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AAP MLA Gajjanmajra returns to jail amid ‘VIP treatment’ row over his month-long stay in hospital

Accused in Rs 40-cr bank fraud case, Jaswant Singh Gajjanmajra was arrested by ED last November & lodged in Patiala Central Jail. Since 11 May, he had been admitted in a govt hospital.

Just 3 seats won, 4 of 5 ministers & 3 MLAs defeated, what Punjab verdict means for Bhagwant Mann

CM had campaigned extensively for all candidates & had claimed his party will win all 13 seats in Punjab. It was on his insistence that AAP decided not to ally with Congress in state.

Hir, homeland, and husband—A Punjabi woman’s longing for folk songs in California

In ‘Punjabi Centuries: Tracing Histories of Punjab’, edited by Anshu Malhotra, Nicole Ranganath recounts how diasporic Punjabi women used folk songs to express their loneliness in California.

Patiala stronghold crumbles as Preneet Kaur loses to Congress’s Dharamvira Gandhi

Gandhi now has tag of giant slayer as he had earlier defeated Kaur in 2014 parliamentary elections as AAP candidate. Outgoing MP is a member of erstwhile Patiala royal family.

Jailed candidates Amritpal, Engineer Rashid in the lead, Indira Gandhi assassin’s son set for win too

Amritpal is leading in Khadoor Sahib, while Sarabjit Khalsa is leading in the Faridkot seat in Punjab. Engineer Rashid looks set to beat former CM Omar Abdullah in Baramulla in J&K.

Rural Punjab is a time capsule. Its new story is the old one: declining economy, rising religiosity, bad politics

Radicalism is back in Punjab, especially in zones where Sikhs form a large rural majority, and three of the five prominent political forces in this election are playing with it.

Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Phase 7 & Exit Polls: NDA to win over 353 seats, INDIA Alliance to trail behind

Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Phase 7 voting: In the fray were PM Narendra Modi, Union minister Anurag Thakur, TMC's Abhishek Banerjee and Akali Dal's Harsimrat Kaur Badal, among others.

Moosewala, anti-incumbency, farmers’ anger against BJP — Congress revival plan in Punjab for 2024

Rahul Gandhi's team releases video in which Congress leader holds free-wheeling chat with Balkaur Singh. Rapper's family has been demanding justice for slain artiste.

In Faridkot, Indira Gandhi assassin Beant Singh’s son seeks to leverage anger over Bargari sacrilege

Sarabjit Singh is contesting as an Independent. Other candidates from 4 major parties in the fray are seen as political lightweights, which could work to his advantage.

ED raids mafia in Punjab for illegally mining on land attached in ‘Bhola’ drug case

Mining don Nasib Chand's firm was accused by Punjab Police last year of carrying out illegal activities on these lands.

On Camera

I am a dog lover, but we don’t know how to win the war on strays

We have failed terribly at two important things. One, we are reacting to this issue only emotionally, not logically. And two, we are not asking the right questions.

In NCLAT’s WhatsApp ruling, reminder of India’s cautious view of competition disputes involving Big Tech

WhatsApp privacy policy case is among a string of matters involving practices like restrictive platform rules, pricing & billing policies, reflecting India’s tight scrutiny of market dominance.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.