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First religion is farming: AAP block chief quits over land pooling policy
July 29, 2025 10:23 am
Tapinder Singh, a resident of Jodhan village in Ludhiana, announced his resignation through a Facebook post written in Punjabi, stating, “First religion is farming.”
'Not just land, we are fighting for our identity, livelihood’
July 23, 2025 11:28 am
Villagers have accused the government of duplicity, questioning why the sale and purchase registration of land has been stopped in villages falling under the scheme if it is truly voluntary as they say.
Amid protests by farmers & Oppn, higher rent, letter of intent in 21 days: Mann govt tweaks land pooling policy
July 22, 2025 9:22 pm
CM hits back at Opp for 'misleading' farmers for 'vested political interests'
Punjab AAP govt draws Oppn parties’ ire over replacing CM with CS as chief of development bodies
June 23, 2025 9:40 am
Punjab Cabinet minister Harbhajan Singh hit back at the opposition parties, accusing them of making “baseless and misleading” statements to confuse the public for political gains.
AAP govt has turned into commission agent for realtors; Mann and Kejriwal aggregators: Jakhar
June 14, 2025 11:55 am
Earlier on Tuesday, Jakhar had demanded a probe by the Income Tax (IT) department into the income of the state's political leaders to ascertain how much assets they possess now and how much they had before joining politics.
As Punjab launches Easy Jamabandi, why it matters to public, and how it may help govt save resources
June 14, 2025 11:50 am
Currently, the applicant has to meet the DC or SDM for reporting corruption. With the new system, as soon as the applicant submits the application, the department proactively sends the What’s App message to the applicant.
Pilot to replace paddy with water-saving kharif maize ‘too little, too late’: experts
June 11, 2025 1:17 pm
The six districts under the initiative are Jalandhar, Kapurthala, Bathinda, Sangrur, Pathankot and Gurdaspur.
Incentives, portal: How Punjab aims to ease business, draw investments
June 11, 2025 10:22 am
The Punjab Udyog Kranti initiative introduced 12 reforms aimed at improving ease of doing business and unlocking industrial potential.
Centre appoints Haryana officer in BBMB, Mann says ‘arbitrary’
May 28, 2025 10:17 am
The revised rules introduced technical qualification requirements for appointments, enabling the selection of members from across the country, rather than restricting appointments to Punjab and Haryana.
9 months after effecting hike, Punjab to increase collector rates again, asks DCs for proposals
May 28, 2025 10:06 am
During the last fiscal, the government increased prices to as high as 100 per cent in some parts of the state.
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