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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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Purohit out, Punjab gets new governor
July 28, 2024 07:39 IST
Purohit, 83, had resigned on February 3 citing personal reasons. On March 7, however, he had stated that his resignation has not been accepted that he has been asked to continue.
Sun, Jul 28, 2024
Will continue to visit border districts even if CM ‘feels bad’: Guv Purohit
July 27, 2024 08:18 IST
Reacting to Mann's barb that Purohit had lost elections thrice, the Governor said he won elections five times and lost three times. 'I do not care. I have seen defeat and victory. But it is not zero. It is 60 a per cent result,' he added.
Sun, Jul 28, 2024
AAP appoints in-charges in 4 Assembly seats in Punjab vacated after Lok Sabha elections
July 26, 2024 08:22 IST
Out of these four seats, the Congress had won three and the AAP had bagged one in the 2022 Assembly elections. The AAP had won 92 seats in the 2022 assembly polls
Fri, Jul 26, 2024
Punjab won’t withdraw free electricity schemes, CM Bhagwant Mann makes it clear; govt chalks out long-term plan to rationalise subsidies
July 25, 2024 19:48 IST
Punjab has prepared an ambitious rationalisation plan under which 80 per cent of the agriculture power feeders and 100 per cent of the domestic power feeders will be powered by solar energy by 2047
Thu, Jul 25, 2024
NITI Aayog meeting: Mann unlikely to attend meeting, ‘AAP to go with INDIA bloc decision’
July 25, 2024 08:19 IST
AAP spokesperson Neel Garg said, “AAP national secretary (organisation) Dr Sandeep Pathak stated the importance of Niti Aayog meetings.”
Thu, Jul 25, 2024
16th Finance Commission visit: Mann govt demands Rs1.32-lakh crore special package, hike in states’ share to 50% in taxes
July 23, 2024 08:18 IST
Panagariya terms ‘good idea’ the state govt’s demand to consider weightage of its contribution towards food security of the country
Tue, Jul 23, 2024
Splitsville after live-in relationship: Punjab women’s panel chief says got 100 complaints in two months
July 20, 2024 07:45 IST
The PSWC chairperson said that maximum complaints received by the commission were of domestic violence, both mental and physical, and also of old parents being abandoned by their sons.
Sat, Jul 20, 2024
Amid reports of differences Sanjay Singh mediating, Punjab CM Mann and Speaker hold closed-door meeting
July 20, 2024 07:25 IST
The meeting comes amid reports of the Speaker taking a group of Aam Aadmi Party legislators to the national capital for a meeting with Sunita Kejriwal, wife of Delhi Chief Minister and party national convenor Arvind Kejriwal, following the party’s poor show in the Lok Sabha elections in Punjab.
Sat, Jul 20, 2024
Amid new flare-up over Punjab Bill, a look at key flashpoints in Governor Purohit, Mann govt tiesSubscriber Only
July 19, 2024 10:06 IST
Following President's move to return Bill seeking removal of Governor as Chancellor of universities, AAP govt is set to explore legal options, with CM Mann calling it “undemocratic”
Fri, Jul 19, 2024
Punjab farmers to receive Rs 7,000 per acre for crop diversification
July 19, 2024 09:28 IST
Expressing concern over pest attacks, particularly Pink Bollworm and whitefly on cotton crops, Khuddian sought Chouhan's intervention in expediting research and approval for the Next Generation BG-3 cotton seeds.
Fri, Jul 19, 2024
Citing its sub-judice status, Punjab CM Mann refuses to talk SYL, gets Opp brickbats
July 19, 2024 08:51 IST
Replying to a specific query from the media on the SYL canal — an issue that has remained a bone of contention between Haryana and Punjab for four decades — Mann said, “The matter is sub-judice. I have spoken to you in detail about the matter several times in the past. The matter is in the Supreme Court and I will not be able to comment on the issue”.
Fri, Jul 19, 2024
Amid mounting debt, Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann meets finance commission chief, seeks grant
July 17, 2024 10:08 IST
The meeting took place ahead of the Finance Commission’s visit to Punjab on July 22 and 23.
Wed, Jul 17, 2024
Is Cabinet berth waiting for Mohinder Bhagat? Up to CM Mann to keep poll promise
July 14, 2024 08:42 IST
Mann already has four Schedule Caste members, and 11 from the general category in his Cabinet.
Sun, Jul 14, 2024
In Jalandhar West prestige battle, Bhagwant Mann has last laugh as AAP pulls off big win after LS blowSubscriber Only
July 13, 2024 13:30 IST
Mann’s bid to lead AAP’s campaign from front in Jalandhar West is not just about clinching bypoll but also aimed at strengthening the party in Majha and Doaba regions for 2027 Assembly polls
Sat, Jul 13, 2024
Congress MLA says not allowed inside Punjab Secretariat, CM’s security points finger at CISF
July 13, 2024 08:08 IST
A Congress MLA Friday claimed that he was not allowed to enter Punjab Civil Secretariat premises while Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann was present there, even as a senior police officer sought to deflect the blame on to the CISF personnel, who man the Secretariat. Adampur MLA Sukhwinder Singh Kotli also released a video of him […]
Sat, Jul 13, 2024
Amid farm, trade tightrope, Bhagwant Mann government gets a breather by HC order on opening Shambhu borderSubscriber Only
July 10, 2024 19:52 IST
The BJP-led Haryana govt, which has maintained that it would create a law and order problem if farmers are allowed to move towards Delhi, would now come under pressure
Thu, Jul 11, 2024
Bhagwant Mann urges farmers to lift dharna, they say: ‘mediate, get our issues resolved by Centre’
July 10, 2024 08:55 IST
Bhagwant Mann gives Rs 1 crore to kin of farmer killed in clashes with security forces, appointment letter to his sister as constable.
Wed, Jul 10, 2024
Ahead of finance commission visit, state readies pitch for bailout package
July 09, 2024 09:19 IST
While the officials are busy preparing for the demands to be made from the Finance Commission, they are waiting for Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann to be back from Jalandhar.
Tue, Jul 09, 2024
As monsoon sets in, a race against time to strengthen Ghaggar’s embankments
July 07, 2024 08:18 IST
Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann had on June 19 visited the Makror Sahib area to ensure the repair and desilting work, wherever required, could be expedited.
Sun, Jul 07, 2024Bhagwant Mann govt writes to Centre, seeks Punjabi translation of the three new criminal laws
July 06, 2024 08:22 IST
The three new criminal laws – Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, and Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam – have replaced the Indian Penal Code, 1860, the Code of Criminal Procedure Act, 1898, and the Indian Evidence Act, 1872, respectively.
Sat, Jul 06, 2024
Amritpal Singh to take oath as MP on July 5, will be flown in from Assam jail to Lok Sabha Speaker’s chamber
July 03, 2024 13:10 IST
The Deputy Commissioner of Amritsar has given Amritpal Singh parole for up to four days starting July 5.
Wed, Jul 03, 2024
AAP earlier protested against new laws: Punjab quietly shifts to new criminal laws, arms cops with iPads, phones, translations
July 03, 2024 10:37 IST
West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee and Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah have written to the Centre against the implementation of the new laws.
Wed, Jul 03, 2024
To bring Punjab’s economy back on track, CM Bhagwant Mann reaches out to Arvind Subramanian
July 03, 2024 09:14 IST
The state government, it is learnt, has sought from Subramanian to help the state with solutions so that it is able to spend on capital expenditure and contribute to development. With freebies bleeding the exchequer dry, the state is unable to spend much under the capital expenditure head.
Wed, Jul 03, 2024
Sworn in as MP, Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer resigns from Punjab Cabinet
June 26, 2024 19:51 IST
Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann will likely keep the Sports and Youth Welfare portfolio vacated by Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer with him until the Cabinet is rejigged.
Wed, Jun 26, 2024
Payment of Rs 1,750 crore: Punjab stalemate continues over change of mohalla clinics’ facade
June 26, 2024 08:32 IST
After taking over Punjab, the AAP set up 829 flagship Aam Aadmi Clinics across the state, providing at least 80 diagnostic tests free of cost.
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