Anju is a Jalandhar (Punjab)-based Assistant Editor with The Indian Express. Coming from this predominantly agrarian state from where the Green Revolution ushered, agriculture is close to her heart. She writes extensively on this topic, with special focus on related issues that the state is facing such as farmer suicides, stubble burning, rapid depletion of water table because of water-guzzling, MSP-supported paddy, etc. Her write-ups are based on extensive research, field visits and interactions with stake-holders. Apart from this she also covers several other issues of the Punjab state. She tweets @Anjuagnihotri1
April 24, 2019 04:05 IST
Hans Raj Hans has been with Congress and SAD in the past
Wed, Apr 24, 2019April 23, 2019 11:15 IST
SIT has brought the arrested accused Surinder Singh, a police informer, to the spot where raid was conducted.
Tue, Apr 23, 2019April 23, 2019 10:51 IST
Asked about Modi's statement that nukes are not mean for Diwali, Amarinder Singh said, "This is a highly irresponsible statement on India's nuclear arsenal." He also said that the prime minister's threat to trigger a nuclear war was clearly a tool to be re-elected.
Tue, Apr 23, 2019April 22, 2019 09:48 IST
Journalist turned BSP candidate Balwinder Kumar has been organising ‘Chunavi Jalsa’ (election rallies) in various Assembly segments of Jalandhar, apart from fervently campaigning on social media.
Mon, Apr 22, 2019April 20, 2019 12:14 IST
Renowned hindi novelist Dr Ajay Sharma tells the inside story of the dera/ashram where he comes to become a ‘religious teacher’. But during his stay at the Ashram, he encounters the “realities inside it which is not known to the outside world”.
Sat, Apr 20, 2019April 20, 2019 10:51 IST
The Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the case had applied in the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate Mohali to obtain arrest warrants against the ASIs, Joginder Singh and Rajpreet Singh, whereupon the court issued arrest warrants and permission to search up to May 2.
Sat, Apr 20, 2019April 20, 2019 04:34 IST
The court of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Mohali, on Friday issued arrest warrants against the two Assistant Sub Inspectors (ASIs) booked for alleged misappropriation of Rs 6.65 crore seized from Jalandhar-based priest Anthony Madassery. Meanwhile, sections of loot and dacoity were also added in the FIR against the three accused. The SIT probing the case […]
Sat, Apr 20, 2019April 19, 2019 07:39 IST
Sources said that Surinder had, when he was absconding, spent some days at the residence of a senior Khanna police officer. Members of the Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the case, however, remain tight-lipped on the matter.
Fri, Apr 19, 2019April 18, 2019 06:03 IST
Seema Rani received a letter from the MEA on Tuesday. The letter said that Satwinder and another man from Punjab, Harjeet Singh, were executed by the Saudi authorities on February 28 in connection with a murder case.
Thu, Apr 18, 2019April 18, 2019 05:33 IST
Police had arrested Surinder, who hails from village Naushera Khurad of Pathankot district, from Samrala under Khanna police district. He is said to be the police informer in this case.
Thu, Apr 18, 2019April 17, 2019 04:38 IST
The Doaba region has a 37% Dalit population as per 2011 census, and the voters here are usually divided among mainly Congress and BSP, as well as other parties.
Wed, Apr 17, 2019April 16, 2019 10:09 IST
Akali Dal chief Sukhbir Singh Badal also lashed out at Congress candidate Chaudhary Santokh Singh, saying that in 1952, then Congress stalwarts like Gurbanta Singh, his late father, had greeted Baba Sahib in Jalandhar with black flags.
Tue, Apr 16, 2019April 16, 2019 09:59 IST
NRI Kulbir Sandhu, who had supported AAP candidates in the 2017 Assembly elections, said that a meeting of around 300 members of the community from Toronto was organised on Sunday to urge them to support PDA members.
Tue, Apr 16, 2019April 16, 2019 09:53 IST
Atwal, who was Assembly Speaker in 2001, said he was being targeted over the Nakodar incident. “I was a Speaker and it was the duty of the government to take action, not the Speaker,” he said.
Tue, Apr 16, 2019April 15, 2019 03:13 IST
Surinder Singh, a resident of Pathankot said to be a police informer on the basis of whose tip-off the cops had raided Father Anthony Madassery’s residence, had left home a week ago to “join a police inquiry” at Phillaur. He has not been seen since then, his family has said. Surinder hails from Naushera Khurad […]
Mon, Apr 15, 2019April 14, 2019 06:22 IST
PPCC in its press release mentioned that Valmiki leader Chandan Grewal had joined the party in the presence of the chief minister, and also released a photo.
Sun, Apr 14, 2019April 13, 2019 12:53 IST
The SIT report has negated the claim of the Khanna police that Father Anthony Madassery and five others were picked up from a checkpoint.
Sat, Apr 13, 2019April 13, 2019 12:46 IST
“We passed two main resolutions. In one resolution we demanded from the British government heavy compensation to the families of the victims who were killed 100 years back and told the UK government that their regret is not enough for this genocide,” Abdul Rashid Qureshi, president of the foundation, told The Indian Express.
Sat, Apr 13, 2019April 13, 2019 06:26 IST
The SIT report has also negated the claim of the Khanna police that Father Anthony Madassery and five others were picked up from a checkpoint.
Sat, Apr 13, 2019April 12, 2019 06:07 IST
"...Union Ministry of Culture was trying to destroy the historical monuments by demolishing three historic lanes including, one main and two tiny lanes for exit, to facilitate wider entry point for VVIP vehicles,” said Naunihal Singh, then general secretary of DBYHC.
Fri, Apr 12, 2019April 12, 2019 06:01 IST
Through his reports and writings, Horniman said that “after the revelations of the Hunter Committee, Great Britain cannot, if she is to maintain her honour before the world, remain quiescent.....she will have to see whether the intention to terrorize the people of Punjab was deliberate and prearranged.”
Fri, Apr 12, 2019April 11, 2019 07:56 IST
This time BSP is not contesting alone but with four other parties under the Punjab Democratic Alliance (PDA), which is an alliance of six parties including BSP, Punjabi Ekta Party (PEP), Lok Insaaf Party and AAP’s rebel MP Dahramvir Gandhi’s Punjab Manch, Communist Party o India (CPI) and Revolutionary Marxist Party of Indian (RMPI) group. Under PDA, the BSP has got three tickets — Jalandhar, Hoshiarpur and Anandpur Sahib.
Thu, Apr 11, 2019April 10, 2019 11:42 IST
The department is also probing the book selling business of priest Anthony Madassery, who under his firm Sahodhaya, has been selling textbooks worth Rs 40 crore annually to around 70 schools across the state.
Wed, Apr 10, 2019April 10, 2019 03:47 IST
Mulakkal has claimed that he was “absolutely innocent” and “falsely implicated” with “ulterior motive and vexatious intention”.
Wed, Apr 10, 2019April 09, 2019 09:21 IST
Kay Pee, who was Sunday assured of a “suitable adjustment” within the Congress, later left for Delhi to raise the issue with party’s central leaders.
Tue, Apr 09, 2019