Punjab Politics News
Scheduling ITI’s session from June to be taken up with Centre: Channi
Monday, 19/06/2017
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Chandigarh: With the annual academic session of ITI’s ending in July every year, many passing-out students of ITI’s could not meet the admission date deadlines in diploma courses of the Technical Education institutes for higher education. Taking a serious notice of the development, Punjab Technical Education Minister Charanjit Singh Channi said that the Punjab government would soon take up the issue with the Union government for rescheduling annual academic session of ITI’s from June to May.
Majithia is to blame for ₹915-cr loss to coop sugar mills: Cong
Sunday, 18/06/2017
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CHANDIGARH : Punjab Congress leader Sukhjinder Raj Singh ‘Lalli’ Majithia on Saturday accused former Akali minister Bikram Singh Majithia of complicity in ₹915 crore “scam” in allocation of power tenders related to eight of the nine sugar mills in Punjab.
Debt waiver for farmers will be announced on Monday, says Jakhar
Sunday, 18/06/2017
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Ludhiana : Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC) President Sunil Jakhar on Saturday stated that Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh will fulfill his promise and announce debt relief for farmers in Vidhan Sabha on Monday.
Navjot Sidhu puts a spanner in amphibious bus project at Harike
Sunday, 18/06/2017
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Chandigarh/Harike Pattan : Punjab Local Government, Tourism and Culture Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu on Saturday ordered stopping of amphibian bus from operating at Harike Pattan Wildlife Sanctuary. Sidhu visited Harike Pattan to explore possibility of developing it as a tourism centre and to take stock of the amphibious bus project started during tenure of Akali-BJP government.
Khaira films House ruckus, suspended
Saturday, 17/06/2017
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Chandigarh : Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) legislators, raising slogans inside the Punjab Vidhan Sabha, today attacked the Congress government for its “failure” to announce a loan waiver for farmers. Some were seen in a cantankerous spat with Congress MLAs. But it was AAP’s Bholath MLA Sukhpal Khaira who was suspended by Speaker Rana KP Singh for the rest of the session for uploading a video of the unruly scenes on Facebook.
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