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Tuesday, October 28, 2025
TopicPunjab govt

Topic: Punjab govt

Dedicate 10 mins of assembly to ‘mutual brotherhood’, Punjab tells schools after UP slapping incident

Education minister says move aimed at strengthening 'ethos of communal harmony' in young minds. Orders have been issued to all govt schools in Punjab, says principal secretary.

Scheduled Castes panel issues notice to Mann govt on youth’s sexual harassment claim against Punjab minister

National Commission for Scheduled Castes has asked chief secy & DGP to investigate allegations against AAP minister Lal Chand Kataruchak. Complaint comes ahead of 10 May Jalandhar bypoll.

Punjab has a bigger problem than Amritpal—young people with one-way ticket to Canada

Entire families are moving abroad, and many a village has only children and the elderly, affecting the entire social fabric of the countryside.

SC rapped both Punjab govt & governor in row over summoning assembly. Here’s what law says

Hearing petition filed by Punjab govt Tuesday, SC held that governor had no discretionary power to delay summoning assembly session & was duty-bound to act on cabinet's advice.

Punjab AAP MLA met sarpanch’s husband thrice to force him to pay bribe, says vigilance FIR

Following arrest of his aide last week, oppn had been demanding arrest of Amit Rattan Kotfatta. According to the FIR, Rattan demanded Rs 5 lakh to release funds for panchayat work.

Hacker says ‘flaw’ in Punjab govt power site left consumer data exposed. Firm says snag ‘fixed’

Punjab State Power Corporation has 95 lakh customers. Cybersecurity analyst Sunny Nehra says their names, numbers and addresses could have been accessed due to a ‘security flaw’.

After first Dalit CM, Punjab gets a Dalit DGP — its third since Independence

Iqbal Preet Singh Sahota took charge as the DGP of Punjab police Saturday. Before him, the state had last had a Dalit DGP in 2009.

Compulsory leave for govt employees failing to take even first dose of Covid vaccine: Punjab CM

CM Amarinder Singh announced the measure to ensure that those who are vaccinated do not have to pay the price for continued vaccine hesitancy.

On Camera

MCD is rounding up sterilised, friendly dogs just for optics—a moral and scientific failure

Since 1982, the resident dogs of JLN Stadium have peacefully coexisted with athletes, spectators, and staff. There hasn’t been a single recorded bite in over four decades.

NITI Aayog flags gender pay gap in services sector, women earn half of what men make in rural areas

Federal think tank report says gap persists across most sub-sectors, shaped by occupational segregation, limited access to high-paying positions, and skill mismatch.

From battle of wits and daring air strikes to artillery fury, new details emerge of Operation Sindoor

Fresh details of operation conducted by IAF, Army have come out in gazette notification giving citations of those who were awarded Vir Chakra for their bravery.

Deepfake on duty: when I asked AI to read Op Sindoor citations

On 21 Oct, a buzz went up that the govt had released full list of gallantry award recipients along with Op Sindoor citations. I put an AI caddy on the job. It took me into a never-ending rabbit hole.