Chandigarh, March 19 Punjab BJP president Sunil Jakhar on Thursday lashed out at the ruling AAP besides the Congress, accusing them of trying to create an anti-BJP environment under a “planned agenda”. Jakhar added that the people of Punjab are now aware of the truth and recognise how the central government is working for farmers […]
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Chandigarh, March 19 The Congress has issued show-cause notices to four of its Haryana MLAs who allegedly cross-voted during the Rajya Sabha elections on Monday. The action comes after the party’s disclosure on Wednesday naming four of five legislators suspected of defying the official line. The name of the fifth MLA remains undisclosed. “We have […]
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The North News Chandigarh, March 19 The Punjab government will seek a sum of Rs 1.44 lakh crore from Rajasthan for “unpaid” water usage since 1960, Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann said on Wednesday, referring to a 1920 tripartite agreement. Mann said Rajasthan gave royalty to Punjab for water till 1960, but stopped after that. The […]
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Chandigarh, March 19 Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini rejected the opposition’s claim on Wednesday that the rise of online shopping is adversely affecting small traders. He said there is no evidence of distress among small traders. Saini said in fact, the expansion of digital payments has strengthened small businesses and widened access to formal […]
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Chandigarh, March 19 Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Wednesday said that his government has brought a turnaround in the irrigation sector in the past four years by enhancing canal water irrigation from 26.50 per cent to 78 per cent of farm land, spending Rs 6,700 crore on canal lining and strengthening related infrastructure and […]
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Gurugram, March 19 The Punjab and Haryana Bar Council election concluded peacefully in Gurugram, Faridabad and Nuh districts on Wednesday, said an official. Polling, done using paper ballots, took place from 9 am to 5 pm under tight police security. Mobile phones and cameras were strictly prohibited inside the polling stations, he said. Yashvindra Singh, […]
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New Delhi, March 18 During the 2025-26 fiscal, funds to the tune of Rs 572.66 crore have been released to Punjab, Union Health Minister J P Nadda told the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday. Nadda said public health is a state subject, hence, the primary responsibility of providing basic healthcare services to all the citizens lies […]
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The North News Chandigarh, March 17 The Congress on Tuesday said it will issue show-cause notices to its MLAs who allegedly cross-voted in the Rajya Sabha elections in Haryana, warning of strict disciplinary action. “We are going to issue a show-cause notice to them,” Congress general secretary in charge of Haryana, B K Hariprasad, told […]
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New Delhi, March 17 Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge has told Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju that an all-party meeting, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, should be convened at the earliest to discuss the “modalities and roadmap for the implementation” of the Women’s Reservation Act. Responding to a letter by Rijiju to him, Kharge noted […]
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Kolkata/New Delhi, March 16 In a move, unprecedented in West Bengal’s administrative history, the Election Commission removed the state’s bureaucratic and police top brass, including the chief secretary and the DGP, in the run-up to the assembly polls. The decision for the shake-up was taken hours after the announcement of the assembly poll schedule on […]
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