Tag: Punjab
No Red Beacon Vehicles For Punjab Ministers, Officials
The Punjab cabinet, in its first meeting here on Saturday, decided that the Chief Minister, legislators and top officials will not use a red beacon on their official vehicles. ....
Punjab Announces Reservation For Women, Dumps VIP Culture
The new Punjab Cabinet in its maiden meeting here on Saturday announced reservation for women in jobs and urban and rural local bodies and an end to use of red beacons on official vehicles by the Chief Minister, ministers, legislators and officers. ....
The Ides Of March Have Come And Gone But…
Mocking a soothsayer who had warned him about the Ides of March (March 15) on his way to the senate for his coronation Julius Caesar had shouted at him “The Ides of March have come”. The soothsayer shot back “Aye Caesar but not gone” if I remember my Shakespeare correctly. What happened later is history.....
Congress Minister Demands End To 'red Beacon' Culture In Bihar
Taking cue from Punjab, a Congress minister in Bihar on Tuesday demanded an end to the use of "red beacon" on the official vehicles of ministers in the state. ....
Minister Sidhu On TV Show: Punjab Mulls Legal Options
The Punjab government is exploring legal opinion on the issue of cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu's appearance on a popular television comedy show after he became a cabinet minister in the Amarinder Singh government.....
No Problem With Sidhu's TV Show If It's Permissible: Punjab CM
Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Wednesday said his party had no problem with Navjot Singh Sidhu working in a TV show if it is constitutionally permissible.....
'Amarinder Emerged As A Model For A Dispassionate Biography'
Unlike a politician or a royal, both of which he is, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh does not hold back on sharing information about himself. ....
New Punjab Assembly's First Session Begins
The first session of the newly-elected 15th Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) of Punjab began here on Friday.....
Congress' Problems Begin And End At The Top
Few people will believe that the former External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna's exit from the Congress and entrance to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will be a great loss for the former and a considerable gain for the latter....
BSF Seizes Two Pakistani Boats In Punjab
The Border Security Force (BSF) on Monday seized two Pakistani boats in Punjab's frontier district of Ferozepur, officials said.....
