The Latest Breaking News from Punjab

Bypolls were held for one Lok Sabha constituency in Punjab and four Assembly seats in Uttar Pradesh, Meghalaya and Odisha on Wednesday.

Press Council of India issues notice to Punjab govt. over arrest of journalist and seeks a report within two weeks

Polling began on May 10 morning for the high-stakes Jalandhar Lok Sabha bypoll where a 4-cornered electoral battle is in the offing with the AAP, Congress, BJP, and SAD in the fray.

As the by-election for Punjab’s Jalandhar parliamentary constituency witnesses a multi-cornered electoral battle, necessary arrangements to ensure free, fair and peaceful polling have been set in place.

Times Now Navbharat reporter Bhawana Kishore has been released from the Ludhiana central jail a day after the Punjab and Haryana High Court granted interim bail to her.

Established norms were not followed by the Punjab Police while detaining Times Now reporter Bhavana Kishore on May 5, the Editors Guild of India (EGI) has said.

Punjab was scaling new “heights of development” under the Bhagwant Mann government, AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal said on May 7 as he sought votes for his party’s candidate for the May 10 Jalandhar Lok Sabha bypoll.

The BJP on Sunday alleged that the National Commission for Scheduled Castes issued a notice to the Punjab government in connection with a complaint of alleged "sexual misconduct" of a boy by a state minister, and demanded his sacking from the cabinet. Read further on Dynamite News:

A Pakistan-based Khalistani terrorist from Punjab was shot dead by two unidentified gunmen in Lahore on May 6, a government source said.

A woman journalist and two others have been arrested in Punjab’s Ludhiana for allegedly hitting a woman with speeding car and hurling casteist abuses against her.

Trade body experts predicted that this year, there may be an increase in the acreage for cotton plantations in the Northern States due to the recent rain in the last few days.