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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.

On Camera

India’s response to US-Israel war on Iran isn’t muted. Just read what SCO said on Khamenei killing

A close reading of the official statements made by India’s MEA, ASEAN, the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, and Turkiye suggests that our reticence is not exactly an outlier.

India’s Russian crude imports approach pre-Trump sanction levels amid Hormuz disruptions & US ‘waiver’

India has already purchased nearly 16 million barrels of Russian crude so far in March 2026, translating to roughly 1.6 million barrels per day, indicating a sharp uptick.

India-Bangladesh relations on track—After military intel chief’s visit, envoy goes to Army War College

In a first during his tenure as High Commissioner to India, Riaz Hamidullah addressed JOCAP consisting of tri-forces officers, as New Delhi & Dhaka step up normalisation efforts.

Trump brings the Age of Humiliation for friends. Modi needs stoicism abroad, humility at home

Trump has ushered in the age of humiliation. His method is to push around America’s friends rudely and publicly. He knows none of them can afford to fight back.