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Monday, August 11, 2025
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Topic: Akali Dal

Youth Akali Dal leader shot dead at parking area in Mohali market

CCTV cameras footage showed that the miscreants opened fire at Vicky Middukhera, former president of the SAD's student wing, as he was getting into his car at a market area.

Punjab civic poll results kill AAP resurgence hope as Congress wins big

SAD wins only 285 seats out of over 2,000 while BJP gets just 49 in first elections in Punjab since their alliance split over farmers’ agitation.

Partners dispensable in Modi-Shah construct if they do not bring additional votes

In the Modi-Shah construct, if partners do not bring additional votes, they are dispensable. However old or loyal, either they become supplicants, or die.

PM Modi hails farm bills on Mann Ki Baat, day after old ally SAD quit NDA over the changes

During his radio programme Mann Ki Baat, PM Modi shares stories of farmers and says farm bills have empowered them, giving them the freedom to sell produce outside mandis.

The disappearance of ‘samanvaye’ from Indian politics 

Farmers today are facing what students, Muslims and Kashmiris have just faced: unilateral policymaking that does not believe in creating consensus. 

Allies SAD, JD(U) don’t name BJP, but blame Delhi riots on central govt

Chirag Paswan of Lok Janshakti Party, another key ally, blamed the violence on statements made by BJP leaders such as Kapil Mishra.

BJP could break away from ally Akali Dal in 2022 Punjab polls, set to raise rural cadres

With ties strained after SAD chief Sukhbir Singh Badal’s comments on CAA, BJP has begun preparations to fight alone in the next assembly elections.

Olympic medallist Yogeshwar Dutt, former hockey captain Sandeep Singh join BJP

The sportsmen, along with Akali Dal MLA Balkaur Singh, joined the BJP and will likely seek a ticket to contest the Haryana assembly election.

‘Secular’ Congress’ Punjab poll campaign hinges on these 3 religious issues

The Congress has been attacking the Akalis and the Badals in particular over the desecration of the Guru Granth Sahib in 2015 and their control over the SGPC. 

How Modi’s 1984 riots attack on Congress could be turning point for BJP-SAD poll campaign

Congress had cornered Akalis on the 2015 sacrilege issue, but Modi’s anti-Sikh riots attack at Bathinda rally has given new life to BJP-SAD's defensive campaign.

On Camera

There’s a method in Trump’s Pakistan romance. It’s all about Gulf security

Like Turkey and Egypt, Pakistan is one of a handful of powers with the human resources and infrastructure to help secure the Persian Gulf as Trump’s America draws down its military presence.

How mining, manufacturing & power sectors weighed on India’s industrial output since January 2024

India’s industrial output growth saw a 10-month low in June, with Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growing by mere 1.5% as against 1.9% in May 2025.

Legacy of Air Chief Marshal LM Katre, the man who flew Spitfires & ushered IAF into a modern era

ACM Katre was 2nd IAF chief to die in harness. It was at a memorial lecture in his honour where IAF chief AP Singh revealed that India shot down 6 Pakistani aircraft in Op Sindoor.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.