Punjab – Timeline Daily

16May

India

India Leads Global Internet Shutdowns For Sixth Year In A Row: Report

For the sixth consecutive year, India has topped the list of countries enforcing the highest numbers of deliberate internet shutdowns in the world in 2023, according to a report by Access Now and the #KeepItOn coalition. Out of the 283 shutdown incidents recorded across 39 countries, India implem...

Congress’ Amarjit Kaur Sahoke In A Four-Cornered Battle In Faridkot

4May

Elections, Lok Sabha Election 2024

Congress’ Amarjit Kaur Sahoke In A Four-Cornered Battle In Faridkot

Congress nomination of Amarjit Kaur Sahoke from Punjab's Faridkot Lok Sabha constituency was quite expected for the sitting MP Muhammad Sadiq, who captured the seat from the AAP’s Sadhu Singh in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. After the announcement of the ticket, the disgruntled sitting MP commen...

Former AAP MP Dharamvira Gandhi Is Congress Candidate To Counter Preneet Kaur From Patiala

27Apr

Elections, Lok Sabha Election 2024

Former AAP MP Dharamvira Gandhi Is Congress Candidate To Counter Preneet Kaur From Patiala

The former AAP MP Dr Dharamvira Gandhi is the Congress candidate from Punjab's Patiala constituency. To take on the sitting MP Preneet Kaur who won the 2019 general election on the Congress ticket and joined the BJP later, the Congress nominated Dharamvira Gandhi after he joined the grand old party ...

Navjot Singh Sidhu’s Wife Hospitalized To Undergo Second Surgery

4Apr

India, People

Navjot Singh Sidhu’s Wife Hospitalized To Undergo Second Surgery

Punjab Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu’s wife Navjot Kaur was diagnosed with stage 2 invasive cancer in March, last year. Sharing the recent development with the public, Sidhu wrote on X that his wife will be undergoing surgery at the Dr Waryam Singh Hospital, Yamunanagar today. “Wife will be ...

Suspended Congress Leader Preneet Kaur Joins BJP

14Mar

Elections, Lok Sabha Election 2024

Suspended Congress Leader Preneet Kaur Joins BJP

Suspended Congress’ Patiala MP and former union minister Preneet Kaur has joined BJP today. Ms Kaur is married to former Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh. Mr Singh, who had left Congress before the Punjab Assembly elections is currently part of BJP. The four-time MP and a former Union Minist...

Delhi Chalo: Farmers Will Hold Kisan Mazdoor Mahapanchayat Today

14Mar

India

Delhi Chalo: Farmers Will Hold Kisan Mazdoor Mahapanchayat Today

The farmers will hold a 'Kisan Mazdoor Mahapanchayat' at Delhi's Ramlila Maidan today. Since the gathering will affect traffic in the national capital, Delhi Police has issued advisory. The Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM), an umbrella body of farmers' groups, will organise the Mahapanchayat. The poli...

Delhi Chalo To Resume Today; Delhi Police Increases Security

6Mar

India

Delhi Chalo To Resume Today; Delhi Police Increases Security

The 'Delhi Chalo' march will resume today (Wednesday). The Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) and Kisan Mazdoor Morcha (KMM), the two farmers bodies who are leading the protest have urged farmers across the country to converge in the national capital on March 6. Delhi Police has beefed up security at the T...

“Will Fight For Them Pro-Bono”: Manish Tewari’s Offer To Farmers After Haryana Police’s Warning

29Feb

India

“Will Fight For Them Pro-Bono”: Manish Tewari’s Offer To Farmers After Haryana Police’s Warning

Senior Congress leader Manish Tewari on Thursday criticised Haryana Police's plan to cancel the passports and visas of protesting farmers involved in the farmers' agitation. On social media platform X, the Congress veteran wrote that those who are subjected to this "coercive action" are free to cont...

BJP Strategy In Amritsar And Gurdaspur: Star Candidates Or Local Leaders?

23Feb

Elections, Lok Sabha Election 2024

BJP Strategy In Amritsar And Gurdaspur: Star Candidates Or Local Leaders?

In the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, the BJP may consider new strategies to win constituencies of Gurdaspur and Amritsar in Punjab. Assessing party's previous defeat against Congress opponents in these seats, BJP intends to turn away from contesting 'outsiders' into the electoral battles. Party l...

22Feb

Business

Grasim Launches New Brand Birla Opus Into The Paint Market

Aditya Birla group has launched “Birla Opus,” its decorative paint brand, aiming at adding more competition in the paint industry. Birla Opus is set under the group’s flagship company, Grasim Industries Limited. The company is aiming at a gross revenue of Rs. 10,000 crore in three years. The comp...