Punjab debt goes up by over ₹47,000 crore, experts call for check on freebies 

Punjab debt goes up by over ₹47,000 crore, experts call for check on freebies 

Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann | Photo Credit: – Punjab has accumulated a debt of over ₹47,000 crore in the past a year and a half, prompting calls from economists to rationalise freebies amid lack of resources to make fresh capital investments as the State’s outstanding debt hovers over 50% of its GDP. Chief Minister Bhagwant … Read more

Have been flagging issue of delivery of weapons, drugs from Pakistan via drones: Amarinder Singh

Have been flagging issue of delivery of weapons, drugs from Pakistan via drones: Amarinder Singh

Amarinder Singh | File Photo | Photo Credit: PTI A day after Punjab Governor Banwarilal Purohit called the menace of illegal drugs a major concern for the state, former Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Thursday said he had flagged from time to time the issue of delivery of weapons and drugs from Pakistan via drones … Read more

Veteran CPI leader D Pandian no more; Tamil Nadu leaders condole death

Veteran CPI leader D Pandian no more; Tamil Nadu leaders condole death

CPI veteran and the party’s former state secretary D Pandian died here on Friday following illness, the party said. The 88-year old former MP was not keeping well and had been admitted to a government hospital where he breathed his last Friday. Tamil Nadu Governor Banwarilal Purohit, Chief Minister K Palaniswami, DMK President M K … Read more