Punjab FM presents ₹1.96-lakh-crore Budget for 2023-24; Agri, Education, and Health key focus areas

Punjab FM presents ₹1.96-lakh-crore Budget for 2023-24; Agri, Education, and Health key focus areas

Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann and Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema with Punjab Budget for FY 2023-24. | Photo Credit: PTI Punjab Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema presented a ₹1.96-lakh-crore State Budget for 2023-24 in the Assembly here on March 10 with a focus on agriculture, education, and health segments. Speaking in the Assembly, Harpal […]

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Gujarat Assembly polls: AAP’s Kejriwal, Mann and Congress’ Gehlot to begin their 3-day visit, to address rallies

Gujarat Assembly polls: AAP’s Kejriwal, Mann and Congress’ Gehlot to begin their 3-day visit, to address rallies

Elections to the 182-member Legislative Assembly in Gujarat is due by the end of this year Elections to the 182-member Legislative Assembly in Gujarat is due by the end of this year Aam Aadmi Party leaders Arvind Kejriwal and Bhagwant Mann, and Congress veteran Ashok Gehlot will embark on a three-day visit to the poll-bound […]

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Punjab CM announces hike in sugarcane price to ₹380 per quintal

Punjab CM announces hike in sugarcane price to ₹380 per quintal

Bhagwant Mann announced hike in sugarcane SAP on the last day of Punjab Assembly’s brief session Bhagwant Mann announced hike in sugarcane SAP on the last day of Punjab Assembly’s brief session Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Monday announced increasing the price of sugarcane to ₹380 per quintal from the existing ₹360 per quintal. […]

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Punjab CM in firing line of Opposition over increased cavalcade vehicles

Punjab CM in firing line of Opposition over increased cavalcade vehicles

Bhagwant Mann reportedly has 42 vehicles attached to his convoy; AAP tight-lipped on controversy Bhagwant Mann reportedly has 42 vehicles attached to his convoy; AAP tight-lipped on controversy Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann is yet again in the firing line of the Opposition parties, who have accused him of adopting a ‘self-contradicting stand’ surrounding the […]

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Kejriwal defends Bhagwant Mann amid ‘drunk’ allegations, says his work as Punjab CM flawless

Kejriwal defends Bhagwant Mann amid ‘drunk’ allegations, says his work as Punjab CM flawless

“The Opposition is trying to stop Mann but people are watching. They are happy with his work.” “The Opposition is trying to stop Mann but people are watching. They are happy with his work.” Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convener Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday defended Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann amid allegations that he was […]

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Morning Digest: September 19, 2022

Morning Digest: September 19, 2022

Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral today World leaders and royalty arrived in London on Saturday night and Sunday to offer condolences on behalf of their countries and say their final goodbyes to Queen Elizabeth II whose state funeral is scheduled for Monday. The 96-year-old Queen — Britain’s longest reigning monarch of 70 years — died on […]

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India at 75 | On I-Day, Punjab CM Mann launches 75 ‘Aam Aadmi Clinics’

India at 75 | On I-Day, Punjab CM Mann launches 75 ‘Aam Aadmi Clinics’

The mohalla clinics will offer around 100 types of clinical tests for free, besides giving medicines to patients at no cost The mohalla clinics will offer around 100 types of clinical tests for free, besides giving medicines to patients at no cost Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Monday dedicated 75 ‘Aam Aadmi Clinics’ to […]

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Punjab post-matric scholarship: Act against institutes withholding degrees of SC students, says CM

Punjab post-matric scholarship: Act against institutes withholding degrees of SC students, says CM

In a major relief to the students belonging to Schedule Caste (SC) category, Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Thursday ordered severe action against educational institutes withholding the degrees of SC students on pretext of post-matric scholarship scheme. In a statement, Mann also said payment of funds under the post matric scholarship scheme is a matter […]

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Punjab govt. claims to have taken back 9,053 acres of encroached land

Punjab govt. claims to have taken back 9,053 acres of encroached land

Land was taken back from ‘influential’ encroachers, including sons of an MP and a former Minister. Land was taken back from ‘influential’ encroachers, including sons of an MP and a former Minister. Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Friday said since May 1, the State government had so far taken possession of 9,053 acres of […]

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Amid AAP’s ‘govt schools lagging behind’ concern and ‘Delhi Model’ push, Punjab excels in NAS 2021

Amid AAP’s ‘govt schools lagging behind’ concern and ‘Delhi Model’ push, Punjab excels in NAS 2021

The schoolchildren from Punjab have excelled in the nationwide learning outcome levels survey, conducted by the Ministry of Education, as per the report of the National Achievement Survey (NAS) 2021, released by the Ministry, Wednesday. The national-level large-scale assessment survey was conducted on November 12 last year, and the students of class 3, 5, 8 […]

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