The Human Cost of Militancy in Punjab (1981–1991)
The decade between 1981 and 1991 remains one of the darkest chapters in Punjab’s modern history. According to data reported by The Times of India on February 9, 1992 (p. 15), citing the Ministry of…
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Meet and Greet: Kunwar Vijay Pratap Singh, MLA Amritsar North
[caption id="attachment_24408" align="alignleft" width="550"] Kunwar Vijay Partap Singh MLA Amritsar North[/caption] Editor's Note: Meet and Greet is a special editorial series introducing readers to the personalities who shape Punjab's political, administrative, social, business, religious, cultural,…
MGNREGA Workers Injured as Police Use Tear Gas, Water Cannons to Disperse Protest in Khanna
Khanna, Punjab | Several contractual MGNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act) workers, including women, were injured today when Punjab Police used tear gas shells, water cannons, and baton charges to disperse a protest…
Punjab BJP Alleges Irregularities in Electoral Roll Revision; Seeks ECI Intervention
CHANDIGARH – The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Punjab has formally approached the Election Commission of India (ECI) and the state's Chief Electoral Officer, calling for an urgent investigation into alleged irregularities during the ongoing…
Senate committee grills CDC director nominee Erica Schwartz- Liz Szabo, MA
[caption id="attachment_24398" align="alignleft" width="500"] US Coast Guard, Kyle Niemi / Flickr cc[/caption] Nearly one year after the firing of the last confirmed director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), senators on Capitol…
VTA Sets All-Time Special Event Ridership Record During FIFA World Cup Matches
SAN JOSE, Calif. — The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) set a new all-time special event ridership record during the six FIFA World Cup matches at the San Francisco Bay Area Stadium, carrying 230,000…
From Abeyance to Abrogation: Taking the Indus Waters Treaty Down the Statutory Route-KBS Sidhu IAS Retd
On 24th April 2025, two days after the Pahalgam massacre, India did something it had not done in sixty-five years of the Indus Waters Treaty: it placed the Treaty in abeyance. For a country that…
ICE Reports 22nd Detention Death of 2026:Austin Kocher
[caption id="attachment_23924" align="alignleft" width="500"] Author:Austin Kocher[/caption] Jesús Manuel Arenas-Silva, a 45-year-old man from Venezuela, died in ICE custody on July 13, 2026, during a transfer out of the Irwin County Detention Center in Ocilla, Georgia,…
PB govt should cap rates of treatment in private super specialty hospitals: Balbir Singh Sidhu
Mohali: In view of the increasing overpricing of tertiary healthcare services by private super specialty hospitals in the state, the Punjab Government should immediately fix treatment rates on the lines of regulatory committees constituted to…
Punjab’s Political Landscape – July 2026
Punjab’s political scene in mid-2026 is marked by intense competition, welfare expectations, and early positioning for the 2027 Assembly elections. The state continues to grapple with a complex mix of development aspirations, agrarian challenges, fiscal…