CHANDIGARH: Punjab has apparently discovered a revolutionary new model of democracy: why spend days discussing laws when you can pass nine of them before the tea gets cold? The Punjab Vidhan Sabha's decision to pass…
CHANDIGARH: Senior Congress MLA and former Olympian Pargat Singh has launched a sharp attack on the Punjab government over the passage of nine Bills in a single day, accusing the ruling Aam Aadmi Party government…
Every movement has a beginning. Some begin with anger, some with politics, and some with the simple desire to improve society. The Sikh youth movement that gathered momentum in Punjab during the late 1970s and…
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…
