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ED arrests former Punjab minister Sadhu Singh Dharamsot in forest scam case

ED probe stems from case filed by Punjab Vigilance Bureau against multiple irregularities in forest department, arrest comes two months after raids on 14 locations.

Goldy Brar — Gangster declared terrorist under UAPA is cop’s son, ‘issued death threat to Salman Khan’

Brar, who allegedly runs the Lawrence Bishnoi gang from Canada, hit headlines after singer Sidhu Moose Wala’s murder in May 2022. He is on Canada’s most-wanted list as well.

Punjab Armed Forces DSP found dead in Jalandhar, police say ‘body bore external injury mark on head’

Police say Dalbir Singh's body was recovered from Basti Bawa Khel Canal on intervening night of 31 December & 1 January, they are 'in process of examining CCTV footage from nearby areas'.

After SGPC objection, Mann govt withdraws decision to sound mourning notes for younger ‘Sahibzadas’

Punjab CM Mann had announced decision to sound mourning notes on day when devotees pay homage to sacrifice of Guru Gobind Singh's younger sons, but SGPC said it would be against 'maryada'.

Knives out in Punjab Congress after Sidhu’s solo rally angers Bajwa

Navjot Sidhu’s solo rally in Bathinda has provoked a sharp reaction from Partap Singh Bajwa, who has accused Sidhu of creating a parallel forum of Congress in the state.

Kejriwal heads to 10-day silent meditation course in Hoshiarpur, likely to skip 2nd ED summons

AAP chief & Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal, expected to reach Hoshiarpur's Dhamma Dhaja centre today, has been summoned for the second time by ED in the Delhi excise policy case on 21 December.

Centre ‘withholding’ funds for Punjab to halt development in state, claims Arvind Kejriwal

Delhi CM and AAP chief Kejriwal also accused the central govt of not providing trains to transport pilgrims under the state’s ‘Mukhya Mantri Tirath Yatra Yojana’.

Hindi cinema is ‘fixing’ its Punjab on screens. No more Yash Chopra’s mustard-tinted fantasy

Kohrra, CAT, Tabbar, Amar Singh Chamkila, Dunki, and Chamak—this latest wave of Punjabi content is taking an unflinching look at the lingering wounds of militancy, caste, drugs, and police brutality.

One of Rashtriya Rajput Karni Sena chief’s killers is a ‘soldier’, the other an accused in POCSO case

One of the shooters, Nitin ‘fauji’, is wanted in case in which he & 5 others were accused of opening fire at police personnel in Haryana's Mahendragarh last November.

Murder of Karni Sena faction chief: Rajasthan cops were alerted about ‘Bishnoi plan’ to attack Gogamedi

Rashtriya Rajput Karni Sena chief's request for police cover was denied & Punjab cops had alerted about threat to his life from Bishnoi aide Sampat Nehra, it is learnt.

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Asim Munir now has a Musharraf-style path ahead in Pakistan. It’s the 27th Amendment

Pakistan has been buzzing with rumours around the 27th Amendment for months, but the cat came out of the bag this week when President Asif Ali Zardari...

India’s services exports touching $400 bn—a quiet engine offsetting trade deficit

In 2024-25, India exported $387.54 bn worth of services, against imports of $198.14 bn, earning all-time high surplus of $189.40 bn. This offset 2/3rd of goods trade deficit. 

‘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.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.