Punjab Seeks Special Category Status & Special Package for Border Areas from Centre: CM Mann

Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann on Thursday strongly raised Punjab’s long-pending concerns before the NITI (National Institution for Transforming India) Aayog Governing Council, seeking a special package for the revitalisation of border areas and demanding that Punjab be accorded Special Category Status (SCS) with 90:10 funding under all Centrally Sponsored Schemes on the lines … Read more

Directs Health Department to work on providing Insurance Cover to ASHA Workers

Punjab Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema on Thursday chaired a series of meetings with employee unions of various departments to discuss their grievances and find amicable solutions to their ongoing issues. The meetings saw active participation of delegations from the Veterinary Pharmacist Action Committee, the Overage Berozgar Union, the Adarsh School Teaching and Non-Teaching Association, … Read more

People of Punjab Have Waited Too Long for Justice in Beadbi & Firing Cases: Baltej Pannu

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Punjab Media In-Charge Baltej Pannu on Thursday said fresh revelations in the Behbal Kalan firing case have once again exposed the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leadership’s attempts to evade accountability for the sacrilege incidents and subsequent police firing on peaceful protesters. Citing the statement of former Akal Takht Jathedar Giani Raghbir … Read more

12 Years of Modi Govt made India land of achievements: CM Saini

12 years of Modi government transformed India into ‘land of achievements’: Haryana CM Nayab Singh Saini Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini on Wednesday hailed the 12 years of the Narendra Modi-led government at the Centre as a transformative period in India’s history, marked by rising self confidence, self reliance and enhanced global standing. Highlighting … Read more

Jun 25, 2026 03:49 AM IST
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