Kanchan Vasdev
Kanchan is an Assistant Editor with the Punjab bureau and covers the CMO. She tweets @kanchan99
Wed, May 25, 2022
Superintending engineer Rajinder Singh conducted a sting operation on Dr Vijay Singla and it led to his sacking and arrest.
Wed, May 25, 2022
Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann had said a few days ago that he would dedicate 75 clinics on the occasion of 75th Independence Day.
Wed, May 25, 2022
Vijay Singla arrested; sent to 3-day Punjab Police remand
Mon, May 23, 2022
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his Punjab counterpart Bhagwant Mann were also at the event at which Rao, on behalf of the Telangana government, handed out cheques of Rs 3 lakh to each of the families of the 712 farmers who lost their lives during the agitation against the farm laws.
Mon, May 23, 2022
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his Punjab counterpart Bhagwant Mann were also at the event at which Rao, on behalf of the Telangana government, handed out cheques of Rs 3 lakh to each of the families of the 712 farmers who lost their lives during the agitation against the farm laws.
Sun, May 22, 2022
The centre has put a rider that the state government would have to keep a revolving fund equivalent to at least 15% of procurement cost of sanctioned quantity and ensure that the payment is made directly into the bank accounts of the farmers within three days of procurement.
Sat, May 21, 2022
Sources indicate that Jakhar, who had announced ahead of the Punjab Assembly elections that he had retired from active politics, may be nominated to Rajya Sabha besides being given a role in state unit of BJP.
Fri, May 20, 2022
Addressing the media, Sidhu said he was protesting against the price rise as 90 per cent Punjabis and Indians have a battle to earn for a survival. He said everything had gone up starting from transport, food items, construction or housing, healthcare facility.
Fri, May 20, 2022
Bunny was co-accused with Sidhu in the road rage case in which Sidhu has been sentenced. However, he was acquitted by Supreme Court in 2018.
Fri, May 20, 2022
Narvedinder Singh Suyach, who is the only surviving son of the deceased, said, “Everybody has seen how we have fought for justice. We lost our father but justice was denied to us. Finally, it has been delivered.”
Thu, May 19, 2022
Among the 13 demands, the two sides could not reach a consensus on the demand for a bonus of Rs 500 on every quintal of wheat on account of a drop in the yield due to shrivelling of grains.
Tue, May 17, 2022
People were seen protesting outside the main gate of Punjab Bhawan as police personnel posted at the venue told them that their names were not on the list and hence they could not be allowed inside.
Sat, May 14, 2022
The farmers from these states had complained that the early onset of summer this year resulted in wheat grains shrivelling by nearly 18 per cent, much more than the permissible limit of 6 per cent.
Sat, May 14, 2022
A mammoth challenge, however, lies ahead as hundreds of acres have been encroached by influential people. Punjab Rural Development and Panchayats Minister Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal speaks to The Indian Express on the issue:
Sat, May 14, 2022
A local farmer, Pargat Singh (25), bid Rs 33.10 lakh for the land at the village where other pieces of land were given on lease for Rs 50,000 per acre —four acres for about Rs 2 lakh — every year. The auction has fetched 17 times the current price of lease in the village.
Wed, May 11, 2022
Hitting back at the Opposition parties over the RPG incident row, the AAP has charged that they have not been able to reconcile with its “popularity” among the people of Punjab and were just venting their “political frustration”.
Tue, May 10, 2022
The meeting and the praise later came days after Sidhu called Mann a "rubber doll", alluding to the opposition charge that the state government was being run by the AAP leadership from Delhi.
Fri, May 06, 2022
Most of the AAP leaders maintained a silence over the Bagga episode, even as the BJP hit out at the AAP for allegedly using the Punjab police for its “political vendetta”.
Fri, May 06, 2022
The revenue shortfall comes at a time when the AAP is looking to come good on its pre-poll promises of different freebies to voters.
Wed, May 04, 2022
“He told them to stop thinking that they were the rulers and rather serve the masses, who had voted for them. He asked them to get out of their houses and go out among the people,” a source said.
Wed, May 04, 2022
In its brief tenure, the Aam Aadmi Party government in Punjab has sought to fulfil several of its election promises like providing free electricity, jobs and ration at the doorstep. The party has also courted several controversies.
Sat, Apr 30, 2022
Bajwa told The Indian Express, “In Punjab and Delhi coming together, there is a direct conflict of interest on sharing of waters. When Punjab is taking its case against sharing of waters to Supreme Court, why would it like to show its files to a state that is also seeking water?
Sat, Apr 30, 2022
On Friday evening, the Punjab unit of AAP posted a video of Shiv Sena leader, Harish Singla, praising former Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi, in which he is heard saying, “I am a fan of Channi’s style of functioning.”
Wed, Apr 27, 2022
After the meeting, the CM directed Punjab chief secretary Anirudh Tewari to prepare a detailed report on financial implications to compensate the farmers for not burning paddy stubble.
Wed, Apr 27, 2022
SAD chief Sukhbir Badal hit at Mann stating that he had sold off the interests of Punjab to Delhi in the garb of the KSA.