Punjab
- Featured News
Population choke on smog, as Delhi, UP, Punjab, Haryana fight over whose problems it is
Why do the residents of Delhi experience pollution every year while the ruling class blames it on stubble burning in the neighbouring states of Haryana, Punjab, and Uttar Pradesh? Can’t they find…
- India
Kejriwal calls Punjab bypolls win ‘semi-final’ before Delhi Assembly polls
New Delhi: AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday termed his party’s win in three out of four seats in the Punjab bypolls a “semi-final”, asserting that the party is on course…
- India
Polling underway for Punjab bypoll on four Assembly seats
Chandigarh: Polling began on Wednesday morning for bypoll to Punjab’s four Assembly seats, which are witnessing a triangular contest that saw high-pitched and aggressive campaigning among the state’s ruling AAP, the main…
- India
Punjab Police arrest man in Baba Siddique murder case
Chandigarh: Punjab Police’s Anti Gangster Task Force (AGTF) in a joint operation with Maharashtra Police on Saturday apprehended a Fazilka-based man in connection with the Baba Siddique murder case. Siddique was shot…
- India
Canada-based gangster Dalla’s aide held in Punjab: DGP
Chandigarh: Delivering another blow to Canada-based gangster-turned-terrorist Arsh Dalla’s network, Punjab’s Counter Intelligence, Bathinda, in a joint operation with Mansa police, have solved the grenade attack case with the arrest of key…
- India
SC refuses interim relief to Balwant Singh Rajoana in Beant Singh case
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday declined to consider the plea of interim relief for Balwant Singh Rajoana, seeking commutation of his death penalty in the 1995 assassination case of former…
- News
AQI remains very poor, poor in many parts of Haryana, Punjab
Chandigarh: Several places in Punjab and Haryana saw the air quality settling in the ‘very poor’ and ‘poor’ categories on Sunday. with Karnal the worst hit with an AQI of 316. At…
- News
1984 anti-Sikh riots: 40 years on, key highlights and current status
New Delhi: Delhi witnessed large-scale violence and killings of persons from the Sikh community following former PM Indira Gandhi’s assassination by her bodyguards in 1984 and the cases stemming from the incident…
- India
Punjab: Cow vigilantes assaults Sikh driver for transporting cattle
In a recent incident of vigilantism, a Sikh truck driver was assaulted by a group affiliated with Hindutva cow vigilant in Punjab’s Mansa city for allegedly transporting cattle. The assailants not only…
- India
Union minister slams Punjab govt over ‘tardy’ paddy purchase
Chandigarh: Union minister Ravneet Singh Bittu lashed out at the AAP government in Punjab on Saturday, October 26 over the “tardy” paddy lifting in the state, calling it “ineffective” and “immature”. Rejecting…
- India
Punjab farmers to block highways in protest over FIRs for stubble burning
New Delhi: Punjab farmers will launch a protest on Saturday against various issues plaguing the farming community, including FIRs registered for stubble burning, slow paddy procurement and the state government’s decision to…
- India
Aadhaar card not valid document to determine age: SC overturns HC order
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday, October 24 set aside an order of the Punjab and Haryana High Court which had accepted Aadhaar card for determining the age of a road…
- India
NIA chargesheets key aide of Khalistani terrorists in Punjab terror conspiracy case
New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has chargesheeted a key associate of Khalistani terrorists Rinda and Landa in a Punjab terror conspiracy case, the probe agency said on Tuesday. The charge…
- India
AAP declares candidates for 4 Assembly seats in Punjab
Chandigarh: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), on Sunday, October 20 released the list of candidates for the upcoming by-polls to the four Assembly constituencies in Punjab, scheduled on November 13. From Gidderbaha,…
- India
Punjab: Jailed MP Amritpal, 2 Canada-based handlers blamed for Gurpreet Sing’s murder
Chandigarh: In a significant breakthrough, Punjab Police have solved the murder case of Gurpreet Singh, also known as Bhodi, with the arrest of three members of gangster-turned-terrorist Arshdeep Singh, alias Arsh Dalla,…