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India and Israel deepen strategic cooperation with progress on a mutual free trade agreement, defence production, technology transfer and joint innovation.

The Punjab government has finally regularised 516 daily-wage Forest Department workers, providing long-awaited job security. CM Bhagwant Singh Mann also reinstated 237 pending promotions, marking a significant step toward ending the contractor system and securing the futures of state employees.

Punjab has imposed a strict 5 percent cap on private school fee hikes. This 2026 ordinance mandates fee disclosures and requires refunds for parents facing excessive charges from their children’s unaided private schools.

AAP's Sanjay Singh accuses the BJP of politicizing a Sundarkand recitation, asking if believers need permission to worship. He slams the party’s attempts to act as a gatekeeper of faith during this intense 2026 political face-off.