Encouraging farmers to move towards new agri revolution is need of hour: Khattar

Encouraging farmers to move towards new agri revolution is need of hour: Khattar

Monday, 13 March 2023 | PNS | Chandigarh

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Sunday, highlighting the need of starting a new agricultural revolution, said that the scientists and research institutes of the State’s top Agriculture Universities — Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University (CCSHAU) and Maharana Pratap Horticultural University — should work cordially for conducting the...

Opposition parties slam Budget, say it has shattered common man's hopes

Saturday, 11 March 2023 | PNS | Chandigarh

Opposition parties in Punjab on Friday slammed the AAP government's budget for 2023-24, saying it has shattered the common man's hopes, and alleged that the government will soon drive the state deep into debt. Leader of Opposition Partap Singh Bajwa, a senior Congress leader, said ''if this government lasts for five...

Cheema accuses Centre of ignoring state's legitimate demands

Saturday, 11 March 2023 | Monika Malik | Chandigarh

  In his more than two-hour long budget speech, Punjab Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema on Friday accused the Central Government of ignoring the state’s “long pending” “legitimate” demands; while also lashing out at the previous governments in the state for leaving Punjab in a financial mess.   Taking on the BJP-led Central...

Under attack on law and order front, Cheema increase police budget by 11%

Saturday, 11 March 2023 | Monika Malik | Chandigarh

Under attack over the law and order situation in the state, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) led Punjab Government on Friday proposed to increase the budget allocation for police by 11 percent for the 2023-24 financial year as compared to the previous. With a total budget allocation of Rs 10, 523...

Punjab FM presents tax-free budget of Rs 1,96,462 crore; Focus on health and education

Saturday, 11 March 2023 | Monika Malik | Chandigarh

The first complete state budget worth Rs 1,96,462 crore — 26 percent more than the previous year’s budget size — presented by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Government in Punjab on Friday turned out to be more taxing for the State than its people. Despite the challenge of resource mobilization...

Haryana CM honours women for commendable work in various fields

Saturday, 11 March 2023 | PNS | Karnal / Chandigarh

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Friday honoured women who have made remarkable contributions in various fields like education, culture, army, singing, art, medicine, social welfare, empowerment, sports, aviation and mountaineering etc at a state-level ‘Samman Samaroh’ on the occasion of International Women’s Day in Karnal. In recognition of the...

Sidhu Moosewala murder issue comes for close scrutiny in Punjab Assembly

Friday, 10 March 2023 | PNS | Chandigarh

Days after slain Punjabi singer Sidhu Moosewala’s parents staged a dharna outside the Punjab Vidhan Sabha demanding justice in their son’s murder case, the issue reverberated inside the House on the fourth day of the ongoing budget session on Thursday. As the treasury and opposition benches engaged in a fierce war of words...

Opposition MLAs frequently interrupted, heckled while raising public issue: Bajwa

Friday, 10 March 2023 | PNS | Chandigarh

Senior Congress leader and the Leader of Opposition in Vidhan Sabha Partap Singh Bajwa on Thursday criticized the Bhagwant Mann Government’s behaviour for being “completely undemocratic” in the House. “The prime duty and responsibility of the opposition party is to seek answers from various Cabinet ministers, including the Chief Minister, to...

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