after the completion of all requisite administrative and legal formalities.

Addressing a massive religious congregation on the historic occasion of annual Holla Mohalla festival on the ‘birth place of Khalsa’ here after paying obeisance at [...]

Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal replaced the top bureucracy in the government immediately after taking over. Ramesh Inder Singh, former principal secretary and working in the Union government as deputation has been appointed as the new chief secretary. He replaces K R Lakhanpal. The new police chief shall be N P S Aulakh, who replaces R S Gill. Both Ramesh Inder Singh and Aulakh are currently on deputation with the union government.

The council of ministers sworn in Punjab includes three relatives of Parkash Singh Badal, apart from himself.
It includes his son in law Adesh Partap Singh Kairon, nephew Manpreet Singh Badal as well as brother in law of Sukhbir Singh Badal, Bikramjit Singh Majithia.
While Adesh and Manpreet were expected to be included, the inclusion of Bikramjit [...]

Shiromani Akali Dal chief Parkash Singh Badal was sworn in as the new Chief Minister of Punjab. He has become the Chief Minister for a record fourth time.

Along with Badal, 17 ministers including five from the BJP were also sworn in. The swearing in ceremony took place at the PCA cricket stadium at Mohali where [...]

Akali Dal chief Parkash Singh Badal shall take oath as the new Chief Minister of Punjab on March 2 (Friday). He is likely to take oath at the PCA stadium at Mohali.  Earlier today he submitted his claim to form the next government before the Punjab governor. He has claimed support of three MLAs apart [...]

The Shiromani Akali Dal President Mr. Parkash singh Badal today met the Punjab Governor, General S. F. Rodrigues (Retd.) at Punjab Raj Bhawan, Chandigarh and handed over a letter of support signed by 67 MLAs of SAD-BJP combine and three independent MLAs and urged the Governor to invite him to form the Government in Punjab. [...]

The Council of Ministers in its meeting held here under the chairmanship of Punjab Chief Minister Capt. Amarinder Singh today approved the dissolution of 12 th Punjab Legislative Assembly.
Disclosing this here today a spokesman of the Punjab Government said that in the light of the provisions contained in Sub Clause (b) of Clause (2) of [...]

Captain Amarinder Singh Chief Minister Punjab here today accompanied the Congress candidate from Bathinda, Harminder Singh Jassi for filing of the nomination papers before the Returning Officer. Later talking to the media men, Captain Amarinder Singh said the election manifesto of Congress Party was ready and would be released with in a day or [...]

Giving a major relief to the Punjab farmers reeling under the burden of rural debt, the Government of India has approved a financial package of Rs.1044 crore thereby conceding the long pending demand of the state government.
Addressing the media persons, Punjab Chief Minister Capt. Amarinder Singh at the outskirts of the Dhuri during [...]

Punjab Chief Minister Capt. Amarinder Singh has decided to hold an open Police Welfare Darbar for them at Police lines Patiala on December 23.
Disclosing this here today a spokesman of the state police said that the focus of open Darbar besides initiating long term police reforms would also to look into the problems being faced [...]

Punjab Chief Minister Capt. Amarinder Singh today gave full assurance to take up the case of one pay-one pension with the Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh and AICC president Sonia Gandhi soon for its early solution.
He was addressing a mammoth gathering of Ex-Servicemen at a rally held here. Speaking on the [...]

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh attended morning prayers at the Darbar Sahib, the holiest of Sikh shrines at Amritsar today.
He reached the Darbar Sahib at 6.15 am and walked around the entire parikrama (circumambulance) of the shrine before entering the sanctum sanctorum. He bowed before the Guru Granth Sahib, the Sikh holy book and sat on [...]

Patiala Urban Planning & Development Authority (PDA) in its 12th meeting held here today under the chairmanship of Punjab Chief Minister Capt. Amarinder Singh today approved the development of integrated township at village Baran in Patiala district over an area of 336 acre. Disclosing this here today a spokesman of the Punjab Government said [...]

Shiromani Akali Dal president Mr. Parkash Singh Badal today described “brutal and most reprehensible” the unprovoked police assault on the Hindustan Times photo-journalist Samuel N. Dass.
In a strongly worded statement, Mr. Badal said that the shocking incident was a part of this government’s ongoing policy of repression and was meant to brow beat the media [...]

Punjab Chief Minister Capt. Amarinder Singh has no differences with PPCC President Shamsher Singh Dullo. This was expressed by Capt. Singh while addressing a press conference here today. He said that they both were starting second phase of Punjab Vikas Yatra from Amritsar district on 22nd Nov. 2006.
Replying to the media persons [...]

The meeting of the Council of Ministers held here today under the chairmanship of Punjab Chief Minister Capt. Amarinder Singh today approved the cash award policy for the sports persons of the Punjab.
Disclosing this here today a spokesman of the Punjab Government [...]

As elections draw near, Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh is stressing that Chandigarh belongs to Punjab. Addressing the media persons just after inaugurating 717.4 mts long high level bridge over river Satluj constructed with a cost of Rs. 33.05 Crore on Machiwara Khanna – Rahon, Nawashaher Road, Capt. Singh said that Chandigarh was [...]

Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh today held Shiromni Akali Dal (SAD) President and former Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal squarely responsible for bringing disrepute to the esteemed organization of Akali Dal originally founded way back in 1922 to safe guard and promote the cause of Sikh Panth, to his own advantage and vested interests.
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Shiromani Akali Dal General Secretary Sukhbir Singh Badal today challenged the Punjab Chief Minster to ‘a direct and live show down on mass support’ through a simultaneous and parallel rally at Moga on December 8, the same day as the SAD was scheduled to hold it there. I even offer to provide him a [...]

The Punjab Government in consultation with the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has proposed to float a loan of Rs. 243.36 crore of ten years tenure and auction of the loan would kept open on November 16, 2006.
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Storming into the stronghold of Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) in the Malwa belt, with a battle cry to wipe out Akalis from this region, Punjab Chief Minister Capt. Amarinder Singh today took Mr.Parkash Singh Badal heads on with a sole massage of development, long lasting peace and communal harmony, on the 3rd day of the [...]

On the 3rd day of Punjab Vikas Yatra, Capt. Singh covered a total distance of 119 KM starting from village Rama and finally terminated at Kotkapura via Bilaspur, Lohara, Taktoopura Sahib, Dhoorkot Ranseenh, Nihalsinghwala, Jawaharsinghala, Patto Hira Singh, Khai, Dina Sahib in Nihalsinghwala constituency, Kangar, Dialpura, Bhaika Jalal, Gurusar, Hamirgarh, Bhagta Bhaika, Siriewala in Rampura [...]