Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Tuesday lashed out at Union Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal over her allegations that his government was trying to undermine the authority of Sri Akal Takht.
In a significant decision aimed at encouraging industries to shift to the eco-friendly gas, the Punjab Council of Ministers on Tuesday decided to cut down VAT on Natural Gas, in Gaseous State other than Compressed Natural Gas, from 14.3% to 3.3%.
Leader of Opposition (LoP) in Punjab Assembly and Aam Aadmi Party leader Harpal Singh Cheema has demanded a time-bound CBI inquiry into the multi-crore Punjab Small Scale Industrial and Export Corporation PSIEC plot allotment scam under the watch of a sitting High Court judge.
A day after Punjab Government appointed six MLAs as advisers to Chief Minister Amarinder Singh, their appointments were challenged before the Punjab and Haryana High Court on Tuesday. One of the grounds for challenging the impugned order is that it was issued by an authority that was not constitutionally competent.