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Monday, December 22, 2025
TopicAmarinder Singh

Topic: Amarinder Singh

Khattar objects to high court collegium’s Punjab picks, and Amarinder is not pleased

This is maybe the first time a chief minister has objected to the elevation of candidates from another state as judges for a shared court. 

Haryana re-stakes claim on Panjab University, V-C says don’t make us an ‘election issue’

CM Khattar writes to home ministry to return Haryana’s equal rights on the Chandigarh-based university, which it had given up in 1976.

Who does Chandigarh belong to? Punjab, Haryana CMs lock horns over ‘capital city’

Singh also rejected Khattar’s proposal to create ‘Tri-city Planning Board’ for development of Chandigarh, Mohali and Panchkula.

The Great Punjab Dope Trick: Politicians race to get tested and show off their clean chit

Politicians in Punjab are proudly displaying results after voluntarily signing up for drug tests.

Punjab cabinet recommends death penalty to tackle drug menace in state

Punjab also constitutes a special Working Group to review and monitor the action being taken to check drug abuse.

Amarinder calls special cabinet meeting as fresh claims of police-drug mafia nexus emerge

The meeting comes as a citizen campaign gets underway to project the people's disenchantment with alleged government inaction to curb drug abuse. 

Hit by drugs epidemic, Punjab will go black this week to protest against ‘white menace’

The movement has been triggered by the recent viral videos showing the toll drug abuse is taking on the state’s youth. New Delhi: People in Punjab...

Punjab’s youth is disillusioned & frustrated, Amarinder says on viral drugs tragedy videos

As viral videos put the spotlight on drug addiction in Punjab, the CM says govt is dealing with drug dealers with iron hand.

‘I didn’t back Referendum 2020; Badal & Amarinder did anti-national acts in the past’

Punjab opposition leader Sukhpal Singh Khaira clarified that he never supported the Khalistan referendum and had no clue about it.

Sulking partymen, wayward Sidhu & brash Bittu: A slice of Amarinder Singh’s scorching summer

The Punjab CM has also had to deal with Congressmen annoyed at being ignored during cabinet expansion, and unhappiness over shrinking Dalit representation.

On Camera

West Bengal is almost beyond redemption. Messi’s visit exposed the long decay

The attempt is to keep talking about culture, arts, sociology, politics and an imagined Bengali identity. All of this, however, rests on an extremely rickety economic base.

China is taking India to WTO over subsidies, again. Here’s what it’s arguing before trade body

Dispute will now move to consultative process, which allows the two sides to come to an amicable agreement within 60 days.

Israel has ‘realised who its real friend is’, eyes defence expansion in India amid arms curbs by others

It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.

Dhurandhar shows hard cinema is soft power and Pakistan is unapologetically the target

If Pathaan gave both conservatives and liberals room to hide, Dhurandhar extends no such courtesy. Aditya Dhar ripped open that tent of hypocrisy and turned the knife.