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Topic: Jalandhar

Shot in arm for Mann as AAP wins Jalandhar West assembly bypoll after poor showing in LS polls

AAP’s Mohinder Bhagat defeated BJP’s Sheetal Angural & Congress’s Surinder Kaur to clinch Jalandhar West seat. CM Mann had set up camp in Jalandhar for 20 days in run-up to bypoll.

Why Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann is camping in Jalandhar for an assembly bypoll

Family in tow, Mann has moved to a rented accommodation in upscale Royal Estate in Jalandhar, where he is holding roadshows and meetings daily, while his doctor wife goes door-to-door.

Punjab Armed Forces DSP found dead in Jalandhar, police say ‘body bore external injury mark on head’

Police say Dalbir Singh's body was recovered from Basti Bawa Khel Canal on intervening night of 31 December & 1 January, they are 'in process of examining CCTV footage from nearby areas'.

Thumbs up to free power, rejection of radical Sikh politics: Message in Jalandhar bypoll won by AAP

AAP candidate Sushil Rinku, a former MLA of the Congress, won over 3 lakh votes in Jalandhar LS bypoll. Karamjit Kaur of the Congress, who came second, lost by a margin of almost 59,000 votes. 

‘Hum seedha sarkar mein aate hai:’ AAP wins Jalandhar LS bypoll, ends Congress’s 24-yr reign

AAP’s Sushil Kumar Rinku, a former Congress MLA, defeated Congress’s Karamjit Kaur, the wife of Santokh Singh Chaudhary, whose death necessitated the bypoll.

Amritpal factor, AAP test, Congress ‘fig leaf’: 5 reasons Punjab parties are fired up for Jalandhar LS bypoll

The Jalandhar Lok Sabha bypoll has been necessitated by the death of Santokh Singh Chaudhary, a Congress leader who won the seat in 2014 as well as 2019. It takes place Wednesday.

This village in Jalandhar is 100% stubble burning free & setting an example for all of Punjab

Bajra has been free of farm fires for over five years now. Sarpanch says farmers are given tractor or machinery they need to clear fields without burning stubble.

Jalandhar Cantt’s ‘election Olympics’ bucks Punjab trend, Congress’ Pargat beats AAP’s Sodhi

Sitting MLA and Punjab Sports Minister Pargat Singh beat anti-incumbency and polled 6,000 more votes than closest opponent and fellow hockey veteran Surinder Singh Sodhi of AAP.

Jalandhar’s Rs 2,000-cr sports goods industry says Covid shut 40% units, govt says no distress

ThePrint visited Jalandhar, where workers and business owners in the sporting goods industry are sending distress signals. Government officials say concerns are overblown.

Severe Covid infections & younger patients — why Punjab’s ‘NRI belt’ blames UK variant for surge

Hoshiarpur & Jalandhar recorded 14 deaths each on 26 March and 9 each on 31 March. Authorities & doctors say Covid is spreading to rural areas and patients in their 40s, some even without comorbidities.

On Camera

India’s anti-tank missile dilemma—build, buy, or scramble for quick fix when crisis hits border

Emergency purchases have filled gaps temporarily, but India still lacks a long-term anti-tank guided missile strategy amid shifting geopolitical and technological considerations.

Revenue streams stagnating, Siddaramaiah guarantees & dearth of central funds push up Karnataka debt

Karnataka’s liabilities have increased from 23.97 percent of GSDP in 2022-23 to 24.91 percent in 2025-26, the state's medium-term fiscal plan has shown.

‘Unknown gunmen’ strike Hafiz Saeed’s close aide Sindhi in Pakistan; was behind Poonch-Rajouri attacks

Sindhi, a top LeT commander, oversaw drone arms drops, infiltrations into J&K, and Rajouri-Poonch attacks. He managed LeT camp in Kotli and reported directly to Sajid Jutt.

Trick or retreat: There’s a grand deception behind Indian military shortfalls, and in this column

It is fashionable to curse Rajiv Gandhi for Bofors and more, but the truth is that 1985-89 was the only period in our history when weapons acquisitions were proactive and futuristic.