Punjab Politics News
Capt orders transfer of cops hand in glove with peddlers
Wednesday, 17/05/2017
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CHANDIGARH: Punjab chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Tuesday ordered shunting out of police officials suspected of connivance with drug peddlers and smugglers to far-flung areas.
Local bodies dept to implement egovernance soon
Wednesday, 17/05/2017
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CHANDIGARH: The local bodies department would soon implement the e-governance project.
Drug business thriving with support of some cops: STF chief Harpreet Sidhu
Wednesday, 17/05/2017
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Chandigarh : The chief of the Special Task Force (STF) formed to combat the drug menace in Punjab on Tuesday put the role of certain mid-level cops under the scanner, saying the “illegal business of contrabands could not thrive without their connivance”.
Projects stuck due to Badals: Sidhu
Tuesday, 16/05/2017
http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/punjab/projects-stuck-due-to-badals-sidhu/407646.html
Chandigarh : Local Bodies Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu today alleged that the Badals had left the state in such a position that it could not run projects such as Smart City, Swachh Bharat, Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) and the Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS).
Recovery of loans low, debt shoots up to Rs1.81 lakh crore
Tuesday, 16/05/2017
http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/punjab/recovery-of-loans-low-debt-shoots-up-to-rs1-81-lakh-crore/407649.html
Chandigarh : Punjab’s total revenue in 2016-17 — the last year of the Akali BJP regime — fell short by over Rs4,770 crore, the debt mounted to over Rs1.81 lakh crore even as the recovery of loans and advances remained the lowest and disbursement of loans remained the highest in the past several years.
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