Kanchan is a Senior Assistant Editor with The Indian Express' Punjab bureau. She covers the Chief Minister’s Office, government policies and politics. Her 22 years of experience covering crime, women issues, environment and politics, has included a previous stint with The Tribune and has also assisted in the launch of city editions of the newspaper. She has written a monograph on Abandoned Brides by NRIs as part of Prabha Dutt memorial fellowship and as a Centre for Science and Environment fellow worked on Pollution in Satluj river. She tweets @kanchan99
For Amarinder, who lost his stock within the party and was removed as PPCC president last year, this victory is important as it may provide him a fresh lease of life.
The Election Commission (EC) may have won plaudits for its constant monitoring in poll-bound Punjab but poppy husk addicts in the state are looking forward to the end of the EC vigil. The reason: the round-the-clock monitoring has resulted in the seizure of about 18,577 kg of poppy husk. Such has been the effect, that, […]
Rahul tried to strike a chord with the electorate, predominantly Sikh and Dalits by effusively praising the Sikh Prime Minister and speaking of his ‘compassion’ for Dalits.
Modi unveiled a “5 F” (farm, fibre, fabric, fashion, foreign countries ) formula for the cotton belt and declared it would transform the life of farmers.
