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December 6, 2025, 05:36 PM - 6 min read
Successive regimes in Punjab have made the police force look like a “mercenary brigade”. Competent officers and other personnel with a high degree of integrity remain mostly sidelined, while those who are ready to go the extra mile in obliging their political masters get prime positions.
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December 1, 2025, 05:47 PM - 6 min read
He appears to have started dropping hints that the BJP may likely go for an alliance with the Akalis for the 2027 assembly elections in Punjab.
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November 30, 2025, 03:00 PM - 3 min read
Speaking to the media in Tarn Taran, Kler said that during the hearing, arguments took place over the arrest of Kanchanpreet. He said the court acknowledged that Kanchanpreet's arrest was unconstitutional, besides raising a question over the police action.
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October 27, 2025, 08:16 PM - 5 min read
The upcoming Tarn Taran by-election in Punjab, scheduled for November 11, has drawn intense attention as it tests the Aam Aadmi Party’s hold over its traditional base amid a rising undercurrent of radical politics. The contest, though unlikely to affect AAP’s majority, could signal a deeper political shift ahead of the 2027 polls.
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September 14, 2025, 01:05 PM - 2 min read
Richi Kaypee died from injuries after an out-of-control Creta rammed into three vehicles.
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August 13, 2025, 07:25 PM - 7 min read
The appointment of Giani Harpreet Singh as party president may attract the Dalit community as well. Otherwise, the community has mostly gone along with the Congress, before it switched over to the AAP though not in its entirety.
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August 7, 2025, 09:52 PM - 3 min read
The Opposition in Punjab has strongly criticised the state government for its alleged failure to tackle rising drug-related crimes, accusing it of inaction and demanding urgent intervention to restore law and order across affected regions.
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July 28, 2025, 06:45 PM - 7 min read
While the Akali Dal did stage an impressive comeback in the 1990s and pushed the radicals like Simranjit Singh Mann to margins, it now risks meeting the same fate as it met during the 1980s.
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July 14, 2025, 01:52 PM - 7 min read
The dominance of family-run political parties across India is dwindling as the BJP capitalises on the shift, posing existential challenges to many regional dynastic parties.
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July 7, 2025, 07:56 PM - 3 min read
Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) MP and former Union minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal has written to External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar, seeking immediate diplomatic intervention to secure the release of a young farmer from Punjab who inadvertently crossed into Pakistani territory on 21 June.
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July 3, 2025, 04:29 PM - 6 min read
the entire opposition comprising the Congress, the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Shiromani Akali Dal seemed to act in unison against the arrest of Bikram Singh Majithia.
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June 16, 2025, 01:32 PM - 3 min read
According to the committee, approximately 26 lakh membership slips have been distributed across Punjab and other states. Of these, around 6 lakh slips have been received back so far, and the verification process is currently underway.
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