4 min readChandigarhAug 8, 2026 10:37 PM IST Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann Saturday wrote to the Governor pushing for the grant of 10-day parole to Jagtar Singh Hawara, serving life term for the assassination of then chief minister Beant Singh in 1995, to enable him to meet his ailing mother. This is the first…
6 min readNew DelhiAug 8, 2026 09:06 AM IST Good morning! The Centre on Friday underlined that its newly created Research, Development and Innovation (RDI) Fund to support deep-tech companies has adequate safeguards to deal with situations of conflict of interest. The government was responding to an investigative report released by The Indian Express which…
Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal met Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Parliament House in New Delhi on Friday afternoon, providing fresh impetus to speculation about a possible revival of the SAD-BJP alliance ahead of the 2027 Punjab Assembly elections. Sukhbir Badal’s office did not disclose the agenda of the meeting. However, sources…
4 min readChandigarhAug 7, 2026 04:00 PM IST Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal met Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Parliament House in New Delhi on Friday afternoon. Sukhbir Badal’s office did not disclose the agenda of the meeting. However, reliable sources in the SAD said the interaction was centred on issues concerning…
In a scathing attack on Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann over the alleged sacrilege video, BJP national president Nitin Nabin said on Sunday that the “people of Punjab will not tolerate the disrespect of their Gurus” and that the “time has come to punish him for the act”. With the 2027 Punjab Assembly elections drawing…
Advocate Narpinder Singh Rangi, leader of the Congress councillors’ group, claimed on Tuesday that the outcome exposed a close, hypocritical understanding between the two otherwise opposing parties. Mohali: The Congress has alleged a behind-the-scenes alliance between the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) following Monday’s election, where AAP clinched the posts…
