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CHANDIGARH: The Punjab assembly on Monday unanimously passed a resolution condemning the failure of the BJP-led central govt to sanction a special financial package required to address the state’s worst floods in decades.Moved by water resources minister Barinder Kumar Goyal on Friday, the resolution sparked two days of heated debate and sharp exchanges between the…
Chandigarh: In an alarming revelation, a pilot study found high levels of lead and uranium in the blood of children and in groundwater samples from Bathinda, Ropar and Chandigarh, posing a grave public health crisis.The study, carried out by Panjab University’s Geo-Environmental Research Laboratory in collaboration with Baba Farid NGO among children in the age…
Ghulam Nabi Azad (File photo) NEW DELHI: The Election Commission on Wednesday announced biennial polls to four Rajya Sabha berths from J&K and bypoll to a seat from Punjab. Polling for these seats will be held on October 24.The four RS seats from J&K have been vacant since Feb 2021. The UT was under President’s…
NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Amit Malviya on Tuesday criticised leader of the opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, calling his Punjab visit a “drama.”“After yet another secret holiday in Malaysia’s Langkawi, Rahul Gandhi landed in Punjab, a state Congress lost to AAP, to stage yet another drama,” Malviya said in a…
AMRITSAR/GURDASPUR: Congress MP Rahul Gandhi toured several flood-ravaged villages in Amritsar and Gurdaspur districts Monday. His visit came six days after PM Modi dropped by flood-affected areas of Punjab.Rahul chose to keep the media at bay throughout. He later posted on X: “The floods have caused severe devastation in Punjab. I met villagers in Ghonewal…
Rescue workers use a excavator to search victims through the rubble of damaged homes following flash flooding due to heavy rains. (AP) Even as floodwaters began to recede in parts of south Punjab, the scale of destruction remains staggering, nearly 2.5 million people have been forced to flee their homes and at least 101 lives…
NEW DELHI: Richi Kaypee, the son of Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader and former MP Mohinder Singh Kaypee, died in a road accident in Jalandhar, police said on Sunday.The accident took place around 11 pm on Saturday near Mata Rani Chowk in Jalandhar’s Model Town area, when a speeding vehicle collided with Richi Kaypee’s SUV…
