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Declaring it as the next big leap in Punjab's 'Sikhya Kranti', Education Minister Harjot Singh Bains said the state, already ranked number one in the PARAKH survey, is now moving from recognition to results by tightening classroom accountability and scaling proven teaching practices. He underscored that the state government raised the education budget to ₹19,279 crore in 2026-27 from ₹12,657 crore in 2021-22, ensuring funds reach classrooms rather than remain stuck in files, driving visible ...Read More >
Arora stated this during an interaction with leading industrialists here today. While addressing the industrialists, the minister said it is a moment of great pride that under the leadership of Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, Punjab has witnessed the highest-ever investment in its history for the year 2025-26, with commitments worth ₹60,256 crore, that would create 1.35 lakh jobs for youth. "Our target for next year will be ₹75,000 crore and we are sure that we will surpass this target," he s ...Read More >
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Chandigarh: Punjab Cabinet Minister for Industries & Commerce, Investment Promotion, Local Government and Power, Sanjeev Arora, on Wednesday announced the development of a state-of-the-art Multipurpose Exhibition & Convention Centre (ECC) in Mohali, near Palaksha University and the Infosys campus in Sector 83, underscoring Punjab's rapid emergence as a hub of investment, infrastructure and global business opportunities. Minister Sanjeev Arora stated, "This landmark initiative is being undertake ...Read More >
With the harvest festival of Baisakhi just five days away, unseasonal rain, hailstorms and high-velocity winds have flattened the standing wheat crop, disrupting harvesting across Punjab by at least 10 days and leaving farmers worried about potential losses at a crucial stage of the crop cycle. The sudden spell of adverse weather, particularly in the semi-arid Malwa belt, has led to waterlogging and widespread lodging of standing wheat crops. Slushy fields have made it difficult for farmers to ...Read More >
Chandigarh, Apr 8 (PTI) Punjab Agriculture Minister Gurmeet Singh Khudian on Wednesday urged the Centre to promptly send a high-level team to assess the damage caused to wheat and other Rabi crops from recent heavy rainfall and hailstorms in the state. With significant losses and the financial burden on farmers, the minister has requested immediate relief and compensation from the Centre. In a letter to Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Khudian highlighted the severe impact of r ...Read More >
Chandigarh, Apr 8 (PTI) The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Wednesday directed the Punjab administration to clear pending dearness allowance of state government employees and pensioners by June 30. Justice Harpreet Singh Brar was hearing a bunch of petitions regarding the delay in the release of DA of employees and pensioners. Advocate Rashpinder Singh, the counsel for employees of the Punjab State Power Corporation Limited, said the court, in its interim order, directed the Punjab government ...Read More >
Chandigarh, Apr 8 (PTI) Punjab Agriculture Minister Gurmeet Singh Khudian on Wednesday urged the Centre to immediately send a high-level team to assess damage caused to wheat and other Rabi crops by recent heavy rainfall and hailstorms in the state. In a letter to Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Khudian highlighted that the severe impact of recent inclement weather on wheat crops in the state, while stating that wheat was sown on 35 lakh hectares during the current Rabi season ...Read More >
Chandigarh, Apr 8 (PTI) The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Wednesday directed the Punjab administration to clear pending dearness allowance of state government employees and pensioners by June 30. Justice Harpreet Singh Brar was hearing a bunch of petitions regarding the delay in the release of DA of employees and pensioners. Advocate Rashpinder Singh, the counsel for employees of the Punjab State Power Corporation Limited, said the court, in its interim order, directed the Punjab government ...Read More >
Chandigarh, Apr 8 (PTI) Punjab Agriculture Minister Gurmeet Singh Khudian on Wednesday urged the Centre to immediately send a high-level team to assess damage caused to wheat and other Rabi crops by recent heavy rainfall and hailstorms in the state. In a letter to Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Khudian highlighted that the severe impact of recent inclement weather on wheat crops in the state, while stating that wheat was sown on 35 lakh hectares during the current Rabi season ...Read More >
Chandigarh, Apr 8 (PTI) Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal on Wednesday attacked the AAP government for allegedly not fulfilling its promise of Rs 50,000 per acre for crop damage and appealed to people to stand up as one in helping farmers distressed due to unseasonal rain. Wheat crop across 1.25 lakh acres has been affected due to unseasonal rain and hail storms, he said. Badal reminded the people of Punjab the manner in which they came to rescue of the farmers whose paddy crop ...Read More >
Addressing a public gathering in Moga, the CM said his government would not succumb to the tactics of a section of arhtiyas to "blackmail" the Punjab government. As the wheat procurement season officially started on April 1, arhtiyas across the state announced a strike demanding the restoration of the percentage-based commission. The decision was feared to disrupt procurement operations and cause hardship to both farmers and the state machinery. Mann today said the demands of commission agent ...Read More >
Chandigarh, Apr 8 (PTI) Commission agents, known as 'arhtiyas' in Punjab, on Wednesday announced that they were calling of the week-long strike after a meeting with the agriculture and water resources ministers, paving the way for procurement at mandis. The arhtiyas had been on strike, demanding 2.5 per cent of the minimum support price as commission. Following the chief minister's directions, Agriculture Minister Gurmeet Singh Khudian and Water Resources Minister Barinder Kumar Goyal held deta ...Read More >
Chandigarh, April 8 (UNI) The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Wednesday issued a landmark directive to the Punjab government, ordering it to grant dearness allowance (DA) to state government employees and pensioners at par with IAS, IPS, and judicial officers. The court has set a strict deadline of June 30 for the disbursement of all pending arrears, dismissing the state government's plea regarding its strained financial health. This decision is expected to benefit approximately 3.5 lakh regul ...Read More >
Ludhiana: Punjab minister for industries and commerce, investment promotion, local bodies and power, Sanjeev Arora, stated today that a new exhibition centre is being established on a 10-acre land parcel near the Jalandhar Bypass. During an interaction with leading Ludhiana industrialists at a local hotel, he confirmed that the tender for this project will be opened this Monday, with the work expected to be completed within a single year.Addressing the gathered industrialists, the cabinet minist ...Read More >
Chandigarh, Apr 7 (PTI) Punjab Agriculture Minister Gurmeet Singh Khudian on Tuesday said crops over 1.25 lakh acres are estimated to have been affected by recent rainfall and hailstorms and assured that affected farmers will get compensation for the loss. He said Fazilka reported crop damage over 45,000 acres of land, followed by 43,000 acres in Muktsar and 20,000 acres in Bathinda due to inclement weather. Speaking to reporters in Muktsar, Khudian said there was a huge damage of crops becaus ...Read More >
Chandigarh, Apr 7 (PTI) A sub-committee of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee on Tuesday asked the Punjab government for a copy of the draft of an anti-sacrilege law for its suggestions. The AAP government has called for a special session of the Punjab Vidhan Sabha on April 13 to amend the Jagat Jot Sri Guru Granth Sahib Satkar Act, 2008, to incorporate stricter punishment against the sacrilege of the Sikh religious text, Guru Granth Sahib. The proposed legislation would include heavy ...Read More >
Ludhiana, Apr 7 (PTI) Punjab Industries Minister Sanjeev Arora on Tuesday said an exhibition centre will be constructed on over 10-acre piece of land near Jalandhar Byepass and work in this regard will be completed within a year. Arora stated this during an interaction with leading industrialists here today. While addressing the industrialists, the minister said it is a moment of great pride that under the leadership of Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, Punjab has witnessed the highest-ever invest ...Read More >
The panthic gathering convened by the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) on Monday passed a resolution asking the Punjab government not to frame or amend the anti-sacrilege law without a discussion with the gurdwara body. The gathering was called after the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government announced a special session of the vidhan sabha on April 13 to bring an amendment in the Jagat Jyot Sri Guru Granth Sahib Satkar Act, 2008, which will impose stricter punishment against sacrilege ( ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], April 7 (ANI): Senior Advocate and BJP leader HS Phoolka on Tuesday strongly criticised the Punjab government for planning to amend the 2008 Jagat Jyot Shri Guru Granth Sahib Satkar Act without consulting the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC), calling the move "a massive attack on the Sikh religion" and urging Sikhs to oppose it. Speaking to the ANI, Phoolka said that a special session of the Punjab Assembly has been called for April 13, partly to increase punish ...Read More >
In a significant administrative reshuffle, the Punjab government on Monday appointed 1992-batch IPS officer and special DGP Sharad Satya Chauhan as the chief director of the Vigilance Bureau. The appointment comes on a day the government also sent a list of eligible officers to the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) for the selection of the next director general of police (DGP). Chauhan, a batchmate of incumbent DGP Gaurav Yadav, is the senior-most IPS officer presently serving in Punjab. ...Read More >
* The Mukh Mantri Sehat Yojana has aided over two lakh families with cashless medical care in Punjab * The scheme covers treatment costs up to Rs 10 lakh per family annually for all Punjab residents * More than Rs 300 crore spent on 40,000 surgeries via 900+ government and private hospitals Did our AI summary help? Let us know. Switch To Beeps Mode Chandigarh: The Mukh Mantri Sehat Yojana has provided cashless medical treatment to more than two lakh families in Punjab, easing their financ ...Read More >
Chandigarh: Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann on Monday asserted that Punjab's power sector has undergone a structural turnaround under the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government, with the once loss-making department now recording profits even while providing free electricity to 90% of households. He highlighted that the government not only ensured zero electricity bills for the majority of families through 600 units of free power, but also reversed the earlier trend of selling public assets b ...Read More >
News Live: Punjab sends 14 IPS officers panel to UPSC for selection of regular DGP The Punjab government has forwarded a list of 14 senior IPS officers to the Union Public Service Commission for shortlisting candidates for the state's Director General of Police post, sources told PTI. Currently, Gaurav Yadav is serving as acting DGP. His name figures among the officers sent, along with Sharad Satya Chauhan, Kuldeep Singh and Harpreet Singh Sidhu, among others holding senior ranks. The move co ...Read More >
Chandigarh, Apr 6 (PTI) The Punjab government is learnt to have sent a panel of 14 senior IPS officers to the Union Public Service Commission for shortlisting three candidates for the post of regular Director General of Police in the state, sources said on Monday. At present, IPS officer Gaurav Yadav is the acting DGP (head of the state police force). In the list sent to the UPSC, senior IPS officers having the rank of DGP figured in it. The list comprised names of 1992-batch IPS officer Gaur ...Read More >
Chandigarh, Apr 6 (PTI) Punjab Congress president Amrinder Singh Raja Warring on Monday sought the urgent attention of Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan for help to farmers whose crops have been destroyed due to unseasonal rains and hailstorms. In a statement, Warring said a large part of Punjab, particularly the Malwa belt, had been hit by heavy rains and a heavy hailstorm, which had not only flattened the wheat crop but also completely destroyed it. He said the extent of damag ...Read More >
Chandigarh, Apr 6 (PTI) The Punjab government has finalised an annual action plan of Rs 1,388 crore to execute various projects of the agriculture department in 2026-27, Agriculture Minister Gurmeet Singh Khudian said on Monday. Chairing a meeting to review projects here, Khudian said the action plan, which has already been submitted to the Union Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare for approval, lays special emphasis on crop residue management, water conservation, diversification, and n ...Read More >
Chandigarh, Apr 6 (PTI) BJP's Punjab unit chief Sunil Jakhar on Monday said "cowardly" acts such as the recent attack on the party office by those alarmed at its rising popularity will not shake the party's resolve to build a "new Punjab". Speaking at the party's 47th foundation day event at its state headquarters, Jakhar said the people of Punjab are increasingly viewing the BJP as a "ray of hope" for their future. National general secretary Tarun Chugh, working president Ashwani Sharma, MP Sa ...Read More >
While interacting with mediapersons at the residence of Randhawa here, Bittu said, "The state government ordered an inquiry under the supervision of the chief secretary, but neither the chief secretary nor any other senior officer ever visited the family. We cannot hope for justice in such a situation." He said, "The government should answer why the police have not arrested Bhullar's 75-year-old father Sukhdev Singh Bhullar and PA Dilbag Singh who are accused in the case?" Taking on the Punjab ...Read More >
Punjab State Lottery SAMBAD SUNDAY (April 05, 2026) LIVE: The Punjab government launched the Punjab State Lottery as part of a larger national effort to control lottery operations in India. Lotteries were frequently operated privately prior to regulation, which resulted in fraud and a lack of transparency. The Indian government passed the Lotteries (Regulation) Act, 1998 in order to address this. This law gave state governments the authority to legally hold lotteries under stringent guidelines. ...Read More >
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