Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

EXPLAINED: Sangrur | Rare Historical Photos

Punjab's Real Food Trail: Villages, Street Cuisine and Authentic Flavours Beyond the Highway Dhabas

The Amritsar Nobody PhotographsThe tourist version of Amritsar ends at the Golden Temple langar and a plate of kulcha from a restaurant on Lawrence Road. The real food trail starts at Katra Jaimal Singh bazaar at 7 in the morning, where a man named Pappu has been ladling paye ki…

Times Life

‘All I see is darkness’: How Punjab’s basmati exports are worsening its groundwater crisis

Harwant Singh Aulakh, a farmer in his late sixties, grows basmati rice near Amritsar, just as his father and grandfather did before him. Amir Ghafourimanesh, a commodities importer in Tehran, Iran eats basmati rice leisurely as his father and grandfather do.

Newslaundry

Punjab hooch tragedy: Akali Dal chief meets families of victims in Sangrur

Sukhbir Singh Badal demands compensation for Sangrur hooch tragedy victims, threatens protest if justice not served.

The Hindu

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Punjab hooch tragedy toll climbs to 21 as more succumb in hospital

At least 21 people have died in Punjab's Sangrur after consuming suspected spurious liquor. Read further on Dynamite News:

Dynamite News

Punjab hooch tragedy: Death toll climbs to 20; EC seeks report from chief secretary, DGP

Chandigarh: Death toll rises to 20 in Punjab's Sangrur due to spurious liquor, arrests made, investigations ongoing.

The Hindu

Punjab: 4 die after drinking poisonous liquor

Four people died after consuming poisoned liquor at Gujran village in Sangrur district. Read further on Dynamite News:

Dynamite News

Haryana CM takes a dig at Punjab government over stubble burning

Haryana CM Manohar Lal criticised Punjab government for not taking adequate measures to curb stubble burning. He said Haryana's efforts have resulted in a significant decline in farm fire incidents. The government has provided incentives to farmers and supplied machines and equipment to facilitate stubble management. Punjab recorded 35,606 stubble-burning…

The Hindu

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Punjab: 6 killed after car collides with truck in Sangrur

At least six people, including a child, were found dead after a car in which they were travelling in collided with a truck near Mehlan Chowk in Sangrur district early Thursday morning.

Dynamite News

6 districts fail zero farm fire goal, but rest of Punjab likely to meet 50% dip target

Before the paddy harvest season began, the Punjab government led by the Aam Aadmi Party had set a few targets. One of them was to keep the fire count to zero in six of the state’s 23 districts. But despite improvements, that goal remains elusive.

Newslaundry

Punjab farmers' 'rail roko' stir enters third day, train movement remains hit

The farmers have been blockading railway tracks at several places in Faridkot, Samrala, Moga, Hoshiarpur, Gurdaspur, Jalandhar, Tarn Taran, Sangrur, Patiala, Ferozepur, Bathinda and Amritsar since Thursday

The Hindu

‘Khalistani terrorist’ Gurpatwant Singh Pannun under probe in 20 criminal cases in India

Law enforcement agencies probe 20 criminal cases against Pannun of SFJ, declared an "unlawful association" in 2019. He was designated an "individual terrorist" in 2020. Cases registered in Chandigarh, Sohana, Sadar Banga, Rangar Nangal, Sultanwind, Sadar Kurali, Bhulath, Faridkot, Sangrur, Patiala, and Kotwali.

The Hindu

Rains Fury: Floods ruin 2.40 lakh hectares of paddy crop in Punjab

The paddy crop was damaged mainly in farms in Patiala, Sangrur, Mohali, Ludhiana, Jalandhar, and Fatehgarh Sahib districts. Read further on Dynamite News:

Dynamite News

Protestors manhandled in Punjab's Sangrur as police prevent them crossing barricades near CM's residence

PATIALA: A number of protestors under banner of selected 4,161 master cadre union held a protest near Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann's residence in Sangrur on Saturday over their demand to get the allotment of stations to them as they got joining letters in January.

The Times of India

20-year-old servant axes woman, 42, to death after failed molestation attempt in Punjab's Sangrur

PATIALA: A male servant who allegedly killed a woman owner of the house in Khedi Chandwan village of Bhawanigarh in Punjab's Sangrur district on February 25 after a failed molestation attempt was arrested on Wednesday.

The Times of India

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Dynamite News

Punjab: CBI conducts searches at over 30 locations linked to FCI officials

The CBI on Tuesday conducted searches at over 30 locations in Punjab, including Rajpura, Patiala, Sarhind, Fatehgarh Sahib, Mohali, Sonam, Moga, Firozapur, Ludhiana, Sangrur, at the premises of Food Corporation of India (FCI) officials, said sources.

The Times of India

Man assaulted with sharp-edged weapons in Punjab's Sangrur; 6 booked, one arrested

PATIALA: The police in Punjab's Sangrur have arrested one of six accused booked for attempt to murder for assaulting a middle aged man in Sunam of Sangrur district with the sharp edged weapons in broad daylight.

The Times of India

Punjab police lathi-charge Mazdoor Union people as protest marches towards CM Bhagwant Mann's residence in Sangrur

SANGRUR: The Punjab Police on Wednesday allegedly lathi-charged Mazdoor Union people who were marching towards chief minister Bhagwant Mann's residence in Sangrur with their various demands.

Newslaundry

Punjab’s farmers are burning less stubble. Thanks to super seeders

Standing in his half-burned field, Gurmeet Singh, a paddy farmer in Sangrur’s Sibiya village, acknowledged a gradual change. “We only burn loose straw, not standing stalks,” he said. Gurmeet cultivates 30 acres of leased land and this is the second year in a row when he has only partially burned…

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Newslaundry

15 villages, 1,000 km: Why Haryana is doing better than Punjab in tackling stubble burning

The sky and landscape provide clues on how the governments of Punjab and Haryana are handling the menace of stubble burning this year.

The Hindu

Punjab DGP Bhawra applies for leave after seeking central deputation

AAP's defeat in the recent Sangrur Lok Sabha bypoll was attributed to the law and order issue

The Times of India

Sangrur result: Time for governments to perform or perish?

JALANDHAR: Apart from other things, the result of Sangrur byelection - which has surprised and shocked many as it is unprecedented for the incumbent party to lose a byelection just after getting a sweeping mandate in the assembly elections - has confirmed that wrongdoings, inefficiency and blunders of previous incumbents…

The Hindu

SP loses its Azamgarh, Rampur bastions in Lok Sabha bypolls

AAP candidate loses to Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) in Sangrur.

The Hindu

With Sangrur bypoll win, Simranjit Singh Mann makes a comeback

Surprise win of radical Sikh leader Simranjit Singh Mann seen as a measure of three-month old AAP government’s popularity

Dynamite News

AAP concedes defeat in Sangrur Lok Sabha bypoll

The ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Sunday conceded defeat in the Sangrur Lok Sabha bypoll and congratulated Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) candidate Simranjit Singh Mann.

Dynamite News

SAD-Amritsar's Simranjit Singh Mann leading in Sangrur bypolls

As the counting of votes for the Sangrur Lok Sabha bypoll is underway, Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) candidate Simranjit Singh Mann is leading. Read further on Dynamite News:

1 2 3

People

Gurpatwant Singh Pannun

Shubhdeep Singh Sidhu

Balwant Singh Rajoana

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Instagram

45,130 stories

Bharatiya Janata Party

Food Corporation of India

12 stories

CGWB

10 stories

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.