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Mann facing many financial challenges in delivering Kejriwal's poll vows

Punjab's slide into financial hell and its debilitated state today started in the post-terrorism era

Kejriwal tells Punjab ministers to perform or be ready to be replaced

AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday told the newly-appointed ministers in Punjab in no uncertain terms to perform or be ready to be replaced

Punjab: 10 AAP MLAs to take oath as Ministers in Bhagwant Mann-led Cabinet

Ten MLAs of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) will take oath as Ministers in Bhagwant Mann-led Punjab Cabinet at a swearing-in ceremony in Chandigarh on Saturday.

SAD patriarch Parkash Badal to not accept pension as former-MLA

The former Punjab chief minister said that he had never drawn any pension all his life as he had remained an active legislator from the start.

Bhagwant Mann: Now CM, former comedian gets down to serious business

From a comedian to Punjab chief minister, Bhagwant Mann has seen a phenomenal rise in a political career of just over a decade.

AAP leader Bhagwant Mann takes oath as 18th chief minister of Punjab

AAP leader Bhagwant Mann was sworn in as the Punjab chief minister on Wednesday

Golden ray of sun brought new dawn: Bhagwant Mann ahead of swearing in

The golden ray of sun has brought a new dawn on Wednesday, said AAP leader and Punjab Chief Minister-designate Bhagwant Mann

Navjot Sidhu resigns as Punjab Cong chief after Sonia sacks 5 state heads

Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu on Wednesday said he has resigned as the party's Punjab chief

Punjab will take oath to fulfil dreams of Bhagat Singh, Babasaheb: Mann

Ahead of being sworn-in as Punjab chief minister on Wednesday, AAP leader Bhagwant Mann said the entire state will be taking oath to fulfil the dreams of Bhagat Singh and Babasaheb Ambedkar

Kejriwal leaves for Punjab to attend Bhagwant Mann's oath-taking ceremony

Delhi Chief Minister and AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday left for Punjab to attend the swearing-in ceremony of chief minister-designate Bhagwant Mann.

Punjab polls: Cong candidates blame Channi, senior leaders for defeat

Several Congress candidates on Tuesday blamed indiscipline in the party and its senior leaders, including Charanjit Singh Channi, for the crushing defeat in the Punjab Assembly polls

Punjab CM-designate Bhagwant Mann to resign as Sangrur MP today

Punjab chief minister-designate Bhagwant Mann on Monday said he will submit his resignation as a member of parliament. He is a two-time Lok Sabha MP from Sangrur parliamentary constituency in the state. I will resign as Sangrur MP after going to Delhi today. The people of Sangrur have showered me with so much love for many years, many thanks for this. Now I have got an opportunity to serve the whole of Punjab. I promise to the people of Sangrur that in a few months, their voice will be heard again in the Lok Sabha, Mann said in a tweet in Punjabi. The 48-year-old AAP leader will be sworn in as the chief minister of Punjab on March 16. The ceremony will be held at Khatkar Kalan, the ancestral village of legendary freedom fighter Bhagat Singh, in Nawanshahr district. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) romped home by winning 92 seats in the 117-member Punjab assembly. It decimated the Congress and the SAD-BSP combine. Mann won from Dhuri assembly seat after defeating Congress candidate Dalvir

Congress scripted its own defeat in Punjab, says senior party leader

Former Punjab minister and senior Congress leader Balbir Singh Sidhu said that Congress leadership scripted its own defeat by giving power to turncoats.

Election Commission announces RS poll schedule for 5 seats in Punjab

As the term of five Rajya Sabha members elected from Punjab is going to expire in April, EC has announced schedule for biennial election to the Upper House of Parliament from the state

Punjab: 403 cops return to police stations after ex MPs, MLAs lose security

After stripping 122 former MPs and MLAs of security cover yesterday, Punjab Chief Minister-designate Bhagwant Mann on Sunday said that as many as 403 police personnel have returned to police stations.Addressing a roadshow in Amritsar, Mann said, "We will utilise police for what they are meant to do (work for common people); we will not bother them (with security duties of VIPs)""We have decreased the security of 122 people and due to that 403 police personnel and 27 police vehicles have returned to the police stations," he informed.Notably, the Additional Director General of Police (security) had ordered the withdrawal of security cover of 122 former MPs and MLAs in Punjab. The order was issued dated March 11, soon after Bhagwant Mann met the Director-General of Police (DGP) and the Chief Secretary after the Legislator party meeting.The list includes names of senior Congress leaders, who got security cover under the previous government along with the names of Congress MLAs who won the

Punjabis usher in 'inquilab', have got 'honest CM': Arvind Kejriwal

Stressing that three crore Punjabis have ushered in an "inquilab" (revolution), the Delhi Chief Minister said for the first time after so many years, Punjab has got an honest Chief Minister.

Covid: SpiceHealth, AAI pass buck on 'contamination' of testing machines

SpiceHealth, which was then operating in airport's arrival area, had on January 6 and January 7 tested 469 passengers who arrived from Rome and found 298 of them to be Covid positive.

Punjab going to get honest CM after years says, AAP convenor Kejriwal

AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday said after many years, Punjab is going to get an honest chief minister and asserted that his party will also give an honest government to the state

Punjab polls:13 doctors make it to assembly; vow to strengthen health infra

Punjab's health system could go under the knife with 13 doctors making it to the state assembly this election, including 10 from the AAP which is set to form the next government. "I feel the way the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) worked in Delhi in various sectors, particularly health, instilled confidence among doctors. The doctors were excited and wanted this (Delhi) system in Punjab too. "We felt if we have proper infrastructure here, we can deliver better. I was doing a government job and saw the shortcomings there, which we will rectify now," Baljit Kaur (46), an eye surgeon, commented on most of the winning AAP candidates coming from the medical background. Kaur, the AAP candidate from Malout, had defeated SAD's Harpreet Singh by a margin of 40,261 votes. The entrance of qualified doctors into the political space has got a thumbs-up from various quarters who have called it a "sign of positive change". Among the 13 doctors elected to the state assembly, two are women practitioners --

Punjab CM-designate Bhagwant Mann to take oath alone on Wednesday: Report

Punjab Chief Minister-designate and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Bhagwant Mann will take oath alone on Wednesday, party sources said on Sunday.