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Topic: Akalis

Akal Takht summons Sukhbir Badal over rebel SAD group’s charge he ‘failed to represent Sikh Panth’

Akali Dal president will abide by each and every decision and order issued by Takht & will present himself before it within 15 days, says party spokesperson Arshdeep Singh Kler.

Crusade against drugs, not ‘Khalistan’, draws crowds to Amritpal’s proxy campaign in Khadoor Sahib

Amritpal's 10-point manifesto include end of drug culture & extortions, justice in sacrilege cases, struggle for release of Bandi Singhs. His parents are campaigning on his behalf.

‘Fully endorse Manmohan, Sonia’ — Rahul asserts his stand on Operation Blue Star

Congress leader extols contribution of Sikhs to development & cause of India. Can lovingly meet & hug Varun but cannot support ideology of estranged cousin, he asserts.

The murder & kidnapping cases from 1990s against ex-Punjab top cop Sumedh Singh Saini

Saini is charged with murder of an IAS officer’s son, who went missing after his arrest. Supreme Court granted anticipatory bail to Saini, who was on the run for several weeks.

Punjab assembly seeks to make Punjabi compulsory first language in all schools

Resolution states functioning of courts & govt offices should be done in Punjabi & that laws will be brought in to punish those ‘working against Punjabi language’.

AAP rebel Sukhpal Khaira hints at forming ‘third front’ in Punjab with Akali dissidents

Rebel AAP leader Sukhpal Khaira says they are in talks with dissident Akalis and are also looking to align with Panthic leaders in Punjab.

Punjab’s New Year gift to its public servants: Fewer holidays

Now, the number of gazetted holidays in Punjab are almost equal to the ones declared by the central government —17 — for 2018.

On Camera

India is welfare-first, so why would Bihar be different?

Bihar will evolve and eventually prosper. But the nature of the country’s political economy means that the journey for Bihar, and India, is slower than some would like.

At Charcha 2025: Local entrepreneurship, not just big IT, will drive next wave of distributed AI work

While global corporations setting up GCCs in India continue to express confidence in availability of skilled AI engineers, the panel argued that India’s real challenge lies elsewhere.

IAF’s leased KC-135 lands in Agra, American firm’s pilots to man mid-air refueller

India’s refueller fleet comprises six Russian Ilushin-78 tankers, first inducted in 2003, which are facing huge maintenance and serviceability issues.

INDIA has a Congress-sized hole. And the fix begins with a little humility

Without a Congress revival, there can be no challenge to the BJP pan-nationally. Modi’s party is growing, and almost entirely at the cost of the Congress.