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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The North News Chandigarh, March 3 Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Monday said the ongoing anti-drug campaign has fundamentally altered the fight against narcotics by dismantling entrenched networks and ensuring strict enforcement as Yudh Nashian Virudh completes one year. In a statement, Mann said, “Yudh Nashian Virudh has been the biggest-ever crackdown on the […]
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Chandigarh, March 3 Punjab Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema on Monday targeted the BJP government in Haryana over the Rs 590-crore IDFC First Bank fraud case and claimed that it has “completely failed” in adopting new technology, which is why people’s money is being “looted” in the neighbouring state. Cheema said in Punjab, after the […]
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The North News Mohali, March 3 Punjab Police on Monday used water cannons on protesting teachers who, in an attempt to march towards Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann’s residence to press for various demands, tried to force their way through barricades erected at the Chandigarh-Mohali border point. The protesters were also cane-charged. Heavy police deployment was […]
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The North News Chandigarh, March 2 Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Monday announced a round-the-clock helpline number to assist Punjabis stranded in affected countries following the joint Israel-US attack on Iran, assuring them all possible help. Stating that the state government is in constant touch with the Centre to ensure their safe and prompt […]
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The North News Chandigarh, March 2 What began as a leisure trip to Dubai for Neeru Garg, a college principal from Punjab, soon turned into a nightmare as Iran’s strikes on the city led to airspace closure and left her, along with her family, stranded in Sharjah without cash or essential medicines. Garg, who is […]
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Navi Mumbai, March 2 Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday said religious conversions are happening in Punjab and appealed to the Bhagwant Mann government and common people to stop this practice driven by “greed”. Shah invoked the sacrifice of Guru Tegh Bahadur while addressing the ‘Hind-Di-Chadar’ commemoration event to mark the 350th martyrdom anniversary […]
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Jalandhar, March 2 At least two schools here received bomb threat emails on Monday, prompting authorities to carry out anti-sabotage checks, officials said. The Police, fire brigade officials, bomb squads, dog squads and ambulances were rushed to the school premises. The latest scare comes close on the heels of similar threats in Chandigarh, Amritsar, Jalandhar, […]
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