Stretchers out in Punjab House

“AAP MLAs and the Akalis are conspiring to disrupt proceedings of the House. Action should be taken against all legislators who have been breaking Assembly rules and throwing papers at the Speaker, besides creating a ruckus over non-issues Capt Amarinder Singh, Chief Minister If elected representatives are treated like this, imagine how the ruling party will […]

Debt trap: Farm labourers account for half of suicides

Chandigarh : Agricultural labourers account for half of the farm suicides in the state, but they found no mention in the Chief Minister’s debt waiver announcement on Monday. The CM said today that his government did not have a record of the number of landless labourers or their debt. He proposed that a five-member committee […]

Not-seen-before scenes in House

Chandigarh : In an unprecedented step, the Punjab Speaker today ordered that all 19 Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLAs be forcibly evicted from the Vidhan Sabha. Marshals then physically lifted the MLAs, holding them by their arms and legs, causing injuries to some. Two legislators were hospitalised, even as women MLAs claimed they were inappropriately […]

Punjab CM sets up five member house committee to cover landless farm labourers under debt waiver scheme

CHANDIGARH : Punjab Chief minister Capt Amarinder Singh today said that state government has no record of landless farm labourers who could not be covered under farmers debt waiver scheme. Chief minister was responding to criticism by farm organisations and opposition parties who said landless farmers and labourers who are under debt were not given […]