With an aim to inculcate reading habits in government school students for their holistic development, the Punjab Government has released a grant of Rs 15 crore to purchase books for the government school libraries.
Announcing a crusade against the menace of drugs, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann, on Friday, asked the commissioners of police, deputy commissioners, and senior superintendent of police to gear up to make the state drug-free in the coming three months.
Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB) has registered a case against an Executive Engineer (XEN), posted as Municipal Town Planner (MTP) of Bathinda Municipal Corporation, on charges of amassing assets disproportionate to his known sources of income.
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.
The Akali leader said the flood tragedy in Punjab is “Bhagwant made, and not Bhagwan made.”
Special flood relief camps are being organised in the affected districts to provide treatment to the victims, food supply, fodder and silage to the needy animals.
An official spokesperson of the VB said that the complainant had lodged a complaint on the anti-corruption portal on 23 June alleging the patwari took a bribe of Rs 4,000 in lieu of issuing a copy of Jamabandi of a land, which was registered in his father's name.
In a shocking revelation, the Pakistan Punjab interior department has recently shared that as the instances of sexual abuse of children rise, more boys than girls are becoming victims of such crimes, media reports said.
Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Thursday slammed the Opposition for allegedly politicising a natural calamity and said he is…
