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Sidhu should have accepted new portfolio instead of shunning work: Punjab CM Amarinder

The Punjab chief minister has had many run-ins with cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu including changing the latter's portfolio in a recent cabinet reshuffle.

Navjot Singh Sidhu sends resignation letter to Amarinder Singh a day after he quit as minister

Navjot Singh Sidhu has been upset over Punjab CM Amarinder Singh blaming him for the party’s poor performance in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls.

Censor board for Punjabi songs: New demand by women’s panel head who took on Honey Singh

Punjab State Women Commission chief Manisha Gulati wants action to be taken against Punjabi artists for objectifying women in their songs.

Modi govt bans pro-Khalistan group Sikhs for Justice for anti-national activities

Sikhs for Justice openly espouses the cause of Khalistan & challenges the sovereignty and territorial integrity of India.

Like Sunny Deol, his ‘representative’ Gurpreet Palheri is political novice, linked to movies

Gurpreet Singh Palheri, a trusted Deol family aide, is a writer and line producer who works in the Hindi and Punjabi film industries.

Punjab govt wakes up after death of 2-year-old, closes over 2,000 open borewells

Child could not be saved despite 110-hour rescue operation in Sangrur. Amarinder Singh’s govt institutes standard operating procedures for such incidents.

Who pardoned 4 fake encounter police officers in Punjab? Congress, Akalis fight it out

Punjab Governor V.P. Singh Badnore granted pardon to the 4 policemen on 19 June, barely four years since they began serving their sentences.

Dera followers agree to cremate body of sacrilege-accused after communal tension in Punjab

Dera Sacha Sauda followers had demanded that Mohinderpal Bittu, accused of sacrilege in 2015 and murdered Saturday, be cleared of the charges.

Harsimrat Kaur urges Modi to take up Guru Nanak palace demolition issue with Pakistan PM Imran Khan

The Guru Nanak palace, located in Pakistan's Punjab province, was partially demolished by a group of vandals Monday.

Amarinder blames Sidhu for ‘poor’ Congress showing in Punjab’s urban areas

Amarinder Singh & Navjot Singh Sidhu, two of the Congress' most prominent faces in Punjab, have been at loggerheads since the week before Punjab voted on 19 May.

On Camera

Imtiaz Ali obsesses over vulgarity, misses Chamkila’s cultural resistance against purity

Peter Manuel's ‘Cassette Culture’ showed the booming Bhakti music during the '80s and '90s when Anoop Jalota, Gulshan Kumar achieved success by singing the sanitised Bhajans.

Economists vs statisticians — the battle being fought over the soul of India’s GDP data

Economists say there are weaknesses in India’s GDP data. But statisticians claim the accusations are based on flawed understanding, saying while GDP has problems, the economists are looking in the wrong places.

India and Japan hold 10th round of consultations on disarmament, non-proliferation, and export control

The two sides also discussed ways to strengthen cooperation in outer space security, conventional weapons, and export control

These 6 states are key for Modi’s ‘400 paar’ target. They’re also where Opposition can stop him

While this contest looks so predictable in large swathes of our political landscape, it is also more keenly contested than 2019 in some states.