Chandigarh, March 22 (IANS) Leader of the Opposition in the Punjab Vidhan Sabha, Partap Singh Bajwa, on Sunday joined the protest along with Congress workers, standing in solidarity with the family of Gagandeep Singh Randhawa, the District Manager of the Punjab State Warehousing Corporation, who ended his life and accused a minister of harassment and coercion. Bajwa reiterated that “this is not merely a fight for one family, but a larger battle for justice, accountability, and the protection o…
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Chandigarh, March 6 (IANS) Even as the Budget session of the Punjab Vidhan Sabha is underway and the government is highlighting its claims of maintaining an “upright” law and order situation while projecting policing initiatives, a village sarpanch was shot dead in broad daylight in Moga district on Friday. Sarpanch of Patto village, Harvinder Singh Happy, was gunned down in the Baghapurana area of Moga.According to initial reports, armed assailants arrived in a vehicle, surrounded the sarpa…
Chandigarh, Dec 30 (IANS) The Punjab Vidhan Sabha on Tuesday unanimously passed a resolution moved by Rural Development and Panchayats Minister Tarunpreet Singh Sond, decrying the initiative by the government of India (GoI) for replacing of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) with the new law, Viksit Bharat – Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin). The new scheme takes away the right to guaranteed wages and employment from poor labourers, women and lakh…