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Punjab: 6 years on, 30% works to upgrade school infra fail to take off

Hindustan Times 13 Dec 2025
About 30% of works sanctioned over the past six years to improve government school infrastructure in Punjab under Centre’s flagship education sector programme Samagra Shiksha are still pending ... News / Cities / Chandigarh / Punjab.
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Navjot Kaur Sidhu seeks security, accuses Punjab govt of shielding land, liquor mafia

Hindustan Times 13 Dec 2025
In a post on X, Sidhu warned that any threat to his safety would be the Chief Minister's responsibility and questioned the lack of response to issues he had earlier raised with the Punjab Governor ... Navjot Kaur Sidhu Bhagwant Mann Punjab.
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Punjab Zila parishad, panchayat samiti polls: Gangster-turned-politician detained, HC orders release hours later

Hindustan Times 13 Dec 2025
... the December 14 rural elections, the Punjab and Haryana high court on Friday ordered his release upon furnishing bail bonds ... News / Cities / Chandigarh / Punjab Zila parishad, panchayat samiti polls.
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Punjab to reform its art education after 40 years

Hindustan Times 13 Dec 2025
The core committee, chaired by Rajeev Kumar, assistant director, AQT Cell, SCERT Punjab, includes art experts from across the state ... News / Cities / Chandigarh / Punjab to reform its art education after 40 years.
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Ensure impartial rural polls: State Election Commission to Punjab Police

Hindustan Times 13 Dec 2025
The SEC directions came a day after the Punjab and Haryana high court directed the commission to issue stringent directions to police personnel deployed on poll duty to conduct themselves in a non-partisan manner ... Punjab Police.
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Punjab: RS member Rajinder Gupta seeks expansion of int’l flights at Mohali airport

Hindustan Times 13 Dec 2025
Punjab ... Gupta stressed that the airport serves a catchment area of over 60 million people across Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Chandigarh, including a large ... News / Cities / Chandigarh / Punjab.
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Deliveries by untrained staff, lack of follow-ups driving maternal deaths: Punjab health dept review

Hindustan Times 13 Dec 2025
Rising maternal deaths in Punjab are being driven by lack of follow-up for high-risk pregnancies, home deliveries by lay midwives and deliveries handled by untrained staff, pointing to serious lapses in the state’s healthcare system.
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Using official cavalcade, Punjab minister travels 700km to dine at a wedding

Dawn 13 Dec 2025
Punjab Health Minister Khwaja Salman Rafique skipped scheduled visits to public sector health facilities in Multan on Friday and rather attended a wedding ceremony along with his official cavalcade comprising multiple SUVs and police mobile.
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BJP leader Amarinder Singh calls BJP ‘rigid,’ praises Congress’s flexibility

The Hindu 13 Dec 2025
Punjab is a different area. Look at it, everywhere the BJP is pulling through, why not in Punjab? See previous elections, how many seats have some, hardly any, says Captain Amarinder ....
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Navjot Kaur asks CM Mann to provide her security

The Hindu 13 Dec 2025
Navjot Kaur Sidhu questioned CM Mann’s “silence” over the issues she raised with Punjab Governor Gulab Chand Kataria, and accused him of “facilitating liquor and mining mafia” ....
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