PCC relay fast enters day 3; Badal dubs it `political stunt`

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 21, 2014, 22:07

Punjab Congress `relay hunger strike` seeking CBI probe into a multi-crore synthetic drug case entered the third day on Tuesday with Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal describing it as a "political stunt".

CM, Cabinet ministers sitting on dharna looks absurd: Badal

Last Updated: Monday, January 20, 2014, 17:35

Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Monday deplored the action of his Delhi counterpart Arvind Kejriwal and his ministers of holding `dharna`, saying it is "absurd" and against the spirit of the Constitution.

Even Punjab`s CM has to wait for his turn here

Last Updated: Monday, January 20, 2014, 14:04

t a time when the `VIP culture` in India is under threat from the ideology of the Aam Aadmi Party in Delhi, Harmandar Sahib, Sikh`s premier shrine here, has been showing the way of treating everyone alike, including VIPs and celebrities.

Punjab renames travel law

Last Updated: Monday, January 13, 2014, 01:40

Punjab government on Sunday decided to rename the Prevention of Human Smuggling Act as the Travel Industries Regulations Act and to do away with empowering the police to arrest them on complaints.

No differences with Sidhu, says Sukhbir

Last Updated: Sunday, January 12, 2014, 18:36

Punjab`s Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal on Sunday said he has no differences with BJP MP from Amritsar Navjot Singh Sidhu who recently alleged slow pace of development works in his parliamentary constituency.

Sukhbir alleges PPCC posts were at sale; Bajwa flays him

Last Updated: Monday, January 6, 2014, 21:45

Taking jibe at dissent among Congress workers after reconstitution of PPCC SAD President Sukhbir Singh Badal said it was due to "huge price" fixed for posts by state Congress chief Partap Singh Bajwa.

Punjab planning to set up special courts for NRIs: Sukhbir

Last Updated: Monday, January 6, 2014, 21:23

Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal on Monday said his government was planning to set up special courts for NRIs on the lines of the existing police stations in the state.

Despite being a Punjabi Manmohan Singh has `failed`: Sukhbir

Last Updated: Saturday, January 4, 2014, 20:34

PM Manmohan Singh has "failed this time" despite being Punjabi, who by nature are enterprising and leading in all the fields of the country, Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal said.

Nominating Rahul as PM candidate will drown Congress: Sukhbir Singh Badal

Last Updated: Thursday, January 2, 2014, 20:37

Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal on Thursday attacked the Congress and said nominating Rahul Gandhi as the prime ministerial candidate of the party would "drown the sinking ship of the Congress".

Punjab to become hub for cancer treatment soon: Badal

Last Updated: Sunday, December 29, 2013, 23:36

Underlining his government`s efforts in eradicating cancer, Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today said Punjab would emerge as a hub for treatment of cancer in the near future.

Badal, Bajwa mourn death of Ludhiana acid attack victim

Last Updated: Saturday, December 28, 2013, 20:08

Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal expressed grief and sorrow over the demise of Ludhiana acid attack victim, who breathed her last at a hospital in Mumbai.

Badal hails court order Gujarat riots

Last Updated: Thursday, December 26, 2013, 23:18

Punjab CM Parkash Singh Badal welcomed a Gujarat court verdict rejecting the protest petition against the clean chit given to BJP`s prime ministerial nominee Narendra Modi by the SIT in 2002 riots.