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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 >
Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Sunday attacked the BJP, Congress and Akali Dal, questioning their record in power and accusing them of promoting "nepotism and criminal elements" in politics. Criticising the Centre over poverty and rising hardships, Mann said the 2022 mandate for the 'jhaadu' (AAP's electoral symbol) has begun to realise the dreams of freedom fighter Bhagat Singh. The chief minister was addressing a gathering after unveiling projects worth Rs 28.68 crore, including the ...Read More >
Chandigarh, Apr 2 (PTI) Punjab BJP working president Ashwani Sharma on Thursday visited the site of the blast outside the party's headquarters here, a day after the incident triggered panic in the area. The explosion occurred around 5 pm on Wednesday when a suspected crude explosive device was hurled near the office, officials said. No casualties were reported. Police cordoned off the area and deployed personnel in the area, while a team of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) inspected the ...Read More >
Chandigarh, Apr 1 (PTI): A blast outside the Punjab BJP headquarters here Wednesday sent people panicking, with a social media post claiming that the "grenade attack" was a reprisal for the killing of "Sikh youths." Police suspected the object hurled was a "crude" device. No casualties were reported in the blast. A team of the National Investigation Agency visited the site to investigate the explosion, which occurred at around 5 pm, a police officer said. The BJP's state unit chief Sunil Jakha ...Read More >
Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) [India], March 31 (ANI): The Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh, Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, on Tuesday indicated that the state government may restore the earlier system of collecting entry fee separately, amid the ongoing controversy over the issue. Making a statement in the Assembly, the Chief Minister said that the government had earlier integrated multiple charges, including toll tax, with FASTag for convenience, but is now considering reverting to the previous system ...Read More >
Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) [India], March 31 (ANI): The Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh, Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, on Tuesday indicated that the state government may restore the earlier system of collecting entry fee separately, amid the ongoing controversy over the issue. Making a statement in the Assembly, the Chief Minister said that the government had earlier integrated multiple charges, including toll tax, with FASTag for convenience, but is now considering reverting to the previous system ...Read More >
The Punjab Vidhan Sabha on Tuesday passed a resolution condemning Congress legislator Sukhpal Singh Khaira for his alleged "derogatory" comments on social media about women celebrating the ₹1,000 monthly financial assistance announced by the AAP government under the "Mukh Mantri Mawan Dhiyan Satikar Yojna" in its fifth and final budget two days ago. The condemnation resolution was moved by AAP MLA Saravjit Kaur Manuke and seconded by finance minister Harpal Singh Cheema during zero hour, follo ...Read More >
Chandigarh, Mar 12 (PTI) The Punjab Assembly on Thursday passed a unanimous resolution stating that the failure of Centre's foreign policy has led to a shortage and increase in price of LPG, causing hardships to people across the country. The resolution was moved by Punjab Food and Civil Supplies Minister Lal Chand Kataruchak on Wednesday. When discussion on the resolution resumed in Vidhan Sabha on Thursday, the treasury and opposition benches -- excluding two BJP MLAs who were not in the Hou ...Read More >
Chandigarh, Mar 11 (PTI) The ongoing Budget Session of the Punjab Assembly saw heated exchanges between ruling AAP and opposition legislators on Wednesday over Congress MLA Sukhpal Singh Khaira's alleged derogatory remarks on women. Unruly scenes unfolded in the House after Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema raised the issue of Khaira's alleged comment. As chaos continued, Speaker Kultar Singh Sandhwan adjourned the House for 20 minutes. Khaira had come under fire from AAP MLAs for some rem ...Read More >
A critically injured Kanwar Digvijay Singh, alias Rana Balachauria, was rushed to the Fortis Hospital in Mohali where he was declared brought dead, they said. Rana had got married on December 4. Unidentified assailants shot at a 30-year-old kabaddi player-cum-promoter, moments after clicking a selfied with him, after he and his team were leaving the ground following a match in Mohali on Monday, police said. A critically injured Kanwar Digvijay Singh, alias Rana Balachauria, was rushed to the F ...Read More >
Chandigarh: Leader of Opposition in Punjab assembly, Partap Singh Bajwa, on Wednesday termed the violent communal clash inside the Central Jail, Ludhiana, a "damning reflection" of the complete collapse of the state's jail administration.Condemning the Aam Aadmi Party-led Punjab govt, Bajwa said the incident, during which Jail Superintendent Kulwant Singh Sidhu and several jail officials sustained injuries, exposed serious and unacceptable lapses in inmate supervision, security arrangements, and ...Read More >
Chandigarh, Dec 15 (PTI) A 30-year-old kabaddi player-cum-promoter died after unidentified gunmen opened fire on him after he arrived with his team to take part in a tournament in Mohali on Monday, police said. Kanwar Digvijay Singh alias Rana Balachauria was critically injured in the attack and was rushed to the Fortis Hospital in Mohali where he was declared dead, police said. The incident took place at Sohana in Mohali where a private kabaddi tournament had been going on for the past few da ...Read More >
Chandigarh, Nov 10 (PTI) A red alert has been sounded in Punjab on Monday evening following a blast near the Red Fort in Delhi that claimed nine lives and left several injured. "In the wake of the blast in New Delhi, a red alert has been sounded across all districts in the state of Punjab," said a Punjab police department spokesperson. Commissioners of police and Senior Superintendents of Police have been asked to remain alert, said the spokesperson. The police force has been deployed at sens ...Read More >
Chandigarh, Nov 10 (PTI) Panjab University students on Monday held a protest on the campus here demanding the announcement of Senate polls, with some breaking through barricades, scaling entry gates and jostling with security personnel, who resorted to mild lathicharge to restore order. Many students, who wanted to enter the campus, could be seen arguing with the police personnel and raising slogans like "Go Back Chandigarh Police". Some groups of students jostled with police personnel in an e ...Read More >
Chandigarh: The leader of opposition in the Punjab assembly, Partap Singh Bajwa, on Thursday slammed the Aam Aadmi Party-led Punjab govt, denouncing its much-publicised industrialisation drive as a "sham" riddled with "deception and hollow" promises.Bajwa accused Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann of hypocrisy, saying that while he was inviting industrialists to invest in Punjab, his govt took back Rs 243.73 crore from the Punjab Small Industries and Export Corporation -- money meant for the sa ...Read More >
Tarn Taran: Congress nominee Karanbir Singh Burj and Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) candidate Sukhwinder Kaur Randhawa on Wednesday filed their nomination papers for the upcoming Tarn Taran byelection, scheduled to be held on November 11.Karanbir Burj was accompanied by leader of opposition in Punjab assembly Partap Singh Bajwa, while Sukhwinder Kaur filed her nomination in presence of SAD president Sukhbir Singh Badal.Both parties held a show of strength, mobilising supporters and leaders in a displ ...Read More >
Chandigarh: Congress candidate Karanbir Singh Burj filed his nomination papers for the bypoll to Tarn Taran assembly seat on Wednesday in the presence of AICC Punjab in-charge Bhupesh Baghel, Punjab Congress chief Amrinder Singh Raja Warring, leader of opposition Partap Singh Bajwa, former CM Charanjit Singh Channi and former deputy CM O P Soni.With the party putting up a united front at the nomination filing, Bajwa said the Congress represented peace and progress, while others propagated politi ...Read More >
Chandigarh, Oct 1 (PTI) A delegation of the Punjab Congress on Wednesday met Governor Gulab Chand Kataria here and urged him to withhold assent to the Punjab Town Improvement (Amendment) Bill, 2025, claiming that it "undermines the very spirit of the Improvement Trusts and raises serious constitutional concerns". The Punjab Assembly on September 29 had passed the Punjab Town Improvement (Amendment) Bill, 2025. At that time, Local Government Minister Dr Ravjot Singh said the motive of this Bill ...Read More >
His meeting with the Congress leadership comes amid buzz that Joshi might be the party's pick for the upcoming Tarn Taran Assembly bypoll. An RSS worker, Joshi is a known Hindu leader in Punjab and is regarded as a sharp, outspoken leader. A two-time MLA from Amritsar North, Joshi had served as a cabinet minister in the 2012 SAD-BJP government, handling the local bodies and medical education portfolio. He also remained the industry minister before that for 1.5 years. He was expelled from the s ...Read More >
Lucknow: Senior Samajwadi Party leader and former minister Gayatri Prajapati was attacked by a fellow inmate inside Lucknow Jail on Tuesday. The scuffle took place within the jail premises, after which prison authorities launched an internal inquiry. According to a statement issued by Dr Ramdhani, DIG Prisons, Lucknow Range, the incident occurred after Prajapati allegedly used abusive language towards another inmate, Vishwas Rajput. In response, Vishwas attacked Prajapati using a sharp object i ...Read More >
Chandigarh, Oct 1 (PTI) The Punjab Congress on Wednesday launched a signature campaign as part of the party's nationwide 'Vote Chor, Gaddi Chhod' (vote thieves, quit throne) drive under which five crore signatures will be submitted to the Election Commission on October 15. The party's Punjab in-charge and former Chhattisgarh chief minister Bhupesh Bhagel said 15 lakh signatures will be submitted from Punjab. Baghel claimed the BJP has been "exposed completely" after the revelations made by par ...Read More >
Chandigarh: A verbal spat erupted between finance minister Harpal Singh Cheema and leader of opposition Partap Singh Bajwa during the Punjab assembly's debate on flood relief on Monday, forcing the house to adjourn for 10 minutes to calm tempers.The exchange began with Cheema's allegation that Bajwa purchased land in Phulra village of Gurdaspur on July 15, 2025, in his wife's name. This land included a 2.5-acre parcel situated within a dhussi bundh (embankment) along the Beas. Cheema accused, "T ...Read More >
Chandigarh, Sep 29 (PTI) Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Monday lashed out at the Centre, accusing it of imposing an "undeclared president's rule" in the state and targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi for meeting a "selected" governor over the flood issue but not giving him time to meet. Winding up the discussion during a special session of the Punjab Vidhan Sabha here, Mann, without naming anyone, said a central minister who visited Punjab on Saturday claimed that the relief package of ...Read More >
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], September 28 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann took to the social media platform X on Sunday to share the figures released from the state Health Department. CM Mann stated that the government has established health camps in 1,072 villages to address various health issues. ਪੰਜਾਬ ਸਰਕਾਰ ਲੋਕਾਂ ਦੀ ਸੇਵਾ ਚ ਲਗਾਤਾਰ ਹਾਜ਼ਰ ਹੈ। ਸਿਹਤ ਵਿਭਾਗ ਵੱਲੋਂ ਜਾਰੀ ਕੀਤੇ ਅੱਜ ਦੇ ਅੰਕੜੇ ਤੁਹਾਡੇ ਨਾਲ ਸਾਂਝੇ ਕਰ ਰਹੇ ਹਾਂ। ---- पंजाब सरकार लगातार लोगों की सेवा में हाज़िर है। स्वास्थ्य विभाग द् ...Read More >
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], September 28 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann took to the social media platform X on Sunday to share the figures released from the state's Health Department.CM Mann stated that the government has established health camps in 1,072 villages to address various health issues. Approximately 12,612 outpatient departments (OPDs) have been established in health camps. In these camps, 1,317 cases of fever were treated, 314 cases of diarrhoea were treated, 1,581 cas ...Read More >
The Punjab Vidhan Sabha on Friday paid tributes to the 59 people who lost their lives in the recent floods, the worst the state has seen in four decades. At the outset of the special session, the MLAs paid tributes to former minister Harmail Singh Tohra, ex-MLA Raghubir Singh, lieutenant colonel Bhanu Pratap Singh Mankotia, acting lance daffadar (ALD) Daljit Singh, lance naik Rinku Singh, lance naik Pritpal Singh, sepoy Harminder Singh, actor Jaswinder Singh Bhalla, music composer Charanjit Ahu ...Read More >
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], September 26 (ANI): Punjab Legislative Assembly on Friday paid tributes to 59 citizens who lost their lives in the recent devastating floods across the state. At the outset of the special session of Legislative Assembly, Speaker S Kultar Singh Sandhwan along with all members of the House also observed solemn remembrance for other departed souls, which included Punjab Ex-Minister Harmail Singh Tohra, former MLA Raghubir Singh, Lieutenant Colonel Shaheed Bhanu Pratap ...Read More >
New Delhi, Sep 26 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Punjab government's decision to convene a special session of the Assembly came under sharp criticism on Friday from opposition leaders, who accused Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann of using such exercises to cover up failures rather than address people's grievances. Speaking to IANS, Punjab Congress president and MP Amrinder Singh Raja Warring said the AAP government had little to show on the ground despite tall claims. "Now what do they want to show in this ...Read More >
Rahul Gandhi assessed flood damage in Amritsar and Gurdaspur. He met affected families and visited Ghonewal village. Gandhi offered prayers at Gurdwara Baba Budha Sahib. Sukhjinder Randhawa showed him damaged fields. The Congress party highlighted the dire situation and appealed for help. Punjab faced severe flooding, causing significant damage and loss of life. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi visited the flood-hit areas in Amritsar and Gurdaspur districts of Punjab on Monday and interacted with t ...Read More >
CHANDIGARH, Sep 15: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi visited the flood-hit areas in Amritsar and Gurdaspur districts of Punjab on Monday and interacted with those affected by the natural disaster. After meeting the flood victims, he said "pain is clearly visible in their eyes, but their courage is unwavering". Meanwhile, Congress leaders alleged that Gandhi was stopped by the local police from visiting Toor, a border village across the Ravi river in Gurdaspur. On the central relief package of Rs ...Read More >
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