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An estimated 13.37 crore names have been deleted across the country from draft electoral rolls prepared during the Election Commission s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) over the past year. One of them is that of the youngest Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha, who
From digitally dressing up a turbaned Sikh politician in an off-shoulder woman outfit to showing a chief minister being slapped inside a classroom, the social media battle between political rivals in Punjab seems to have hit a new low in the run-up to the Asse
Chandigarh MP Manish Tewari triggered fresh political speculation on Thursday with a cryptic social media post, hours after the Indian National Congress announced a new organisational team for Punjab without assigning him a key role. The post came shortly afte
The Punjab government Wednesday instructed all law enforcement authorities in the state not to issue any new arms licences amid concerns over alleged irregularities. Government sources revealed that Chief Secretary K A P Sinha issued oral directions to all dep
The Enforcement Directorate has for a third time sought registration of an FIR against a number of private persons and senior officials of Punjab government allegedly involved in corrupt practices. In a third letter, written to DGP Gaurav Yadav on August 31, t
Drones from across the border dropping weapons and drugs in Punjab, handlers in Pakistan sharing mission details over social media apps, and reconnaissance of police stations and religious places in Delhi police said these were part of an alleged plan by opera
The espionage investigation in Ludhiana has taken an international turn, with police uncovering a Dubai link to the alleged Pakistan-backed surveillance network. The link emerged during the interrogation of 21-year-old Aakash, a distant relative of prime accus
The Khanna Police have booked MILKFED officials, including the General Manager, and owners of two private firms for allegedly diverting the subsidised neem-coated urea supplied by the Government of India (GoI) for farmers . The persons booked have been alleged
For the last few weeks, Abdul Rashid Bhat has been worried. His daughter is getting married in two weeks, but he has been informed of a problem: a shortage of mutton in meat-loving Kashmir
The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) on Tuesday held a meeting to finalise a panel of officers for the Punjab government to appoint a regular director general of police (DGP). Senior government functionaries privy to the development said three 1992-batch
The Prime Minister s recognition of young people who overcome addiction as real warriors and his call to give them a second chance can mark an important step for India s public-health approach. It strengthens the voices of people in recovery and reflects a glo
As Punjab heads towards the 2027 Assembly elections, cricketer-turned Rajya Sabha MP Harbhajan Singh s X account has emerged as a new political battleground, with the BJP leader using videos of alleged drug abuse, crime, poor infrastructure and government scho
A bench of Justice Shalini Singh Nagpal issued the notice to the Punjab government and adjourned the case to September 15. The notice came on a petition filed by Gagandeep Singh through advocate Dinesh Mahajan
Patiala/Ferozepur, Shops and markets remained shut while traffic movement was hit on the highways at many places in the state on Friday in the wake of a 'Punjab Bandh' call given by the Qaumi Insaf Morcha to press for the release of 'Bandi Singhs' . Heavy poli
The seven-hour Punjab bandh call by the Qoumi Insaaf Morcha from 7 am, demanding the release of Sikh prisoners, received a mixed response across the state on Friday morning, with comparatively scant traffic on roads and markets remaining closed in several part
The seven-hour Punjab Bandh call given by the Qaumi Insaaf Morcha for the release of Sikh prisoners is likely to cause disruptions in the state on Friday. The morcha, which has gathered support from several religious, social, farmer, employees organisations an
A consumer commission in Punjab has directed an airline to refund Rs 1.37 lakh in airfare and pay an additional Rs 35,500 to a passenger who was denied boarding after airline staff allegedly treated London, a transit point on his journey to the United States
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has quashed a Haryana Public Service Commission (HPSC) decision to introduce minimum qualifying marks for interviews for recruitment to Assistant Professor posts in state s Government Medical Colleges, observing that the recru
Jalandhar member of Parliament (MP) and former Punjab chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi skipped the Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting on Wednesday, citing preparations for his public administration examination at Panjab University. Channi s absence
Non-Resident Indians (NRIs), Overseas Citizens of India (OCIs) and Persons of Indian Origin (PIOs) looking to park their foreign currency savings in India have only a few days left to take the benefit of zero hedging costs on 3-5 year Foreign Currency Non-Resi
A security guard, an 11,800-kilogram tanker and a milk theft worth Rs 7,68 lakh-these were the elements of a peculiar case before the Punjab and Haryana High Court, which recently granted bail to the guard accused of being involved in the alleged theft. Justic
A consumer commission in Punjab has directed an airlines to refund ticket price and pay an additional Rs 30,000 to a passenger after finding the airline liable for deficiency in service for failing to provide any valid justification for allegedly refusing boar
In Punjab fray, buzz grows: Can Amritpal Singh contest polls from Malwa, Majha Amritpal Singh Punjab elections 2027, Amritpal Singh Khadoor Sahib, Amritpal Singh Dhuri, Bhagwant Mann, Amritpal Singh cases, Amritpal Singh arrest, who is Amritpal Singh, Punjab A
It was June 2012. Fifty-five-year-old Usha Rani Sethi, a widow and a resident of East Delhi s Vivek Vihar, was looking for tenants for her newly purchased flats in Block-D
The standoff at the Khanauri border between Punjab and Haryana ended on Wednesday afternoon with the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (non-political) calling off its sit-in near NH-52 after the Centre agreed to hold talks with the farmers organisation, paving the way for
Following Aam Aadmi Party s Punjab co-in charge Satyendar Jain s arrest on Tuesday, months ahead of elections in the state, the party has lashed out against the timing of the arrest, calling it an attempt to derail its re-election bid. Jain, a former Delhi min
The Punjab and Haryana high court has held that courts should ordinarily defer to the opinion of subject experts in academic matters and should not interfere with examination answer keys once they have been scrutinised and finalised through a proper expert-rev
Baba Farid University of Health Sciences (BFUHS), Faridkot, has suspended nearly 200 administrative wing employees after suspicions were raised over their appointments. According to officials familiar with the matter, the action came after the state government
The BJP has assigned senior leaders key election responsibilities ahead of the 2027 assembly polls. General secretary Vinod Tawde will oversee the Uttar Pradesh campaign, while Satish Poonia will handle Punjab and Tarun Chugh will be in charge of Gujarat
The Chandigarh Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission has found a study-abroad consultancy guilty of unfair trade practice after it failed to deposit a student s tuition fee with a Canadian university and did not process her visa, resulting in her losing admis
With the deadline set by the high court to clear pending Dearness Allowance (DA) ending Monday, the Punjab government is now looking for a middle path to resolve the issue, by paying 6 per cent interest on the arrears rather than immediately clearing the dues
Refusing to quash a case of forgery and cheating against a senior constable in Patiala though the parties arrived at a mutual compromise, the Punjab and Haryana High Court observed that since the accused is a public servant who allegedly forged a job appointme
The Centre has directed the Punjab government to immediately assist the families of the men from the state who were allegedly lured to Russia by travel agents on the promise of jobs, later forced into the Russian armed forces, and died during the ongoing confl
Two lakh trees have been mapped, geo-tagged and entered into a digital database across several parameters in Ludhiana, marking the first-ever tree census conducted for a Punjab city. The census assumes significance as the industrial city continues to grapple w
A day after announcing BJP national president Nitin Nabin s new team, the party has announced in-charges for three poll-bound states Gujarat, Punjab and Uttar Pradesh. Three Rajya Sabha MPs, considered strong organisational hands, have been appointed as in-cha
A war of words has erupted between the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) and SAD (Punar Surjit) after both parties were reportedly allotted the same venue, the grain market, to mark the 41st death anniversary of former Akali leader Sant Harchand Singh Longowal on Augu
A Punjab woman arriving from Thailand and her accomplice were arrested at the Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi after customs officials recovered over 11 kg hydroponic weed from her baggage, officials said on Monday. To evade detection, the two alle
The BJP s organisational overhaul signals the return of leaders who had been sidelined, replaces the social media in-charge, and brings in a new youth wing president all changes that are being viewed within the party as a much-needed refresh after the recent C
The taxation department on Monday carried out fresh raids on dealers and firms suspected of supplying subsidised agricultural-grade (neem-coated) urea to the cattle feed plants of Markfed and Milkfed in place of technical-grade fertiliser. The taxation departm
There is a March Monday morning in Mohali I keep returning to. A twenty-three-year-old woman, an engineering graduate with an IELTS band of 7.5, sat across the table from her father and asked a question neither of us could answer easily: Papa, if Canada has sh
The attack on Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal in Nanded is reprehensible. The investigation will shine more light on this disturbing episode, but in Punjab, it can be said to be the latest in a recent series of developments that have deepened
A Border Security Force (BSF) jawan has been arrested for allegedly murdering his wife in Punjab s Hoshiarpur and subsequently trying to mislead her family by claiming that she had fallen from the terrace. The deceased has been identified as Rama, in her mid-3
Infighting in the Congress s Punjab unit was again on full display when Gurdaspur MP Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa launched a no-holds-barred attack on state president Amrinder Singh Raja Warring from an official stage in Ludhiana on Saturday over ticket distribut
With his roots in Punjab, Indian-origin Flight Lieutenant Arshdeep Singh Dang, 28, has become the first Sikh to graduate as a fighter pilot in Britain s Royal Air Force (RAF). He is the first Sikh to attain wings from a Fighter Squadron of the RAF since World
Describing the recent attack on Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal inside the gurdwara premises in Nanded as an assault on Sikh principles, his wife and Bathinda MP Harsimrat Kaur Badal on Saturday said those who attack a person inside a G
Tension escalated at the Chandigarh-Mohali border on Saturday as Chandigarh Police used water cannons and tear gas to stop hundreds of protesters of the Qaumi Insaaf Morcha from entering the Union Territory to press for the release of Sikh prisoners and 10-day
A war of words broke out between the Punjab government and the Centre on Friday over the pending Rural Development Fund (RDF) amounting to 9,821 crore after Union agriculture minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said that the state had always received the funds as p
Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) chief Sukhbir Singh Badal, who was injured in a 'kirpan' attack inside a gurdwara and had to undergo surgery, was discharged from a hospital in Maharashtra's Nanded town on Friday, following which he flew to Delhi, officials said.Bada
Three developments in Punjab this week have brought the politics of religion, militancy-era legacies and the Sikh prisoner issue back into the political conversation. The second development was more clearly electoral
Shiromani Akali Dal chief and former Punjab Deputy CM Sukhbir Singh Badal has spoken for the first time after being attacked at a gurdwara in Nanded, Maharashtra. Badal alleged that the attack was aimed at disturbing peace in Punjab and said he would not be in