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Amid tussle in Punjab, Harish Rawat says some issues still being resolved

Amid the ongoing tussle in ruling Congress' Punjab unit, the party affairs' state in-charge Harish Rawat on Thursday admitted that there were still some issues which are being resolved.

Punjab Cong crisis: Harish Rawat conveys party leaders' 'resentment' to CM

AICC general secretary Harish Rawat Wednesday conveyed the "resentment" of party's dissenting leaders to Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh and said it is his "duty" to address them.

Day-long assembly session can't solve Punjab people's problems: Sidhu

Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu on Monday sought the extension of the state's special assembly session, saying a day-long session can't solve people's problems.

Punjab Congress dispute runs deep ahead of the Assembly elections

There is an element of creative tension in all this that was missing in the party so far

Sidhu's team flags key issues' before Amarinder, told govt already on it

Punjab Congress president Navjot Singh Sidhu and the four working presidents met Chief Minister Amarinder Singh Tuesday demanding action on five key issues

Amarinder won't meet Sidhu till he apologises, says Punjab CM's team

Toughening his stance, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Tuesday clarified that he won't meet new state party chief Navjot Singh Sidhu till he publicly apologises to him.

Journey has just begun, will work with every member of Cong family: Sidhu

My journey has just begun, Punjab Congress' new president Navjot Singh Sidhu said on Monday, a day after being appointed to the key post

Punjab waives off of Rs 590 cr of loans of labourers, landless farmers

The Punjab government on Wednesday announced waiver of Rs 590 crore worth of loans under the farm debt waiver scheme for labourers and the landless farming community.

AAP always recognised my vision, work for Punjab: Navjot Singh Sidhu

Amid attempts by the Congress high command to resolve the infighting in the party's Punjab unit, party leader Navjot Singh Sidhu on Tuesday said the opposition Aam Aadmi Party has always recognised his vision and work for Punjab. His remarks came a day after AAP Punjab unit chief Bhagwant Mann took a dig at the cricketer-turned-politician and asked him to tweet about the "funds" allegedly accepted by the ruling Congress from private power companies in the state. "Our opposition AAP has always recognised my vision & work for Punjab. Be it Before 2017- Beadbi, Drugs, Farmers Issues, Corruption & Power Crisis faced by People of Punjab raised by me or today as I present 'Punjab Model', it is clear they know - who is really fighting for Punjab," Sidhu said in a series of tweets. He said, "If the Opposition dares to question me, yet they can't escape my Pro-People Agenda ... This means they have resigned to their fate!!" Sidhu also shared old videos of AAP leaders praising him for ..

Sidhu mocks Punjab govt, asks it to follow AAP's Delhi electricity model

Facing severe electricity crisis, the Punjab government curtailed timings of government offices from Friday, and cut down power supply to high energy consuming industries with immediate effect

Punjab government not allowing Kejriwal to hold press meet: AAP

Chief Minister Amarinder Singh has denied the charge

Punjab CM Amarinder Singh meets Congress panel to end factionalism

This is the second time Singh has met the panel. He had earlier met its members at the AICC headquarters, before submission of the panel report

SC Commission issues notice to Punjab govt over thrashing of Dalit female

Taking strong notice of Dalit woman being thrashed in a Panchayat over a wage dispute in Punjab, Chairman of NCSC Vijay Sampla issued a notice to the government of Punjab

Punjab Congress leaders' kin appointed as police inspector, naib tehsildar

The Punjab government decided to appoint the sons of two former Congress leaders as a police inspector and a naib tehsildar respectively by giving "relaxation in the relevant rules"

Mayawati slams Punjab govt over profiteering from Covid-19 vaccines

Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati on Saturday said that Punjab government selling Covid vaccines to private hospitals at a premium was "indecent, inhuman, condemnable and very unfortunate"

Amarinder-Sidhu row: Sonia sets up 3-member panel to resolve differences

Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Friday set up a three-member committee to resolve differences among its leaders in Punjab

Punjab to explore possibility of procuring vaccines from global sources

Amid an acute shortage of anti-coronavirus vaccine, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Thursday directed the health department to explore possibilities of floating a global tender for the procurement of immunisation shots from all possible sources, an official statement said. The state government will reach out directly to all vaccine manufacturers for direct purchase of various COVID vaccines, including Sputnik V, Pfizer, Moderna, and Johnson & Johnson, Singh said in the statement. Punjab can store 35 lakh Sputnik V vaccines, which require a storage temperature of minus 18 degrees Celsius, he added. The chief minister said all efforts would be made for procurement of vaccines to meet the acute shortage in the state which has received fewer than 44 lakh vaccine doses so far from the Union government, of which only one lakh is currently available for use and which will be exhausted within a day. The state government was forced to stop the vaccination drive for phase I and ...

Punjab govt extends Covid restrictions till May 31 to curb infections

Amid high positivity and fatality rates, the Punjab government on Sunday extended all existing Covid restrictions till May 31

Punjab CM Amarinder Singh announces creation of new district of Malerkotla

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh announced Malerkotla as the state's new district and noted that a long-pending demand of the people has been fulfilled

Punjab CM urges PM Modi to increase oxygen, Covid vaccine supplies

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to increase the total quota of oxygen to 300 metric tonnes (MT), and ensure urgent supplies of vaccine for the state