In a candid interview on the All-In Podcast—hosted by Sri Lankan-born Canadian-American billionaire venture capitalist and entrepreneur Chamath Palihapitiya—released on 9 January 2026, United States Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick offered an unusually detailed account of…
[caption id="attachment_18413" align="alignleft" width="500"] File image of Nobel laureate Amartya Sen | (Photo: The Print)[/caption] Nobel laureate Amartya Sen’s brush with the Election Commission’s ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) is a striking reminder that even…
[caption id="attachment_17940" align="alignleft" width="275"] Gurpartap Singh Mann is a farmer and former Member of the Punjab Public Service Commission. He has served as Chief General Manager, Punjab Infrastructure Development Board. An engineer and MBA by…
The Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Uttar Pradesh has produced a political storm. Some commentators have gone further, asserting—confidently and precisely—that the SIR is responsible for a sharp fall in the proportion…
Punjab’s political memory doesn’t last long. Big hurts from the past – like the 2015 police firings at Behbal Kalan and Kotkapura, or old links to controversial dera chiefs – slowly fade away. People get…
On 19 December 2025, a Division Bench of the Supreme Court comprising Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice Augustine George Masih delivered a judgment that deserves attention well beyond the narrow world of service law. The…
Haryana’s construction welfare board audit has reportedly exposed a system where verification collapsed and welfare became a conduit for “phantom” beneficiaries. If the figures cited by the Haryana Labour Minister Anil Vij are accurate, fake…
Measles cases nationwide have reached 2,012, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported last week, as outbreaks in Arizona and South Carolina continue to grow and three other states alert the public about…
Union Culture Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat’s assertion of today (December 28) that he has twice written to Sonia Gandhi asking her to return Jawaharlal Nehru’s papers to the Prime Ministers’ Museum and Library (PMML) is…
As winter fog descends over Punjab’s fields, an old drama is staged once again. Meetings are announced, slogans resurrected, and calls for “farmer unity” amplified. Reports speak of gatherings by BKU Ekta Sidhupur and the…
