Punjab Government News

State consent not taken, put High Court Chief Justice appointment on hold: Punjab Government

The Punjab government Wednesday instructed all law enforcement authorities in the state not to issue any new arms licences amid concerns over alleged irregularities. Government sources revealed that Chief Secretary K A P Sinha issued oral directions to all dep

The Enforcement Directorate has for a third time sought registration of an FIR against a number of private persons and senior officials of Punjab government allegedly involved in corrupt practices. In a third letter, written to DGP Gaurav Yadav on August 31, t

The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) on Tuesday held a meeting to finalise a panel of officers for the Punjab government to appoint a regular director general of police (DGP). Senior government functionaries privy to the development said three 1992-batch

As Punjab heads towards the 2027 Assembly elections, cricketer-turned Rajya Sabha MP Harbhajan Singh s X account has emerged as a new political battleground, with the BJP leader using videos of alleged drug abuse, crime, poor infrastructure and government scho

A war of words broke out between the Punjab government and the Centre on Friday over the pending Rural Development Fund (RDF) amounting to 9,821 crore after Union agriculture minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said that the state had always received the funds as p

The Punjab Vidhan Sabha Monday unanimously passed a Bill to bring 26,000 to 28,000 outsourced employees under direct contractual engagement with the government, paving way for them to receive statutory benefits such as provident fund (PF), gratuity, maternity

Silence can be louder than speeches. This best describes a senior Aam Aadmi Party leader s conduct after Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann launched a video attack on the Akal Takht

The Punjab government has notified the implementation of the Centre s Viksit Bharat-Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB-G RAM G) scheme from July 1, in a complete reversal of the stand it had taken barely six months ago when the Punjab Assem

A 45-year-old man, accused in a 2020 sacrilege case and who was released on bail recently, was allegedly hacked to death with a sharp-edged weapon, police said on Tuesday. This is the first killing of a sacrilege accused after the Punjab government notified th

The day after the Gurgaon police registered an FIR in connection with an alleged fake forensic report on a controversial video purportedly showing him, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann Wednesday said the owners of forensic laboratories were being pressured

Pilgrims arriving at Golden Temple under Punjab government s Mukhyamantri Teerth Yatra Yojana on Saturday were asked to remove the identification card carrying image of Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann before entering the complex of the holiest Sikh shrine

In a bid to curb alleged exploitation by private schools, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Wednesday vowed to bring a tough new law limiting annual fee hikes to 5 per cent and cracking down on arbitrary increases, following the alleged death by suicide o...

The Punjab government on Monday transferred and issued new posting orders for 11 IPS officers with immediate effect. Among them is Amritsar Rural senior superintendent of police Suhail Qasim Mir, was posted as assistant inspector general personnel-I, Punjab.