The Latest Breaking News from Punjab

Telangana has replaced road tax exemption for electric cars with 11-15% levy, surprising potential buyers. This comes despite govt's efforts to promote e-mobility. Other States offering road tax exemption include TN, Kerala, Karnataka, Punjab, UP & NCR. 5K EVs for taxis & private use exempt, 2L two-wheelers still to go.

CHANDIGARH: Punjab's leader of opposition Partap Singh Bajwa on Friday slammed the Aam Aadmi Party-led state government for its "failure" to provide adequate aid to the flood victims in Gurdaspur and Hoshiarpur districts.

CHANDIGARH: After signing a 1,200 MW solar power agreement, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has slammed the Shiromani Akali Dal-BJP and accused them of deliberately buying expensive electricity from 2007-2017.

GURDASPUR: The bridge connecting Chak Sharif and Mian Khan in Punjab's Gurdaspur district has sustained severe damage leading to its structural collapse due to flooding following which the district administration has taken the precautionary measure of suspending all vehicular movement on the bridge to prevent any potential untoward incidents.

GURDASPUR: Tragedy struck Dhirowal village, situated near Sri Hargobindpur town in Punjab's Gurdaspur district after two children lost their lives to a drowning incident as they had gone to witness the floodwaters even as the water had started receding from the villages in the worst hit district of the Majha…

KOLKATA: East Bengal FC are on a roll. Days after winning the Kolkata derby, the red-and-gold brigade qualified for the Durand Cup knockout stages defeating Punjab FC (PFC) 1-0 in their final Group A game here on Wednesday. They won two and drew one game to top the group with…

Police say a Muslim mob has attacked a Christian locality in Pakistan’s eastern Punjab province, burning a church, damaging two others and demolishing a man's house after accusing him of desecrating the pages of Islam’s holy book

Border Security Force (BSF) Director General, Nitin Agrawal, is on a two-day visit to the Punjab frontier starting Monday to review the security situation along the India-Pakistan International Border (IB) in the state. Read further on Dynamite News.

Punjab & Haryana High Court's rare intervention in Haryana's demolition drive highlights the need to prevent state persecution based on religion. The Court's question of whether an exercise of ethnic cleansing is being carried out by the State brings us to the heart of the issue. Despite lack of statutory…

In the last four weeks, I’ve done two trips, scared and as a nervous wreck, one from Gurgaon to my flooded hometown in Punjab where my parents were stuck, the second from Punjab to riot-filled Gurgaon where my wife was stuck. 

CHANDIGARH: The Haryana government on Friday submitted to the Punjab and Haryana high court that the incident of Nuh violence was not a case of "ethnic cleansing".