Chandigarh: The Punjab govt has disbursed Rs 16,847.83 crore in financial aid under various social security schemes, social security, women and child development minister Dr Baljit Kaur said on ...

Bathinda: To contain crop residue burning, Punjab govt has allocated Rs 500 crore in the 2025-26 ... against those burning stubble, incidents of farm fires fell drastically.

"The AAP government's failure to grant Rs 1,000 to women reflects how insensitive the Punjab government is to the issues of women," he said. The staggering increase in the state debt reflected how ...

Cheema revealed plans to extend the state health insurance scheme universally to cover all 65 lakh families in Punjab, offering up to Rs 10 lakh annual coverage. This includes an additional top-up ...

CHANDIGARH: Punjab Finance Minister Harpal Cheema today presented the Rs 2.36 lakh crore state’s budget for the financial year 2025-26 without imposing any new taxes. However, it is the fourth ...

CHANDIGARH: The cash-strapped Aam Aadmi Party government in Punjab is expected to take a loan of Rs 49,900 crore this year, pushing public debt by the end of March next to a staggering Rs 4.17 ...

Chandigarh, Mar 26 Punjab Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema on Wednesday presented a Rs 2.36 lakh crore budget, which focusses on tackling drug menace in the state, and allocated a whopping Rs ...

State’s debt projected to swell to Rs 4.17L cr | Health insurance cover of Rs 10L extended to all 65L families.

A final-year B Tech student of the IIT-Ropar died at the PGI, Chandigarh, after allegedly taking poison at his hostel room on March 15. Deceased Marymesi Arun, a native of RS Rangapuram in Kurnool ...

Amid the shock of the mass arrests and sudden demolition of the protest sites, the remaining protesters seemed to be in a ...

Rs 150 crore has been earmarked for this census," he said. The minister said the bulk of drugs coming to Punjab are from across the border. "It is the primary responsibility of the Union ...

Cheema said for the first time in Punjab’s history, the excise revenue would surpass the five-digit mark, with the target of Rs 10,145 crore for the financial year 2024-25 likely to be exceeded.