Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Monday batted for the Bharat Ratna award for freedom fighters Udham Singh, Bhagat Singh and Kartar Singh Sarabha.
"If the demands are not met, 108 Ambulance Employees Association will gherao the residence of Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann in Chandigarh at 12 noon on August 4 and will protest there until our demands are met," Amandeep Singh, Punjab president of 108 Ambulance Employees Association said.
In a major initiative to enhance the quality of education in the state, the Punjab government sent the first batch of headmasters on a journey of expert training at the esteemed Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Ahmedabad, Khalsa Vox reported.
Bhagwanth Khuba noted that India's visionary target of achieving 175 GW of renewable energy (fossil fuel) by 2022, as declared at the COP 2015 conference, was accomplished even before the set deadline and that this remarkable achievement was recognized by the global community.
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat said Indian society rose to the occasion during the Covid-19 pandemic when people in other countries were on the verge of breaking down.
Minister of State (MoS) Finance Bhagwat Karad informed Parliament that banks in India have recovered non-performing assets worth Rs 10.16 lakh crore on an aggregate basis in the past nine years.
Acknowledging that she has received complaints of merciless loan collections by some banks, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman informed Parliament on Monday that instructions were given to banks, asking them to deal with sensitivity.
Punjab's Leader of the Opposition (LoP), Partap Singh Bajwa, on Sunday challenged Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann to take appropriate action against the 48 revenue officials, who were found to be "tainted" in the Vigilance Bureau's report.
The Chief Minister, who was here to assess the situation in the wake of incessant rains, held detailed parleys with the officers of the state government, district administration, and Bhakra Beas Management.
In a major operation by the counterintelligence agency in Amritsar, the Akali leader and Amritsar District President of the Students Organisation of India (SOI), Tejbeer Singh, was arrested with heroin, the police said on Sunday.
The Chief Minister said in the regional language, "Had a meeting with the officers regarding the coaching of UPSC today. As per the promise, we are opening 8 coaching centres in the entire Punjab, the outlines of which were discussed in detail today."