Haryana Chief Minister, Nayab Singh Saini on Tuesday said the Congress had always pursued vote-bank politics and used the poor, backward classes and Scheduled Castes merely for political gains. Referring to former Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi, he said a leader who had stood firmly with the Punjab Congress during difficult times was now … Read more
Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann on Tuesday raised the issue of E-20 ethanol-blended petrol in the Punjab Vidhan Sabha, pointing out that the Centre has forced its rollout despite admitting in Parliament that it reduces vehicle mileage. He said the move is causing financial hardship for vehicle owners, questioned why the implementation has been … Read more
Emphasising that Punjab already pays some of the highest government pay scales in the country, surpassing the Central Government in several categories, Punjab Finance Minister Advocate Harpal Singh Cheema on Tuesday said the State Government has inherited a ₹14,191 crore liability in employee pay commission arrears due to the policies of the previous SAD-BJP and … Read more
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) National Convenor Arvind Kejriwal was stopped by the Delhi Police while marching to PM Narendra Modi’s residence with 100 people affected by E20 petrol and more than 233,000 public petitions demanding the policy’s withdrawal. After being prevented from meeting the Prime Minister, Arvind Kejriwal sat-in on the road with the petitions, … Read more
The massive public anger against the ‘ED Party’ (BJP), as witnessed during the Jantar Mantar protest, has clearly rattled Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Instead of addressing the growing public outrage, the ED Party (BJP) has chosen to misuse central agencies and pursue political vendetta against its opponents. The ED Party (BJP) has already deployed the … Read more
Punjab and Haryana HC ends 1999 Haryana JBT recruitment dispute, protects over 3,200 teachers; around 160 petitioners to get jobs Bringing an end to a recruitment dispute that has remained pending for more than two decades, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has modified a 2014 Single Judge judgment after the Haryana Government decided not … Read more