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Punjab Speaker calls meeting on ‘exorbitant rates of medicines’
Chandigarh: Punjab Assembly Speaker Kultar Singh Sandhawan on Sunday said a meeting to discuss the public interest issue of selling medicines at “exorbitant rates”, which is leading to “public loot”, will be held…
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Pakistan’s rights body finds spike in rights violations against Ahmadi community
Lahore: A fact-finding mission led by the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has reported an alarming uptick in the persecution of the minority Ahmadi community in the country’s Punjab province. The…
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Punjab CM all praise for Telangana’s water conservation model
Hyderabad: Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Thursday praised Telangana’s water conservation model and said that Punjab will soon replicate it. On a day-long visit to Telangana to study some irrigation projects…
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Pakistan’s first Hindu female civil servant posted as Assistant Commissioner in Punjab
Lahore: A doctor who is said to be Pakistan’s first Hindu female civil servant is now the assistant commissioner and administrator in Punjab province’s Hassanabdal city, the first in the town’s history,…
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We will make schools in Delhi, Punjab best in the world: Kejriwal
New Delhi: Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Saturday said education is “a priority” for the AAP-led dispensations and work will be done to make government schools in both Delhi and Punjab the “best…
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Juvenile arrested in Punjab for possessing 15 kg heroin
Chandigarh: In a major breakthrough against trans-border smuggling, Punjab Police have arrested a juvenile after recovering 15 kg heroin, and Rs 8.40 lakh drug money from his possession, Director General of Police…
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Punjab imposes 90 paise per litre cess on petrol, diesel
Chandigarh: The Punjab Cabinet on Friday gave its approval for a marginal increase in the VAT rates levied on the sale of petrol and diesel in the state. The increase in the…
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Guru Ravidass gave message of humanity welfare: Punjab CM
Jalandhar: Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Thursday vowed to work to ameliorate the woes of weaker and underprivileged sections of society in consonance with the teachings of Guru Ravidass. Addressing a…
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‘Punjab completely ignored in the Union Budget,’ says Bhagwant Mann
Chandigarh: Ruling Aam Aadmi Party, opposition Congress, and Shiromani Akali Dal on Wednesday slammed the Union Budget, with Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann and State Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema saying the state…
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Attempt to attack police station foiled in Pakistan’s Punjab
Islamabad: The police in Pakistan’s east Punjab province foiled a terrorist attack in the Mianwali district on Tuesday night, officials said. The terrorists launched an attack on the police station with sophisticated…
- India
Farmers block railway tracks in Punjab, trains stranded
Amritsar: Members of the Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee on Sunday squatted on railway tracks in Punjab to demand a legal guarantee on MSP and withdrawal of cases registered against farmers during the…
- India
‘Kejriwal’s guarantee’ fulfilled, says Mann as Punjab govt opens 400 new mohalla clinics
Amritsar: AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal and Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Friday launched 400 more ‘Aam Aadmi’ clinics in the state, calling the event here the fulfilment of another ‘Kejriwal ki…
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88-year-old Punjab man wins Rs 5 cr lottery, turns rich overnight
Mohali: An 88-year-old man in Punjab’s Dera Bassi became a ‘crorepati’ overnight after winning a Rs 5 crore lottery. Mahant Dwarka Dass, a resident of Trivedi Camp in Derabassi won the Lohri…
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AAP govt in Punjab unable to tackle challenges: Rahul
Pathankot: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday said that even as the farmers of Punjab fed the country through the Green Revolution, they are now plunged into debt and uncertainty due to…
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Punjab ex-Finance Minister Badal quits Congress to join BJP
Chandigarh: The day senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi ended his six-day-long Bharat Jodo Yatra, party leader and former Finance Minister Manpreet Badal on Wednesday quit the Congress and will join the BJP…
