The accused involved in the murder of Aam Aadmi Party Sarpanch in Amritsar has been killed in an encounter. On Tuesday (January 6), there was an encounter between the police and an associate of the killers near Tarn Taran, in which the gangster was killed.

He worked for gangster Prabhu Dasuwal. This accused was involved in the plan to murder the Sarpanch, although he was not among the gangster attackers.

The murder was committed during a wedding ceremony.

Let us tell you that Aam Aadmi Party leader and village sarpanch Jharmal Singh was allegedly shot dead by unknown assailants at a wedding ceremony here on Sunday (January 4). According to the police, Singh, a resident of Valtoha village in Tarn Taran district, had come to Amritsar to attend a wedding ceremony when some unidentified assailants shot him at close range.

He told that the bullet hit Singh on his forehead, due to which he fell and he was taken to a nearby hospital, where he died. He said that the police reached the spot, captured CCTV footage and recorded the statements of eyewitnesses.

BJP targeted

At the same time, BJP targeted the state government regarding this incident. BJP national spokesperson Shahzad Poonawala, while sharing the CCTV footage of the incident on

He alleged that law and order in Punjab has completely broken down under AAP rule. BJP spokesperson demanded the resignation of Bhagwant Mann. Poonawalla said, “From the murder of Sidhu Moosewala to grenade attacks, drug trafficking, mafia and gang war! What have they done to Punjab?”

The stir in the Congress party has intensified before the Punjab Assembly elections to be held in the year 2027. State Congress President Amarinder Raja Vading has clearly said that this time new faces will be given tickets on 80 out of 117 seats. This means that the tickets of many leaders who have contested the elections in 2022 may be cut. Raja Wadding said that he will put this proposal before Rahul Gandhi and the young leaders contesting elections for the first time on these seats will get a chance.

New faces and ticket distribution

According to Amarinder Raja Wadding, the Congress Party wants to bring forward new energy and youth leadership in this election. He told that the leaders who represented the party in the last elections will not be given priority this time. This strategy is clearly aimed at promoting young leaders. This decision has increased the atmosphere of turmoil and discussions within the party.

Only Rahul Gandhi and Kharge will decide the post of CM.

Apart from this, Amarinder Raja Wadding also commented clearly on the Chief Ministerial candidate. He said that a self-proclaimed person can never become the Chief Minister. This right will be decided only by Rahul Gandhi and Congress National President Mallikarjun Kharge. Wadding wrote that any leader who stakes claim by declaring himself the Chief Minister may face the displeasure of the party and will never be able to become the Chief Minister.

Statement and reaction on Charanjit Singh Channi

After this statement of Amarinder Raja Vading, former Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi was targeted. Channi’s brother Dr. Manohar Singh said that Raja Waring is right and presenting himself as the Chief Minister on social media is wrong. He also said that Channi did not do anything like this, but at present Channi is the only candidate in the race for the post of Chief Minister. Ultimately, only the MLAs will decide who will become the Chief Minister.

Punjab News: Scholarship examinations are being conducted for class 8th and 10th students in Amritsar district of Punjab. District Education Officer (Secondary) Amritsar Rajesh Sharma said that these examinations will be conducted by the State Council of Educational Research and Training Punjab on January 4, 2026.

There will be a joint examination of NMMSS and PSTSE.

National Means-cum-Merit Scholarship Scheme (NMMSS) and Punjab State Talent Search Examination (PSTSE) examinations will be held at various 17 examination centers in the district. The exam time has been scheduled from 10 am to 1 pm. During this period, there will be a combined examination of NMMSS and PSTSE for class 8 students, while only PSTSE scholarship examination will be conducted for class 10 students.

A total of 3086 students will participate in the examination

District Education Officer said that a total of 3086 students will appear in the combined examination of class 8th and 10th, while only 2956 students will appear in the PSTSE examination of class 10th. Thus, more than 6 thousand students in the district will appear for the examination to get scholarship.

The department completed all preparations for the examination.

Rajesh Sharma said that the department has completed all preparations for the examination. Strict monitoring, discipline and necessary facilities have been ensured at the examination centres, so that the examination can be conducted in a peaceful and transparent manner.

He appealed to the parents to encourage their children to appear for the examination and cooperate with them to reach the examination center on time. The District Education Officer said that this scholarship examination is a big opportunity to strengthen the academic future of the students.

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Punjab News: There is great news for the unemployed youth in Jalandhar Municipal Corporation of Punjab. Municipal Corporation Jalandhar has issued recruitment for a total of 1196 posts. Giving information, Municipal Corporation Commissioner Sandeep Rishi (IAS) said that applications have been invited for various categories of posts. In Municipal Corporation Jalandhar, recruitment will be done on the posts of Garden Beldar, Safai Sevak, Sewerman, Road Beldar and Fitter Porter. The application process for all these posts will start from January 15, 2026. Selected candidates will be given a monthly salary of Rs 18 thousand.

According to the information released by the Municipal Corporation, the complete details of the posts are as follows-

• Garden Beldar: 406 Posts
• Safai Sevak: 440 posts
• Sewerman: 165 posts
• Road Beldar: 160 posts
• Fitter Porter: 25 Posts

Application submission process

Application forms for recruitment can be downloaded from the website of Municipal Corporation Jalandhar from January 10, 2026. The filled application forms can be submitted at the centers designated by the Municipal Corporation from January 15, 2026. The last date for submission of applications has been fixed as 27 February 2026 till 5 pm.

Reservation and Selection Process

This recruitment will be done as per the reservation rules (roster system) of Punjab Government. The decision taken by the selection committee will be considered final. Any kind of corrigendum or update related to recruitment will be issued only on the official website of Municipal Corporation Jalandhar.

Claim of transparent recruitment

Mayor Vaneet Dhir said that the Punjab government will make this recruitment process completely transparent. The government had decided to recruit on these posts about a month ago and now the process has been started, so that eligible candidates can get employment without any discrimination.

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Punjab government has taken a big decision against changes in MNREGA. The proposal has been passed unanimously in the assembly. During this period, two BJP MLAs were not present in the House.

During the debate on the motion against changes in MNREGA in the Punjab Assembly, when Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann was speaking, Congress MLA Sukhpal Singh Khaira repeatedly interrupted, after which the Speaker of the Assembly asked him to oust him. Then the marshals dragged Khaira out of the House.

Punjab government is misleading the workers- BJP

Meanwhile, BJP’s Punjab unit working president Ashwani Sharma on Monday accused the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government of ‘misusing’ the government machinery to oppose the Centre’s proposed Bharat-Ji Ram Ji law.

Ashwani Sharma alleged that the Punjab government is misleading Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MNREGA) workers and showing ‘false opposition’ to the new law by getting them to sign protest letters through village level officials. He claimed that workers are being misled into signing such forms.

Sharma said the Vikas Bharat-Guarantee Employment Livelihood Mission (Rural) Act (VB-G Ram Ji) provides 125 days of employment to rural workers instead of 100 days and also ensures unemployment allowance if they do not get work on time.

Why is the government opposing the law – BJP

He raised the question why the state government is opposing the law that benefits workers. The BJP leader alleged that the Aam Aadmi Party led government has failed to provide even 100 days of work to MNREGA workers in the last three years and has not even given unemployment allowance during this period.

He alleged that mandatory social audits were not being conducted under the scheme to hide corruption. According to him, social audits were not conducted in 6,095 gram panchayats in 2024-25 and 7,389 panchayats in 2025-26.

Ashok Goyal, wife of former Additional Advocate General of Punjab and Haryana High Court Krishna Kumar Goyal, was murdered at her house in Phase 5, Mohali. He was strangled to death. The incident came to light on Tuesday morning when the woman working at the house reached there. He went inside and saw Ashok Goyal’s body and immediately informed the police. The domestic help was found tied to a chair on the spot.

According to the police, the accused looted the house, stole jewelery and cash and ran away. This incident spread panic in the area. On receiving information, police and forensic team reached the spot and collected evidence.

Mohali massacre: Suspicion regarding servant!

Police are checking the footage of nearby CCTV cameras. During the investigation, the question arose that if the elderly woman was murdered, then why was the young servant left alive? Due to this suspicion, the police considered the role of the servant as suspicious and took him into custody. At present his investigation is going on.

What did the police say on Mohali murder case?

The detained servant has been identified as Neeraj. He is around 25 years old and was working for the Goyal family for the last nine years. It is being told that at the time of the incident, Krishna Kumar Goyal had gone to Muscat to meet his daughter.

Punjab: In Jalandhar, miscreants surrounded the car, broke the glass and openly looted Rs 2 lakh.

Mohali SP City Dilpreet Singh said that two people came late at night and murdered the woman. The forensic team is on the spot and they are collecting evidence from the spot. Our investigation is ongoing and the accused will be arrested soon. Prima facie it is suspected that she was murdered by strangulation. The servant was found tied inside.

Punjab Government Mahatma Gandhi National Rural employment Guarantee Act (MANREGA) A special session of the Assembly has been called on Tuesday to discuss the Central Government’s decision to change the name of the scheme. The Central Government changed the name of this scheme to ‘Developed India – employment and Livelihood Mission (Rural) (VB-GRAM-G)’ Has been done, which is being described as an anti-poor step. in this special session MANREGA act There will be a demand to withdraw the changes made in. Besides, a proposal will also be presented against the central government. However, in this session Question Hour And there will be no zero hour.

Before this session, there is a tussle between the Indian National Congress, Aam Aadmi Party and Bharatiya Janata Party. On one hand, Congress says that this session is not a joke, while AAP claims that we will bring a proposal against the law of the Central Government.

What did Bajwa say on the session of Punjab Assembly?

Leader of Opposition in the Punjab Assembly, Pratap Singh Bajwa said, ‘The worst thing about this government is that it turns every session into a so-called special session, yet nothing results from them. The result of every session is zero. What is even more sad is that the regular sessions as per the Constitution are not being conducted properly. The Speaker himself had earlier talked about holding three necessary sessions of at least 120 days each, but in reality this government is barely able to hold 7-8 working days in total. Today’s meeting has also been called a special session, which did not yield any meaningful result.

Punjab: Farmer won Rs 10000000 crore by spending Rs 7, his luck changed overnight

Congress MLA Sukhpal Singh Khaira said, ‘This session has been made a joke. According to tradition, there were three big sessions, but the Aam Aadmi Party government has converted them into very small meetings, due to which no meaningful debate takes place. Everything is being passed forcefully, and the Speaker is clearly biased. The proposal on MGNREGA is not an amendment, but a direct attack on the federal structure. This government has made the proceedings of the Assembly a joke, during its tenure the shortest sessions in history have taken place.

Punjab News: A farmer in Fatehgarh Sahib, Punjab has won a prize of Rs 1 crore from a lottery ticket of Rs 7. Farmer Balkar Singh had bought the Sikkim State Lottery ticket from Bittu Lottery Stall in Sirhind on December 24. The result of the lottery was declared on the same day, but information about this big prize could not be revealed for several days.

Balkar Singh has been buying lottery tickets from this stall for the last 10 years. He has received small rewards in the past as well, which once included a reward of Rs 90 thousand. Balkar, resident of Majri Sodhian village, supports his family through farming.

Received a reward of Rs 1 crore for the first time

Lottery stall owner Mukesh Kumar Bittu said that he has been in the lottery business for 45 years. Prizes up to Rs 10 lakh have been given away from his stall before, but this is the first time a prize of Rs 1 crore has been given.

Farmer won lottery on 24th December

The owner told that the lottery was won on 24th December and the result also came on the same day. However, during the Shaheedi Sabha of Fatehgarh Sahib, he was busy in langar service for three consecutive days, due to which his business remained closed and he could not get the information. Mukesh Kumar Bittu told that after getting the information, he immediately informed Balkar Singh that there was a reward of Rs 1 crore on his ticket.

Will help the needy with lottery money

Balkar Singh attributed his victory to the blessings of Guru Saheb. He said that he will use this money to further his farming work. Along with this, he also talked about spending about 10 percent of the reward amount to help the needy.

3 draws take place in a day

It is important to mention that Sikkim State Lottery is held daily. According to lottery businessman Mukesh Kumar, under this lottery draws are held three times a day. First draw at 1 pm. Second draw at 6 pm. The third draw takes place at 8 pm. The price of one ticket of this lottery is Rs 7. Many people also buy the entire lottery book, which costs around Rs 140.

A serious and sensitive incident related to Guru Granth Sahib has come to light in Gurudwara Singh Sabha located in Sanaur village of Patiala. An atmosphere of sadness and anger has been created in the area after a torn page of Guru Granth Sahib was found here. In this case, the police have detained six readers associated with ‘Akhand Path Sahib’ and started questioning them.

According to the police, Akhand Path Sahib was organized in the village on the occasion of the martyrdom day of the younger sons of Guru Gobind Singh. For this religious event, the holy copy of Guru Granth Sahib was taken from Gurdwara Singh Sabha to a common place in the village. When Guru Granth Sahib was brought back to the Gurudwara after the Bhog ceremony on Sunday (28 December). So the members of the Gurdwara Management Committee noticed that one of its pages was torn.

Police is interrogating six students involved in Akhand Path

As soon as information about the incident was received, the Gurudwara management immediately informed the police. Police reached the spot and detained six readers involved in Akhand Path for questioning. Police say that considering the seriousness of the matter, investigation is being done from every aspect.

Meanwhile, Shiromani Gurdwara Management Committee (SGPC) member Surjit Singh Gadhi also reached the Gurudwara. He told that when the copy of Guru Granth Sahib was brought back, one page was found torn. Which was kept hidden under the cloth. Describing this incident as extremely tragic, he has demanded a fair and thorough investigation from the police.

The sentiments of the Sikh community were hurt by the incident.

Surjit Singh Garhi said that the sentiments of the Sikh community have been hurt by this incident and there is deep sorrow and anger among the people. He has demanded strict action against the culprits. Police have assured that the truth will be revealed after investigation.

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Punjab News: A big news is coming out from Ludhiana district of Punjab, which has created a stir among the people. During a city kirtan in Halwara, Ludhiana, Aam Aadmi Party leader and village sarpanch Sukhwinder Singh Halwara was brutally attacked by about a dozen people. The attackers removed his turban. The Sarpanch suffered serious injuries in the attack and was admitted to the hospital for first aid. After receiving first aid, he reached the police station with a turban in his hand.

7,800 rupees and seal also looted

The attackers also looted the Sarpanch’s seal and cash worth Rs 7,800 from his pocket. Based on the sarpanch’s complaint, an FIR was registered against 17 attackers, five of whom are named, while the rest are unidentified. The Sarpanch alleges that some people attacked him out of enmity because he had stopped some people from spreading false rumors on social media.

attacked due to enmity

Sarpanch Sukhwinder Singh Halwara told in his statement to the police that during the Nagar Kirtan, he had stopped abuses and spreading false rumors on social media. This instigated the attackers and their associates to attack them. The attackers used punches and heavy iron rods.

Based on the complaint of the Sarpanch, the police have registered a case against more than 17 unidentified assailants including Rajveer Singh alias Sunny, Rajvinder Singh alias Gagana (both brothers), Vishal, Jassa and Happy. Sarpanch Sukhwinder Singh Halwara has alleged that people supported by a senior Congress party leader were involved in this attack.

Raids to arrest the accused

Station incharge Gurdeep Singh said that based on the complaint of the sarpanch, a case has been registered against five named and more than 12 unidentified accused. Continuous raids are being conducted to arrest the accused.