CHANDIGARH: The public debt of fund-starved Punjab Government is expected to reach Rs 3.53 lakh crore by March his year. This being the case, the state would raise Rs 6,628 crore loan in addition to the loans worth Rs 23,836.30 crore availed between April-November 2024 to meet the revenue and expenditure gap. Ahead of the state budget to be tabled next month, the government in its pre-budget meetings is contemplating as to how to arrange funds to fulfill its promise of providing Rs 1,000 per wom

CHANDIGARH: While around 300 leaders from the Punjab Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) are campaigning for party candidates in Delhi, the Punjab Congress is not far behind, having mobilised around 250 leaders from the state. They are attacking the AAP for its misgovernance and unfulfilled promises, including the pledge to provide Rs 1,000 per month to women. The list of state Congress leaders canvassing in the national capital since January 18 includes Punjab Congress President and Ludhiana MP Amrinder Sing

Punjab farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal's health has become critical after 27 days of a fast-unto-death at the Khanauri border protest site. Doctors attending to him have warned that he is at risk of cardiac arrest and multi-organ failure. Dallewal, 70, began his hunger strike on November 26 to pressure the Centre to accept the agitating farmers' demands, including a legal guarantee for MSP on crops. The Samyukta Kisan Morcha (Non-Political) and Kisan Mazdoor Morcha have issued a statement sa

Delhi has blamed Punjabs farm fires for the suffocating smog and Pakistans Punjab, too, has repeated the charge with Maryam Nawaz, CM of Pakistan side of Punjab, reportedly contemplating writing to CM Bhagwant Mann on the subject. To both -- Centre and Pakistan -- Mann came out with a witty quip: Looks like our Punjab smoke is on a world tour! Mann then sarcastically urged Maryam to write to him about her woes. Maryam has alleged polluted smoke travelling from this side of Punjab to Lahore where

MUMBAI: Amid an impasse over seat-sharing for the assembly polls among the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) allies, Congress in-charge for Maharashtra Ramesh Chennithala on Saturday met Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray to iron out the differences. The health of both Thackeray, who was recently hospitalised for a check-up, and the Congress-NCP (SP)-Sena (UBT) alliance was excellent, he told reporters after meeting the Sena (UBT) chief at the latter's residence 'Matoshree' here. The Opposition allian

NEW DELHI/MUMBAI : Still reeling from the shock defeat in the Haryana assembly elections, the Congress on Tuesday appointed several senior leaders, including Ashok Gehlot, Sachin Pilot and Bhupesh Baghel, as observers for the upcoming Maharashtra polls. The move is seen as a recalibration of its strategy for the crucial Maharashtra battle. According to a party release, senior leadersMukul Wasnik and Avinash Pandehave been appointed as state election senior coordinators, while former Rajasthan CM