Punjab Politics News
Book vendors selling tobacco products to minors: mohindra
Friday, 07/07/2017
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Chandigarh : Punjab government on Thursday said orders had been issued to district authorities to take “strict action” against vendors selling tobacco products to minors.
Amarinder writes to PM, seeks bonus to check stubble burning
Friday, 07/07/2017
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Chandigarh : Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh has written to the Prime Minister seeking a bonus of Rs 100 per quintal on paddy, in addition to its MSP, as an incentive to dissuade farmers from burning the crop’s residue.
‘Cable mafia’ is back on table
Thursday, 06/07/2017
http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/punjab/-cable-mafia-is-back-on-table/432512.html
Chandigarh : To end the Badal family’s monopoly in transport business, the Punjab Cabinet today came up with a new policy that allows for higher government participation in the luxury bus service.
Sidhu raises cable ‘scam’ in cabinet, CM passes it to AG
Thursday, 06/07/2017
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CHANDIGARH : After informing the Punjab assembly that Fastway Transmissions allegedly did not pay its dues to his department and evaded multiple taxes, local bodies minister Navjot Singh Sidhu took up the issue in a Punjab cabinet meeting on Wednesday.
Badals’ buses get special mention as policy approved
Thursday, 06/07/2017
http://paper.hindustantimes.com/epaper/viewer.aspx
CHANDIGARH: The Punjab cabinet on Wednesday okayed the muchawaited transport policy while also restructuring the department. It decided that the government will gradually increase the state-run transport undertakings’ share in the luxury segment, “currently controlled by the Badals’ bus services”, to eventually make it “state-controlled”.
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