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Kanchan Vasdev
Kanchan is a Senior Assistant Editor with The Indian Express' Punjab bureau. She covers the Chief Minister’s Office, government policies and politics. Her 22 years of experience covering crime, women issues, environment and politics, has included a previous stint with The Tribune and has also assisted in the launch of city editions of the newspaper. She has written a monograph on Abandoned Brides by NRIs as part of Prabha Dutt memorial fellowship and as a Centre for Science and Environment fellow worked on Pollution in Satluj river. She tweets @kanchan99
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Punjab AAP names Cabinet Minister Aman Arora as party president, MLA Amansher Singh Shery Kalsi as working president
November 22, 2024 14:17 IST
Bhagwant Mann indicated this change in October at an election rally at Chabbewal.
Fri, Nov 22, 2024
Bypolls over, AAP’s next target: getting cash-strapped Punjab back on track
November 21, 2024 10:51 IST
In the land revenue, the government has been able to collect only 26.07% till October as the collection was Rs 59.97 crore as against annual estimate of Rs 230 crore.
Thu, Nov 21, 2024
Gidderbaha records highest 81% turnout in Punjab bypolls
November 21, 2024 00:52 IST
Overall 63% voter turnout registered across four Vidhan Sabha seats
Thu, Nov 21, 2024
Check quality of rice twice before sending it outside: FCI to field staff
November 18, 2024 10:04 IST
The action follows in the wake of similar reports of rice failing quality test in Nagaland, Karnataka, Assam and Arunachal Pradesh.
Mon, Nov 18, 2024
‘No land allotted to Haryana for separate Legislative Assembly’: Punjab Governor Gulab Chand Kataria douses fire
November 17, 2024 17:03 IST
Haryana had claimed it had obtained the environmental clearance to start the construction of a Legislative Assembly complex in Chandigarh.
Sun, Nov 17, 2024
Why proposal to build Haryana Vidhan Sabha complex in Chandigarh has united Punjab political partiesSubscriber Only
November 16, 2024 12:55 IST
Chandigarh is the joint capital of Punjab and Haryana. But the Punjab has long claimed sole ownership of the beautiful planned city
Sun, Nov 17, 2024
Rice sent from Punjab to Arunachal, Nagaland ‘unfit for consumption’
November 16, 2024 09:44 IST
Union ministry of consumer affairs writes to FCI to check quality of grains stored in Punjab
Sat, Nov 16, 2024
Decode Politics: Amid rows with Centre, why Bhagwant Mann govt blinked – Mohalla Clinics to PM-SHRISubscriber Only
November 15, 2024 09:40 IST
To get Central funds, cash-strapped Punjab govt would remove CM's photos from half of 881 Aam Aadmi Clinics, even as it would also implement PM-SHRI in schools
Fri, Nov 15, 2024
Court raps to Opp flak, Punjab AAP govt on back foot over local body poll delaysSubscriber Only
November 14, 2024 10:12 IST
SC has ordered Bhagwant Mann govt to conduct polls in five municipal corporations and 43 municipal councils within eight weeks
Thu, Nov 14, 2024
New Vidhan Sabha building for Haryana in Chandigarh raises tempers: will not allow it, say AAP, SGPC
November 14, 2024 09:18 IST
Centre grants environment clearance for 12 acres to be offered to Chandigarh in land exchange for Assembly complex: Gian Chand Gupta
Thu, Nov 14, 2024
Jolt to AAP govt as SC directs to notify civic polls in 2 weeks
November 12, 2024 08:53 IST
Top court upholds HC order and brushes aside state's request for time to carry out delimitation: 'you want to delay (polls) on some pretext or the other'
Tue, Nov 12, 2024
New DGP as per our new law: Punjab to tell Supreme Court
November 11, 2024 09:34 IST
With the top court likely to take up the matter on November 14, Punjab has prepared its reply after taking legal advice.
Mon, Nov 11, 2024
Shanan Power Project: Punjab says 110-MW project its ‘right’, hours after Sukhu sought Centre help to reclaim it
November 08, 2024 10:50 IST
Both states cite the Punjab Reorganization Act, 1966, to bolster claim
Fri, Nov 08, 2024
Unchecked sand mining, damaged bridge forcing 30-km detour: No relief in sight for 200 Punjab village as authorities grapple with fund crunch
November 07, 2024 13:04 IST
The Kalwa-Nangal bridge over the Swan river in Punjab has been closed since last December after it suffered significant damage due to sand mining.
Thu, Nov 07, 2024
Farm leaders discuss 13 demands with SC-constituted panel
November 05, 2024 13:04 IST
The Haryana government stated that “the state suffered huge losses due to the farm agitation in 2019-2020, hence the borders were barricaded heavily, and the matter is pending in the apex court”.
Tue, Nov 05, 2024
As deadline for wheat sowing nears, wait for balers leaves farmers anxious
November 05, 2024 12:10 IST
With the Supreme Court tightening the noose around those burning stubble, the farmers have no other option but to manage it by using CRM machines.
Tue, Nov 05, 2024
Trudeau using Punjabis for political survival: Capt Amarinder Singh on Brampton temple clashes
November 04, 2024 22:26 IST
Former Punjab CM says Trudeau damaging Canada-India ties for electoral gains
Tue, Nov 05, 2024
In Punjab’s Gidderbaha, old rivalries flare as Warring wife battles it out with Manpreet BadalSubscriber Only
November 02, 2024 20:20 IST
In the bypoll the seat vacated by state Congress chief is also witnessing his wife Amrita fight with AAP’s Hardeep Dhillon, who had lost to Warring on a SAD ticket in 2012
Sun, Nov 03, 2024
IAS officer turned farmer in Punjab shows the way, grows paddy using only 25% water than normally sown paddy
November 02, 2024 16:49 IST
To support this method, Kahan Singh Pannu collaborated with National Agricultural Implements in Ludhiana to develop a machine that can create beds and plant seeds.
Sat, Nov 02, 2024
Punjab earns Rs 2,060 crore from e-auction of properties
October 30, 2024 20:38 IST
Mundian highlighted the high level of participation as a testament to the government’s efforts to attract investors.
Wed, Oct 30, 2024
Decode Politics: Why AAP may be looking for a new party chief in Punjab, and why a Hindu faceSubscriber Only
October 29, 2024 16:43 IST
The party’s poor showing in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, Bhagwant Mann’s inaccessibility to MLAs have prompted a series of changes recently
Wed, Oct 30, 2024
After 1.5-year absence, Amarinder returns to make farm outreach, may campaign for bypolls
October 26, 2024 12:29 IST
Amarinder, accompanied by daughter and BJP mahila morcha president Jai Inder Kaur, visited the Khanna grain market, considered as Asia's biggest, in the morning just before the farmers led by the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) started laying siege on the state's highways
Sat, Oct 26, 2024
After 1.5-year absence, Amarinder Singh returns to make farm outreach, may campaign for bypollsSubscriber Only
October 25, 2024 16:01 IST
Senior BJP leader visits the Khanna grain market to meet farmer protesters, asks why CM Mann has not visited any mandis despite paddy procurement crisis
Sat, Oct 26, 2024
Punjab farmers bearing the brunt of loss as parties resort to blame game over slow paddy lifting
October 25, 2024 09:39 IST
Punjab, which currently holds 130 lakh tonnes of rice, faces logistics hurdles as it aims to procure 124 lakh tonnes in the current season.
Fri, Oct 25, 2024
Centre is on a witch-hunt against Punjab farmers … Wants to teach a lesson for 2020 protests: State Agriculture MinisterSubscriber Only
October 24, 2024 09:00 IST
“We have been able to control stubble burning to a large extent … farmers only setting corners of fields on fire as harvesting machines cannot reach that part,” says Gurmeet Singh Khuddian.
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