The Latest Breaking News from Punjab

CM had asked for poll date to be moved from Feb. 14 due to Ravidas Jayanti

The AAP national convenor had earlier asked voters to suggest names of their preferred chief ministerial candidates and launched a mobile number for the purpose.

IIT Delhi has found that this year stubble burning has started earlier than previous years and that Punjab is a bigger culprit in this matter than Haryana.

On September 12, Sukhdeep Kaur, a journalist in Chandigarh, posted on Facebook that she had been pressured to resign from Hindustan Times after Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh complained to the newspaper’s management about her adversarial reporting. When she resisted, Kaur claimed, she was handed a termination letter on September…

As heavy rains ravage many states in North India, a flood alert was issued earlier this week in parts of Delhi, Haryana, Punjab and Uttar Pradesh. The Delhi government issued an advisory stating, “People in low-lying areas to vacate their place as the water level neared warning level in the Yamuna river.”

In this episode of Daily Dose, Snigdha Sharma brings you the latest stories from New Delhi, Tamil Nadu, Punjab, France and Brazil.Produced by Snigdha Sharma, recorded by Anil Kumar and edited by Satish Kumar.You can also listen to all our podcasts on the Newslaundry App and get updates about all…

The demolition of the Saint Guru Ravidas Temple in New Delhi has created a stir over the last 10 days. A bandh was held in Punjab last week and exams were postponed in the state as protests boiled against the demolition of the temple in Tughlaqabad Extension by the Delhi…

“They offered him five hundred rupees and made him enter the sewer,” recalls Suraj Kala. Her 22-year-old son, Armaan, entered the sewer and never returned. “He was given no safety gear,” she says. A resident of Ludhiana, in Punjab, Suraj Kala along with other families, who have lost their loved…

Ever since my grandfather told me about the majestic Tilor or Tuktar, the generic vernacular names for the Great Indian Bustard (GIB) found in the desert areas of south-eastern Punjab, it was my earnest desire to see the great bird. By the time I grew up, the GIB, to my…