While some areas face floods after heavy rain, rainfall deficits in Uttar Pradesh and Punjab are raising concerns over farming, groundwater and water availability.
Amit Shah arrives in Jalandhar as the BJP’s 13-day ‘Nasha Mukt Punjab Yatra’ concludes, with the Home Minister targeting AAP over drugs and outlining the Centre’s anti-narcotics strategy.
Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann on Monday ordered strict action against the culprits in connection with the alleged rape incident at Lovely Professional University (LPU) and directed Director General of Police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav to visit the site and take stock of the situation.
Punjab’s Lovely Professional University postponed its mid-term examinations until further notice to ensure the safety and well-being of all students amid ongoing violent protests over an alleged rape case.
The Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls has triggered a political debate across the country, with the exercise being described by its critics as a threat to voter rights and defended by the Election Commission as a necessary exercise to clean up electoral rolls.
Gone are the days when large families were the norm in Punjab; some households even had seven or eight children. We are now in the era of Gen Z, and families have become smaller. Today’s youth, driven by career ambitions, either avoid marriage altogether or delay it; they show little interest in having and raising.
The Delhi High Court has granted bail to British citizen Jagtar Singh Johal in seven cases linked to alleged targeted killings and attempted murders in Punjab.
Pakistan has been using drones extensively against India in the past couple of years. Drones have been used to smuggle arms, ammunition and narcotics, especially into Punjab.
Punjab Congress president Amarinder Singh Raja Warring on Thursday accused the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government of misleading the family of Gulzar Singh by presenting a recommendation letter as a job offer.
Congress leader and former Rajasthan Deputy Chief Minister Sachin Pilot met Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra in Delhi on Tuesday, shortly after being appointed the party's Punjab In-charge.
