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Punjab is in economic morass and debt trap, says White Paper on state's financial plight
•The document presented by Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema, two days ahead of the presentation of the state budget in the House, blamed previous governments for the fiscal mess
Opposition parties in Punjab slam AAP; says 'remote controlled' from Delhi
•While Congress legislative party leader Partap Singh Bajwa claimed that people of the state did not vote for the government which was to be 'remote controlled' from Delhi, Shiromani Akali Dal chief Sukhbir Singh Badal dubbed Arvind Kejriwal's meeting as 'unconstitutional and unacceptable'
Hamza Shahbaz to take oath in Bagh-e-Jinnah as new chief minister of Pakistan's Punjab province
•The Leader of the Opposition in the Punjab Assembly Hamza Shahbaz was elected as the chief minister in the Opposition's symbolic Assembly session on 6 April, 2022
Explained: Bhagwant Mann’s resolution to transfer Chandigarh to Punjab and the old war over the capital
Fp Explainers •The Punjab chief minister moved a resolution in the Assembly, seeking the immediate transfer of Chandigarh to Punjab. Why is the spotlight back on the Union Territory?
Punjab Assembly elections: Three special observers of Election Commission review poll preparedness
•The special observers took stock of the overall poll preparedness, including COVID-19 preparedness, staff preparedness, the SVEEP activities, the critical and vulnerable polling booths and adequate availability of electronic voting machines
Amarinder backs extension of BSF jurisdiction, opposes Punjab Assembly resolution against Centre's move
•The BSF, like the Punjab Police, is our own force and not any external or foreign force coming to occupy our land, Amarinder said in a statement
Punjab Assembly passes four bills to counter Centre's farm laws, adopts resolution
•The bills provide for imprisonment of not less than three years for the sale or purchase of wheat or paddy below MSP, seek to prevent hoarding and black-marketing of agricultural produce, and to exempt farmers from the attachment of land up to 2.5 acres.
Captain Amarinder Singh tables three bills in Punjab Assembly to counter Centre's farm laws
•A resolution against the contentious farm laws was moved on Tuesday by the Leader of the House on the second day of a special Assembly session in Chandigarh
Punjab to bring legislation to counter Centre's farm laws; to hold special Assembly session on 19 October
•Farmers protesting in the state have expressed apprehensions that the Centre's new laws will pave way for removing MSP and leave them at the mercy of big corporates
India sees over 75,000 new COVID-19 cases, recovery rate at 76.24%; Bengal observes 'strict' lockdown
Fp Staff •The health ministry said that the COVID-19 recovery rate rose to 76.24 percent, while the COVID-19 case fatality rate has declined to 1.83 percent in India