Punjab was due to submit compensation & compliance report to Central Pollution Control Board by 25 August. In 2022, it failed to pay Rs 2,080 cr. A look at Punjab's waste management issues.
Sikh hardliner & MP Sarabjit Singh Khalsa was first to speak against film after its trailer was launched. One of main objections has been portrayal of Bhindranwale.
Punjab has sought a bailout package. Analysts say Punjab not entirely wrong in blaming Centre, but state must also put its own house in order, rationalise subsidies & spend judiciously.
According to govt data, Punjab is among the bottom five states in terms of chicken consumption, with Haryana & Rajasthan. However, Punjabis consume high amounts of milk & dairy products.
NHAI’s complaint to chief secretary came barely month after Punjab lost 3 vital road projects on account of farmers protesting land acquisition, and demanding better prices for land.
Malwinder Singh Sidhu faces charges ranging from misusing official position to organising paid-protest to get favourable judgment in ‘fake’ SC certificate row involving son-in-law.
Recoveries indicate shift in smuggling of narcotics from India-Pakistan border into state, with smugglers veering more towards pushing 'Ice' or crystal meth than heroin or ‘chitta’.
Digvijay, the younger brother of former deputy CM Dushyant Chautala, insists there’s ‘no politics’ behind move. Assembly polls & Panjab University student union elections due soon.
A discussion on the book ‘Punjabi Centuries’ focused on a few aspects of Punjabi identity and how they evolved. However, it did not specifically address what it means to be Punjabi.
Releasing Export Preparedness Index report, NITI Aayog CEO says Centre has ‘ticked a lot of boxes’, & responsibility of driving the next phase of export growth now rests with states.
The proposed project costing about Rs 3.25 lakh crore will entail procurement of 18 aircraft in fly away condition & the rest made in India with up to 60% indigenous content.
UK, EFTA already in the bag and EU on the way, many members of RCEP except China signed up, and even restrictions on China being lifted, India has changed its mind on trade.
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