CHANDIGARH: Kultar Singh Sandhwan Speaker Punjab Vidhan Sabha today extended a warm welcome to Nayab Singh Saini, Chief Minister Haryana and Harvinder Kalyan, Speaker Haryana Vidhan Sabha on their visit to Punjab Vidhan Sabha during the Budget Session.

CHANDIGARH: After walking out of the Punjab Assembly, the Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in the Punjab Assembly, Partap Singh Bajwa, on Monday strongly condemned the Assembly Speaker, Kultar Singh Sandhwan's extremely biased and dictatorial behaviour.

CHANDIGARH: Governor of Punjab Gulab Chand Kataria has summoned the Sixteenth Vidhan Sabha of the State of Punjab to meet for its eighth Budget Session at 11.00 AM on Friday, 21 st March, 2025 in the Punjab Vidhan Sabha Hall, Vidhan Bhavan, Chandigarh in exercise of the powers conferred upon me by virtue of clause(1) of Article 174 of the Constitution of India.

CHANDIGARH: Taking another leap in the field of Digitalization, Punjab Vidhan Sabha Speaker S. Kultar Singh Sandhwan today launched the searchable engine for accessing Punjab Legislative Assembly debates in the presence of Aman Arora, Good Governance and Information Technology Minister, Harbhajan Singh, Power Minister, Dr. Ravjot Singh, Parliamentary Affairs Minister and MLA Gurinder Singh Garry Birring.

CHANDIGARH: The Punjab Vidhan Sabha on the inaugural sitting of 7th session of the 16th Vidhan Sabha here today passed obituary resolutions to pay tributes to prominent personalities including political personalities, freedom fighters and renowned artist who passed away recently.

CHANDIGARH: The National e-Vidhan Application (NeVA) project has been launched in the Punjab Vidhan Sabha, Secretariat under the dynamic leadership of S. Bhagwant Singh Mann, Chief Minister of Punjab and the proceedings of the events in Punjab Vidhan Sabha have been made paperless. This is a revolutionary step to improvise the functioning of the State Legislative Assembly.

CHANDIGARH: British Deputy High Commissioner Chandigarh Caroline Rowett met Punjab Vidhan Sabha Speaker S. Kultar Singh Sandhwan and they discussed key issues. Caroline Rowett called the Punjab Vidhan Sabha building a magnificent building and described her visit as a memorable one. Caroline said that she had worked in different countries such as France, Indonesia, Bahamas and Haiti.

CHANDIGARH: The Press Gallery Committee of the Punjab Vidhan Sabha has taken strong cognizance of the dastardly incident in New Delhi yesterday, where the journalists from the State of Punjab covering the elections to the Delhi Vidhan Sabha were illegally kept in the Tughlaq Road police station for 8 hours by the Delhi Police.

CHANDIGARH: Punjab Vidhan Sabha Speaker, S. Kultar Singh Sandhwan, participated in the 85th All India Presiding Officer’s Conference held in Patna, Bihar on January 21-22, 2025. During his visit, he also paid homage at the Stupa in Vaishali, a sacred site associated with Lord Buddha, which is also known as the birthplace of the world’s first Republic.

CHANDIGARH: In the Annual polls of the Punjab Vidhan Sabha Press Gallery Committee 2025, journalist Ashwani Chawla (Sach Kahoon) today got elected as the President. During the course of polls, the entire journalist fraternity expressed unanimity on the name of Ashwani Chawla and decided to elect him as the President unopposed.

CHANDIGARH: Punjab Vidhan Sabha Speaker Kultar Singh Sandhwan today attended a solemn religious function organized at Ekta Sthal, Raj Ghat, New Delhi, to mark the 30th death anniversary of Giani Zail Singh, the former President of India. The event was a heartfelt tribute to the distinguished leader who left an indelible mark on the nation's history.

CHANDIGARH: Students of Government Senior Secondary School Pakhi Kalan, District Faridkot visited Punjab Vidhan Sabha under the guidance of school teachers. The aim of this visit was to provide first hand experience to the students about the political system and the working of the Vidhan Sabha.

CHANDIGARH: Punjab Vidhan Sabha Speaker S. Kultar Singh Sandhwan met around 30 girl students from schools and colleges of Chandigarh and Mohali who had come to visit Punjab Vidhan Sabha and inspired them to set their goals higher and succeed in life thus serving the country by becoming good citizens.

CHANDIGARH: Punjab Chief Electoral Officer Sibin C has informed that the counting for by-elections for 4 seats of Punjab Vidhan Sabha will start on November 23, 2024 at 8 am. All preparations have been done. All counting centers will be monitored by CCTV cameras. He said that three tier security system has been implemented around counting centres for which Punjab Police jawans and officers and Central Armed Forces have been deployed.

CHANDIGARH: Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Sibin C informed that 63% voter turnout has been recorded till 6 PM in the by-elections for 4 Punjab Vidhan Sabha seats. However, the precise figures will be updated by tomorrow morning once all polling parties return to the collection centers and final data entry is completed.

CHANDIGARH: Punjab Vidhan Sabha Speaker Kultar Singh Sandhwan, currently on a tour in the United States, has called upon Punjabis living in America to invest in Punjab, assuring them of the Punjab government's full support in every way.

CHANDIGARH: Stressing on excessive usage of fertilizer reduces land fertility, Punjab Vidhan Sabha Speaker Kultar Singh Sandhwan urged farmers to use fertilizers as per expert-recommended quantities during the upcoming wheat sowing season.

CHANDIGARH: With a view to take stock of the paddy procurement during the ongoing season, the Speaker, Punjab Vidhan Sabha Mr. Kultar Singh Sandhwan today visited the Anaj Mandis at Kotkapura, Dheemanwali, Fidde Kalan, Khara and Pakka village and interacted with the farmers and the labourers.

CHANDIGARH: Shiromani Akali Dal has decided not to contest bi elections of Punjab Vidhan Sabha .

CHANDIGARH: Punjab Vidhan Sabha Speaker S. Kultar Singh Sandhwan exercised his democratic right by casting his vote in the Panchayat elections. Accompanied by his family, Speaker voted at booth number 95 in his native village Sandhwan.

CHANDIGARH: The maiden 16th Punjab Vidhan Sabha Session commenced with Pro tem Speaker Dr. Inderbir Singh Nijjar administering the oath of office and secrecy to the Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann as Member of the Punjab Vidhan Sabha on Thursday. Breaking the convention, all the lady members were administered oath immediately after the Chief Minister.

CHANDIGARH: Dr. Inderbir Singh Nijjar has been appointed pro-tem speaker of 16th Punjab Vidhan Sabha. Punjab Governor Banwarilal Purohit on Wednesday administered oath to Dr. Inderbir Singh Nijjar at a simple but impressive ceremony in Punjab Raj Bhawan.

CHANDIGARH: The Punjab Governor Mr. Banwarilal Purohit dissolved the 15th Punjab Vidhan Sabha with effect from the afternoon of the 11th March, 2022 in pursuance of the powers conferred upon him by Sub clause (b) of clause (2) of Article 174 of the Constitution of India.

CHANDIGARH: The Punjab Cabinet on Friday gave approval to recommend the State Governor Banwarilal Purohit for dissolution of 15th Punjab Vidhan Sabha.

CHANDIGARH:Surpassing predictions of all Exit Polls, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) led by its Chief Ministerial candidate Bhagwant Mann has won a whopping 92 out of 117 Assembly seats in Punjab Assembly General Elections polling for which was conducted on Feb 20.
AAP Vote Share is 42% whereas Cong party has got merely 23% votes and only 18 seats which would however entitle the grand old party to get status of principal opposition party in 16th Punjab State Assembly. The SAD has got 3 while BJP has got 2 seats.

Panditrao, Assistant Professor in Post Graduate Government College, Sector 46 Chandigarh distributed Laddu and celebrated laws passed by Punjab Vidhan Sabha.

CHANDIGARH:The Punjab Vidhan Sabha passed two significant bills related to the Punjabi language introduced by Higher Education and Languages Minister Pargat Singh here on Thursday.

CHANDIGARH:  Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi on Monday led the Vidhan Sabha in paying tribute to eminent personalities, freedom fighters, martyred soldiers besides political personalities, who had passed away since the last session of the Assembly.

CHANDIGARH:Punjab Vidhan Sabha Speaker Rana KP Singh today condemned the selective killing of the members of Kashmiri Pandit community in Srinagar city on Tuesday evening.

CHANDIGARH:Following the instructions of the Punjab State Commission for Scheduled Castes, the Punjab Vidhan Sabha has constituted a committee to implement the roster register.

CHANDIGARH: Special Committee constituted by the Punjab Vidhan Sabha to suggest ways and means to replenish ground water level in the state today submitted its report to the Punjab Vidhan Sabha Speaker Rana KP Singh.

CHANDIGARH: Special committee of Punjab Vidhan Sabha, constituted for probing into the atrocities by Delhi Police on farmers, youth and others in the aftermath of incidents on January 26th, 2021, today submitted its report to the Speaker Rana KP Singh.

CHANDIGARH: Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Friday led the Vidhan Sabha in paying tribute to eminent personalities, freedom fighters, sports icons, political personalities besides senior officers of civil and police administration, who had passed away since the last session of the Assembly.

NAWANSHAHR: To investigate the farmers who were allegedly tortured during the ongoing farmers' agitation against the contentious farm laws of the Center, the Punjab Vidhan Sabha Committee today met the aggrieved farmer from the district, Ranjit Singh, here and recorded his statements.

CHANDIGARH:The Punjab Vidhan Sabha today passed eight important bills in the budget session chaired by Speaker Rana KP Singh.

CHANDIGARH:Expressing concern over the depleting ground water level in the state, the Punjab Vidhan Sabha today passed a unanimous resolution urging the Punjab government to take immediate steps for saving the ground water of the state.

CHANDIGARH:Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Monday led the Vidhan Sabha in paying tribute to eminent personalities, including farmers and farm labourers died during the ongoing farmers’ agitation, freedom fighters and political personalities besides unsung Covid warriors, who had passed away since the last session of the Assembly.

CHANDIGARH: Punjab Chief Secretary Ms. Vini Mahajan, on Friday, held a review meeting with the Secretary, Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs, Govt. of India and Dr. Rajinder S. Shukla and Joint Secretary Dr. Satya Parkash to make the proceedings of the Punjab Vidhan Sabha paperless under 'Digital India'.

CHANDIGARH:While questioning the silence of Shiromani Akali Dal’s president Sukhbir Singh Badal upon bills passed by Punjab Government to save the farmers from the provisions of draconian laws of Union Government, Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee’s president Mr. Sunil Jakhar said that it might be a part of big conspiracy as Sukhbir would be having hand in glove with BJP.

CHANDIGARH:The Punjab Vidhan Sabha today passed seven important bills on the concluding day of the specially convened session chaired by Speaker Rana KP Singh.

PHAGWARA: Former Punjab Youth Congress President and Phillaur assembly constituency incharge Vikramjit Singh Chaudhary termed the unanimous passing of agriculture bills by Punjab Vidhan Sabha on Tuesday ‘historic’ and celebrated the event with people of Phillaur. The farmers played dhol, distributed sweets and raised slogans like ‘Captain Sarkar Zindabad’, ‘Congress Party Zindabad’ to mark the momentous occasion.

CHANDIGARH: Punjab Vidhan Sabha speaker Rana KP Singh today adjourned the Vidhan Sabha for the day and second session will be held tomorrow at 10 AM.

CHANDIGARH: The much hyped special session of Punjab Vidhan Sabha started today at 11 AM and adjourned for an hour after paying tributes to departed souls of farmers.

CHANDIGARH: An official Spokesperson of the Punjab Vidhan Sabha said that the Governor of Punjab has summoned the 15th Punjab Vidhan Sabha to meet for its 13th (Special) Session on October 19 at 11  AM in Punjab Vidhan Sabha Hall, Vidhan Bhavan at Chandigarh.

CHANDIGARH:The Punjab Government has decided to convene a special session of the Punjab Vidhan Sabha on Monday, October 19, to bring in a legislation to counter the dangerous anti-farmer Farm Laws of the central government.

CHANDIGARH: Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Friday led the Vidhan Sabha in paying tribute to 28 eminent personalities, including freedom fighters, Galwan valley martyrs, political personalities besides Unsung Covid warriors, who had passed away since the last session of the Assembly.

CHANDIGARH:The Punjab Vidhan Sabha today unanimously passed seven bills during a specially convened one day session amidst the ongoing Corona pandemic.

CHANDIGARH:Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Friday led the Vidhan Sabha in paying tribute to 28 eminent personalities, including freedom fighters, Galwan valley martyrs, political personalities besides Unsung Covid warriors, who had passed away since the last session of the Assembly.

CHANDIGARH: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLAs, led by Leader of Opposition Harpal Singh Cheema, met here on Tuesday to discuss the issues of import vital to Punjab and its people in view of the one-day session of the Punjab Vidhan Sabha, scheduled for August 28.

CHANDIGARH: An official Spokesperson of the Punjab Vidhan Sabha said that the Governor of Punjab has summoned the 15th Punjab Vidhan Sabha to meet for its 12th Session on August 28 at 11  AM in Punjab Vidhan Sabha Hall, Vidhan Bhavan at Chandigarh.

CHANDIGARH:The Punjab Vidhan Sabha will convene on August 28 for a one-day Constitutionally mandated session, for the first time since the Covid pandemic broke out.

CHANDIGARH:The Punjab Private Health Sciences Educational Institutions (Regulation of Admission, Fixation of Fee and Making of Reservation) Amendment Bill, 2020 passed by Punjab Vidhan Sabha
The amendment in the Act will end the era of arbitration of Private Medical Universities-Soni
Says Admission, Fixation of Fee and making of Reservation in  Private Medical Institutions to be in consonance with the directions of State Government

CHANDIGARH: The Punjab Minister for Technical Education and Industrial Training, Tourism and Cultural Affairs and Employment Generation Mr. Charanjit Singh Channi today moved a resolution in the Punjab Vidhan Sabha that all Punjab Government institutions should be made mandatory to work in Punjabi language and the functioning of the courts should also be ensured in Punjabi. He also proposed that necessary steps should be taken to make Punjabi language as compulsory subject in all government and private schools up-to tenth standard. In addition, he proposed that the State Government should make necessary arrangements, including the laws, to prevent any person or institution working against Punjabi language. This resolution was unanimously passed by the Punjab Vidhan Sabha.

CHANDIGARH: The Punjab Minister for Technical Education and Industrial Training, Tourism and Cultural Affairs and Employment Generation Charanjit Singh Channi today moved a resolution in the Punjab Vidhan Sabha that all Punjab Government institutions should be made mandatory to work in Punjabi language and the functioning of the courts should also be ensured in Punjabi.

CHANDIGARH:The fifteenth Punjab Vidhan Sabha has been summoned by the Governor of Punjab to meet for its Eleventh Session

CHANDIGARH:The Governor of Punjab has summoned the 10th (Special) Session of 15th Punjab Vidhan Sabha at 11:00 am instead of 10 am on January 16, 2020.

CHANDIGARH: The Governor of Punjab has summoned the 10th (Special) Session of 15th Punjab Vidhan Sabha at 11:00 am instead of 10 am on January 16, 2020.

CHANDIGARH: To observe parliamentary structure of the Punjab, a 15-member delegation from Nepal on Monday visited the Punjab Vidhan Sabha here. This delegation represents the State no. 5, which is one of the seven newly created states of Nepal.

CHANDIGARH:On the 70th Anniversary of the adoption of Constitution of India, the Punjab Vidhan Sabha on Tuesday unanimously passed a resolution to re-affirm its commitment to the Fundamental Duties enshrined in the Constitution of India.

CHANDIGARH: On the 70th Anniversary of the adoption of Constitution of India, the Punjab Vidhan Sabha on Tuesday unanimously passed a resolution to re-affirm its commitment to the Fundamental Duties enshrined in the Constitution of India.

CHANDIGARH: Punjab Vidhan Sabha Speaker Rana KP Singh has called the 15th Punjab Vidhan Sabha to meet for its Special Session on November 26, 2019 to mark the Constitution Day.

CHANDIGARH: Speaking during the special Vidhan Sabha session, cabinet Minister Tript Rajinder Singh Bajwa said that it is enshrined in Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji that "With Gurbani there is light across the World' and this message should be disseminated around the globe.

CHANDIAGRH:Punjab Chief Minister and CLP leader Captain Amarinder Singh on Wednesday led the Vidhan Sabha in paying homage to several eminent personalities who had passed away since the last session, including former Union Ministers Arun Jaitley and Sushma Swaraj.

CHANDIGARH:PVS special session to be held on Nov 6 to mark 550th Prakash Purb of Sri Guru Nanak Dev ji

JALANDHAR:The SC/ST and BC Welfare Committee of Punjab Vidhan Sabha on Thursday held a meeting with civil and police officials of the Jalandhar and reviewed the implementation of the  various schemes.

CHANDIGARH: A delegation of Sri Lankan Judges led by Justice K. Priyantha Fernando, Judge of the court of appeal of Sri Lanka, on Saturday evening visited Punjab Vidhan Sabha here.

CHANDIGARH: The Punjab Vidhan Sabha Secretariat today said that Mullanpur Dakha MLA Mr. H.S. Phoolka’s resignation was not accepted earlier as it was not in the proper format as per rules. Notably, some media reports claimed that Mr. Phoolka's resignation has been accepted after 10 months as he threatened to go to the Supreme Court.

CHANDIGARH: Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Friday led the Punjab Vidhan Sabha in paying tributes to eminent personalities who had passed since the last session of the Assembly.

CHANDIGARH: Bir Devinder singh, former deputy speaker of Punjab today said that the drug menace in Punjab assumes horrendous dimension which certainly entail a full scale structural debate on the issue, in the ensuing two days Punjab legislative Assembly session. The opposition parties represented in the ‘House’ usually grumbles over the short sittings of the Vidhan Sabha session but do not make a grade in providing buisness to the house. Thus providing business to the house is left only with the Government and they get an excuse to scuttle debates in the House.