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How fate of Khalsa University in Punjab’s Majha turned into a Akali-Congress prestige battle

An SC ruling has ended years of political wrangling in Punjab. Congress says move would ruin Khalsa College's heritage status. Akalis accuse Congress of politicising education.

Khalsa University vs Punjab: As SC quashes 2017 repeal law, a look back at the 7-year legal tussle

SC said it did not wish to go into allegations of mala fides in case & looked at two questions to rule that Khalsa University (Repeal) Act, 2017, was ‘arbitrary, violated Article 14’.

Congress’s Gurjeet Aujla retains Amritsar, BJP’s Taranjit Sandhu pushed to third place

Aujla won by a margin of 40,301 votes. His nearest rival was cabinet minister and Aam Aadmi Party candidate Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal.

Sikh separatist Amritpal Singh’s mother, uncle arrested ahead of march demanding his transfer

Calling it a preventive arrest, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Alam Vijay Singh said that Balwinder Kaur, the mother of Amritpal has been sent to judicial custody.

Year after radical preacher & aides were lodged at Assam jail, Amritpal saga is far from over

Amritsar Deputy Commissioner has listed fresh grounds for seeking detention order. Amritpal Singh & his 9 associates have been lodged in Dibrugarh jail in Assam since March-April 2023.

Former ‘star’ US envoy, grandson of Sikh stalwart — who is latest BJP entrant Taranjit Sandhu

His social media posts show he has been attending more and more events in and around his hometown Amritsar, suggesting he may contest Lok Sabha polls from there.

Sidhu Moose Wala is the face on most Punjab kites this Lohri season. T-shirts, school bags too

In his death, Moose Wala has become what Princess Diana had for the United Kingdom. He has been elevated from celebrityhood to the status of a hero.

BSF personnel shoot down China-made drone on Pakistan border in Punjab

After hearing the sound of a suspected flying object coming from the Pakistani side on Friday, security personnel deployed in Amritsar sector of the India-Pak border, shot down the drone.

Amritsar shop owner held for killing Sena (Taksali) leader a ‘radicalised lone wolf’, suspect cops

Sandeep Singh opened his shop Friday and went about business as usual before he shot Shiv Sena (Taksali) leader Sudhir Suri, said sources in Punjab Police.

Wearing goggles for secrecy, conjoined twins Sohna-Mohna cast separate votes in Punjab polls

The twins, who had applied to have their names included as separate persons in the electoral rolls soon after turning 18 last year, were hailed as ‘icons of voters with disabilities’.

On Camera

Violence over Osman Hadi is about Islamist Bangladesh. India-baiting is a distraction

The attack on Chhayanaut, newspaper offices, and the public lynching of a Hindu man show that Bangladesh is heading toward Islamist rule, far removed from electoral democracy.

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.