The North News Chandigarh, May 6 Punjab Finance Minister, Harpal Singh Cheema, on Monday demanded that opposition parties, particularly the Congress, apologise for what he called a “history of betrayal” in handling the state’s water crisis. Speaking during a heated session of the Punjab Assembly, Cheema praised Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann’s “unwavering” defence of […]
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The North News Chandigarh, May 6 Punjab Cabinet Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) state president Aman Arora launched a blistering attack on the BJP-led central government and the Haryana administration on Monday, accusing them of decades-long exploitation of Punjab’s water rights. Speaking during a special session of the Punjab Vidhan Sabha, Arora described the […]
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The North News Chandigarh, May 5 The Punjab Vidhan Sabha on Monday unanimously passed a resolution declaring that the state has no surplus water and will not provide even a single additional drop from its allocated share to Haryana. In a fiery address to the Punjab Vidhan Sabha, Water Resources Minister Barinder Kumar Goyal accused […]
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The North News Chandigarh, May 5 Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Monday issued a stern warning to organisations and unions staging disruptive protests, saying such actions would no longer be tolerated in the state. In a social media post on X, formerly Twitter, Mann urged protestors to adopt alternative forms of demonstration that do […]
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The North News Chandigarh, May 5 The Punjab Vidhan Sabha on Monday paid homage to the victims of the April 22 terror attack in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir. Addressing the House, Speaker Kultar Singh Sandhwan condemned the attack and said both the Centre and the state governments would take strict action against those responsible for […]
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The North NewsChandigarh, May 4Punjab’s government on Sunday intensified its war on drugs, with ministers fanning out across districts to spearhead awareness campaigns and mobilise Village Defence Committees under the banner of Yudh Nashiyan Virudh. The high-profile outreach, aimed at rallying public support for the campaign, saw cabinet ministers taking charge in multiple districts. Finance […]
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The North News Chandigarh, May 4 Two men have been arrested in Punjab for allegedly leaking sensitive photographs and information related to Indian military installations to Pakistani intelligence operatives, said Punjab DGP Gaurav Yadav in his post on X previously known as Twitter. Palak Sher Masih and Suraj Masih were taken into custody on 3 […]
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The North News Chandigarh, May 3 Punjab Water Resources and Soil and Water Conservation Minister Barinder Kumar Goyal today said that the Punjab Government will boycott the Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB) meeting scheduled for May 5. Terming the meeting completely unconstitutional and illegal, Goyal said that proper protocols had been violated in the scheduling […]
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The North News Chandigarh, May 3 In an escalating inter-state water dispute, the Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB) has convened meeting at 5 pm today after the Union Government advised Punjab to comply with BBMB’s decision to release 4,500 cusecs of additional water from the Bhakra Dam to Haryana for eight days. The directive—meant to […]
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The North News Chandigarh, May 2 The Punjab government has declared an intensified campaign against drug abuse, framing it as a grassroots movement aimed at reclaiming the future of the state’s youth. Cabinet Minister Hardeep Singh Mundian, speaking at an anti-drug event at the Majestic Resort in Moga, described the campaign as a war being […]
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