Punjab to present budget now on Feb 28

Chandigarh, Feb 20 (IANS) The Punjab Assembly on Thursday extended the Budget session till March 4. Also, the Budget would be presented on February 28, not on February 25 as decided earlier.

The decisions in this regard were taken by the Business Advisory Council of the Vidhan Sabha at its meeting here.

On the first day of the session, the House paid homage to eminent personalities, including Punjabi writers Dalip Kaur Tiwana and Jaswant Kanwal and singer Lachi Bawa.

Tributes were also paid to the four children, who died in a school van fire in Longowal.

Chief Minister Amarinder Singh hailed the Supreme Court decision to withdraw the Behbal Kalan case from the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).

He announced his government would look into the case.