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The declaration of Sainis as Backward Class in Punjab has been held in abeyance by the Punjab government. Earlier with an eye at the elections, the Punjab government had hurriedly declared Sainis as a backward class. According to an official spokesperson of the Punjab government, “The notification issued earlier in this regard would not come [...]

Sukhbir Singh Badal today formally assumed the office of Deputy Chief Minister Punjab amidst lot of fanfare and enthusiasm shown by the senior leaders and party workers of SAD-BJP alliance. Immediately after taking over the office as Deputy Chief Minister, Mr. Sukhbir Singh Badal had an interaction with media persons and outlined his vision to [...]

Punjab Chief Minister Mr. Parkash Singh Badal today expressed profound grief and sorrow over the sad demise of noted industrialist and a social activist Mr. Maharaj Krishan Khanna, the father of Editor-in-Chief Daily Uttam Hindu Mr. Irvin Khanna who died at Jalandhar last evening after a prolonged illness. He was 84 and is [...]

Punjab Chief Minister Mr. Parkash Singh Badal today expressed profound grief and sorrow over the sad demise of veteran journalist DP Sharma who died here today this morning at his residence in sleep. He was 78 and is survived by his only daughter Miss Vibha Sharma, Senior Correspondent with The Tribune at New Delhi.
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Punjab Chief Minister Mr.Parkash Singh Badal said here today that in view of the success of the Punjab Government in getting categorically assurance from the Cotton Corporation of India (CCI) to agree with the demands of the farmers, the proposed agitation scheduled from tomorrow should be called of.. In a statement here [...]

Gurdip Singh Bhullar, a sitting MLA of Nurmehal who belonged to the ruling Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), died today here following a suspected heart failure, police said. Bhullar, 54, is survived by his wife and two daughters. Bhullar had successfully contested the 1997 assembly elections. He had probably suffered cardiac arrest and was rushed to [...]

Punjab Chief Minster Mr. Parkash Singh Badal today appealed to the farmers and different farmers associations of the state to call off their proposed ‘Rail Roko’ programme as the Centre had agreed in principle to remove all the bottlenecks coming in the way of the procurement of cotton on his persuasion and strenuous efforts of [...]

Punjab Chief Minister Mr. Parkash Singh Badal today declared that SAD-BJP government would seek the mandate of people in the forthcoming Lok Sabha polls exclusively on the poll plank of development and performance.
Addressing massive public rallies at Sultanpur Lodhi and Kapurthala as a part of his development tour to cover all the assembly constituencies in [...]

The Punjab Chief Minister Mr. Parkash Singh Badal today kick started his Rs.555 crore ‘development tour’ of the state, amidst seams of rousing mass response. The Chief Minister addressed massive gatherings at Amarkot in Valtoha assembly constituency besides Jhabal and Tarn Taran both in Tarn Taran assembly constituency.
Addressing mammoth rallies, the Chief Minister declared that [...]

Punjab Chief Minister Mr.Parkash Singh Badal today stressed the need to make use of the Embryo Transfer Technology on commercial scale to boost the growth of dairy and achieve the quantum jump in the milk production of the state.
Chairing the 5th meeting of the Punjab Dairy Development Board here in Chief Minister office, Mr. Badal [...]

The Empowered Committee under the chairmanship of Punjab Chief Minister Mr. Parkash Singh Badal today approved 11 new Mega Projects to be set up in Punjab with an investment of about Rs.2815.06 crore with an employment potential of about 20465 persons.
Giving the details Chief minister’s Media Advisor Mr. Harcharan Bains said that these approved projects [...]

The Punjab Government today appointed Mrs. Gurdev Kaur Sangha as chairperson of the Punjab State Women Commission.
The State Government has also appointed former Minister Mr. Dalip Singh Pandhi as the Member of the Punjab State Scheduled Castes Commission.
Giving the details of government’s decision, Mr. Harcharan Bains, Media Advisor to Chief Minister said that Mrs. Kiranjot [...]

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 [...]

Metro Cash & Carry, a German retail enterprise would launch its operation in Punjab from Zirakpur on January 15, 2009 as a part of its massive investment plan of Rs.900 crore to set up a chain of wholesale distribution cum retail centers through out the state.
An assurance of this effect was given here today by [...]

Shiromani Akali Dal President Mr. Sukhbir Singh Badal today appointed Punjab Chief Minister’s Media Advisor Mr. Harcharan Bains as Member of the Manifesto Committee for the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections manifesto.
In a statement SAD President said that Mr. Bains would now be an active  member of the manifesto committee of the party.    He clarified that [...]

The Punjab Chief Minister Mr. Parkash Singh Badal today urged the 13th Finance Commission to grant a “special agriculture and industry package” for the state in view of the extra-ordinary contribution of Punjab to the national food kitty as well as the constraints suffered by it due to industrial concessions given to the neighboring states.  [...]

Punjab Chief Minister Mr. Parkash Singh Badal today underscored the need to formulate a national sports policy to ensure excellent infrastructure and training to the young players in order to compete at the International Sports events like Olympics, Asian Games and Common Wealth Games.
An announcement to this effect was made by Mr. Badal while presiding [...]

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 [...]

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed here today between the Government of Punjab and the Bharti Wal-Mart Pvt. Ltd (BWM) to jointly establish Bharti Wal-Mart Skill Centre for providing training on technical skills regarding modern retail and allied sectors like logistics, supply chain and other support services.   Principal Secretary Employment Generation & Training Mr. [...]

The Punjab Government today signed an agreement to set up an Indian School of Business (ISB) in the Knowledge City in SAS Nagar (Mohali).
The agreement was signed by Anjali Bhawra, Secretary Higher Education on behalf of the Punjab Government and Rajat Gupta on behalf of ISB along with four Founder Supporters Analjit Singh of Max [...]

The Punjab Council of Ministers urged the Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh, Union Civil Aviation Minister, Mr.Prafull Patel and Union Commerce Minister, Mr.Kamal Nath to take immediate steps to ensure that ongoing international as well as domestic flights to Raja Sansi Airport, Amritsar were not discontinued and expansion work of Amritsar Airport be completed at [...]

The Ministry of Defence (MoD), Government of India had given a ‘No Objection Certificate’ for setting up a flying training institute at Talwandi Sabo in Bathinda district.
Disclosing this here today Chief Minister’s Media Advisor Mr. Harcharan Bains said that the Punjab government had received in principle approval from the MoD, GoI through a communiqué saying [...]

Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal further stated that all the 141 blocks, 77 tehsils and 76 sub-tehsils would be revamped to ensure all around and balanced growth in the new model of rural development.  Mr. Badal announced that the state government had taken in principal decision to develop Attari in the border district of [...]

The Punjab Council of Ministers today urged the Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh, Union Civil Aviation Minister, Mr.Prafull Patel and Union Commerce Minister, Mr.Kamal Nath to take immediate steps to ensure that ongoing international as well as domestic flights to Raja Sansi Airport, Amritsar were not discontinued and expansion work of Amritsar Airport be completed [...]

The Punjab Chief Minister Mr. Parkash Singh Badal directed all his cabinet colleagues to remain available to general public for three days every week in Chandigarh for on-the-spot redressal of grievances.
Disclosing this here today Media Advisor to the Chief Minister Mr. Harcharan Bains said that the ministers would remain in Chandigarh on Tuesday, Wednesday and [...]