Chandigarh [India], November 24 (ANI/PNN): Vijay Singla, advisor to JTL Infra, is helping to create a green environment by holding a tree-planting ceremony near the Chandigarh railway station.

Mansa (Punjab) [India], May 30 (ANI): Balkaur Singh, father of Punjabi singer Sidhu Moose Wala, who was shot dead on Sunday, has written to Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, demanding an investigation by the Central Bureau of Investigation and the National Investigation Agency.

Mohali (Punjab) [India], May 27 (ANI): Mohali court on Friday sent former AAP leader and Punjab Health Minister Vijay Singla to 14-day judicial custody.

Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], May 24 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Tuesday said he has sacked Health Minister Vijay Singla from the state Cabinet for demanding a bribe from an official.

New Delhi [India], May 24 (ANI): Hours after Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann sacked Punjab Minister Vijay Singla over corruption allegations, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is the only party in the country where there is no place for corruption and corrupt people.

Chandigarh [India], May 24 (ANI): Punjab's Anti-Corruption Branch on Tuesday arrested Punjab Minister Vijay Singla following corruption allegations against him.

Chandigarh [India], May 24 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Tuesday sacked state's Health Minister Vijay Singla following complaints of corruption against him.

Chandigarh Mar 28 PTI Punjab Health Minister Vijay Singla on Monday said 16000 mohalla clinics will be set up in a revolutionary step to transform the healthcare system of the stateHe said reforms in health services is the top priority of Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann for which 16000 mohalla clinics will be set up to ensure better healthcare to every citizenNotably setting up these clinics was a pre-poll promise of the Aam Aadmi Party AAP which stormed to power in Punjab by winning 92 of the 117-assembly seatsSingla was speaking in Patiala after reviewing the health services provided at Government Medical College Rajindra Hospitals Sri Guru Nanak Super Specialty hospital Cath Lab and Government Ayurvedic College an official statement said Asking government doctors to refrain from private practice the minister said they must give maximum time to the state-run hospitals and OPD of indoor patientsExpressing regret over the performance of previous governments in the medical education and health sector he said just as the people of Punjab have brought a revolution by voting AAP to power the Punjab government has now decided to take the medical sector as a pilot project and will bring a revolution in the healthcare sectorSpecial attention will be given to upgrade the tertiary and secondary care institutions in Patiala Faridkot and Amritsar including further improvement of super-specialty centres of these hospitals he saidMeanwhile chairing a review meeting of the transport department in Chandigarh Transport Minister Laljit Singh Bhullar directed defaulter private bus operators to submit tax at the earliest failing which it could invite cancellation of permits and their busesHe later reviewed the functioning of the Bus Tracking System Monitoring and Control RoomPrincipal Secretary K Siva Prasad apprised the minister that this system has been installed in 1354 government buses so far and a control room has been set up at ChandigarhFrom the control room over-speeding of buses harsh braking and acceleration overnight stay of buses stoppage at any other place rather than designated stops stay of buses on dhabas for more than 25 minutes route diversion bypassing cities missing stops real time monitoring of arrival and departure of buses from counters actual travel distance of buses among others were being monitoredBhullar directed the officials to issue bus permits to unemployed youth of the state on priority and said all process should be completed as per the policy in a transparent mannerPunjab Rural Development and Panchayats Minster Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal held a maiden meeting here with officials of the departmentAccording to an official statement Dhaliwal said the main agenda of the AAP government is to make Punjab corruption-free and provide hassle free services to the peopleHe warned officials not to indulge in any sort of malpracticesDhaliwal said gram sabha is the strongest pillar of rural development which should be strengthened Lal Chand Kataruchak Forest and Wildlife Protection Minister also held a separate meeting with senior officers of his department in Mohali and reviewed the functioning of the departmentHe said to achieve the goal of increasing forest cover and to make Punjab a greener state about 115 crore saplings would be planted by the forest department during the year 2022-23 Out of which about 60 lakh saplings will be planted on forest land as per requirement and about 55 lakh saplings will be planted by farmers and people he saidA procedure will be formulated to remove illegal occupants from forest lands in the state so that illegal encroachments from forest lands can be removed he saidSeema Jain Additional Chief Secretary Forests informed during the meeting that the work of digitisation of forest boundaries of the Forest Department would be started on a war footing so that the incidents of illegal encroachments and mining etc in the forests could be stopped On the occasion the minister launched surveillance drones and directed to use drones and modern techniques to curb deforestation illegal mining among othersPTI SUN SRY

Chandigarh Mar 21 PTI Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Monday allocated portfolios to his cabinet members keeping the Home Affairs and Justice Departments with himself while giving Finance to Harpal Singh Cheema Ten ministers were inducted into the Mann-led cabinet on Saturday Mann kept with himself 27 departments including the Vigilance Personnel Housing and Urban Development Industries and Commerce Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Horticulture Parliamentary Affairs Employment Generation and Training New and Renewable Energy Sources and Information and Public Relations Two-time MLA from Dirba Harpal Singh Cheema has been given the Finance Planning Programme Implementation Excise and Taxation and Cooperation according to an official release Dr Baljit Kaur has been given the portfolios of Social Justice Empowerment and Minorities and Social Security Women and Child Development Harbhajan Singh has been given the charge of Public Works and Power while Minister Vijay Singla has been given the portfolios of Health and Family Welfare and Medical Education and Research Minister Lal Chand has been allotted the portfolios of Food and Civil Supplies Consumer Affairs Forests and Wildlife while Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer has been given the departments of School Education Sports and Youth Services and Higher Education Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal has been allotted the portfolios of Rural Development and Panchayats Animal Husbandry Fisheries and Dairy Development and NRI Affairs Laljit Singh Bhullar has been given the charge of Transport and Hospitality Bram Shanker Jimpa has given the charge of Revenue Rehabilitation and Disaster Management Water Resources and Water Supply and Sanitation Harjot Singh Bains who is the youngest minister in the Mann-led cabinet has been given the portfolios of Legal and Legislative Affairs Mines and Geology Tourism and Cultural Affairs and Jails AAP had stormed to power winning 92 of the 117 seats in the Punjab Assembly polls decimating the Congress SAD-BSP and the BJP-led alliance PTI CHS VSD RDK RDK RDK

Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], March 19 (ANI): Ten MLAs of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) will take oath as Ministers in Bhagwant Mann-led Punjab Cabinet at a swearing-in ceremony in Chandigarh on Saturday.