Chandigarh, The Punjab and Haryana High Court has allowed extension of paramilitary deployment in Patiala city, till September 26, in view of the farmers’ protest scheduled to begin on Friday. The court accepted the plea of Punjab Advocate General Atul Nanda that the paramilitary forces, which were already in Punjab till September 20 in the wake of the Dera violence, should be allowed to remain in Patiala for a further period, till September 26. The court, hearing the Mohit Kapoor

Chandigarh, The Congress on Wednesday announced Punjab unit President Sunil Jakhar as the party candidate for the Gurdaspur Lok Sabha seat by-election.

The bypoll is scheduled to be held on October 11 and the result will be announced on October 15.

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To ensure that the benefits of its various welfare programmes reach the rural poor, the Punjab government has decided to launch a new scheme – the Mahatma Gandhi Sarbat Vikas Yojna (MGSVY) – in line with the Antyodaya principles.

Chandigarh- The Shiromani Akali Dal lashed out at the Congress government for making announcement of loan waiver of the farmers for 10th time in 6 months and said that with empty coffers government was making latest announcement only to mislead the farmers with an eye on Gurdaspur bye poll.

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The Punjab Cabinet on Wednesday gave its approval to notify the crop loan waiver scheme announced by Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh in the state assembly in June this year.
Besides taking over the entire eligible loan amount of the farmers covered by the debt waiver scheme, the government has decided to also take over the outstanding interest of farmers from 1st April, 2017 till the date of

On the fourth day of nominations, 1nomination was filed for Gurdaspur parliamentary constituency bye elections.
Disclosing this here a Spokesperson said that independent candidate Pardeep Kumar Resident of Tiyagi wali gali, Gurdaspur had field his paper with returning officer.
He said September 22, 2017 is last day for nominations.

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Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) will hold a massive 'Kisan Sammelan' in Kotkapura on Wednesday September 20, to expose the betrayal and discrimination by both the centre and various state governments in the name of debt waiver with

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The Justice (Retd) Mehtab Singh Gill Commission of Inquiry on Tuesday submitted to Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh its second interim report, which has found political vendetta involved in all the 47 cases identified 

Chandigarh, Punjab's Leader of Opposition Sukhpal Singh Khaira on Tuesday accused Chief Minister Amarinder Singh and his government of fudging figures on the growing number of suicides by debt-ridden farmers in the state.

Questioning farmer suicide data disclosed by the Chief Minister in the present Congress government rule so far 

Chandigarh, Returning to power after a long gap of 10 years and bearing the political burden of the populist promises made in the run-up to assembly polls in Punjab earlier this year, the Congress, and particularly Chief Minister Amarinder Singh, must be feeling the pressure from within and outside.

With the new government completing six months in office on Sep 16, the political honeymoon is over and he has to now deliver on the big promises the party made.