Punjab Politics News
Govt plans to plant trees on vacant rly land
Wednesday, 22/08/2012
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Faridkot: Aiming to make up for the lakhs of trees being axed for widening of national and state highways, the Punjab Forest Department has devised a plan to use vacant railway land alongside railway tracks in the state for afforestation.
Manpreet’s PPP fast disintegrating
Wednesday, 22/08/2012
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Chandigarh: For someone whose party was touted as the third alternative in Punjab, People’s Party of Punjab (PPP) chief Manpreet Singh Badal now seems to be presiding over an organisation disintegrating by the day. Buoyed at disgruntled SAD leaders flocking to him in the runup to the assembly elections, Manpreet is now finding the going tough. He is not getting any new converts to his party and his old colleagues are deserting him.
Punjab delays bills worth Rs 1,600 cr
Wednesday, 22/08/2012
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Chandigarh: Punjab's fiscal crisis seems to have deepened with the state government holding payments worth Rs 1,600 crore. The government is even facing problems in compensating the Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) for providing free power to the farm sector.
Former Speaker’s son made Acting Dist Health Officer against norms
Wednesday, 22/08/2012
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Amritsar: The Department of Health and Family Welfare has appointed former Speaker Nirmal Singh Kahlon’s son, Dr Shivcharan Kahlon, as acting District Health Officer former, ignoring several seniors and throwing all norms to the wind.
State Cong pleads with PM for Pak Hindus, Sikhs
Tuesday, 14/08/2012
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CHANDIGARH: The Punjab Congress unit on Monday sought the intervention of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to help Hindus and Sikhs who are allegedly facing intimidation and forced conversion across Pakistan, particularly in the Sindh province. In a press statement issued by general secretary Arvind Khanna, the party appealed that Hindus and Sikhs who had reached India must be provided relief and shelter.
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