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Punjab Govt introduces reservation for Scheduled Castes in posts of law officers

Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann said Punjab will be the first State in the country to have such a provision for lawyers who are from the SC community

The Hindu

Over 11,000 crop residue management machines go missing in Punjab; vigilance probe ordered

Punjab’s Agriculture Minister Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal said according to initial investigation by the agriculture department, it appears that a sum of ₹125-150 crore has been misused

The Hindu

AAP says it is working to improve Punjab’s fiscal health

Shiromani Akali Dal accuses the AAP of twisting figures, misleading people

The Hindu

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At least 20 killed in Pakistan as bus-tanker crash causes fire

The accident happened on a highway in Punjab province when the bus rammed into the oil tanker from behind.

Al Jazeera

Bus rams into fuel truck in eastern Pakistan, killing 20

Pakistani police and rescue officials say that a passenger bus rammed into a fuel truck on a highway in eastern Punjab province, igniting a fire that killed at least 20 people

The Independent UK

Time has come to weed out corruption, communalism to fulfil dreams of freedom fighters: Mann

CM Bhagwant Mann said the people of Punjab planted a sapling by bringing the Aam Aadmi Party to power in the State and the plant has started bearing fruits now

The Hindu

Giving tax money back to people can't be called 'revris': Punjab CM Mann

CM Bhagwant Mann said his government will spend money on people as it belongs to them.

The Hindu

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India at 75 | On I-Day, Punjab CM Mann launches 75 'Aam Aadmi Clinics'

The mohalla clinics will offer around 100 types of clinical tests for free, besides giving medicines to patients at no cost

The Hindu

How were the States formed and how has the Indian map changed since 1947?

The last transformation of the Indian map happened in 2019 with the creation of the Union Territories of J&K and Ladakh

The Hindu

ISI-backed terror module busted ahead of I-Day celebrations in Punjab

Districts bordering the international border with Pakistan has been put on an alert ahead of Independence Day celebrations.

The Hindu

‘Finally we are together’: partition’s broken families reunite after seven decades

Social media is helping long-lost relatives discover each other after a lifetime separated by the India-Pakistan border

The Guardian - UK

Punjab bans use of 10 insecticides

Reports show that the long grain rice contained residues of pesticides above limit

The Hindu

Compressed Biogas Plant begins production in Sangrur: Punjab Minister

The plant with a capacity of 33.23 tonne CBG per day had started commercial production of the same

The Hindu

Tyler Cowen: The future of travel is less exotic

I am writing this from Amritsar, India, in the state of Punjab. The Sikh Golden Temple here is one of India’s leading attractions, and last night I shared space with thousands of people over the course of four or five hours. In that time, I saw only two people who…

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ICAR develops vaccine for Lumpy Skin Disease in cattle

As of August 8, the disease has spread to Rajasthan, Gujarat, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Andaman & Nicobar and Uttarakhand

The Hindu

After Delhi & Punjab, Aam Aadmi Party recognised as State party in Goa by Election Commission: Arvind Kejriwal

“If we get recognised in one more State, we will officially be declared as a national party,” Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party convenor Arvind Kejriwal said.

The Hindu

Electricity amendment Bill attack on constitutional rights of States, says Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann

Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann accused the Union government of “weakening” the foundations of the federal structure through “such nefarious designs”.

The Hindu

Punjab CM bats for legal guarantee of Minimum Support Price

Haryana CM claims farmers’ income is constantly increasing

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The Hindu

Lumpy skin disease: Over 66,000 doses of goat pox vaccine procured by Punjab

Punjab, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Gujarat and Andaman and Nicobar Islands have been hit by the outbreak of the disease.

The Hindu

Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann to raise issues of legal guarantee to MSP, farm debt at NITI Aayog meeting

Speaking to reporters in Chandigarh on August 6, Bhagwant Mann slammed his predecessors Charanjit Singh Channi and Amarinder Singh for not attending such meetings earlier.

The Hindu

Punjab government faces flak over non-payment of dues under AB-MMSBY

The Centre-State health insurance scheme covers nearly 40 lakh families, makes treatment accessible at govt. and empanelled private hospitals

The Hindu

Data | In 10 States, including T.N. & Delhi, more than 50% new admissions were in private schools in FY20-21

In ten States/U.T.s — Puducherry, Telangana, Uttarakhand, Haryana, Tamil Nadu, Sikkim, Punjab, Nagaland, Delhi and Rajasthan — more than 50% of new admissions in the last two years were in private schools.

The Hindu

Government says air pollution primarily urban phenomenon; experts disapprove

Of the 1,243 air quality monitoring stations covering 465 cities in the country, only 26 have been installed in rural areas — 24 in Punjab and two in Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu on an experimental basis.

Dynamite News

Punjab: Moga police gets Lawrence Bishnoi's custody for 10 days

Senior Superintendent of Police, Moga, Gulneet Singh Khurana, said that Bishnoi was brought for questioning in an attempt to murder case filed in December 2021 in which the police had arrested a sharpshooter from Bishnoi's gang Monu Dagar. Full story on Dynamite News:

The Hindu

Andhra Pradesh: 25-student team to visit Punjab on cultural, linguistic exchange tour

Indian Railways, Ministry of Education organising the tour as part of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav

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