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Punjab: Youth killed while making a pipe bomb at home with his brother in Gurdaspur, six members of the family injured in the explosion

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The deadly blast took place late on Tuesday, 21st October evening, around 10 pm, during Diwali festivities at Dharmabad village, in Dera Baba Nanak sub-division.
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Punjab: Centre’s new power policy proposal may reshape state’s free electricity scheme

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Punjab’s subsidy burden has risen sharply to ₹20,500 crore. The Centre’s proposed power policy, seen as a push for privatisation, could force states to reform electricity distribution or risk losing financial grants.
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Punjab: BSF nabs almost 350 drug smugglers since Jan 2024, almost one every alternate day

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BSF officials revealed that Pakistani handlers often use drones and minors to push narcotics across the border. The force has intensified monitoring with night vision devices, motion sensors and anti-drone systems to curb smuggling.
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Punjab: Muslim mob attempts to lynch Hindu man for chanting ‘Jai Shri Ram’, victim narrates how he was forced to say ‘Allah hu Akbar’

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As per the victim, the mob caught hold of him and forced him to chant 'Allah hu Akbar'. He resisted the mob and said that he would only chant 'Jai Shri Ram' as per his Hindu Faith.
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Bathinda twin blasts: Investigation reveals that accused, who was inspired by terrorist Masood Azhar, told family that he was buying chemicals to make fertilisers

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Gurpreet Singh started watching radical content of Pakistan-based terrorist Masood Azhar, chief of the banned terrorist outfit Jaish-e-Mohammed, in January this year.
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Punjab’s anti-migrant row: Khalistani terrorist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun threatens migrant workers to leave the state or face consequences, warns against celebrating Diwali

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Gurpatwant Singh Pannun orders migrants to leave Punjab by 19th October and lauches a tirade against Hindutva.
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Debt of AAP-ruled Punjab reaches 40% of its GSDP, West Bengal under Mamata continues to suffer from massive liabilities: Here are the revelations made...

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Punjab and West Bengal fall into the category of 11 States that are using borrowed funds to finance routine expenditure, such as salaries, subsidies, and administrative costs instead of creating assets.
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Punjab’s ‘backbone of the economy’ faces exodus: Vigilantes and Panchayats rally against migrant workers after 5-year-old boy’s murder in Hoshiarpur – here is what...

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Migrant workers from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, crucial to Punjab’s agriculture and industry, face hostility after Hoshiarpur murder. Industry leaders warn that forced exodus could cripple fields and factories, urging Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann to intervene immediately.
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‘Jailing a few may deter others’: Supreme Court pushes for tough action against farmers for burning stubble

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Clarifying that farmers are important for the country, CJI Gavai said that it did not mean that they would be allowed to burn stubble.
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Punjab: Gurpreet Singh inspired by Masood Azhar tried to make bombs at home: NIA begins probe in twin blast case

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Initially treated as a case of negligence, the Bathinda blasts investigation revealed radicalisation links to Masood Azhar. Gurpreet Singh’s digital trail and extremist content raised alarms, prompting central agencies to step in.
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