CHANDIGARH: During the special session of the Punjab Vidhan Sabha, Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann said the newly rechristened ‘Viksit Bharat – Guarantee Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission Gramin (VB-G RAM G)’ is aimed at snatching food, jobs and dignity from Dalits, women and the poorest families. He asserted that by rushing the new law through Parliament within just 14 hours, the Union government has hollowed out the very soul of the rights-based Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) scheme.

AMRITSAR: In the case of 328 sacred forms of Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji, SGPC President Advocate Harjinder Singh Dhami questioned the Punjab government during a high-level press conference today and said that the government's decision to register an FIR despite the fact that the SGPC has been recognized as a competent body in the High Court and is authorized to take action in its administrative matters proves its political intentions.

AMRITSAR: In a major breakthrough, Amritsar Commissionerate Police has busted a cross-border drug smuggling cartel with links to Pakistan-based handlers with the arrest of seven accused persons and recovered 4.075 kg heroin, 1 kg Methamphetamine— commonly known as ICE, and one 9mm Glock pistol from their possession, said Director General of Police (DGP) Punjab Gaurav Yadav here on Tuesday.

CHANDIGARH: Punjab Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema today launched a scathing attack on the BJP-led Union Government, pointing out that the Centre is systematically dismantling the MGNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act) scheme and stripping the poor of their right to a livelihood