In a major crackdown on cross-border arms smuggling in Punjab, the Border Security Force (BSF) on Sunday apprehended two smugglers and recovered two pistols from them. The BSF recovered a drone in a separate operation, officials said. Acting on an intelligence tip-off, BSF troops put up multiple ambushes in suspected areas of Amritsar district on … Read more
Image used for representation | Photo Credit: SHASHI SHEKHAR KASHYAP BSF and Punjab Police have recovered six pistols along with 14 magazines in the border area of Amritsar following an extensive search operation, an official said on Friday. The joint search operation carried out on Thursday led to the recovery of a large packet wrapped … Read more
Suryansh Shedge’s parents were attending a wedding in Jaipur when their son’s name came up in the Indian Premier League mega-auction. Prashant and Priyadarshini quickly stepped away from the loud music and hubbub of the event and rushed to a quiet corner to watch the proceedings. Nervous moments followed in the accelerated round, but to … Read more
Water cannons being used on Congress workers during their protest against the Punjab government in Chandigarh on Friday, March 21, 2025. | Photo Credit: ANI Amid the crackdown on protesting farmers by Punjab Police, the Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) and Bharti Kisan Union (Ugrahan) [BKU (U)] on Friday (March 21, 2025) declined to participate in … Read more
Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann and AAP Supremo Arvind Kejriwal with Sunita Kejriwal at the Golden Temple, in Amritsar, Sunday, March 16, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal and Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Sunday (March 16, 2025) offered prayers at the Golden Temple in Amritsar on the completion of three … Read more
Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann speaks on the resolution against the Centre’s draft of the National Policy Framework on Agricultural Marketing in the State Legislative Assembly, in Chandigarh, on February 25, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI The Punjab State Assembly on Tuesday (February 25, 2025) rejected the draft of the National Policy Framework on Agricultural … Read more
There’s nothing for the farmers and youth of Punjab, says CM Bhagwant Mann. | Photo Credit: ANI The Chief Ministers of the Congress-ruled Himachal Pradesh and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)-ruled Punjab on Saturday described the Union Budget 2025-26 as disappointing, stating that it ignores the welfare of these States. Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh … Read more
A man sets fire to the stubble at a farm, in Patiala on Sunday. | Photo Credit: ANI Farm fires in Punjab, often blamed for the rise in Delhi’s air pollution, have gone down by 50% since last year in the post-harvest period, with little effect on the air quality in the national capital. From … Read more
Rakesh Tikait. File | Photo Credit: K. Murali Kumar After Punjab farmers announced a one-day protest today, farmer leader and Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) spokesperson, Rakesh Tikait said that the protest has been declared by the farmers in Punjab only. Questioning the government’s action against stubble burning, Mr. Tikait said the government should tell the … Read more
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday conducted searches at four locations across Punjab in a case related to the promotion of terror related activities and violence by Sikh For Justice (SFJ) leader Gurupatwant Singh Pannun. Teams of the anti-terror agency searched one location each in Moga and Mohali and two locations in Bathinda at … Read more