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Topic: Punjab

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.

There’s a straight line from Modi govt misreading Punjab farmers’ protests to the Pannun saga

Situation calls for bringing focus back on Punjab. Working with credible political forces, even adversaries, would serve national interest better than fighting in New York courtrooms.

Pink bollworm, boll rot wreak havoc again. Haryana sees lowest yield of cotton in north region

Not just yield, but even fibre quality affected adversely, say farmers, industry and agriculture experts. State agriculture minister J.P. Dalal says govt will compensate farmers.

On Camera

India’s nuclear-power goal needs more than capital

New Delhi has finally accepted that the base load power demand of the future will need supplementing, and nuclear plants are one way to go about it.

Coastal states Maharashtra, TN, Gujarat top India’s exports index, landlocked UP a surprise performer

Releasing Export Preparedness Index report, NITI Aayog CEO says Centre has ‘ticked a lot of boxes’, & responsibility of driving the next phase of export growth now rests with states.

Rafale deal to be inked in 2026, final assembly line in Nagpur, Indian firms to be roped in

The proposed project costing about Rs 3.25 lakh crore will entail procurement of 18 aircraft in fly away condition & the rest made in India with up to 60% indigenous content.

Thank you Donald Trump, again. India now has reason to shed fear of trade deals and risky reform

UK, EFTA already in the bag and EU on the way, many members of RCEP except China signed up, and even restrictions on China being lifted, India has changed its mind on trade.