The story of Sikhs in Balochistan did not end with the journeys associated with Guru Nanak Dev Ji. Over the following centuries, Sikh traders, families and community members established a more permanent presence in the…
Chandigarh: The latest Punjab Vidhan Sabha session once again proved that Punjab politics has discovered a wonderful formula: the Assembly can be serious about everything—except perhaps taking itself too seriously. The session began with protests,…
Punjab: A State on Life Support? Dead Last Among 18 Major States in Fiscal Health Punjab, long celebrated as India’s breadbasket and a symbol of post-Independence agricultural prosperity, now finds itself in a precarious fiscal…
Chandigarh: A Punjab government verification exercise of social security pension records has identified roughly 2.4 lakh deceased or ineligible beneficiaries who continued to appear in official lists, with district-wise figures circulating widely showing large numbers…
The Punjab Government’s much-publicised “war on drugs” is facing fresh questions over its effectiveness, with concerns being raised about the state’s growing dependence on medication-assisted de-addiction, the scale of government advertising expenditure and the actual…
AMRITSAR-Shiromani Akali Dal leader Bikram Singh Majithia has launched a sharp attack on Aam Aadmi Party leaders Arvind Kejriwal and Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, accusing them of adopting “double standards” on the long-pending issue…
[caption id="attachment_25260" align="alignleft" width="500"] AI-created symbolic image for representation only[/caption] Milpitas(California)Jalandhar/Chandigarh — The North American Punjabi Association (NAPA) has strongly condemned what it describes as the Punjab government’s continuing failure to establish and effectively implement…
[caption id="attachment_25529" align="alignright" width="550"] AI-created image for representation only[/caption] The sudden removal of Amritsar Police Commissioner Gurpreet Singh Bhullar has raised serious questions across Punjab. On August 7, 2026, the Punjab government relieved Bhullar of…
[caption id="attachment_25524" align="alignleft" width="500"] AI-created image for representation only[/caption] Chandigarh: Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann has written to Governor Gulab Chand Kataria recommending a 10-day parole for Jagtar Singh Hawara, a life convict in…
The discourse surrounding Punjab's economic trajectory frequently returns to a complex dilemma: balancing the immediate socio-economic needs of citizens through populist welfare measures against the long-term dangers of mounting public debt. As highlighted in the…
