In an initiative aimed at safeguarding the health of its youngest citizens and ensuring a healthier future, the Punjab government has successfully provided free heart surgeries to as many as 341 children suffering from congenital heart disease during the financial year 2024-25 so far.
Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann on Tuesday slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi led BJP government for meting out step motherly treatment to the state thereby trying to jeopardise development and progress of Punjab.
Punjab School Education Minister said that the flying squads will be led by District Education Officers (DEOs), Principals, members of the PSEB, and members of the Board’s Academic Councils.
The Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB), during its ongoing campaign against corruption in the state, arrested Suresh Kumar, a clerk posted at Nagar Council, Malout, in the Sri Muktsar Sahib district, foraccepting a bribe of Rs 20,000 from a underprivileged widow.
Punjab State Election Commissioner Raj Kamal Chaudhuri has informed that 191 contesting candidates are left in the fray after the last date of withdrawal of nominations for the General Elections to the Municipal Councils of Tarn Taran (District Tarn Taran), Dera Baba Nanak (District Gurdaspur) and Talwara (District Hohiarpur).
According to ED officials, Gajjanmajra was arrested because he had not responded to four summonses to appear for questioning in the case. They said he would be produced on Monday night in a Mohali court
Meanwhile, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has called a high-level meeting of his government officials at the Delhi Secretariat at 12 pm today.
A fire broke out at a stubble storage house in Punjab's Firozpur on Saturday late at night, an official said.
Along with live ammunition, two stolen motorcycles, a Hyundai I-20 car, and four handguns—three of which were country-made and one in 9mm Glock—police teams have also seized these items
Speaking of the two states, he stated that Bengal, being the state that produces the most rice, contributed rice, while Punjab's accomplishment is wheat, which can feed the entire nation
