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The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) has decided to field former Punjab governor Lt Gen (Retd.) B K N Chhibber from Amritsar constituency. Chhibber was earlier associated with the Congress.
The BSP, which is headed by Mayawati has announced 12 candidates so far in Punjab. Punjab, which has the highest percentage of dalit population in India gave [...]

Punjab will witness two phase elections with four seats witnessing parliamentary elections on May 7, while the other nine seats going to polls on May 13. Chandigarh, the capital city of Punjab will also go to polls on May 13.
The four seats which go to polls on May 7 are
Ferozepur
Bathinda
Sangrur
Patiala
The nine seats which go to [...]

The Communist Party of India (CPI) today announced 2 candidates for the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections in Punjab. Hardev Arshi shall be the party candidate from Bathinda, while Kushal Bhaura shall be the candidate from Faridkot constituency.

Hardev Arshi has been the party legislator from Budhlada constituency. He will be contested from Bathinda, where the Badal [...]

The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) today announced the candidature of the Chief Parliamentary Secretary S. Sher Singh Ghubaya from the Ferozpur constituency for the next Lok Sabha elections. S. Sher Singh Ghubaya is sitting MLA from Jalalabad and won by more than 44000 votes in last Vidhan Sabha elections.

Addressing a massive rally here, the announcement [...]

The Punjab Government today nominated three Chairmen and twelve Vice Chairmen in 13 Market Committees besides five members of district Planning Committee Amritsar. Disclosing this here today a spokesman of the Punjab government said that these Chairmen and Vice Chairmen had been nominated under Sub Section (1) of Section 16 of Punjab Agricultural Produce Markets [...]

Shiromani Akali Dal President, MP, Sukhbir Singh Badal said here today that difficulties faced by the common man while dealing with government offices would be removed within next 6 months. Administrative reform commission headed by Dr. Parmod Kumar would submit its report within three months which would be implemented immediately. Junior Badal was addressing a [...]

Akali leaders Gurdev Singh Badal and Tota Singh today demanded that Sukhbir Singh Badal should be appointed as the next Chief Minister of Punjab. The demand to appoint Sukhbir as chief minister came at a rally at village Smad Bhai in district Moga where the party had organized a gathering to campaign for the Faridkot [...]

The Punjab Government today nominated 4 more Chairmen in 4 Market Committees in Faridkot district.
Disclosing this here today a spokesman of the Punjab government said that these Chairmen had been nominated under Sub Section (1) of Section 16 of Punjab Agricultural Produce Markets Act, 1961.  The respective notifications relating to these nominations had been issued [...]

Punjab Chief Minister Mr. Parkash Singh Badal today announced that the state government had posed an ambitious action plan to the World Bank to seek special grant to eradicate the problem of water logging effectively in the districts of Ferozepur, Muktsar, Faridkot and Bathinda.
Addressing massive public rallies at Balluana, Abohar and Fazilka as a part [...]

Result of 3rd year of GNM was declared today on 30.12.2008 by P.N.R.C.  students  who passed the above said exam, their admission process in Post Basic BSC Nursing would start from 31.12.2008.
Disclosing this here today Mr. Tikshan Sud, Health Education and Research Minister Punjab said that as per discussion with Vice Chancellor of Baba Farid [...]

In a bid to speed up the development process, the Punjab government today constituted District Level Planning Committees in 12 out of the 20 districts in the state. The orders to this effect were issued today under Punjab District Planning Committees Act 2005.
Giving details of the government’s decision, Mr. Harcharan Bains, Media Advisor to Chief [...]

Strongly advocating the need for enlarging the boundaries of our compassion, care & concern by sparing time & energy for improving the quality of life of our children, the Punjab Governor and Administrator, Union Territory, Chandigarh, Gen. (Retd.) S.F. Rodrigues, PVSM VSM, called for a mass movement, for developing their potential and making them useful [...]

Punjab Chief Minister Mr. Parkash Singh Badal today sought a comprehensive package of Rs.14.61 crore for the next of kin of 788 persons killed during President rule in the state. Mr. Badal raised this issue when he called on Union Home Minister Mr. Shivraj V. Patil in his office at New Delhi.
Giving the details of [...]

To ensure procurement of paddy on a war footing Punjab has been divided into different zones under the direct supervision of top ranking bureaucrats till the entire process of procurement is complete.
The Chief Minister Mr. Parkash Singh Badal today reviewed the arrangements of paddy procurement throughout the state at a high level meeting held here [...]

On the directions of the Chief Minister S Parkash Singh Badal , Mr. RI Singh the Chief Secretary Punjab has deputed seniors from the state headquarters to supervise the ongoing procurement operations in Punjab .
Disclosing this here today a spokesman of the Punjab Government said that districts have been assigned to individual officers for this [...]

Punjab Government has announced the programme for unfurling the National Flag and taking salute on the Independence Day the 15th August, 2008.
Punjab Chief Minister S. Parkash Singh Badal  will unfurl National Flag in a state level function at Ludhiana on 15th August, 2008.
Whereas Speaker Punjab Vidhan Sabha S. Nirmal Singh Kahlon will unfurl the National [...]

The Punjab Government today constituted Governing Council of Centre for Training and Employment of Punjab Youth (C-PYTE)M, to exercise general control and give directions for the efficient and effective implementation of C-PYTE schemes in the State.
According to an official spokesman the committee headed by Chief Minister, Punjab would have Minister-in-charge of the Department of Employment [...]

 Mr. Vijay Kumar, PPS, Assistant Commandant  82nd Bn., PAP Chandigarh has been transferred as SP/Hqrs Faridkot against a vacant post.

Punjab Legal Services Authority has issued schedule of Quarterly Lok Adalats and Special Lok Adalats to be held in all over Punjab for the period from July to September, 2008.
Stating this here today, a spokesman of the Punjab Government said that Lok Adalats would be held at Mansa, Sardulgarh, Budhlada on 26.7.2008; Hoshiarpur, Garshankar, Dasuya, [...]

Punjab’s dream of having a full fledged passport office in the holy city of Amritsar became a reality with the Union Minister for External Affairs, Mr Pranab Mukherjee inaugurating the facility here this afternoon.
The Punjab Chief Minister, Mr Parkash Singh Badal who had been pressing for a Regional Passport Office, along with a visa centre [...]

Centre today gave its nod for upgrading railway infrastructure in Punjab through a chain of new tracks, construction of old and new over and under-bridges and improving railways communication network.
An assurance to this effect was given to the Punjab Chief Minister Mr. Parkash Singh Badal when he called on the Minister for Railways Mr. Lalu [...]

The Punjab Government’s Empowered Committee on Mega Projects today cleared 11 new projects worth Rs.11170 crore. These include six projects in the industrial and five in the agro-industrial sectors. While the projects in the industrial sector would have a capital outlay of Rs.9920 crore, those in the agro sector would entail an investment of Rs. [...]

Punjab today crossed the mark of 100 lakh Metric Tonnes of wheat procurement despite many hurdles faced due to delayed and shortest procurement season this year.
Mr. Adesh Partap Singh Kairon, minister of Food and Civil Supplies and Information Technology in a statement said that Punjab government had very smoothly and successfully almost completed the wheat [...]

Indian Hockey found a new hope today with the mercurial SAD president and MP, Sukhbir Singh Badal declaring ” his own, his party’s and the Punjab government’s unstinted support to the new administrative dispensation for the rejuvenation of the sport.
Mr. Badal declared that hockey was ‘my personal agenda’ and said that he had already successfully [...]

State Election Commission Punjab has appointed 21 IAS and 7 PCS officers as observers to conduct free and fair general elections of Zila Parishads and Panchayat Samities going to be held on 12.5.2008, for which appointment letters have been issued on 30.4.2008. Appointed observers would immediately took charge of their duty as observer in their [...]