The North News Chandigarh, March 6 Punjab Health and Family Welfare Minister Balbir Singh on Thursday announced the establishment of seven new medical colleges across the state. The project includes the development of two government medical colleges, two institutions under the public-private partnership (PPP) mode, and three through private and minority organisations. Addressing the media […]
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Sangrur, March 6 Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Thursday said 370 people from the state are stranded in the Gulf amid the escalating conflict in the region, and his government is actively coordinating with the Centre to ensure their safe return. According to officials, the Punjab government has deployed two senior officers to coordinate […]
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The North News Chandigarh, March 5 The budget session of the Punjab Assembly, set to commence on March 6, is likely to witness heated debates as opposition parties — Congress, BJP and the Shiromani Akali Dal — will look to corner the Bhagwant Mann government over key issues including “deteriorating” law and order and “rising” […]
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The North News Hoshiarpur, March 5 A medical store owner sustained a gunshot wound in his abdomen after two unidentified motorcycle-borne assailants allegedly fired at him here, police said on Thursday. The incident took place on Wednesday night at Adda Samundra area on the Garhshankar-Chandigarh road. Tarsem Lal, who runs a medical store in the […]
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Chandigarh, March 5 Holi, the festival of colours, was celebrated across Punjab, Haryana and their common capital, Chandigarh, with traditional zeal on Wednesday. People smeared ‘gulal’ on each other, splashed water balloons and exchanged sweets to mark the occasion. Colours of all hues, the scent of gulal pervaded the streets as residents in the twin […]
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The North News Chandigarh, March 5 A person, associated with the Bambiha gang, was arrested in Punjab’s Faridkot district, a police officer said on Wednesday, adding that three illegal weapons were recovered from him. Jagwinder Singh Kala, a resident of Rama Mandi in Bathinda, was arrested in a joint operation of the Faridkot police and […]
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Ferozepur, March 5 A violent clash between two groups left two people dead here on Wednesday evening, police said. The incident took place after a minor scuffle between children on Holi. When members of both sides convened to arrive at a compromise after the children’s fight, an argument broke out, soon turning violent. Gunshots were […]
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The North News Chandigarh, March 3 Punjab Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema on Tuesday said the AAP government has brought down the debt-to-GSDP ratio by four percentage points to 44.47 per cent and also claimed it was spending 85 per cent of borrowings on servicing old debt raised by previous SAD-BJP and Congress regimes. Cheema […]
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The North News Chandigarh, March 3 Punjab Social Security Minister Baljit Kaur on Tuesday said her department recovered a sum of Rs 170 crore which was being credited into the accounts of dead beneficiaries under the old age scheme. Addressing the media here, Kaur said over 23.62 lakh eligible elderly beneficiaries under the old age […]
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The North News Chandigarh, March 3 The Punjab BJP’s core committee on Monday held its meeting here in the wake of the upcoming ‘Badlav’ rally of Union Home Minister Amit Shah on March 14 in Moga. The committee, led by Punjab BJP president Sunil Jakhar, discussed the preparations for the rally. State working president Ashwani […]
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