Punjab News

Ludhiana, April 12- Reiterating firm commitment of the state government to save the groundwater of the state for coming generations, the Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann on Saturday announced to start zone wise cultivation of the paddy from June 1. “We have divided the state into three zones and the cultivation of paddy will start in the district falling in three zones On June 1, June 5 and June 9”, said the Chief Minister while addressing the gathering during Sarkar Kisaan Milni here today. The Chief Minister said that Punjab is the food bowl of the country as it contributes 45% of grains in the national food pool. However, he bemoaned that in 70 days of paddy season Punjab pumps out water equal to nine Gobind Sagar lakes, which is a huge quantity. Bhagwant Singh Mann sa...

Jalandhar, April 11: Punjab Horticulture and Defence Welfare Minister Mohinder Bhagat today dedicated development works worth Rs. 26.78 lakh at Government Senior Secondary and Government Primary School Bhargav Camp Jalandhar city. Addressing the gathering, the Minister said that the Punjab Government, under its flagship ‘Punjab Sikhiya Kranti’ initiative, dedicated development projects worth Rs 2.90 crore across 37 government schools in Jalandhar, giving a massive boost to educational infrastructure in the district.  This infrastructure revamp includes smart classrooms, digital learning system, science laboratories, sports tracks, digital learning systems, cluster rooms, boundary walls, and essential repair work. The Minister said that the Punjab Sikhiya Kranti will transform en...

Chandigarh/Kotkapura April 11: The Punjab Government has launched the ‘Punjab Sikhya Kranti’ campaign to develop the state's Education infrastructure and to provide quality Education to students. The development works of schools that have been carried out in the last 3 years are being inaugurated now under this campaign. This was stated by the Speaker Punjab Vidhan Sabha S. Kultar Singh Sandhwan while addressing the students of the school, their parents, teachers and city residents after inaugurating various development works of Dr. Chanda Singh Marwah Senior Secondary School for Girls, Kotkapura. Speaker S. Kultar Singh Sandhwan said that development projects are also being carried out on a war footing level for all-round development of the state in various fields under the dynamic ...

 Chandigarh/Hoshiarpur, April 11: Under Punjab Sikhia Kranti, Local Government Minister Dr. Ravjot Singh on Friday inaugurated works at four schools completed at a cost of Rs. 1.20 crore while stating that the state government has equipped its schools with ultra modern facilities, upgraded infrastructure to facilitate students and teachers. Dedicating the works worth Rs. 60 lakh at Government Senior Secondary School, Ajram,  Local Government Minister Dr. Ravjot Singh said that the State Government would make all out efforts for all round development of students as well as ensuring their bright future so that they could compete at national and international level. The Minister said that Punjab Government had put the education sector in its foremost priorities thus giving a n...

Chandigarh, April 10: The Election commission of India has organised one-day Orientation Programme for Media Nodal Officers, Social Media Nodal Officers, and District Public Relations Officers at the India International Institute of Democracy and Election Management (IIIDEM), New Delhi, Wednesday. The orientation was aimed at enhancing coordination and preparedness of election officials in an evolving media landscape. From Punjab, Additional CEO Harish Nayyar and PRO Narinder Pal Singh Jagdeo attended the orientation program. Media Officers from 28 States and 8 UTs participated in the orientation programme which aims to develop an effective communication strategy to ensure proactive information dissemination, counter misinformation, and promote voter awareness through various medi...

Chandigarh, April 9 Punjab Finance Minister Advocate Harpal Singh Cheema held a meeting with the Punjab Roadways Punbus/PRTC Contract Workers Union on Wednesday to address their demands comprehensively. The meeting took place at his office in the Punjab Secretariat and was attended by Transport Minister Laljit Singh Bhullar and Additional Chief Secretary (Transport) D.K. Tiwari. During the discussions, Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema reaffirmed the Punjab government's commitment to the welfare of its employees under the leadership of Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann. He said that the Cabinet Sub-Committee, which he chairs, has implemented a policy aimed at regularizing the services of numerous contract-based employees without subjecting them to legal hurdles. The Finance Mi...

Chandigarh, April 9: In a major citizen centric decision, the Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann on Wednesday gave nod to launch a special campaign for constructing 20,000 kilometres of link roads in the state at a cost of Rs 4000 crore. Chairing a meeting here today, the Chief Minister said that the main motive of the campaign is to facilitate the people as these Link Roads act as a catalyst in commuting and smooth transportation of the goods and services to people. He said that these link roads are the arteries of economic growth in the state as they help the people residing in rural areas to commute on one hand and give impetus to trade and business on the other. Bhagwant Singh Mann underlined the need for construction of these roads at the earliest as majority of them have...

Chandigarh, April 8: Chief Minister S. Bhagwant Singh Mann led government has prioritized improving the condition of government schools since assuming office, said Cabinet Minister S. Harbhajan Singh ETO in a press communique here today, while stressing that the Shikhya Kranti would transform Punjab's image. The Cabinet Minister said, "for the first time since India's independence, our party had campaigned on education as a central platform. The public responded favorably, electing S. Bhagwant Singh Mann-led Punjab government with 92 party candidates winning their seats". He acknowledged that upgrading more than 20,000 government schools across the state requires time, but affirmed that the government is proceeding with determination and integrity, with positive results beginning ...

Chandigarh, April 8, 2025 – In line with the Punjab Government’s zero-tolerance policy against corruption, the Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB) Bathinda Range during a surprise inspection at the Regional Transport Authority (RTA) office Bathinda, has found that unfit vehicles, without any physical verification, were registered using fake documents and the agents had further sold them to the public at inflated prices. On the basis of these malpractices, the VB has registered a case against accused Naveen Kumar, a resident of NFL Colony, Bathinda and Inderjeet Singh, a resident of Dhobiana Road, Bathinda. Meanwhile, the Bureau has nominated and arrested Naresh Kumar, owner of Nagpal Body Maker, Sirsa Road, Dabwali in Haryana in this case and has launched raids to arrest the other accused.  ...

Chandigarh/ Ajnala April 7:           The Punjab government has strengthened the infrastructure of schools by focusing heavily on the education sector during the last three years and this will be improved further in the coming two years. The above views were expressed by Cabinet Minister Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal on the occasion of inaugurating the rooms and the boundary wall of Government Primary School Sakkiwala and Government Girls Senior Secondary School Ajnala. He said that the above schools were given special grants of Rs 10 lakh and Rs 20 lakh respectively in the past, with which they have constructed as per their requirements.           He said that special focus of our government is towards Edu...