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TopicAAP Punjab

Topic: AAP Punjab

AAP’s budget for debt-hit Punjab factors in another Rs 50,000 cr in loans, grant promised for women missing

Total expenditure up by 26% more than last yr. Punjab's burgeoning debt remains a concern as budgetary estimates risk pushing it to over Rs 3.47 lakh crore, or 46.8% of GSDP.

‘AAP’s Taliban regime,’ cry Oppn as cops yet to arrest culprits who chopped off man’s fingers

A video has gone viral showing the brutal act from 8 February, showing two men severing four fingers of another.

Asked about Amritpal & Khalistan, Punjab CM Mann speaks of mohalla clinics, schools & steel plants

Bhagwant Mann went off on a tangent this week when mediapersons asked about radical activist Amritpal Sandhu. Experts blame ‘political compulsion’ but warn of heavy costs.

Opposition takes aim at Mann govt after Punjab AAP MLA’s aide arrested ‘for accepting bribe’

Rashim Garg, a close aide of Aam Aadmi Party MLA Amit Rattan Kotfatta, was arrested by the Punjab Vigilance Bureau while allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 4 lakh.

5 scandals dogging AAP mohalla clinics in Punjab: ‘Rs 30 cr for publicity, holy names dropped’

Arvind Kejriwal Friday launched 400 'Aam Aadmi' clinics in Amritsar, but some of the controversies surrounding these mohalla clinics have snowballed into major political issues.

‘Disgruntled’ with govt over sacrilege cases’ probe, AAP MLA quits Punjab assembly panel 

Kunwar Vijay Pratap Singh emailed his resignation to the Speaker soon after the latter cancelled all scheduled house panel meetings, asking the committee heads to meet him instead.

AAPpropriation: Photo of model govt classroom tweeted by Punjab minister is from Congress rule

The image 'passed off' by Punjab’s Minister of Education Harjot Singh Bains as his achievement is actually from 2018, when Amarinder Singh was in charge.

Detained? Would rather take a bullet, Goldy Brar calls scribe to diss AAP govt’s arrest claims

It was widely reported Friday that the alleged murderer of singer and Congress leader Sidhu Moose Wala had been caught by the FBI; Punjab CM had confirmed news.

After recruitment ‘scam’, Punjab AAP govt now faces opposition heat over promotion ‘scam’  

Senior Congress leader Sukhpal Singh Khaira claims officials took bribes to pass failed candidates in exam to promote revenue clerks to officers, demands vigilance probe.

Dera follower is 2nd Punjab Police protectee killed within week, opposition heat on AAP govt

Pardeep Singh, accused in Bargari sacrilege, was shot Thursday, less than week after killing of a Shiv Sena (Taksali) leader. Deteriorating law & order has put state govt on backfoot.

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Is India recalibrating Russian oil import strategy? Saudi Arabia discount offer is key

India has indicated several times that it makes decisions to purchase oil from Russia based on commercial reasons and not geopolitics.

At launch of NITI Aayog report, Sitharaman calls for regulation to run at par with AI adoption

FM adds that AI-assisted technologies should be adopted in all districts to bring development & highlights importance of collaborative ecosystems in tech innovation.

India looks to ink deal for 114 Rafale as early as next year, some to come in fly-away condition

The Standard F4 plus version will come equipped with longer-range air-to-air missiles (two) and air-to-ground munitions than currently in service with India, ThePrint has learnt.

Gen Zs have taken down the Nepal regime. Here’s why this will never happen in India

To be truly functional and durable, even eternal, a state doesn’t just need a leader, a party or an ideology. It needs functional and robust institutions.