Chandigarh: The cost of childbirth in Punjab is nearly 50% higher than the national averag. That is not all. a gap reflected across treatments as families in the agrarian border state continue to bear a heavy out-of-pocket healthcare burden, shows a new survey by the National Statistics Office. Data from the ‘Survey on Household Social…
CHANDIGARH: Close on the heels of seven Rajya Sabha MPs, including six from Punjab, leaving AAP to join the BJP, senior Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader and former minister Bikram Singh Majithia on Tuesday claimed that two Lok Sabha MPs of AAP may also quit the party. Majithia posted on X, “Another day, another departure…
Chandigarh: Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal on Monday lashed out at Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann for power cuts and promised to make Punjab a surplus state again “once SAD forms the govt in 2027”.Badal posted on X, “Shame on Bhagwant Mann govt for pushing Punjab into darkness amid scorching 40°C+ heat!…
Chandigarh: Former Punjab deputy chief minister and Gurdaspur MP Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa on Monday alleged that the Aam Aadmi Party and the Bharatiya Janata Party were acting in tandem to undermine the state’s mandate, calling it a “betrayal” of Punjab.He claimed that what the BJP “could not achieve directly” in the state had been facilitated…
Chandigarh: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) will hold a meeting of its MLAs in Jalandhar on April 29 with party’s state in-charge Manish Sisodia, a move that comes in the wake of its two primary 2022 election strategists, Raghav Chadha and Sandeep Pathak, defecting to the BJP.The session follows claims made by Chadha that more…
Amritsar: A group of members of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) has urged Akal Takht officiating jathedar Giani Kuldeep Singh Gargajj to summon Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal to the Akal Takht over his recent remarks allegedly describing the Dec 2, 2024, ‘hukamnama’ (edict) as a “conspiracy”.The ‘hukamnama’ had held the…
Chandigarh: Punjab power minister Sanjeev Arora on Monday said there will be no power shortage in the state from May 1, asserting that preparations are in place to meet a sharp surge in demand amid the ongoing heatwave.He said electricity demand jumped from 7,900 MW on April 15 to over 12,000 MW by April 25…
Chandigarh: Punjab minister Sanjeev Arora, whose premises were raided by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) recently, on Monday said he had not spoken with defector Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha for the past six-eight months, while asserting he would continue to be with AAP.Replying to a question if he would quit AAP, Arora said, “I am…
Panchkula: Panchkula police have arrested a former state-level kabaddi player from Punjab and seized heroin worth over Rs 1 crore from his vehicle.The accused, Rashpal Singh alias Lali (38), a resident of Tarn Taran district, was found carrying 538 grams of heroin. The arrest was made on April 23 by the crime branch team from…
Chandigarh: After days of intense heatwave conditions, residents may finally get some relief as the weather department has forecast rain and thunderstorms for three days starting from Tuesday. The change in weather is expected to bring down temperatures and ease the prevailing heat.According to the latest weather bulletin, dry conditions prevailed over the past 24…
