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Punjab hospital association backs state government’s Rs 10 lakh health cover scheme, but flags funding, payment risks

January 22, 2026 2:44 pm

PHANA President Dr Vikas Chhabra said the scheme can significantly benefit the poor and underprivileged sections of society.

CM Mann lays foundation stone of Rs 15 cr college in Ajnala border belt

January 20, 2026 11:32 am

Mann said that infighting is at its peak among the opposition parties as they lack any concrete agenda for the welfare of the people.

A photo released by the Akal Takht showed Jathedar Giani Kuldeep Singh Gargaj and Jathedar Giani Tek Singh of Takht Sri Damdama Sahib presenting Mann with a copy of the monthly Gurdwara Gazette and Sikh Code of Conduct. (Express Photo)

‘I neither have courage nor stature’: Mann appears before Akal Takht, clarifies remarks

January 16, 2026 4:12 am

A photo released by the Akal Takht showed Jathedar Giani Kuldeep Singh Gargaj and Jathedar Giani Tek Singh of Takht Sri Damdama Sahib presenting Mann with a copy of the monthly Gurdwara Gazette and Sikh Code of Conduct.

Speaking in New Delhi after receiving the award, the Class IV student recalled his experience during the operation. “When Operation Sindoor began against Pakistan, soldiers came to our village. I thought I should serve them. I used to take milk, tea, buttermilk, and ice for them daily. I feel great to be awarded. I had never dreamt of it,” Sharvan said. (Express Photo)

Milk, ice, courage: Ferozepur’s 10-year-old honoured with Bal Puraskar for serving Army during Operation Sindoor

December 26, 2025 7:06 pm

Sharvan Singh of Punjab’s Ferozepur district was among the 20 children honoured with the Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar by President Droupadi Murmu on Friday.

Authorities confirmed that a single email related to the bomb threat had been copied, and sent to all the targeted schools. (File Photo)

15 schools in Amritsar get bomb threat emails; police launch probe to trace sender

December 12, 2025 3:46 pm

News of the bomb threat emails triggered panic in Amritsar as parents received urgent messages to collect their children as the schools were shut for the day.

Sunil Jakhar reminded CM Bhagwant Mann of his letter urging a High Court-monitored probe into the state's drug and corruption money trail. (File)

Flood relief row escalates in Punjab as Shivraj Singh Chouhan’s visit fuels AAP-BJP face-off

November 27, 2025 10:03 am

Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan will visit Moga and Jalandhar on Thursday. He will review rural development works, flood relief measures, and MGNREGA implementation.

No vendetta, but no pillows to be given to Majithia in jail: CM Mann

July 16, 2025 6:07 pm

Continuing to target Majithia, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann said that as a fact of matter the Akali leader had continued the "dubious legacy" of his family to "backstab" Punjab and its people for their vested interests.

‘BJP playing tricks’: Bhagwant Mann joins chorus against delimitation

March 15, 2025 3:48 pm

Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann said it was ironic that while the Centre has a population control policy, the number of constituencies would be increased in states where this policy was not being followed.

After Ravneet Bittu stopped from meeting Bhagwant Mann, Punjab CM says: 'People won't let him enter CM house again'

February 22, 2025 9:24 pm

Ravneet Singh Bittu went to the Punjab chief minister’s house on Wednesday apparently to discuss a few FIRs lodged against BJP workers in Ludhiana.

After Delhi polls loss, Kejriwal summons Punjab MLAs and ministers to ‘keep the flock together’

February 10, 2025 3:14 pm

Meanwhile, sources said AAP members are urging the senior leadership that the party should return to its “Aam Aadmi” lifestyle.

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PM Modi visits ailing Punjab Chief Minister at Chandigarh hospital

January 24, 2016 5:18 pm

Chandigarh, Jan 24 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi met ailing Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Sunday at the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) in Chandigarh. Badal has been hospitalised since Friday due to chest congestion and common cold. PM Modi was in Chandigarh to receive French President Francois Hollande, who is on a three day visit to India.