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Chandigarh, March 5: Punjab Labour Minister Tarunpreet Singh Sond has announced that registered construction workers and their family members are eligible for free medical assistance of up to Rs. 5 lakh under the Ayushman Bharat Chief Minister Insurance Scheme. He stated that this assistance can be availed at any empanelled hospital. To benefit from the scheme, registered construction workers must obtain an Ayushman Card, which can be made at any government hospital. He emphasized that any registered construction worker can visit a government hospital to get their Ayushman Card and access financial benefits under the scheme. For the welfare of construction workers, the government has established the Punjab Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare Board. Any construction wor...

Tarn Taran, March 5 In a major breakthrough, Tarn Taran's civil and police administration has assured Chairman of Yudh Nashian Virudh Cabinet Sub Committee, Advocate Harpal Singh Cheema that the district will become Punjab's first drug-free district. This commitment was made during a meeting between Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema and the Tarn Taran civil and police administration, in the presence of people's representatives from the district. While chairing the meeting, Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema directed the police and civil administration to ensure active participation from the community in the Yudh Nashian Virudh campaign. He reviewed the drug de-addiction activities and issued directions to further improve these initiatives and directed the civil administration to...

Chandigarh, 4 March 2025:           The Cabinet Sub Committee meeting was held today at Punjab Bhawan, Chandigarh to address the legitimate issues of different employees unions.  This meeting was chaired by Cabinet Minister S. Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal.  The Cabinet Ministers Hardeep Singh Mundian and Harbhajan Singh ETO were also present during the meeting.           Dhaliwal personally heard the demands of different employee unions and directed the concerned officers to make a policy for the regularization of outsourced employees after taking legal advice from the Advocate General, Punjab and release the pending salaries of outsourced employees till 31, March 2025.  He asked the co...

Chandigarh, March 4, 2025 –  Stepping up its crackdown on corruption, the Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB) has arrested Patwari Amandeep Singh, posted at Revenue Circle Boha, Tehsil Budhlada, District Mansa, for accepting a Rs 4,000 bribe to process a land mutation entry in revenue records. A spokesperson of the VB stated that the case was registered based on a complaint filed by a resident of Boha. The complainant informed the VB that his sister had purchased 21 marlas of land in 2023 and got the sale deed registered but the mutation was yet to be recorded in official records. When he approached Patwari Amandeep Singh to process the mutation, the accused had demanded Rs 4,000 as a bribe, which the complainant recorded on his mobile phone. The spokesperson added that following an...

Chandigarh, March 4: Punjab Defence Services Welfare Minister Mr.Mohinder Bhagat held a review meeting at his office in Chandigarh to assess the ongoing welfare schemes for martyrs’ families, ex-servicemen and their dependents. During the meeting, the minister reviewed the implementation of various government schemes aimed at the welfare of ex-servicemen and their families. He also discussed the agenda for the upcoming events and took stock of the quarterly District Sainik Board meetings being conducted under the respective Deputy Commissioners across Punjab. Emphasizing effective execution of schemes, Mr. Bhagat directed officials to ensure that government welfare schemes reach the beneficiaries efficiently at the grassroots level. He also instructed measures to improve the quali...

Chandigarh, March 3: Punjab School Education Minister S. Harjot Singh Bains, along with the Finland Ambassador to India Mr. Kimmo Lahdevirta, inaugurated one-week training for 2nd batch of 72 primary school teachers here today. After inaugurating the training program at Punjab Bhawan, S. Harjot Singh Bains said this batch of teachers will depart to Finland on March 15 for two-week training at University of Turku under the knowledge exchange program. Discussing the successful completion of the first batch's training from October 21 to November 8 last year at University of Turku,the Education Minister held threadbare deliberations with the Finland Ambassador to India, Mr. Kimmo Lahdevirta and experts from the University of Turku to further enhance collaboration in the field of educa...

Chandigarh, March 3, 2025 –            The Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB) has arrested an absconding accused Satwinder, proprietor of Amloh Enterprises and a resident of Amloh in Fatehgarh Sahib district, for his involvement in the embezzlement of Rs 40,85,175 in government grants. Satwinder was wanted in a case related to the misappropriation of funds meant for the Amloh block and various gram panchayats, in collusion with the then Block Development and Panchayats Officer (BDPO) of Fatehgarh Sahib, Kulwinder Singh Randhawa.           Disclosing this here today an official spokesperson of the VB said in this case an FIR No. 37 was registered on August 9, 2024, at the VB Police Station, Patial...

Chandigarh, March 3:           Chairman of Punjab State Safai Karamchari Commission Mr. Chandan Grewal has sought kind intervention of the President of India to end contractual system of jobs for sanitary workers by enacting a law.           In a letter to the President of India Mr Draupadi Murmur, the Chairman has lauded her for taking several initiatives to safeguard the interests of the weaker sections of society. Drawing her attention towards the plight of poorest of poor strata of the society, he said that the safai sewaks have been hitherto ignored by successive governments at centre. Mr Chandan Grewal sought kind intervention of President for safeguarding the interests of the ambassadors ...

CHANDIGARH, March 3:           Amidst the ongoing crackdown against cybercrime as per directions of Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann, Punjab Police’s State Cyber Crime Division has arrested the prime accused running a fake website impersonating the official website of the Punjab Government’s Mining Department to generate counterfeit receipts and forms, facilitating the movement of vehicles involved in illegal mining, said Director General of Police (DGP) Punjab Gaurav Yadav here on Monday.           The accused, identified as Gaurav Kumar of Kharar in SAS Nagar, has created the exact replica of the original official website of Mining Department ‘minesgeologypunjab.gov.in', thereby impersonatin...