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Charanjit Singh Channi launched a tirade on the lack of representation of Dalit leaders

I’ve always spoken for social justice, never against any caste or community: Charanjit Singh Channi

January 18, 2026 5:34 pm

Senior Congress leader and former Punjab chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi is said to have complained at a recent meeting that Dalit leaders were being sidelined in the party.

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High drama at Punjab Congress meet as Channi challenges Jat Sikh dominance in party

January 18, 2026 7:17 am

According to a Congress leader present in the meeting, the ex-CM launched a scathing criticism of his own party for not recognising Dalit leaders while appointing PCC president, Leader of Opposition and NSUI chief among others. All these major Congress posts are currently being held by Jat Sikhs.

‘He had started feeling like a Badshah’: Local gangster who fled to US claims killing Moga Congress worker

January 04, 2026 10:40 pm

The victim's kin, in their statement to the police, claimed village-level political rivalry during the recently concluded block samiti elections behind the murder.

At the onset of the session, the House remembered the four Sahibzadas as Congress member Rana Gurjit Singh called for a resolution against “attempts to distort history of Sikhs.” (PTI)

‘Attempts to distort history of Sikhs’: Congress raises Veer Bal Diwas issue at special session of Punjab Vidhan Sabha

December 30, 2025 3:56 pm

Political parties in Punjab have been demanding that Veer Bal Diwas is a misnomer and the day should instead be referred to as Sahibzadas Shahadat Diwas (Martyrdom Day of the Sahibzadas).

The robbers pretended to enquire about a silver bracelet but soon brandished weapons at the woman present at the counter. Her husband Vipin Verma reacted swiftly by climbing over the counter and pushing the robbers out of the shop, while his wife followed. The robbers fled the spot as locals gathered. (Express Photo)

Crime spree grips Punjab’s Doaba region, over 12 thefts and robberies reported in a few days

December 29, 2025 5:04 pm

A gang of around a dozen masked thieves looted gold and silver ornaments worth Rs 70-80 lakh from Babbar Jewellers, located in Jalandhar’s Shahid Babu Labh Singh Nagar in the early hours of Monday.

Rana Gurjeet urged the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government and local civic authorities to immediately resume the stalled work, stating development projects should not be stalled due to political considerations. (Express Photo)

Rana Gurjeet criticises stoppage of potable water project in Kapurthala, seek immediate resumption

December 23, 2025 11:52 am

project in Kapurthala, seek immediate resumption

Punjab Cong chief files PIL seeking videography of vote counting in Zila Parishad polls

Punjab local body polls: State Congress chief Amarinder Warring moves HC seeking videography of vote-counting

December 15, 2025 5:12 pm

The PIL filed by Punjab Congress chief Amarinder Singh Raja Warring does not challenge any specific result but seeks preventive measures to enhance accountability and deter malpractices in the local body polls.

National SC panel says will probe Warring's 'casteist remarks' on Buta Singh

November 05, 2025 12:39 am

AAP says it will lodge complaint with EC

AAP govt's decision to sell Mohali’s AC vegetable market anti-people: Cong, SAD

October 03, 2025 10:56 pm

Calling the decision “a violation of the 2013 Land Acquisition Act,” the Congress leader said, “Land acquired for a specific project must be returned to its original owners if not used for the intended purpose"