Punjab

Shafaqna India: A fresh weather system flagged by the India Meteorological Department is set to intensify conditions across North India, with Punjab emerging as one of the key impact zones …

Shafaqna India:Patiala police claimed that core policing and ear to the ground led to the arrest of Punjab MLA Harmeet Pathanmajra from near Gwalior following “credible technical leads”. Pathanmajra was …

Couldn’t break them with laws, so they were sold out with deals to the Americans! That single line captures the uneasy continuity in India’s agricultural policy over the last few years. …

As India and the United States move toward implementing a tenuous trade agreement, the Modi government is once again confronting an old political fault line: farmers. Nowhere is this tension …

Shfaqna India: Just when residents were expecting an improvement in weather conditions, severe winter-like chill continued to grip Punjab, Haryana and Delhi, with dense fog and low temperatures disrupting daily life …

Shafaqna India: Security agencies have launched an investigation after a threat email was received on Saturday targeting Dera Ballan, ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s scheduled visit to Punjab on Sunday. …

Shafaqna India: A Sikh woman from Punjab, who went missing after travelling to Pakistan as part of a pilgrims’ jatha in November last year, is likely to be repatriated to India …

Shafaqna India: Dense fog enveloped several parts of Delhi, Punjab, Haryana, and Chandigarh on Wednesday morning, significantly reducing visibility and disrupting normal movement across key areas. Visuals from Ghaziabad’s Indirapuram, Noida’s …

Shafaqna India: A special session of Punjab Vidhan Sabha began on Tuesday to discuss the impact of changes in the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), 2005. The government …

Shafaqna India: Many areas in Punjab, Haryana and Delhi reported dense fog and cold on Monday morning. Delhi woke up to a chilly morning with the air quality deteriorating as the …

Shafaqna India: Punjab witnessed a 53 per cent drop in the number of farm fires this year, said Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Minister Gurmeet Singh Khudian in a press release issued …

Shafaqna India: The Supreme Court on Monday ordered a CBI probe into digital arrest scam cases across the country and asked the agency to also investigate the alleged role of bank …

Shafaqna India: In a move that has triggered a political storm in Punjab, the Centre has listed a Bill in the upcoming winter session of Parliament that seeks to bracket Chandigarh …

WATER, water everywhere, said the poet, a line that is really a drumbeat in your brain as you look around the Mand area in Sultanpur Lodhi, where the Beas has …

Shafaqna India: The sudden transfer of the Director (Investigation), GST, Punjab, has again brought into focus the tax evasion scam in the trade of iron and steel scrap in Punjab. The …

Shafaqna India: Continuing free power to consumers may soon become an uphill task for Punjab as the Centre has devised a stringent three-option privatisation formula aimed at tightening the noose around …

Shafaqna India: All colleges, universities and polytechnics in Punjab will remain closed till September 3. Announcing this on X, Education Minister Harjot Bains said, “Due to continuous heavy rainfall across Punjab …

Shafaqna India: The Supreme Court on Monday quashed the appointment of 1,158 assistant professors and librarians in Government Degree Colleges in Punjab, holding there’s “total arbitrariness in their selection that was …

Shafaqna India: Punjab’s Aam Aadmi Party government will on Monday present its draft Bill to make sacrilege punishable by life imprisonment. The draft Bill has already been approved by the Council …

Shafaqna India: Forecasting heavy rains in Punjab, the weather department has issued an orange alert in Punjab for June 29 and a yellow alert for the subsequent three days. Over the …

Shafaqna India: Wednesday witnessed the season’s warmest night in Chandigarh, with the minimum temperature soaring to a record high of 31.8° Celsius, which was the highest reading in the region comprising …

Shafaqna India: Widespread rain in Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh on early Friday morning has considerably brought down the temperatures. Thunderstorms and gusty winds at many places on Thursday night led to …

Power theft in Punjab has crossed alarming limits, costing the Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) over Rs 2,000 crore in 2024-25 — a staggering Rs 5.5 crore per day. …

Shafaqna India: Amid heavy police deployment across Punjab, particularly in areas with strong farmer union presence, the planned march towards Chandigarh has begun in small groups. However, authorities have set up …

Shafaqna India: India is set to verify the documents of approximately 18,000 nationals facing deportation from the US for living there illegally. The US has provided a list, and if …

Shafaqna India: Chandigarh is experiencing heavy fog, while the bitter cold continues to grip Haryana and Punjab, making the weather conditions challenging across the region. The dense fog has reduced visibility …

Shafaqna India: AS I heard the news of the attempt to assassinate Sukhbir Singh Badal, my mind flashed back to the April of 1983 and the killing of AS Atwal (DIG), …

PUNJAB’s ongoing crackdown on drug trafficking demonstrates a renewed commitment to combating the drug menace that has gripped the state for long. Over the past 10 months, the Punjab Police …

Shafaqna India: Punjab witnessed its highest daily spike in farm fires this season, with 484 stubble-burning incidents reported on Diwali, marking a significant jump in residue burning as farmers prepare fields …

Shafaqna India: India’s newly elected lawmakers took the oath of office on Tuesday, but two vocal government critics were unable to take their seats as they are jailed on national …