Punjab
Punjab Government’s Investment in One-Day Assembly Session at Anandpur Sahib
The Punjab government's decision to hold a special Vidhan Sabha session in Anandpur Sahib on November 24, 2025, has sparked considerable debate over the scale…
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Criminal Activity in Punjab Linked to Non-Locals
Punjab has seen a significant rise in organized crime in recent years, with many incidents linked to people from other states or abroad. Extortion, gangster-related…
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Twenty Years, Two Governments, Zero Justice: The Unending Struggle for Bandi Singhs’ Freedom
For decades, the protest to secure the release of Bandi Singhs has remained one of the longest-running struggles in Punjab’s modern history. These Sikh political…
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Murder of RSS volunteer reaffirms complete collapse of law and order
Chandigarh-The heinous murder of an RSS volunteer in Firozepur today has once again exposed the failure of the Bhagwant Mann government to allow gangsters a…
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Condemnation of the Brutal Attack on Journalist Ranjit Singh Gill
[caption id="attachment_15500" align="alignleft" width="600"] Image for Representation only[/caption] The vicious assault on journalist Ranjit Singh Gill at the Faksar Theri grain market represents a shocking…
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India’s Tightrope Walk Between Privacy and RTI -By K. B. S. Sidhu, IAS (Retd.
On 13 November 2025, India brought into force its first comprehensive data protection regime by notifying the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Rules, 2025. This…
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Why Rahul Gandhi Lost — And Why Modi and Nitish Won
Indian politics continues to show how leadership style, messaging, and organisational strength decide electoral outcomes. The contrasting results of Rahul Gandhi, Narendra Modi, and Nitish…
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Punjab’s 92% Success Story in Stubble Burning Reduction: A Detailed Look
Over the past five years, Punjab has achieved what was once thought impossible — a remarkable 92% decline in paddy stubble burning incidents. According to…
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NAPA STRONGLY CONDEMNS SECOND BOMB BLAST IN NEW DELHI
The North American Punjabi Association (NAPA) and its Executive Director, Satnam Singh Chahal, strongly condemn the second bomb blast that has shaken New Delhi. This…
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Terror, Trust and the Classroom: What the Al-Falah Medical College Controversy Really Tells Us-K. B. S. Sidhu, IAS (Retd.)
The blast near Delhi’s Red Fort and the subsequent terror probe have, overnight, turned a relatively obscure private medical education institution on the edge of…
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Punjab’s Looming Fiscal Crisis: When Subsidies Eclipse Substance-Satnam Singh Chahal
Punjab stands at a dangerous crossroads. The state's debt is projected to reach Rs 3.74 lakh crore by the end of 2024-25, amounting to more…
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The app brings together multiple aspects of Sikh life
The Sangat Sikhi App, founded by Haymkarran Singh, is emerging as a digital initiative connecting Gurudwaras, Sangat, and Sewadars globally through technology. The app brings…
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Lifetime Tenure at Tata Trusts? Let the Courts—and the Charity Commissioner—Decide-Karan Bir Singh Sidhu, IAS (Retd.)
Author’s Note: When public charitable trusts govern assets that shape the country’s corporate landscape, their rules cannot be rewritten by internal fiat. They must be…
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A Measured Step Towards Order in Punjab’s Eco-Fragile Periphery.-Karan Bir Singh Sidhu, IAS (Retd.)
In the meeting of the Punjab Cabinet, held with Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann in the chair on Saturday, 15 November, a number of progressive decisions…
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The Rise, the Rhetoric and the Ruin: What Prashant Kishor’s Bihar Debacle Really Tells Us-Karan Bir Singh Sidhu, retired IAS
Prashant Kishor’s journey that commened on 2nd October, 2022 from Gandhi Ashram in West Champaran to today’s gloomy tally board in Patna is almost cinematic.…
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Leaders or Ledgers— Setting the Stage for the Debate-By K. B. S. Sidhu, IAS (Retd.)
In her recent manifesto “From Words to Worlds: Spatial Intelligence is AI’s Next Frontier,” Dr Fei-Fei Li, Sequoia Professor of Computer Science at Stanford University,…
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