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Chandigarh, May 2: The Election Commission of India (ECI) has appointed 15 Expenditure Observers for various Lok Sabha constituencies in Punjab. The Expenditure observers are entrusted with the responsibility of overseeing the expenditure incurred by candidates and political parties during the campaign period, ensuring compliance with election expenditure regulations.            Disclosing the details of the appointed Expenditure Observers, Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of Punjab, Sibin C said that the appointed observers are distinguished Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officers who bring a wealth of experience and expertise to their roles. He informed that Harshad S Vengurlekar has been appointed for Gurdaspur, Bare Ganesh Sudhakar f...

CHANDIGARH - After passage of a full month & a week thereafter since Ranjit Singh Chautala, Cabinet Minister of Energy and Jails Department in Nayab Saini led BJP Government in Haryana  sent his resignation as MLA  to Gian Chand Gupta, Speaker of current 14th Haryana Vidhan Sabha, it has been finally accepted on 30 April 2024 by the Speaker.  Meanwhile, Hemant Kumar, an Advocate at Punjab & Haryana High Court told that on 30 April 2024, vide a  Notification published in Haryana Government Gazette, the acceptance of resignation of  Ranjit Singh, MLA by the Hon'ble Speaker of Haryana Legislative Assembly  however with (retrospective) effect from 24 March 2024 (Forenoon-F.N.) has been duly notified.  Pertinent to mention that it ...

Chandigarh, May 1 : The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Punjab gave a very big jolt to the Congress and Sukhpal Singh Khaira in Sangrur and moved a step closer to winning this seat in the upcoming LS polls. On Wednesday, former MLA and tall leader of Congress Dalvir Singh Goldy, along with his entire family and hundreds of associates from Sangrur, joined the AAP in the presence of AAP Punjab president CM Bhagwant Mann and Cabinet Minister and AAP Sangrur candidate Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer. Addressing the media on the occasion, CM Bhagwant Mann said that it is a special day for the Aam Aadmi Party as a young, passionate and hard working leader Dalvir Singh Goldy is joining the AAP. Bhagwant Mann welcomed Goldy to the AAP and formally inducted him to the party by giving him AAP's muffler. CM Mann e...

Chandigarh, April 30: Punjab Chief Secretary Anurag Verma today said that out of 100.58 LMT Wheat arriving so far in State’s grain markets more than 95 percent stands procured due to the uninterrupted procurement process. The farmers who have sold their produce have been paid for the same to the extent of 100 percent with Rs. 17340.40 in their bank accounts. During a meeting with the top officers of the procurement agencies and the Deputy Commissioners in order to review the procurement process, the Chief Secretary directed that it must be ensured that no farmer faces any kind of issues for selling his produce in the mandis and further, no stone should be left unturned to make robust arrangements for dealing with the situation arising due to the unseasonal rains. The Chief Secretary sai...

JALANDHAR, April 29: Making the biggest heroin seizure of 2024, Commissionerate Police Jalandhar has busted an international drug syndicate with the arrest of its three members after recovering 48kg heroin and Rs 21 lakh drug money from their possession, said Director General of Police (DGP) Punjab Gaurav Yadav here on Monday.           Those arrested have been identified as Satnam Singh alias Babbi, a native of village Dhandiyan in Nawanshahr and currently residing at Subhash Nagar in Hoshiarpur; his daughter Aman Rozi and his son-in-law Hardeep Singh. Apart from seizing heroin and drug money, Police teams have also impounded their three high-end cars including Toyota Innova, Mahindra XUV and Hyundai Verna, besides recovering one Cash Counti...

Chandigarh, April 29: In anticipation of the scorching summer temperatures as predicted by IMD, during polling day ( ie June 1st ) of the Lok Sabha elections 2024  in Punjab, Chief Electoral Officer, Sibin C  had issued advisory to all Deputy Commissioners-cum-District Election Officers to ensure special measures for polling staffs welfare. Giving further information in this regard, CEO Sibin C said that following the various guidelines of the Election Commission of India (ECI), DCs of Punjab have been reiterated to ensure various arrangements for the welfare and convenience of the polling staff during the electoral process.           The CEO said that as the polling is scheduled on June 1, 2024, which is in the peak of summer season,...