Kanchan Vasdev

4 days ago | indianexpress.com | Kanchan Vasdev

Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann Tuesday stirred up a row as he attacked the BJP over Operation Sindoor, accusing it of seeking votes in the name of ‘sindoor’ (vermillion) and asked if it had started a ‘one nation, one husband’ scheme. The BJP hit back accusing Mann of insulting the widows of those killed in the Pahalgam terror attack with his ‟cheap political commentary”. Mann hit out at the BJP for allegedly seeking votes in the name of Operation Sindoor for the Ludhiana West assembly bypoll.

1 week ago | indianexpress.com | Kanchan Vasdev

A day after seeking a panel of three eligible officers for posting one of them as the Commissioner of Police (CP) of Ludhiana — “if such a requirement arises — ahead of the Ludhiana West Assembly by-election, Punjab Chief Election Officer (CEO) Sibin C on Thursday said the “letter is part of a standard and routine administrative process undertaken before every election”.

1 week ago | indianexpress.com | Kanchan Vasdev

The panchayat has declared the village nasha-mukt (drug-free). Their declaration comes amid the state-wide Yudh Nasheyan Virudh (War Against Drugs), a campaign intensified by the Bhagwant Mann-led Punjab government after AAP’s defeat in the Delhi Assembly elections in February. On March 1, the state government set up a five-member cabinet committee to monitor the crackdown, with the CM himself holding high-level meetings and directing the police to take coordinated, aggressive action.

1 week ago | indianexpress.com | Kanchan Vasdev

The Punjab government has set into motion the process to increase collector’s rates just nine months after it hiked the rates by as much as 100 per cent in August last year. Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema on Wednesday said the government asked the Deputy Commissioners to send proposals for increasing the collector’s prices for registration of property.

1 week ago | indianexpress.com | Kanchan Vasdev

Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann and AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal Monday launched an ‘easy registration’ system to facilitate hassle-free and transparent property registration. “This is a revolutionary step as people will not have to run from office to office, won’t have to deal with agents or middlemen as everything from start to finish will be available on phone and will be fast, clear and transparent,” Mann said.