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Tuesday, November 11, 2025
TopicSukhbir Badal

Topic: Sukhbir Badal

Akali rebels intent on ousting Sukhbir, plan to elect new leader with ‘sense of religiosity’

Over 50 leaders met in Jalandhar Tuesday to demand Sukhbir Badal's resignation. They plan to 'apologise' to Akal Takht on 1 July for party's mistakes before electing new chief.

Punjabi party vs ‘Dilli wali partiyaan’ — Akali Dal banks on regionalism in make-or-break polls

For the Akali Dal, out of power for 7 years now, these elections will also set the tone for 2027 assembly polls. According to party leaders, there's more enthusiasm this time.   

‘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.

Farmers’ agitation puts Akali Dal on a sticky wicket amid alliance talks with BJP

The last round of farmer protests ended a decades-long alliance between SAD & BJP. With another agitation gathering steam, SAD is learnt to be ‘unwilling’ to suffer political damage.  

Eye on 2024, Sukhbir apologises to Sikhs for sacrilege, his govt’s failure to nab culprits

‘You can say sorry for a mistake, not a crime,’ was Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann’s response to Badal’s apology.

SAD chief seeks PM’s intervention over judicial appointments

Sukhbir Badal urged PM Modi to resolve issues related to the omission of Sikh community in HC nominations

Top SAD leader Manjinder Singh Sirsa joins BJP, Akalis claim he was ‘forced’ to join

Sirsa was considered close to Badal family that heads SAD, and move is seen as blow to panthic party ahead of assembly elections in Punjab early next year.

Bad news for Badals ahead of SGPC polls as HC tells CBI to hand over sacrilege probe to police

Punjab and Haryana High Court Monday ordered CBI to hand over case, in which Akali leaders are the accused, to the Punjab Police, a long-standing demand of ruling Congress. 

Amarinder gifts Sukhbir Hitler’s Mein Kampf, he throws Andher Nagari Chaupat Raja at CM

Amarinder Singh sends Mein Kampf to Sukhbir Badal, so that the Akali MP can “understand dangerous implications” of CAA. Sukhbir responds with play on a failed ruler.

No community, even if .0001% in size, should feel it’s not part of India: Sukhbir Badal

SAD president & former Punjab deputy CM Sukhbir Badal says NDA govt has raked up an “unnecessary controversy” by excluding Muslims from the CAA.

On Camera

Goans are turning their anger toward migrants now

The real acrimony in Goa is against tourists and wealthy land buyers from Delhi, Mumbai, and Bengaluru. Yet, the fury gets channelled downward against the poorest workers from the cowbelt.

No more text-heavy ads, wider scope of services—ICAI’s ethics code overhaul to promote Indian CA firms

Open to public feedback until 26 November, the revised guidelines, among other changes, give CA firms more flexibility to advertise & promote their services.

‘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.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.