Punjab Spectrum

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Tuesday blamed the Akalis for “scuttling” the probe into three incidents of desecration of the Guru Granth Sahib and accused them of pressurising the CBI to file closure report in the investigations. During the Zero Hour on the third day of the Monsoon Session …

Parliament on Tuesday approved a resolution abrogating special status to Jammu and Kashmir given under Article 370 of the Constitution. The resolution was passed by Lok Sabha with 351 members in support and 72 against it, while one member abstained. Rajya Sabha had adopted the resolution on Monday. The Parliament …

A wall collapse wounded some 20 candidates at Indian Air Force’s recruitment drive at the Punjab Armed Police ground here on Monday. Sources said that not only were candidates wounded in the wall collapse, but also that some of them got electric shocks when they came in contact with some …

Per the dashcam footage by a Washington State Control patrol officer – looking like the film set of a Fast and Furious movie – a small aircraft had to conduct an emergency landing on a busy road in Washington state earlier this week (1 August). Reports state that the aircraft …

For many Kashmiris, the special status afforded to Jammu and Kashmir by Article 370 of the Indian constitution reflects the different means by which, and basis on which, the princely state became part of India in late 1947. It was the result of an accommodation all those years ago between …