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Punjab and Haryana HC stays FIR against RTI activist, journalists in CM Bhagwant Mann helicopter row: Here is what we know so far

OpIndia Staff - 22 January, 2026

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has stayed a criminal investigation against a law student and three journalists. They were booked for questioning the use of Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann’s helicopter while he was abroad, a move the court called protected speech.

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Proposed 131st Amendment sparks political storm in Punjab as parties oppose moving Chandigarh’s administration to centre, centre clarifies no final decision taken and it...

Shriti Sagar - 23 November, 2025

This Bill proposes to bring Chandigarh under the ambit of Article 240 of the Constitution.

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Punjab: ‘Aam Aadmi’ CM Bhagwant Mann deploys 2 police personnel to exclusively take care of his shoes, Opposition BJP and SAD expose his hypocrisy

OpIndia Staff - 3 November, 2025

According to an official order issued by Muktsar police, Head Constable Roop Singh and Constable Sarbat Singh were deputed “on duty on the shoes of CM of Punjab at Gate No. 7 in plain clothes.”

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Punjab floods: Over 1,000 villages submerged and 61,000 hectares of farmland ruined, opposition slams AAP govt, calls it ‘Manmade Disaster’

OpIndia Staff - 31 August, 2025

Over 1,000 villages have been hit in several districts, 323 in Gurdaspur, 101 in Ferozepur, 107 in Kapurthala, 85 in Hoshiarpur, 81 in Pathankot, 52 in Fazilka, and several others in Tarn Taran

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Bhagwant Mann doubles down on his attack on PM Modi’s foreign visits, makes false claim that Modi reached the countries uninvited

OpIndia Staff - 11 July, 2025

The comedian-turned-politician brought up PM Modi's 2015 stopover in Pakistan to meet the then Pakistani PM Nawaz Sharif, and said that he goes to countries uninvited.

Mann govt to introduce new sacrilege bill in Punjab: Protecting faith or legitimising violent fanatics who lynch and harass people over dubious allegations

Anurag - 7 July, 2025

With two similar bills still pending presidential assent since 2018, the Mann government’s move reopens a volatile debate in Punjab, where past lynchings over alleged sacrilege have occurred without evidence or due legal process.

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Punjab’s AAP govt triggers domestic water war as Punjab Police takes over Nangal Dam, BBMB calls it unconstitutional and illegal

Shraddha Pandey - 6 May, 2025

In a significant comment, CM Saini said that if the Punjab government keeps capping water released from the dam at 4,000 cusec, excess water will overflow during monsoon and reach Pakistan. He said that the Bhakra dam reservoir has to be emptied before monsoon so that excess water accumulated during monsoon can be stored in the reservoir.

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Punjab police raids farmer leaders after CM Bhagwant Mann abruptly leaves meeting with Samyukta Kisan Morcha leaders

OpIndia Staff - 4 March, 2025

Farmer leader Balbir Singh Rajewal described Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann as unusually angry, noting that he had never witnessed such an outburst, even in high-level negotiations.

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CM Bhagwant Mann can answer, departments have no meaning to me: Punjab Minister Dhaliwal after he was removed from department that didn’t exist

OpIndia Staff - 22 February, 2025

Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal, removed from department that didn’t exist, said he was not bothered about any department as he only wanted to serve the people of Punjab.

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