Punjab

CHANDIGARH: Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann on Saturday announced to embark Mega Rehabilitation and Cleanliness Drive worth Rs 100 crore in Flood-Affected Areas across the state.

PHAGWARA: Sukhpal Singh Khaira MLA from Bholath assembly constituency has strongly condemned the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government led by Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, holding it squarely responsible for the catastrophic floods that have devastated Punjab. Khaira termed the tragedy not a natural calamity but a “man-made disaster born out of gross negligence, incompetence, and mismanagement” by the ruling dispensation. 

CHANDIGARH: With rainfall subsiding and water levels in rivers receding, Punjab has started witnessing significant relief from flood havoc. The latest flood report confirms no additional loss of life and no further crop area reported damaged during the last 24 hours.

AMRITSAR: Taking strong notice of the false propaganda being spread against the Sikh organization by some SGPC members, Advocate Harjinder Singh Dhami said that instead of standing with the flood-affected people, these people are involved in political rhetoric. In a statement issued, Advocate Dhami said that the SGPC, being a joint Sikh organization, is working for the flood victims at the ground level and the politics of limiting its efforts is extremely sad and unfortunate.

CHANDIGARH: In a significant development for Punjab's agricultural sector, Mr. Baljinder Singh Dhillon today assumed the office as Chairman of Punjab Agro Foodgrains Corporation Ltd. in the presence of Mr. Aman Arora, Cabinet Minister and President of Aam Aadmi Party, Punjab.

CHANDIGARH: Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann led Punjab Government is all set to procure every single grain of paddy from the mandis, stated Punjab Mandi Board Chairman Harchand Singh Barsat, while reviewing the arrangements made to ensure smooth and efficient procurement operations for the upcoming Kharif season commencing from September 16, 2025.

CHANDIGARH: Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann on Friday said that the state government will ensure compensation to all the flood victims across the state within 45 days.

CHANDIGARH: Punjab Governor Gulab Chand Kataria on Friday administered the oath of office to the newly appointed two members of Punjab Public Service Commission (PPSC).

TARN TARAN: Shiromani Akali Dal leader and former MLA Khadoor Sahib Ravinder Singh Brahmpura on Friday termed the four-year sentence awarded to Aam Aadmi Party legislator Manjinder Singh Lalpura in a 2013 case of atrocity against a woman as a "historic victory of Punjab’s daughter and of justice.”

CHANDIGARH: International Road Safety expert Kamal Soi on Friday picked holes in the Punjab government’s newly floated tender for automated driving test tracks (ADTT), describing it as a “scam in the making” and designed to benefit a select few private players.

CHANDIGARH: In a noteworthy gesture of compassion, Punjab Revenue Officers Association handed over a cheque of Rs.10 lakh to the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund for providing assistance to the flood-affected families in the state.

AMRITSAR: Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee members Bibi Paramjit Kaur Landran, Jathedar Satwinder Singh Tohra, Jathedar Malkit Singh Changal and Jathedar Rampal Singh Bahniwal expressed strong objection to the blind looting of Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee money for political gains. SGPC members raised big questions on the looting of SGPC's Golak.

CHANDIGARH: In a decisive move to tackle the issue of stubble burning and promote sustainable farming, the Punjab Government under the leadership of Chief Minister S. Bhagwant Singh Mann has launched the amended Crop Residue Management (CRM) Loan Scheme through cooperative banks across the state.

CHANDIGARH: In a landmark achievement that has brought immense pride to the state, the cadets of the Punjab Directorate NCC have scripted history by winning the prestigious All India Thal Sainik Camp (AITSC) Senior Division Championship for two consecutive years, 2024 and 2025.

AMRITSAR: In a powerful display of interfaith solidarity and compassion, the Diocese of Amritsar, Church of North India, held a dry ration distribution at a local Gurudwara in Village Rurewal, providing much-needed support to communities affected by the recent floods in Amritsar, as a part of its Operation Faith in Action.

CHANDIGARH: In a significant step towards preserving Punjab's culinary identity and traditions, Punjab Food Processing department is exploring the possibilities of securing a Geographical Indication (GI) Tag for Amritsari Kulcha, a beloved dish originated from Amritsar. Notably, a GI tag is a label given to products that have a unique quality, reputation, or characteristic due to their specific geographical origin, such as a region, town or country.

CHANDIGARH: As water from most of the marooned villages in Punjab has started receding and the communities impacted by catastrophic floods are provided with relief material to support daily living, what they need now is long-term rehabilitation, besides medical care to prevent health issues.

AMRITSAR: The revived Shiromani Akali Dal President Giani Harpreet Singh visited the flood-affected areas today and said that Shiromani Akali Dal will provide one lakh liters of diesel to the people of the flood-affected areas for water drainage and agricultural needs.

CHANDIGARH: Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann on Wednesday profusely thanked noted Punjabi singer Mankirat Aulakh and renowned industrialist Pritpal Singh for helping the flood affected people of the state.

PHAGWARA: Rajya Sabha member and renowned environmentalist Sant Balbir Singh Seechewal has donated motor boats to two flood-affected villages of the Mand region from his discretionary funds. The boats were handed over to the villages of Sangra and Ahli Kalan, providing much-needed relief to residents marooned by stagnant floodwaters for over a month.

AMRITSAR: The entire leadership of Shiromani Akali Dal is making great efforts to provide help by going to the flood affected areas. Considering its moral responsibility, the party leadership is personally sending all kinds of relief material to the places where financial assistance is being provided.

NANGAL: Punjab Cabinet Minister for Education and Information & Public Relations, Harjot Singh Bains, today announced that in his constituency Sri Anandpur Sahib, all flood-affected villages have had 100% road connectivity, power supply, and water supply restored to ensure relief for residents.

CHANDIGARH: In a landmark move to uphold the dignity and welfare of grassroots healthcare workers, Punjab Finance Minister Advocate Harpal Singh Cheema on Wednesday announced that Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHAs) and ASHA Facilitators working in Health and Family Welfare Department under the National Health Mission (NHM) will now be entitled to six months of maternity leave. This benefit will be extended under the provisions of the Maternity Benefit Act, 1961.

AMRITSAR: Acting swiftly on forward-backward linkages in the 8.1 kg heroin recovery case, Commissionerate Police Amritsar has arrested four more drug smugglers and recovered 12 kg of heroin along with .30 bore pistol and a magazine from their possession, taking the total seizure of heroin in this case to 20.1 kg, said Director General of Police (DGP) Punjab Gaurav Yadav here on Wednesday.

AMRITSAR: The Diocese of Amritsar, Church of North India (CNI), in collaboration with a team of six doctors comprising child specialists, skin specialists, and 15 others from Christian Medical College and Hospital (CMC), Ludhiana, held a medical camp in villages Talwandi Tapala, and Dyal Bhatti, as a part of the ongoing relief measures of the diocese there.

JALANDHAR: Punjab Youth Congress today staged a protest in Jalandhar, burning the effigy of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to oppose the interim relief package announced for flood damages in Punjab.

TARN TARAN: Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) Vice President and former Khadoor Sahib MLA, Ravinder Singh Brahmpura, today described the conviction of AAP MLA Manjinder Singh Lalpura in a 2013 case as an expose of the AAP government's true criminal character. He has demanded that Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann immediately take Lalpura's resignation and expel him from the party.

CHANDIGARH: Amid the ongoing blame game between Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and BJP over devastating floods in Punjab, the Congress party on Wednesday trained guns at the Bhagwant Mann government and accused it of looking the other way while people of the state were grappling with one of the worst flood situations.

CHANDIGARH: A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a relief package of Rs 1,600 crore after reviewing relief operations in flood-hit Punjab, Governor Gulab Chand Kataria on Wednesday said the Central government, in collaboration with the state, would leave no stone unturned in alleviating the hardships of the affected people.

CHANDIGARH: Punjab Finance Minister Advocate Harpal Singh Cheema today expressed his strong condemnation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's financial assistance package for Punjab, calling it a "cruel joke" on the state's flood-ravaged people. He lambasted the Central government for the "meagre and insulting" flood relief package announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi following his aerial survey of the state.

CHANDIGARH: Punjab Cabinet Minister and Aam Aadmi Party State President Mr. Aman Arora today expressed his profound disappointment over the Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “paltry and insulting” relief package of Rs. 1600 crores for a state staring at losses exceeding Rs. 20,000 crores from catastrophic floods. The Prime Minister was visiting the flood-ravaged state, on Tuesday.

MOHALI: In the wake of widespread devastation caused by flooding of three main rivers Ravi, Beas & Sutlej and unprecedented incessant rains, the Punjab Senior Vets Association, a body of retired Officers of Animal husbandary department, has taken up cudgels to help the livestock farmers by pooling in their resources to provide required medicines for treating the affected animals.

CHANDIGARH: The Punjab Government has decided to deploy 1,700 security guards in jails across the state to further strengthen security arrangements. Defence Services Welfare Minister Mr. Mohinder Bhagat disclosed this during a review meeting with the Defence Services Welfare Department at the Punjab Civil Secretariat, Chandigarh, today.

TARN TARAN: Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) Vice President and former MLA, Ravinder Singh Brahmpura, today described the tragic deaths of two brothers in Jamarai village as living proof of the AAP government's failure, rather than a simple case of drug overdose. Expressing deep sorrow, he termed the incident a result of the government's "fraudulent" 'War Against Drugs' campaign and demanded a judicial inquiry into the drug network flourishing in the border district of Tarn Taran.