Punjab to continue free power supply subsidy: Badal

Apr. 9 | Chandigarh: Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal Monday said that the state government was committed to continuing free power to the farmers and the weaker sections of people in the state through its power subsidy. Addressing people on the last day...

Badal appoints 21 chief parliamentary secretaries

Apr. 6 | Chandigarh: Setting a record of sorts, there will be 21 chief parliamentary secretaries in Punjab’s Parkash Singh Badal-led Shiromani Akali Dal-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government. Badal will administer the oath of office and secrecy to the...

At 84, Badal begins fifth innings as chief minister

Mar. 14 | Chandigarh: In 1969, Parkash Singh Badal, then 42, became the youngest chief minister in the country when he took over the reins of Punjab for the first time. On Wednesday, at 84 and after 65 years in politics, Badal became the country’s oldest...

Badal accommodates more relatives in his cabinet

Mar. 13 | Chandigarh: As he takes oath as chief minister of Punjab for a record fifth time Wednesday, Parkash Singh Badal will find himself quite at home in his new cabinet – ‘relatively’ speaking! In the 18-member ministry which will be sworn...