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Everyday the crime in Punjab is reaching a new height. I am shocked when I get to know people are dropping like flies and police is not doing anything. Criminals have become fearless and killing people in open daylight without any care of consequences.

19/5/26:
- Punjabi Singer, Inder Kaur, kidnapped and killed later.
- Punjabi living in Malaysia, kidnapped at Delhi airport and killed.
- Medical student stabbed to death in Patiala.
- 4 men killed in a car accident near Batala, accused fled.
- 3 teenage girls and a man kidnapped from Ludhiana.
- A home looted in Gurdaspur.
- A man looted at gunpoint in broad daylight.
- Gunfight between Police and gangsters in Chandigarh Sector 43.

Diljit kicks K-supporters out of his Calgary concert

With F1 returning after more than a month. Teams had time to look at the data from previous races and make changes to their cars. Also, some changes coming up in the regulations.

Who do you reckon will benefit the most from this break and regulation tweaks?

EVM button for BJP candidates blocked with tapes in several pooling booths in West Bengal elections today, one such being the Diamond Harbour, constituency of Abhishek Banerjee, nephew of CM Mamata Banerjee.

The video shows an EVM in a booth in Diamond Harbour where the button for BJP is blocked with tapes. The white shirt guy in video is the presiding officer and he also admits that it has been blocked.

Diamond Harbour is the parliamentary constituency of Abhishek Banerjee, the nephew of Mamata Banerjee and a youth leader of TMC.

BJP Candidate Debangshu Panda is touring the area to check all the Polling Booths. All videos were shared to the media by him.

Similar incidents reported at Falta and similar incidents had been reported during the 2024 General Elections too in many constituencies of West Bengal.

Sources:

(https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/bjp-claims-trinamool-taping-party-symbol-at-bengal-polling-booths-in-diamond-harbour-during-second-phase-elections-tmc-says-complain-to-singham-ajay-p-11424111)

(https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/assembly/story/evm-tampering-bjp-seeks-repoll-in-jahangir-khan-constituency-2903097-2026-04-29)

(https://x.com/sudhanidhib/status/2049349836772917258?s=61)

(https://x.com/sudhanidhib/status/2049357264704917863?s=61)

As of 2026, we have 1270 Scheduled Casts (SC), 748 Scheduled Tribes (ST) and 2633 Other Backward Classes (OBC) recognised by Indian govt.

That’s 4651 reserved classes that are eligible for reservation and other welfare schemes launched by central and various states govt.

But how many of these classes actually reap benefit of this reservation?

About 25% of all OBC sub-casts cornered 97% of all reservation benefits in government jobs and academic seats.

Roughly, 983 OBC communities (37%) have 0 representation in either government jobs or academic admissions.

Rest 994 castes share a combines representation of 2.68%.

Similar case can be seen among SCs and STs but data is not available because legally you cannot sub-categorise them.

Do we think reservation is working? Is it providing benefits to people intended?

In the near future, would we need reservation among reservation? Because this is where we are heading.

Source

The AQI of Delhi is always in the Hazardous level. The population density is 11,300 people per square kilometre. 93% of Delhi is connected to the Delhi Jal Board which provides water only 1-6 hours daily. Waste dumps higher than some apartment buildings. Yamuna as dirty as the sewage drain.

But among all this exists a 26 square kilometre area that has a population density of less than 4000 people per square kilometre. It has all the amenities that your politicians promise you every election.

This is the Lutyens Bungalow Zone (LBZ) and Chankyapuri area is Delhi where all the politicians and diplomats live.

Designed with tree-lined avenues and sprawling low-rise bungalows. The area enjoys world-class, well-maintained roads, minimal traffic congestion and consistent water supply.

Politicians live the dream that they show you every elections.