Punjab Cabinet Meet

The Punjab Cabinet on Saturday gave nod to regularise the services of over 14,000 contractual teachers in the state. A decision in this regard was taken at a cabinet meeting, chaired by Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, here.

The Punjab government has decided to impose a cess of 90 paise per litre on petrol and diesel in a meeting of the state cabinet here on Friday.

Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Saturday, in the first decision of his first Cabinet meeting, threw open 25,000 jobs in various state government departments, including 10,000 in Police Department.

Ten ministers of the new Aam Aadmi Party government in Punjab were sworn today. They took charge in the Punjab Civil Secretariat, and will participate in the first cabinet meeting of the new government at 12.30 pm.

The names of Pargat Singh, Raj Kumar Verka, Gurkirat Singh Kotli, Sangat Singh Gilzian, Surjit Dhiman, Amarinder Singh Raja Warring and Kuljit Singh Nagra are doing the rounds.

Punjab's new Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi held talks with party leaders in the national capital on Tuesday about the formation of a new state cabinet.

Newly-appointed Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi on Monday held his first Cabinet meeting and discussed various 'pro-poor initiatives' which it plans to implement in a time-bound manner.

Three of the four Punjab ministers who met Congress's state in-charge Harish Rawat, have skipped a cabinet meeting today a day after he said Navjot Sidhu will have to remove advisors who have embarrassed the party.

Navjot Sidhu, made Punjab Congress chief last month after much reluctance on part of Captain Amarinder Singh, continues to take potshots at the state government. Besides this, the anticipated cabinet reshuffle may also come up in today's meeting.

Rajasthan Congress chief Govind Singh Dotasra called a meeting of 25 MLAs this morning to discuss state cabinet expansion, just days after the party settled the political tension and tussle among its two big leaders in Punjab.

Sulking Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu may share the job of party chief in Punjab with another leader as part of a formula to defuse intense infighting that has endangered the party's campaign for state polls next year.

The cabinet, which held a virtual meeting chaired by Chief Minister Amarinder Singh, decided that the CM will take up the issue of the balance 60 per cent pending arrears with the Prime Minister, an official statement said.

Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Friday set up a three-member committee to resolve differences among its leaders in Punjab amid an open war of words between Chief Minister Amarinder Singh and his former cabinet colleague Navjot Singh Sidhu.

The luncheon meeting of Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh and Navjot Sidhu -- his biggest rival and critic within the party -- has given rise to speculation that the cricketer-turned-politician might be offered a seat in the cabinet again.

A meeting between a group of Punjab Cabinet ministers and a farmers' union here on Monday remained inconclusive with the peasant body claiming that they did not get concrete assurance from the government on many issues.

The Punjab Cabinet on Saturday gave nod to regularise the services of over 14,000 contractual teachers in the state. A decision in this regard was taken at a cabinet meeting, chaired by Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, here.

The Punjab government has decided to impose a cess of 90 paise per litre on petrol and diesel in a meeting of the state cabinet here on Friday.

Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Saturday, in the first decision of his first Cabinet meeting, threw open 25,000 jobs in various state government departments, including 10,000 in Police Department.

Ten ministers of the new Aam Aadmi Party government in Punjab were sworn today. They took charge in the Punjab Civil Secretariat, and will participate in the first cabinet meeting of the new government at 12.30 pm.

The names of Pargat Singh, Raj Kumar Verka, Gurkirat Singh Kotli, Sangat Singh Gilzian, Surjit Dhiman, Amarinder Singh Raja Warring and Kuljit Singh Nagra are doing the rounds.

Punjab's new Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi held talks with party leaders in the national capital on Tuesday about the formation of a new state cabinet.

Newly-appointed Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi on Monday held his first Cabinet meeting and discussed various 'pro-poor initiatives' which it plans to implement in a time-bound manner.

Three of the four Punjab ministers who met Congress's state in-charge Harish Rawat, have skipped a cabinet meeting today a day after he said Navjot Sidhu will have to remove advisors who have embarrassed the party.

Navjot Sidhu, made Punjab Congress chief last month after much reluctance on part of Captain Amarinder Singh, continues to take potshots at the state government. Besides this, the anticipated cabinet reshuffle may also come up in today's meeting.

Rajasthan Congress chief Govind Singh Dotasra called a meeting of 25 MLAs this morning to discuss state cabinet expansion, just days after the party settled the political tension and tussle among its two big leaders in Punjab.

Sulking Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu may share the job of party chief in Punjab with another leader as part of a formula to defuse intense infighting that has endangered the party's campaign for state polls next year.

The cabinet, which held a virtual meeting chaired by Chief Minister Amarinder Singh, decided that the CM will take up the issue of the balance 60 per cent pending arrears with the Prime Minister, an official statement said.

Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Friday set up a three-member committee to resolve differences among its leaders in Punjab amid an open war of words between Chief Minister Amarinder Singh and his former cabinet colleague Navjot Singh Sidhu.

The luncheon meeting of Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh and Navjot Sidhu -- his biggest rival and critic within the party -- has given rise to speculation that the cricketer-turned-politician might be offered a seat in the cabinet again.

A meeting between a group of Punjab Cabinet ministers and a farmers' union here on Monday remained inconclusive with the peasant body claiming that they did not get concrete assurance from the government on many issues.