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Aayush Goel

Staff correspondent covering Punjab politics, policy, and the diaspora for Punjab Standard.

AAP sarpanch in ₹90 crore heroin case: Raja Warring hits Mann govt Congress MP Amarinder Singh Raja Warring on Thursday accused the Bhagwant Mann government of failing Punjab on drugs. He pointed to party… October 29, 2026
Punjab DA hike: BJP promises 63% DA, arrears to 8 lakh employees A BJP government in Punjab will pay state employees dearness allowance (DA) at 63%, the same rate as central government staff, and… October 29, 2026
Punjab turned into a ‘police state’: Pargat Singh ahead of Rahul Gandhi’s Sangrur rally Punjab Congress president Pargat Singh on Thursday asked how police could reach a conclusion in a murder case within two hours when… October 29, 2026
Punjab now India’s crime capital, police stations hide behind tin walls: Tarun Chugh BJP Rajya Sabha MP Tarun Chugh on Thursday accused the Bhagwant Mann government of losing its grip on Punjab. He said grenade… October 29, 2026
Probe culprit thoroughly: BJP leader moves ED over Amarinder-era PACL sale Punjab BJP vice-president Dr Subhash Sharma has asked the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to probe the 2020 sale of the state's stake in… October 29, 2026
Sunil Jakhar: Punjab can’t even hold a marathon, bring poll code now An order stopping an anti-drug marathon in Abohar over "law and order" has given the BJP a new line of attack against… October 29, 2026
CBI raids Bhagwant Mann’s camp office in posting scam probe CHANDIGARH: The CBI on Tuesday searched Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann’s camp office in Chandigarh as part of a corruption probe into… October 6, 2026
Every protest ends on a highway in Punjab, and commuters pay the price CHANDIGARH. Farmers blocked the Chandigarh-Manali highway at Ropar for nearly three hours on Tuesday, leaving trucks, buses and cars stuck on both sides.… October 6, 2026
DA case: HC slaps criminal contempt notice on Punjab chief secretary CHANDIGARH : The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Tuesday issued a criminal contempt notice to Punjab chief secretary KAP Sinha. The… October 6, 2026
Supreme Court denies urgent hearing to Punjab on CBI probe into CM Mann’s OSD CHANDIGARH. The Punjab government failed on Tuesday to get same-day relief from the Supreme Court against a High Court order that directs the… October 6, 2026