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Chandigarh/Khanauri/Lehra, April 17: While continuing the spree of inaugurating development projects in schools of Lehragaga constituency, Punjab Cabinet Minister Sh. Barinder Kumar Goyal, on the fourth day, dedicated development works worth around Rs.1.61 crore to students across eight government schools under the 'Punjab Sikhya Kranti' initiative. Addressing the gathering, the Cabinet Minister said, "No effort would be spared in making Punjab's government school students compatible with modern times and every necessary initiative would be taken with full enthusiasm." As part of this series, on the fourth day, the Cabinet Minister inaugurated infrastructure strengthening projects including Rs.10.25 lakh at Government Elementary School Harigarh Gehlan, Rs.35.17 lakh at Government ...

Chandigarh/Khanna, April 17 The students in government schools now have the chance to excel in shooting sports, as Cabinet Minister Tarunpreet Singh Sond inaugurated a shooting range at Raghvir Singh Freedom Fighter PM Shri Government High School, Amloh Road Khanna, on Thursday as part of the Punjab Sikhya Kranti program. The five-target shooting range was constructed at a cost of Rs 5 lakh. This is the first shooting range built inside a government school in Ludhiana District. In addition to the shooting range, infrastructure development projects totalling Rs 71.15 lakh have been dedicated to five government primary and high schools within the Khanna constituency. Minister Sond expressed that Punjab’s shooters have been achieving accolades at the international level. By establish...

Chandigarh, April 16, 2025 – The Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB) during its ongoing campaign against corruption in the state on Wednesday arrested Rashpal Singh, Mandi Supervisor posted at Market Committee, Kahnuwan, in  Gurdaspur district for accepting a bribe of Rs. 7,000. Disclosing this here today an official spokesperson of the state VB said the aforementioned accused has been arrested based on a complaint lodged by a Commission Agent in Grain Market, Kahnuwan. He further added that the complainant has approached the VB stating that the Market Committee Kahnuwan had wrongly imposed a penalty of Rs. 18,610 on his firm in December 2024. Despite repeated attempts to resolve the matter, Market Committee officials refused to withdraw the penalty. As the wheat procurement season ...

Chandigarh/Tarn Taran, April 16: In an effort to transform the education system of the state by ensuring ultra-modern infrastructure in government schools, Punjab Transport and Jail Minister S. Laljit Singh Bhullar, today inaugurated infra projects worth RS.1.10 crore in six schools of Patti constituency as part of the "Punjab Sikhya Kranti" initiative. S. Bhullar dedicated various development projects to students at Government Elementary School Thatha, Government Elementary School Chaudhriwala, Government Elementary School Dargapur, Government Elementary School Kheda, Government High School Dadehar Sahib and Government High School Thathian Mahantan in the constituency. The Cabinet Minister said that the Chief Minister S. Bhagwant Singh Mann led government has launched the "Sikhya...