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Topic: Punjab

Delhi-Katra expressway hangs in balance as NHAI tells Punjab govt its contractors ‘not feeling safe’

NHAI’s complaint to chief secretary came barely month after Punjab lost 3 vital road projects on account of farmers protesting land acquisition, and demanding better prices for land.

5 criminal cases, extortion charges & more — ‘complex’ past of ex-Punjab AIG who ‘killed’ son-in-law

Malwinder Singh Sidhu faces charges ranging from misusing official position to organising paid-protest to get favourable judgment in ‘fake’ SC certificate row involving son-in-law.

Is ‘Ice’ becoming the new ‘chitta’? Hit hard by Taliban’s opium ban, Punjab is breaking bad

Recoveries indicate shift in smuggling of narcotics from India-Pakistan border into state, with smugglers veering more towards pushing 'Ice' or crystal meth than heroin or ‘chitta’.

What’s behind Digvijay Chautala’s plans to install Sidhu Moosewala statue in Haryana’s Dabwali

Digvijay, the younger brother of former deputy CM Dushyant Chautala, insists there’s ‘no politics’ behind move. Assembly polls & Panjab University student union elections due soon.

Historians have given ‘marginal treatment’ to Punjab. A new book fills the gap

A discussion on the book ‘Punjabi Centuries’ focused on a few aspects of Punjabi identity and how they evolved. However, it did not specifically address what it means to be Punjabi.

SubscriberWrites: Agrarian distress and militancy in Punjab

Downward socio-economic trajectory raises vulnerability to radicalisation.

Punjab’s Green Revolution-era success is long over. Four factors now constrain its economy

Realising that the economic, social and environmental situation in Punjab is a matter of national concern is the first step in working towards a new arrangement.

AAP to fight Haryana polls solo. ‘Familial ties between people of Haryana, Punjab will help,’ says Mann

The party will release its manifesto, ‘Kejriwal Ki Guarantee’, on Saturday in the presence of jailed Delhi Chief Minister and AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal’s wife Sunita Kejriwal.

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.

Khadoor Sahib MP Amritpal’s brother arrested in drugs case, family claims ‘falsely implicated’

Tarsem Singh, father of Lok Sabha MP from Khadoor Sahib Amritpal Singh, has alleged Punjab police ‘falsely implicated’ his elder son Harpreet Singh in the NDPS case.

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More Andhra-style prawn fry for Indian plates? How Naidu’s trying to blunt US tariff hit on aqua exports

Naidu attempts to shield aqua farmers after Trump’s tariff hits the shrimp farming sector in Andhra Pradesh, leading to the cancellation of 50% of the state's exports.

Finnish giant ICEYE to build signature radar microsatellites in India, offers full control to govt

Company builds microsatellites that are smaller, faster, cheaper to produce. ICEYE will develop & launch micro-satellites, hand them over to India, which will have full control & sovereignty.

Something’s hidden in the Oval Office photo of Trump, Munir, Sharif. India must look closely

What Munir has achieved with Trump is a return to normal, ironing out the post-Abbottabad crease. The White House picture gives us insight into how Pakistan survives, occasionally thrives and thinks.