Members of a six-member delegation during their visit to probe the vandalism of BR Ambedkar’s statue situated on Heritage Street, in Amritsar, Sunday, Feb. 2, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI A six-member panel formed by the BJP visited Amritsar on Sunday (February 2, 2025) to probe the recent Ambedkar statue vandalisation bid. Panel members, including…
Activists of Valmiki community during a protest following an attempt by a man to vandalise the statue of BR Ambedkar adjacent to Golden Temple, in Amritsar, on January 27, 2025. The man later was arrested. | Photo Credit: PTI Even as Punjab police arrested a man, who allegedly attempted to deface the statue of Dr….
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA Gurpreet Gogi. File | Photo Credit: X/@gurpreetgogiaap Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA Gurpreet Gogi, representing the Ludhiana West constituency, was declared dead after being shot with bullet injuries. The incident occurred around midnight, and the MLA was declared dead upon arrival at the DMC hospital, as per officials. “The incident…
A man sets fire to a gunny bag to keep warm in a vegetable market during a cold winter morning, in Amritsar on Wednesday. File | Photo Credit: ANI A thick blanket of fog enveloped many areas of Punjab and Haryana on Friday (January 10, 2025), thus reducing visibility. Cold weather conditions continued to prevail…
Close up of Basmati Rice. | Photo Credit: Getty Images As the groundwater crisis looms large in the key grain-producing State of Punjab, the Punjab Rice Millers and Exporters Association has written to the Finance Commission to recommend the Central government pushes the cultivation of aromatic basmati rice instead of the more water-intensive paddy. A…
Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) chief Sukhbir Singh Badal | Photo Credit: ANI Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal announced on Tuesday that he would abide by an Akal Takht summons and appear before the highest Sikh temporal seat to answer allegations by a rebel group of the SAD that he “compromised Panth (Sikh community)…
