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Friday, April 3, 2026
TopicNayab Saini

Topic: Nayab Saini

Saffron turban, Guru Nanak’s wisdom & Sant Ravidass: Saini’s budget speech has Punjab written all over it

As the Haryana CM presents the Rs 2.23 lakh crore budget, the optics—including a kesari pagri, a Sikh scripture, and a Ravidassia quote—speak a language meant for Punjab’s voters.

Amid Haryana assembly ruckus over bank fraud linked to govt accounts, Saini says full Rs 578 cr recovered

Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini attributes the fraud to collusion by lower-level employees at Chandigarh banks & says the full sum was credited back to state govt accounts.

SYL row: Déjà vu for Punjab-Haryana as CMs’ meet ends inconclusively, like another exactly 40 yrs ago

The stalemate mirrors a failed 1986 attempt to resolve a related but equally intractable territorial dispute, both rooted in the 1985 Rajiv-Longowal Accord.

Haryana tweaks Lado Lakshmi rules again. Cash payout halved; mothers of bright students now eligible

Half of the promised amount will be credited directly to the beneficiary’s savings account, and the other half will be deposited into a government-run account, which will mature within 5 years.

Haryana & Nairobi sow seeds of a new partnership—farmers of the heartland set to cultivate in Kenya

Officials say Kenya's soil offers strong potential to grow wheat and rice, while several farmers from Punjab and Gujarat already lease land there to grow flowers and avocados.

Bullet core untraceable in Haryana ASI suicide case, FIR still under wraps

Police face mounting pressure to ensure transparency in ASI Sandeep Lathar case. The ASI allegedly shot himself & blamed IPS Puran Kumar—whose body was found a week before his—in note.

5 months, 10 lakh families struck off. Congress puts Haryana BJP govt in dock over BPL list pruning

BJP govt in Haryana did not find it politically expedient to ‘apply the stick to undeserving elements’ covered under BPL list owing to Lok Sabha and Assembly polls, it is learnt.

Behind the chaos in liquor vend auctions in Haryana, gangsters, threats and a murder

Haryana Excise & Taxation Dept, which has so far allotted only 934 of 1,200 liquor zones, is grappling with a significant shortfall in revenue due to the reluctance of bidders.

How a change in stipend rules in Haryana’s premier agricultural university put students on warpath

FIR states five security guards, including a woman, allegedly attacked students without provocation. Opposition has slammed Saini govt. ThePrint looks at how the row unfolded.

Saini unfazed as rivals, farm leaders slam Haryana govt for making DSP apologise to BJP functionary

Row erupts over video of DSP Jitendra Rana apologising to BJP leader Manish Singla for stopping him from entering VVIP enclosure at CM Saini's rally. Singla is the son of Odisha ex-governor.

On Camera

Pam Bondi’s firing is good news. Now, US Senate must stand up for DOJ

Bondi’s missteps hastened her exit, but her departure offers a reset. The Senate must not rubber-stamp Trump’s pick and should demand an attorney general committed to DOJ independence.

SEBI proposes return of open market share buybacks to support stocks

Regulator seeks feedback on allowing firms to repurchase shares via exchanges after tax changes, as markets reel from war-led selloff and foreign outflows.

India commissions its third nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine—INS Aridhaman

INS Arihant was first vessel under SSBN project and was quietly commissioned in 2016. The second indigenous SSBN, INS Arighat, was commissioned in August 2024.

Gulf war exposed India’s fragilities. It’s time for navel-gazing, in the national interest

It’s easy to understand why the government can’t speak the hard truth. When this war ends, as all wars do, India’s interests will lie with both the winner and the loser.