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  • Crackdown on Amritpal: Punjab govt won't hesitate in taking tough decisions, says Kejriwal March 25, 2023 08:18 PM IST

    Crackdown on Amritpal: Punjab govt won't hesitate in taking tough decisions, says Kejriwal

    Kejriwal's remarks come in the wake of the Punjab Police action against radical preacher and 'Waris Punjab De' chief Amritpal Singh and his associates.

  • Crackdown on Amritpal: Punjab govt won't hesitate in taking tough decisions, says Arvind Kejriwal March 25, 2023 06:20 PM IST

    Crackdown on Amritpal: Punjab govt won't hesitate in taking tough decisions, says Arvind Kejriwal

    Kejriwal’s remarks come in the wake of Punjab police action against radical preacher Amritpal Singh and elements of an outfit, headed by him, named ’Waris Punjab De.’

  • Video: Tornado tears through village in Punjab March 25, 2023 03:44 PM IST

    Video: Tornado tears through village in Punjab

    A powerful tornado tore through a village in Punjab on Friday, causing widespread damage to property and livestock.

  • Amritpal Singh was targeting rogue ex-servicemen, youngsters to build terrorist outfit March 23, 2023 07:32 PM IST

    Amritpal Singh was targeting rogue ex-servicemen, youngsters to build terrorist outfit

    Officials in Chandigarh said Amritpal Singh, upon his return from Dubai, started a drug de-addiction centre at his village Jallupur Kehra in Punjab's Amritsar district.

  • Man part of Amritpal Singh's own security setup arrested: Punjab Police March 23, 2023 03:22 PM IST

    Man part of Amritpal Singh's own security setup arrested: Punjab Police

    Tejinder Singh Gill, a resident of Mangewal village in the Khanna area of Ludhiana district, was deputed in the security of Amritpal Singh, who is on the run since a police crackdown on his outfit 'Waris Punjab De' began on Saturday, said Khanna Deputy Superintendent of Police (Payal) Harsimrat Singh.

  • Bhagwant Mann’s Twin Challenges: Law and order failures, Arvind Kejriwal’s long arm March 23, 2023 02:42 PM IST

    Bhagwant Mann’s Twin Challenges: Law and order failures, Arvind Kejriwal’s long arm

    Punjab is a tough state to govern with difficult security and development challenges. But that’s no excuse for CM Bhagwant Mann’s tardy approach to law and order till he woke up to the Amritpal threat

  • The spectre of Khalistan has raised its ugly head in Punjab again March 23, 2023 09:00 AM IST

    The spectre of Khalistan has raised its ugly head in Punjab again

    The centre and the state must work together to nab the Pakistan-sponsored agents fomenting trouble in Punjab

  • Punjab Congress stages walkout in assembly; SAD says invoking NSA in Amritpal case wrong March 23, 2023 07:04 AM IST

    Punjab Congress stages walkout in assembly; SAD says invoking NSA in Amritpal case wrong

    As the Question Hour began on the concluding day of the Budget session, Leader of Opposition Partap Singh Bajwa asked Speaker Kultar Singh Sandhwan about the adjournment motion moved by his party to discuss law and order.

  • Ajai Sahni writes: Where’s the sense of balance and proportion in the frenzied coverage of Amritpal? March 23, 2023 08:08 AM IST

    Ajai Sahni writes: Where’s the sense of balance and proportion in the frenzied coverage of Amritpal?

    The national and global projection of instability and disorder in Punjab is a complete distortion of the reality on the ground. Amritpal has lost credibility, certainly after the Ajnala incident and his choice to shield himself behind the Guru Granth Sahib. However, trust in the Government is also being eroded

  • India slams attacks on its diplomatic missions in UK, US by pro-Khalistan activists March 21, 2023 03:44 PM IST

    India slams attacks on its diplomatic missions in UK, US by pro-Khalistan activists

    Even at the height of the Khalistan movement of the 1980s, the Indian national flag or the missions abroad never came under attack by the Punjab separatists.

  • Khalistanis should be arrested and dealt with properly: UK Conservative MP Bob Blackman March 21, 2023 02:07 PM IST

    Khalistanis should be arrested and dealt with properly: UK Conservative MP Bob Blackman

    Blackman made the comments in response to the vandalism committed on Sunday against the Indian High Commission by separatist and extremist forces in protest of the crackdown on separatist activities in Punjab.

  • Radical preacher Amritpal Singh was preparing 'khadkoos', stockpiling arms: Intelligence dossier March 19, 2023 10:05 PM IST

    Radical preacher Amritpal Singh was preparing 'khadkoos', stockpiling arms: Intelligence dossier

    A thick dossier prepared with inputs from various security agencies claimed that Amritpal Singh, who returned from Dubai last year allegedly at the behest of Pakistan's ISI and Khalistan sympathisers residing overseas, was mainly engaged in brainwashing youths to become "khadkoos" or human bombs.

  • Amritpal Singh evades arrest, Punjab goes under high security alert March 20, 2023 06:22 AM IST

    Amritpal Singh evades arrest, Punjab goes under high security alert

    Amritpal Singh's alleged advisor and fund provider Daljit Singh Kalsi and three others who were arrested on Saturday were flown to Assam from Punjab on a "special flight" and were being kept at the Dibrugarh Central Jail.

  • 21 Amritpal Singh supporters trying to stage dharna taken into police custody in Ludhiana March 19, 2023 04:29 PM IST

    21 Amritpal Singh supporters trying to stage dharna taken into police custody in Ludhiana

    The supporters of radical Sikh preacher and Khalistan sympathiser Amritpal Singh were apprehended near Boparai Klan town.

  • Amritpal Singh crackdown: Security beefed up on Himachal borders with Punjab March 19, 2023 01:36 PM IST

    Amritpal Singh crackdown: Security beefed up on Himachal borders with Punjab

    Strict vigil is being kept with checking of all suspicious looking vehicles on every check post along Nangal and Gagret, said Una Superintendent of Police Arjit Sen Thakur.

  • Moneycontrol Selects: Top stories this afternoon March 19, 2023 01:00 PM IST

    Moneycontrol Selects: Top stories this afternoon

    Our specially curated package of the most interesting articles of the day will help you stay at the top of your game.

  • Punjab's potato growers stare at heavy losses amid low prices March 19, 2023 12:45 PM IST

    Punjab's potato growers stare at heavy losses amid low prices

    With the farmers being unable to recover their input cost due to low prices, they are storing it in cold storage in anticipation of prices rising in the coming months.

  • Radical preacher Amritpal Singh still on run, manhunt on to nab him, says police March 19, 2023 08:33 AM IST

    Radical preacher Amritpal Singh still on run, manhunt on to nab him, says police

    The Punjab government had on Saturday launched a major crackdown against Amritpal, with police arresting 78 members of an outfit headed by him, officials said.

  • From truck driver to Bhindranwale 2.0 - ISI hand behind Amritpal Singh March 18, 2023 11:03 PM IST

    From truck driver to Bhindranwale 2.0 - ISI hand behind Amritpal Singh

    With the help of overseas Sikh separatists, Pakistan's external spy agency ISI has been the brain behind pushing Amritpal Singh back to India with an aim to revive terrorism in Punjab, according to officials.

  • Punjab cracks down on radical preacher Amritpal Singh; 78 supporters arrested March 18, 2023 10:24 PM IST

    Punjab cracks down on radical preacher Amritpal Singh; 78 supporters arrested

    Amitpal Singh, who had even issued a veiled threat to Union Home Minister Amit Shah, has been trying to destabilise the situation in Punjab by indoctrinating and attracting Sikh youths into the fold of his outfit 'Waris Punjab De', sources said.

  • Who is self-styled, controversial separatist leader Amritpal Singh, dubbed Bhindranwale 2.0? March 18, 2023 07:25 PM IST

    Who is self-styled, controversial separatist leader Amritpal Singh, dubbed Bhindranwale 2.0?

    The controversial preacher made headlines when in late February he led a sword and gun-wielding mob of supporters that attacked a police station in Ajnala.

  • Moneycontrol Selects: Top stories this evening March 18, 2023 06:37 PM IST

    Moneycontrol Selects: Top stories this evening

    Our specially curated package of the big stories to help you stay at the top of your game.

  • Khalistan sympathiser Amritpal Singh not behind bars yet, 78 arrests so far March 19, 2023 06:52 AM IST

    Khalistan sympathiser Amritpal Singh not behind bars yet, 78 arrests so far

    In a bid to prevent the circulation of rumours and possible tension amid the ongoing operation, the Punjab government suspended internet services in the state till March 19 at noon. The Ministry of Home Affairs is “closely monitoring" the situation in the state.

  • Exclusive beer shops to come up in Punjab, says FM Harpal Cheema March 17, 2023 06:48 PM IST

    Exclusive beer shops to come up in Punjab, says FM Harpal Cheema

    The Cabinet on March 10 approved an excise policy for the financial year 2023-24, which aims to collect Rs 9,754 crore.

  • This Punjab petrol pump is viral for its AP Dhillon link. Watch March 14, 2023 09:47 AM IST

    This Punjab petrol pump is viral for its AP Dhillon link. Watch

    Known for his Punjabi rap songs, AP Dhillon is massively popular in the state, especially among the youth.