Punjab Politics News
Agri-director’s order on pesticides illegal: Khaira
Thursday, 17/09/2015
http://www.indiapress.org/gen/news.php/The_Tribune/
Chandigarh : Former MLA Sukhpal Khaira today alleged that Director Agriculture in an illegitimate order placed a direct order with the M/s Bayer Crop Science Ltd to supply 92,000 litres of Oberon pesticide worth Rs 33 crore to eight districts of Malwa.
Infighting won’t impact AAP’s mission 2017: Chhotepur
Thursday, 17/09/2015
http://www.indiapress.org/gen/news.php/The_Tribune/
Samana (Patiala):After initial hiccups in getting permission for holding a rally at Samana, the Aam Aadmi Party today managed to put up a decent show in the district which has certainly caused flutter in the ruling SAD-BJP combine, as well as the main opposition party Congress.
State can’t afford another 5 yrs under Akalis, says Amarinder
Thursday, 17/09/2015
http://www.indiapress.org/gen/news.php/The_Tribune/
Ferozepur : Veteran Congress leader Capt Amarinder Singh, in an bid to woo people, today promised to grant OBC status to the Kamboj community, besides launching and improvising welfare schemes, if the Congress is voted to power in 2017.
Heroin smuggling: No charges against Khaira
Thursday, 17/09/2015
http://paper.hindustantimes.com/epaper/viewer.aspx
FAZILKA: Former Congress MLA Sukhpal Singh Khaira’s name does not figure in the chargesheet filed by the police in the court on Wednesday, though the district police had linked his name with drug peddlers in the heroin smuggling case six months ago.
For whitefly attack on cotton, Khaira blames ‘corrupt’ agriculture director
Thursday, 17/09/2015
http://paper.hindustantimes.com/epaper/viewer.aspx
CHANDIGARH: For the destruction of cotton crop in whitefly’s attack, Congress spokesman Sukhpal Singh Khaira on Wednesday blamed director of agriculture Mangal Singh Sandhu, whom he accused of ordering inferior-grade Oberon pesticide worth `33 crore without competitive tendering for corrupt gains.
Page 850 of 1506
