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Tuesday, November 25, 2025
TopicPunjab government

Topic: Punjab government

Why state-owned electricity firms are under a cloud in power-surplus Punjab

The Punjab govt's decision to redevelop the land on which its oldest power plant, shut down in 2018, stands has brought out old concerns.

After unconditional apology from chief secretary, Punjab ministers end row over ‘rudeness’

Punjab ministers had ‘boycotted’ chief secretary Karan Avtar Singh after an argument over excise revenues at a 9 May meeting. 

Punjab govt orders detailed audit of Covid-19 deaths to understand high mortality rate

Punjab CM Amarinder Singh told Congress President Sonia Gandhi that his govt is strengthening its pandemic containment measures under the guidance of an expert panel.

Punjab govt approves plasma therapy on critically-ill top cop battling Covid-19

Ludhiana's Assistant Commissioner of Police Anil Kohli is admitted at Apollo Hospital, where the therapy will be performed.

Doctors & health staff, regular patients no longer need curfew passes in Punjab

Banks and ATMs have also been allowed to operate the whole week, according to the state home department's revised guidelines amid the nationwide lockdown to curb Covid-19.

Punjab CM seeks help from Centre to clear pending wage liabilities of MGNREGA workers

Punjab CM Amarinder Singh said that with Rs. 84 crores pending wages for upto 1.30 lakh workers, families would find it hard to sustain during the 21-day lockdown.

Punjab govt to suspend public transport from Friday midnight due to coronavirus outbreak

The state has also decided to shut marriage palaces, hotels, restaurants, banquets and dining places, except home delivery services and takeaways.

In wrong place at wrong time: Forgotten story of Operation Blue Star’s ‘Jodhpur detainees’

375 unarmed men, women & children were found in Golden Temple when Army entered on 6 June 1984. They remained in Jodhpur Central Jail for the next 4–5 years.

Cheaper petrol, job promise, no new taxes: Congress govt in Punjab rains sops in budget

Punjab is estimated to lose Rs 800 to Rs 1,000 crore annually on account of the VAT reduction on fuel.

Punjab panel blames railway staff & Dussehra event organisers for Amritsar train tragedy

As many as 61 people were killed in the Amritsar train tragedy this October, when they were mowed down while watching Ravan dahan on Dussehra.

On Camera

Trump’s 28-point peace plan for the Ukraine war reveals his pro-Putin inclination

The most geopolitically consequential dimension is Donald Trump’s attempt to anchor a US-Russia reset into this peace package. This includes diplomatic and economic ties.

172 countries & counting, India looks to hit new record in rice exports. But there’s a flip side

The industry forecasts exports are set to grow 16% in 2025-26, boosted by surplus domestic production and a drive to push into 26 underserved global markets with strong potential.

India and France to jointly manufacture HAMMER air-to-surface missile

Indigenisation level will progressively increase up to 60 percent with key sub-assemblies, electronics and mechanical parts being manufactured locally.

A tribute to Tejas. India’s delay culture is the real enemy in the skies

It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.