Bomb threats received for Dera Ballan, two schools ahead of PM Modi's visit to JalandharSecurity forces are investigating bomb threats targeting Dera Sachkhand Ballan and two schools in Jalandhar. The threats were received on S...
31 Jan, 2026, 02.08 PM IST
PM Modi to visit Punjab on February 1, rename Adampur airport after Guru RavidasPrime Minister will visit Adampur airport, where he will unveil the new name of the Airport as 'Sri Guru Ravidas Ji Airport, Adampur. He wi...
31 Jan, 2026, 01.22 PM IST
Punjab: Jalandhar Lok Sabha bypoll to be litmus test for AAPJalandhar Lok Sabha bypoll, the date for which was announced Wednesday, will be a litmus test for the ruling AAP, coming at a time when the...
29 Mar, 2023, 06.15 PM IST
Former Shiromani Akali Dal MLA Jagbir Brar joins AAPThe bypoll will be a litmus test for the ruling AAP which had last year lost the Sangrur Lok Sabha bypoll after coming to power in Punjab. ...
26 Mar, 2023, 06.03 PM IST
Amritpal Singh Case: Punjab govt won't hesitate in taking tough decisions, says Arvind KejriwalAAP supremo Kejriwal along with Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann was in Jalandhar, where the crackdown on the Khalistan sympathiser bega...
25 Mar, 2023, 06.16 PM IST
Many of Punjab's political and religious leaders set to lose security coverThose who will lose the security cover include Giani Harpreet Singh, Jathedar of Takht Damdama Sahib in Bathinda. He also holds the charge ...
28 May, 2022, 02.43 PM IST
Punjab Polls: Witnessing a multi-polar contestThe run-up to the Punjab assembly elections saw the biggest climbdown of the Modi government when it decided to repeal the contentious farm...
19 Feb, 2022, 12.13 AM IST
Punjab polls: In Doaba, Congress faces tough challenge from SAD, AAPThe BJP, which traditionally enjoys support in a few urban pockets, and the SAD are making all-out efforts to reap dividends in the fertile...
16 Feb, 2022, 04.54 PM IST
Change in Punjab polling day shows importance of Dalit votes in statePunjab was originally scheduled to go to polls on February 14, but the poll panel, on representation from various political parties, deferr...
26 Jan, 2022, 04.48 PM IST
Deras queer pitch in triangular fightAccording to sources in both the deras, the heads have preferred to choose candidates and not party this time.
03 Feb, 2017, 01.17 AM IST
Dera chiefs play gurus to tallest of politiciansIn Punjab, Godmen and their following feature prominently in the electoral landscape. This is more so before the polls.
02 Dec, 2016, 02.05 AM IST
AAP adopting religious agenda for political gains: Dharamvira GandhiDharamvira Gandhi lamented AAP's gradual "deviation" from all of its professed principles such as swaraj, transparency, accountability, int...
09 Jul, 2016, 09.51 PM IST
Assembly elections: Dalit assertion in Punjab's Doaba does not mean votes for MayawatiIndia’s most powerful dalit leader must win over Doaba, Punjab’s dalit heartland if she wants any real presence in the state.
26 Jan, 2012, 03.38 PM IST
- Sanity prevails in Punjab now
As tensions in Punjab over the killing of a Dera Sach Khand leader in Vienna eased on Tuesday, normalcy and peace were seen returning to th...
27 May, 2009, 06.02 AM IST
- Curfew relaxed in Punjab; violence affects Haryana
Curfew was eased in Hoshiarpur, Phargwara and Jalandhar, the hub of Dera Sachkhand whose followers had indulged in largescale violence afte...
26 May, 2009, 09.03 PM IST
- Dera Sachkhand Ballan head out of danger: Sect in charge
Dera Sachkhand Ballan in charge Sant Surinder Dass Bawa said that sect head Sant Niranjan Dass, who was attacked in Vienna, was out of dang...
26 May, 2009, 01.37 AM IST
- Violence spreads in Punjab after Vienna clash, 2 dead
Two persons were killed and several injured as violence triggered by the killing of a Dera leader engulfed Punjab and parts of Haryana. Pro...
25 May, 2009, 02.20 PM IST