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Chandigarh, March 10 The Punjab Assembly on Tuesday witnessed heated exchanges between AAP and Congress legislators, after Leader of the Opposition Partap Singh Bajwa objected to Cabinet Minister Aman Arora's intervention while Health Minister Balbir Singh was answering a question.Arora, along...

Chandigarh, March 10 – The Punjab Assembly on Tuesday passed a resolution condemning Congress MLA Sukhpal Singh Khaira over his derogatory comments about women participating in the "Mukh Mantri Mawan Dhian Satkar Yojana," under which the state government will provide Rs 1,000 per month to...

Chandigarh, March 10 The Punjab Assembly passed a resolution on Tuesday condemning Congress MLA Sukhpal Singh Khaira for his derogatory comments about women participating in the "Mukhy Mantri Mahila Samman Yojna," under which the state government will provide Rs 1,000 per month to eligible...

Chandigarh, March 10 The Punjab Assembly on Tuesday witnessed heated exchanges between members of the Aam Aadmi Party and the Congress, as Leader of the Opposition Partap Singh Bajwa objected to the intervention of Cabinet Minister Aman Arora while Health Minister Balbir Singh was answering a...

Chandigarh, March 9 Congress MLAs on Monday walked out of the Punjab Assembly after alleging that Leader of the Opposition Partap Singh Bajwa, who had targeted the AAP government over a host of issues, was not given adequate time to speak.Participating in the discussion on the Governor's...

Chandigarh, March 8 The Punjab government has allocated Rs 1,010 crore for comprehensive disaster relief and mitigation following the devastating floods that struck the state last year, Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema said on Sunday.While presenting the state budget for 2025-26 in the...

Chandigarh, March 8 – Opposition parties on Sunday strongly criticized the AAP government over the Punjab budget, stating that it "completely ignored" the urgent need to revive the "struggling economy." The Congress called the announcement of a monthly financial assistance of Rs 1,000 for women...

Chandigarh, March 8 – Punjab Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema presented the fifth budget of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government for 2026-27 on Sunday, proposing a total outlay of Rs 260,437 crore and projecting the state's GSDP at Rs 980,635 crore with an estimated growth rate of 10 per...

Chandigarh, March 8 – Nearly four years after coming to power on a promise of financial assistance to women, the AAP government in Punjab announced a new scheme on Sunday under which women would receive ₹1,000 or ₹1,500 per month directly into their accounts.Around 97 per cent of all adult...

Chandigarh, March 8 The AAP government in Punjab announced a new scheme on Sunday under which women will receive Rs 1,000 per month, except for women belonging to Scheduled Castes, who will receive Rs 1,500 per month.Providing monthly assistance of Rs 1,000 per woman was a key poll promise of...

Chandigarh, March 8 Every promise made to the people of Punjab has been fulfilled, Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema said on Sunday as he presented the state's budget for 2026-27 with an allocation of Rs 2,60,437 crore.This is the last budget of the AAP government in Punjab before it goes...

Chandigarh, March 7 Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Saturday criticised Congress MLAs for staging a walkout from the Punjab Assembly during the governor's address on Friday, claiming they did so because they couldn't hear the achievements of the AAP government.“The Congress MLAs don't...

Chandigarh, March 6 Congress MLAs raised slogans against the AAP government and staged a walkout from the Punjab Assembly during Governor Gulab Chand Kataria's address on Friday.Despite Kataria requesting the opposition party's MLAs to raise their issues at the right time, the Congress...

Chandigarh, March 6 – Punjab Cabinet ministers Harpal Singh Cheema, Aman Arora, and Harbhajan Singh ETO launched a scathing attack on the Congress on Friday, condemning the party's decision to boycott the Governor's Address. They said this was "an insult to the House and to the 75-year-old...

Chandigarh, March 6 Congress MLAs raised slogans against the AAP government and staged a walkout from the Punjab Assembly during the governor's address here on Friday.Despite Governor Gulab Chand Kataria requesting the opposition party's MLAs to raise their issues at the right time, the...

Chandigarh, March 5 – The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Thursday demanded that Punjab Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema allocate funds to fulfill promises made to women, farmers, government employees, and the common people, or face the "gherao" (surrounding) of its legislators when they visit...

Chandigarh, March 5 The budget session of the Punjab Assembly, scheduled to begin on March 6, is likely to see heated debates as opposition parties – the Congress, BJP, and the Shiromani Akali Dal – will try to put pressure on the Bhagwant Mann government over key issues, including...

Chandigarh, March 3 – Punjab Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema stated on Tuesday that the AAP government has reduced the debt-to-GSDP ratio to 44.47 percent, a decrease of four percentage points. He also claimed that the government is spending 85 percent of its borrowings on servicing...

Chandigarh, March 3 Punjab Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema criticized the BJP government in Haryana on Tuesday over the Sutlej-Yamuna Link canal issue, saying that its recently presented budget did not allocate any funds for the project, considering the 2027 elections in the border state...

Chandigarh, March 3 Punjab Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema said on Tuesday that the AAP government has reduced the debt-to-GSDP ratio to 44.47 per cent, a decrease of four percentage points, and also claimed that it was spending 85 per cent of its borrowings on servicing old debt raised by...