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Chandigarh, February 18, 2025 –  Additional Director General of Police (ADGP) Mr. G. Nageswara Rao, IPS, today assumed charge as the Chief Director of the Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB) at Vigilance Bhawan, SAS Nagar. Reaffirming Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann’s commitment to a Corruption-free Punjab, Mr. Rao emphasized that the zero-tolerance policy adopted by the state government would be strictly enforced to eliminate corruption from all departments of government. Highlighting the need for efficiency in administration and transparency in governance, the newly appointed VB chief assured that swift and thorough investigations would be conducted for all types of corruption cases and Vigilance Enquiries (VEs). He also stated that all cases would be pursued rigorously in the ...

CHANDIGARH, February 18: A high-profile delegation from New Zealand, comprising Professor Garry Udy from MPI, Prof Nicolas Lopez from Massey University, and Dr David Hayman from TRG/ABS, along with Dr RO Gupta from NDDB, on Tuesday, met with Principal Secretary of Punjab Animal Husbandry department Mr Rahul Bhandari to discuss mutual collaboration in the animal husbandry sector, with a special focus on animal breeding and small-holder dairy systems. Mr. Rahul Bhandari briefed the delegation on the ongoing initiatives under the National Dairy Plan-1, which was launched in July 2013. He said that the project focuses on improving genetic merit in cattle and buffalo populations through progeny testing, genetic evaluation, and selective breeding.  Key objectives of the project inc...

Chandigarh/Bathinda, 18 February: Under the dynamic leadership of Chief Minister S. Bhagwant Singh Mann, the Punjab Government remains steadfast in its commitment to delivering efficient governance and public welfare. This was emphasized by Cabinet Minister for Local Government, Dr. Ravjot Singh, while presiding over a high-level meeting with officials at the Municipal Corporation Office. The meeting was attended by MLA Bathinda (Urban) S. Jagroop Singh Gill, Deputy Commissioner Mr. Shawkat Ahmad parray, SSP Madam Amneet Koundal, Mayor Mr. Padamjeet Mehta, and several other key officials. Dr. Ravjot Singh directed municipal authorities to enhance the cleanliness drive within the city, making the process more structured and effective. He instructed officials to address issues related ...

Chandigarh, February 18: With the efforts of Punjab's Rural Development and Panchayat Minister Tarunpreet Singh Sond, 65,607 new MGNREGA job cards have been created across Punjab in the last one and a half months. During the first review meeting of the department in January, Sond had ordered all the district officials to organize as many camps as possible in the villages and create cards under MGNREGA for the needy people immediately. After these orders of Panchayat Minister, 65,607 new job cards have been created by setting up 10,533 camps in villages across Punjab. It also includes 2180 job cards for disabled people. At present, a total of 12,27,603 job cards are active in Punjab under MGNREGA. Sond said that to provide maximum employment in the villages, instructions were given...

Chandigarh, February 17 Transport Minister, S. Laljit Singh Bhullar, met with Advocate General, Punjab, S. Gurminder Singh today to discuss the policy for regularizing temporary (contractual/ad-hoc) employees of Punjab Roadways and Pepsu Road Transport Corporation (PRTC). Additional Chief Secretary Shri D.K. Tiwari and other senior officials of the department were also present at the meeting. The Transport Minister stated that the Punjab Government, under the leadership of Chief Minister S. Bhagwant Singh Mann, is working swiftly to ensure job security and stability for employees who have been serving in the Transport Department for a long time. He further mentioned that the discussion with the Advocate General focused on various aspects of the regularization process for tempor...

Chandigarh/Jalandhar, February 17: Punjab Local Bodies Minister Dr. Ravjot Singh, today emphasized further improvement in basic amenities like cleanliness, beautification, construction of roads, lighting, water supply, and sewage systems in the city. He directed Municipal Corporation Jalandhar officials to coordinate with counselors and complete the key ward works within three months. Presiding over a review meeting at the premises of Jalandhar Municipal Corporation with Municipal Commissioner Gautam Jain, Mayor Vineet Dheer, officials, and counselors, the Cabinet Minister urged for equal distribution of sanitation workers across the city's wards to implement an effective sanitation system. He directed the officials to solve issues related to cleanliness, sewer overflow, water supply...

Chandigarh, February 17: Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann on Monday asked the Department of Food & Civil Supplies to further expedite the process of liquidation/movement of the food grain stocks from the State so that no problem of storage of food grains arises in the coming seasons and procurement of grains takes place in a smooth and hassle free manner. Chairing a high level meeting of the Food and Civil Supplies Department here at his official residence, the Chief Minister said that due to persistent shortage of storage space during the previous season, the procurement/lifting of grains from mandis was adversely affected. He said that the State government is already in process of creating new covered godowns to store 60 Lakh Metric Ton of grains in the State in the co...

CHANDIGARH, February 17:           Carrying forward the investigation in the sensational Bathinda Murder case, Punjab Anti-Gangster Task Force (AGTF) in a joint operation with Bathinda Police has arrested two associates of the deceased criminal Overseer Singh alias Satinder Singh alias Satti in cross-FIR and recovered two .32 bore pistols along with five cartridges from their possession, said Director General of Police (DGP) Punjab Gaurav Yadav here on Monday.           Those arrested have been identified as Lakhwinder Singh Gill, a resident of village Burj Gill in Bathinda and Avtar Singh alias Dhillon, a resident of village Bhai Rupa in Bathinda.      &nbs...

Chandigarh 16 February 2025: Aiming to provide pragmatic knowledge pertaining to the functioning of Legislative Assembly to the students of the state, Punjab Vidhan Sabha Speaker S. Kultar Singh Sandhwan directed the Education Department to make the arrangements for students to observe and visit Punjab Vidhan Sabha during the session and non session days. Sandhwan said that our efforts became fruitful when 155 students visited to observe the actual proceedings of the Punjab Vidhan Sabha during the session and 900 students visited during non session days in 2022.   This trend further gained momentum as 990 students visited Punjab Vidhan Sabha during the session days and 1157 students visited during non session days in 2023. He feels extremely delighted to inform that 998 ...

Ghungrali (Ludhiana), February 16: Urging the youth of the state to learn lessons from recent deportation of illegal migrants from the USA, the Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann on Sunday appealed to them to shun the idea of going abroad by wrong means and work hard at their native state to make it a frontrunner in country. Addressing the gathering here during a sports tournament, the Chief Minister said that we are blessed to have taken birth on this sacred land which has the most fertile land in the world. However, he bemoaned that due to the failure of the successive governments in the state, the youth were forced to migrate to other countries in search of green pastures. Bhagwant Singh Mann said that the mass deportation from the US is an eye opener for all of us and now ...