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Topic: Punjab

Punjab’s booming de-addiction industry has spawned far greater threats—illegal centres, monopolies

Amidst a deepening drug crisis, Punjab’s crackdown reveals a grim underbelly of unlicensed de-addiction centres exploiting desperate families and flouting regulations.

Arsh Dalla aide who shot him in Canada linked to Punjab grenade attacks, extortion in Delhi

Gurjant Singh alias Gurjant Jenta, now on radar of Indian security agencies, once held influence in Punjab but is expanding his reach beyond the state, it is learnt.

Pratap newspaper staffer injured in parcel bomb blast: ‘I have also made sacrifice for country’

In ‘Pratap’, Chander Mohan and Jyotsna Mohan track the history of the Urdu newspaper Pratap and its Hindi counterpart Vir Pratap.

Behind the grenade attacks in Punjab, poverty, promises of visas, transnational gangs & ISI imprint

Since December, over a dozen youths from areas like Batala, Amritsar, SBS Nagar have been arrested on charges of attacking police stations & posts at the behest of banned terror outfits.

By opposing farmers’ stir, AAP is playing to the crowd in urban Punjab. But it’s a slippery slope

Protesting farmers have issued call for nationwide protest outside offices of deputy commissioners and ‘chakka jam’ across Punjab after police action at Shambhu, Khanauri borders.

Ram temple googly to bulldozer bouncer, is Harbhajan Singh queering the pitch for AAP

Harbhajan's latest comments on the Mann government's actions against drug smugglers in Punjab while party supremo Arvind Kejriwal is in the state have raised eyebrows.

As Bhindranwale flag row intensifies, Himachal road transport body curtails bus services to Punjab

HRTC bus drivers have refused to enter Punjab fearing attacks in retaliation over Sikh pilgrims being stopped in Himachal for sporting flags with pictures of Bhindranwale.

After grenade lobbed at temple, Amritsar top cop draws link to Pakistan’s ISI, narco-terror module

Amritsar Police said the incident may also be linked to arrest of 3 BKI operatives in Bihar. While this was the 15th such incident in Punjab, this is the 1st time a temple was targeted.

How CM Mann’s stance on Punjab farmers has shifted, with Chandigarh protest the latest flashpoint

Sit-in protest at Chandigarh was intended as 3rd front in ongoing agitation by farmers. 2 permanent protests have been underway at Shambhu and Khanauri since February last yr.

Delhi-Katra e-way’s Amritsar leg not only NHAI project hit by land hurdles in Punjab. There’s 15 more

With the 30-km section of the expressway's Amritsar spur put on hold, the project, which has been facing land acquisition challenges since 2022, is expected to get delayed further.

On Camera

Bangladesh Army Chief wants elections. Muhammad Yunus wants to get rid of him

When the Army chief starts sounding more democratic than a Nobel Peace Prize winner, you know Bangladesh’s political theatre has become a stage for satire.

No competition, have to deliver faster & reliably, says Amazon India V-P of operations

Diving into workings of Gurugram fulfilment centre, Abhinav Singh, V-P (Ops) at Amazon India, offers insights into how company manages logistics, in conversation with ThePrint Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta.

Centre approves development of AMCA prototype with rollout target of 2031. HAL to bid with private firms

HAL has so far been the only entity in India to manufacture fighter planes. It will now have to compete against private companies, like TATA, Adani, L&T and other interested players.

There’s an all-new N-word now. And India’s soft power has become its hard liability

India is better positioned in the world than at any point post-Cold war. We have to decide if global opinion matters to us or not. If it does, we must engage with their media, think tanks, civil society.