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5th Poshan Pakhwara starts: Punjab’s children, girls and women will be free from malnutrition: Dr. Baljit Kaur

The Punjab government led by Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, paying special attention to the health of children, girls and women and fighting against the malnutrition. State Government is celebrating the 5th Nutrition Fortnight from today under which different activities will be conducted in districts of Punjab. Giving further information, Minister of Social Security, Women and...

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Punjab to make international players from rural sports fairs – Harpal Singh Cheema

Punjab Finance, Planning, Excise and Taxation Minister Advocate Harpal Singh Cheema said on Monday said that the Punjab government led by Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Maan has been providing every support to uplift village playgrounds and traditional sports fairs to ensure that budding players at these fairs could be further trained to compete at international...

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Suggestions sought from general public for the agricultural policy till March 31

In order to resolve the problems faced by the farmers of the agrarian state of Punjab and to make agriculture a profitable venture, the State Government led by Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann has sought suggestions from the general public for the agricultural policy being made for the first time in Punjab. In a press statement...

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Jan maal lok adalat’ to be held in jalandhar postponed, new date to be announced soon: jimpa

Punjab Revenue Minister Bram Shanker Jimpa on Sunday informed that the Jan Mal Lok Adalat scheduled to be held in Jalandhar on March 20, has been postponed due to some important engagements of the administration. It has been put forward and the new date will be announced very soon on the directions of Chief Minister...

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Athlete Akshdeep Singh wins Gold Medal in Asian Race Walking Championship

Indian athlete Akshdeep Singh won the Gold Medal in the 20 km walk event at the Asian Race Walking Championships at Nomi (Japan). Akshdeep Singh clocked timing of 1:20:57 to achieve this feat. Punjab Sports Minister Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer congratulated athlete Akshdeep Singh on this achievement. Congratulating Akshdeep Singh, his parents and his coaches,...

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Punjab Vidhan Sabha Speaker releases Souvenir of Indian Journalist Union

Punjab Vidhan Sabha Speaker S. Kultar Singh Sandhwan released the Souvenir of Indian Journalist Union here at Punjab Bhawan. Around 20 states’ journalists led by National President of Indian Journalists Union Srinivas Reddy, who reached Chandigarh to discuss the challenges to media fraternity and finding their appropriate solutions during two day meet, called on the...

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Mega vaccination drive against lumpy skin diseases: animal husbandry department inoculates 18.50l cattle in Punjab

With Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann led Punjab government has set a target of vaccinating 25 lakh cattle in the State for early protection of cattle from Lumpy Skin disease (LSD), Animal Husbandry Minister S. Laljit Singh Bhullar on Sunday said that the drive is going on in full swing. The mega vaccination campaign against Lumpy...

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Eight months of decisive war against drugs: punjab police arrest 1628 big fish among 11360 smugglers; 760.28-kg heroin recovered

With the decisive war against drugs waged on the directions of Chief Minister Punjab Bhagwant Mann to root out the menace of drugs has entered the ninth month, Punjab Police have arrested as many as 11360 drug smugglers including 1628 big fish since July 5, 2022. The Police have registered a total of 8458 first...

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Cabinet minister Chetan Singh jauramajra starts tours across state to make Punjab no. 1 in horticulture

The Punjab Government led by the Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann is boosting the horticulture and food processing sectors in order to make horticulture, a profitable venture, bring in crop diversification and increase farmers’ income. This would lead to employment avenues at doorsteps for the youth. This was disclosed by the Horticulture and Food Processing Minister...

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PPCB fulfils commitment with clean up of ghaggar bridge dump point

On International Day of Action For Rivers, Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) accomplished the task to clean up an unauthorized dump point at Ghaggar Bridge, Derabassi with the help of a staff of the Municipal Council, Derabassi. Disclosing this here, Punjab Science Technology and Environment Minister Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer, while reiterating the commitment of...