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June 17, 2026, 01:36 PM - 7 min read
The Akal Takht does not hold any legal authority. But as an institution, it commands moral and divine authority over the Sikhs. The Akal Takht is always the last word in the Sikh affairs. Never ever in recorded history has anyone defied the Akal Takht edicts/ orders.
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June 16, 2026, 03:26 PM - 6 min read
Mann has often dared his opponents to play on “their pitch”. This time, the Akalis seem to have thrown a challenge back at him on a pitch where it is not easy for a non-Panthic party to play. The battle does not stop here, particularly when it concerns religion. People are highly emotive and sensitive towards religious matters, where they are not even ready to give benefit of doubt.
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May 26, 2026, 05:11 PM - 7 min read
The BJP’s repeated assertions of going it alone in the 2027 assembly elections apart, the parliamentary results and the ground situation in Punjab will weigh heavily in the leadership’s mind while taking the final decision.
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May 13, 2026, 05:25 PM - 6 min read
Like the Punjab Congress adopted an aggressive posture during the Delhi assembly elections and resisted all attempts of an alliance with the AAP, it will have to devise an independent policy towards the AAP in Punjab irrespective of how it is viewed outside.
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May 3, 2026, 05:08 PM - 2 min read
In their written representation, the BJP leaders questioned the Chief Minister's conduct, stating that his behaviour during the May 1 session had become a matter of public debate.
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May 1, 2026, 10:30 AM - 2 min read
According to officials, two separate cases have been registered against farmers for burning crop residue in Barnala and Mansa districts.
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April 29, 2026, 05:29 PM - 7 min read
The Congress has to blame itself. The party could not formulate a coordinated offensive to corner the ruling party. Except for token and individual statements from different leaders, the party did nothing to make the ruling party feel defensive. There was not a simple or even a standard demand asking the government to prove its majority on the floor of the house.
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April 28, 2026, 06:45 PM - 8 min read
Apparently, realising that he could not build up a credible case against Justice Swarana Kanta, Kejriwal resorted to his characteristic way of subjecting his target to a media trial by writing a 2400-word letter to the judge, which is insinuatingly malicious and casts aspersions on her integrity without any concrete evidence and purely on the basis of fanciful assumption.
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April 24, 2026, 05:30 PM - 5 min read
At the national level, yes it will be a grave setback for the AAP. However, except for ‘optics’, it will not make any difference to the fortunes of neither the AAP nor the BJP in Punjab. None of these MPs carries any political weight to alter any equations on the ground.
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April 14, 2026, 06:30 PM - 7 min read
The AAP has again touched a raw nerve of the Punjabis, which can have consequences. AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal is on record having said it before 2022 assembly elections that once the AAP forms government in Punjab, those guilty of sacrilege would be punished within 24 hours. What people expected was punishment to the guilty, not another law.
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April 12, 2026, 05:54 PM - 4 min read
The Bhagwant Mann government has convened a special session of the Punjab Vidhan Sabha to amend the Jaagat Jot Sri Guru Granth Sahib Satkar Act, 2008, and introduce stricter punishment against the sacrilege of Sikh holy book Guru Granth Sahib.
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March 31, 2026, 10:37 AM - 2 min read
Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Monday cited the 2024 National Educational Survey to highlight Punjab’s strong showing, claiming the state has even surpassed Kerala in overall educational performance and exposure.
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