The Latest Breaking News from Punjab

Many major farm belts turned against India’s ruling party in the election, contributing to the sharp fall in seats.

In a joint operation with the Punjab police, the Border Security Force (BSF) on Wednesday arrested two suspected drug smugglers. Read further on Dynamite News:

Voters will decide the fate of 904 candidates contesting 57 seats in the last phase of the Lok Sabha polls on June 1.

Four days before polling, only one face dominates political posters through Punjab’s Khadoor Sahib city. That face belongs to Amritpal Singh, whose visage is splashed across the Lok Sabha constituency of the same name. The separatist leader, currently lodged in Dibrugarh jail in Assam, is contesting as an independent candidate.

Hundreds of residents from Skardu in Pakistan-occupied Gilgit Baltistan (PoGB) organized a major protest over the administration's recent decision to lease several government guest houses and forest land to private business owners from the Punjab Province, a local news outlet from PoGB. Read further on Dynamite News:

Cash amounting to Rs 4.06 crore and other "incriminating" evidence were seized during raids against an illegal-mine operator. Read further on Dynamite News:

Former prime minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday lashed at the BJP-led NDA regime at the Centre calling it a "despotic regime trying to unleash dictatorship in India". Read further on Dynamite News:

Amid election fervour and campaigning, a poster is drawing locals’ attention in Punjab’s Amritsar. The poster saying “Jo Ram ko laye hain, hum unko layenge (Whoever has brought Ram, we will bring him)” is pasted across the city. 

“The workers have no problem with whatever candidate is fielded by the BJP,” said Virendra Kumar Gupta. “But if the workers are being ignored, then that’s an issue.”