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Sunday, December 14, 2025
TopicAAP Punjab

Topic: AAP Punjab

AAP sounds poll bugle in Punjab, but dissent, leadership crisis cloud 2022 hopes

AAP emerged as second-largest party in 2017 assembly polls — its first in Punjab. However, AAP's central leadership has failed to groom state leaders except state chief Bhagwant Mann.

The problem Rahul Gandhi has created for Amarinder Singh in Punjab by backing farmer protests

Amarinder Singh comes across as weak and indecisive as he hedges on tackling farmers vandalising Jio towers. The agitation could also end up helping revive AAP months ahead of Punjab polls.

Punjab’s protesting farmers reject Centre’s offer to meet, say withdraw farm acts first

Farmer bodies say they’ll further intensify stir after rejecting Agriculture Secretary Sanjay Agarwal’s invite for a meeting at Delhi’s Krishi Bhawan.

Amarinder calls cabinet meet today to ‘resolve’ spat between chief secretary and ministers

The meeting will be held at the civil secretariat. There are also talks going on for a cabinet reshuffle to placate the council of ministers.

Centre clears Justice K.M. Joseph’s elevation to SC, and adultery may be decriminalised

Front Page Govt clears Justice K.M. Joseph's elevation to SC: After a months-long deadlock, the government has finally agreed to the SC collegium’s decision reiterating...

Sting ops, sleaze and phone tapping: How Punjab bypoll is turning into a high-voltage drama

Although a triangular contest, the Shahkot by-election has become a direct and dirty clash between Congress govt on one side and a local cop on the other.

AAP disintegrating in Punjab after Kejriwal apology, Congress waiting to capitalise

15 MLAs favour splitting away from the parent party while 5 have advised caution; some have opened backroom discussions with the Congress.

On Camera

India’s aviation crisis is all about too big to tame

Nobody is safe in a market where competition is stunted and choice limited. For the industry, meaningful reform will have to start with the government itself.

South rising, west slipping: India’s export map is being redrawn, shows RBI data

Data shows re-alignment in India’s exports, with Tamil Nadu & Telangana posting strong growth in 2024-25 as traditional heavyweights Gujarat & Maharashtra see declines. Gujarat still leads, though.

US clears $686-mn package to breathe fresh life into Pakistani F-16s

Of the total package, $649 million will be utilised for additional hardware, software, and support services, and the remaining for Major Defence Equipment (MDE).

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.