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Uproar in Punjab Assembly over Congress MLA Sukhpal Singh Khaira’s ‘derogatory’ comment on women and Rs 1,000 dole

March 10, 2026 1:07 pm

Leader of the Opposition Partap Singh Bajwa said he and other Congress members of the Punjab Vidhan Sabha did not agree with Sukhpal Singh Khaira’s comment.

Punjab Health Minister Balbir Singh admits new Raikot hospital non-functional without lifts and AC

March 09, 2026 9:47 pm

Hearing Balbir Singh’s reply in the Punjab Vidhan Sabha, even Speaker Kultar Singh Sandhwan could not resist commenting on the state of affairs in public health.

At the onset of the session, the House remembered the four Sahibzadas as Congress member Rana Gurjit Singh called for a resolution against “attempts to distort history of Sikhs.” (PTI)

‘Attempts to distort history of Sikhs’: Congress raises Veer Bal Diwas issue at special session of Punjab Vidhan Sabha

December 30, 2025 3:56 pm

Political parties in Punjab have been demanding that Veer Bal Diwas is a misnomer and the day should instead be referred to as Sahibzadas Shahadat Diwas (Martyrdom Day of the Sahibzadas).

Panel formed to find missing part of Justice Gurnam Commission report

July 16, 2025 11:51 am

Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema urged Sandhwan to form a committee to find the report.

As Punjab's AAP govt weighs death penalty for sacrilege, a look at previous Bills with harsh punishment

July 06, 2025 2:30 pm

Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann's government will table in the Punjab Vidhan Sabha a Bill mandating capital punishment for sacrilege if it gets a favourable legal opinion.

House adopts Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Amendment Act, 2024

March 29, 2025 9:00 am

This Act is applicable from the date of adoption in those states that have passed the resolution in the Vidhan Sabha or the Legislative Council.

Presenting the Budget for 2025-26 in the Vidhan Sabha, Cheema spoke about the Punajb government's anti-drug drive Yudh Nashe De Virudh (File Image)

Cheema’s major push to Yudh Nashe De Virudh: second line of defence at border

March 27, 2025 10:10 am

5,000 homeguards to complement BSF, anti-drone tech to neutralise UAVs from cross border among initiatives

Transport Minister Laljit Singh Bhullar and other AAP MLAs at the the Punjab Assembly in Chandigarh on Monday. (Express Photo by Kamleshwar Singh)

You keep telling me I’m handsome but don’t give time to speak: Minister Bhullar

March 25, 2025 11:18 am

As the AAP MLAs looked on at the Ministers in stunned silence, some with smiles on their faces, the minister went on to air his grievances. “There are some MLAs here who have not got a chance to speak in last three to four sessions. They go back without uttering a word,” he said.

Leader of Opposition Partap Singh Bajwa and other Congress MLAs protest in the lobby after staging a walkout from the Punjab Assembly in Chandigarh on Monday. (Express Photo by Kamleshwar Singh)

Speaker Sandhwan in eye of storm as both Opp, treasury bench MLAs say not allowed to speak

March 25, 2025 11:07 am

Khaira responded by saying he was and raised his hands. The Speaker retorted this will happen when the member will not even attend the House. “Please sit down. This is not the way to ask for time to speak,” he said even as he asked the Independent MLA Rana Inder Partap to speak.

AAP MLAs on Day 1 of the two-day special session of the Punjab Vidhan Sabha, in Chandigarh on Monday.

AAP asks its Punjab MLAs not to corner govt in House, they do it anyway

February 25, 2025 7:54 am

A two-day special session of the Punjab Vidhan Sabha commenced Monday. During the day, in the intervening period between obituary references and the second sitting of the session, the ruling AAP in floor strategy meeting schooled its MLAs not to corner party government in the House.