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Fact Check: Video of anti-AAP protest in Haryana is old, unrelated to 2024 Lok Sabha polls

An old video of ex-servicemen from Punjab urging Haryana voters to vote against the AAP has been shared out of context amid ongoing Lok Sabha elections.

‘Why so much govt support?’ Sukhbir Badal questions Amritpal’s poll debut, alleges he is a BJP ‘plant’

Akali leader adds that BJP has reached a point where it only wants to win. Punjab has no space for militancy & people are nationalists & want peace, he asserts.

Bhindranwale aide, militants’ lawyer — who is Rajdev Singh Khalsa, ex-MP helming Amritpal’s campaign

From his association with Akali Dal to AAP & BJP, Khalsa has a complex political tapestry. His association with Amritpal began after the latter returned from Dubai in 2022.

Padma Shri awardee Punjabi poet & writer Surjit Patar dies at 79

He died in his sleep, his family members say. Patar’s poetic works include ‘Hawa Vich Likhe Harf’, ‘Hanere Vich Sulagdi Varanmala’, ‘Patjhar Di Pazeb’, ‘Lafzaan Di Dargah’ & ‘Surzameen’.

Want to understand Punjab’s history? Look to farmers and peasants, not Gurus

Khalsa Sikhs were once a tiny minority. It was by winning over farmers that they brought the Mughal Empire to its knees.

AAP’s promises on trial: Public confrontations and protests mark Punjab’s election campaign

Anti-incumbency sentiments grow as AAP grapples with dissatisfaction & criticism over issues ranging from casteist remarks to farmer protests over compensation & unmet promises.

Jailed separatist Amritpal to contest from Khadoor Sahib. Sikh sangat’s request, says his mother

Amritpal gained prominence in Punjab in 2022 while espousing the cause of Khalistan & was arrested in April last year. Detained under NSA, he is currently lodged in a prison in Assam.

Surrounded, heckled & shown black flags, BJP candidates in Punjab are facing farmers’ wrath

From singer-politician Hans Raj Hans to Patiala MP Preneet Kaur, BJP candidates are facing protests from farmers over MSP issue & death of 4 farmers, allegedly run over by minister's son.

Cops linked to Raghav Chadha ‘supporting drug trade’ — AAP MLA’s accusations spark firestorm in Punjab

Kunwar Vijay Pratap Singh alleges at Amritsar rally that at least 2 Punjab Police officers are supporting drug trade in city & that these officers are Chadha’s ‘blue-eyed boys’.

As sehajdharis push for voting rights in SGPC polls, a look at Sikh subgroups & issues around them

Declining number of registered voters for SGPC polls, scheduled for later this year, has given fresh impetus to traditionally excluded Sehajdhari Sikhs' demand for voting rights.

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English didn’t enslave India. It was the harbinger of a new creative consciousness: A Ranganathan

Rabindranath Tagore stood apart from his contemporaries by infusing poetry and universalism into Indian nationalism, opposing chauvinism and blind obedience, wrote A Ranganathan in 1962.

Nodal officers to fast-tracking NOCs, Kerala govt’s heeding investor concerns, and it means business

As many as 21 policy reforms are under implementation following Invest Kerala Global Summit, as LDF govt works to change perception that the state is not conducive to businesses.

Army chief’s big warning to Pakistan: Stop sponsoring terrorism if you want to exist geographically

Amid continued concerns over cross-border terrorism, General Upendra Dwivedi further warned the neighbour that India will not show restraint if there is an Op Sindoor 2.0.

How Pakistan thinks: Army for hire, ideology of convenience

Pakistan’s army has been a rentier force available to a reasonable bidder. It has never come to the aid of any Muslims including Palestinians or the Gazans, except making noises here and there.