Top News of August 11: Punjab Tightens I-Day Security, Punjab Congress Internal Rift, SGPC Gurbani Broadcast, PUSCS Polls, Trident’s Rinki Wins Gold, IAS/IPS Officers Reshuffle, Himachal Floods, Fake IAS Officer, 132 Killed in Columbia Earthquake; Watch Video
Babushahi Bureau
Chandigarh, August 11, 2026: Here are the top news updates for today.
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Independence Day 2026: DGP Punjab orders robust security grid deployment at main celebration grounds
AAP appoints MP Meet Hayer, MLA Amritpal Singh Sukhanand as Election In-charges for PUCSC Polls
SGPC permission is necessary for broadcasting Gurbani, no compromise with decency: Giani Kuldeep Singh Gargajj
15 Punjab Congress MLAs seek time from High Command to discuss ‘pressing’ issues
Breaking: Former Akali MLA joins BJP
Transfers Breaking: Four IAS officers transferred
Police Transfers: 3 IPS and 54 HPS Officers Transferred
Major Bureaucratic Reshuffle: Six IAS officers get key Secretary-level posts
Three IPS officers appointed as Joint Directors in CBI
IAS officer Chandrasekar S repatriated to parent cadre
Deputy Election Commissioner Gyanesh Bharti repatriated to parent cadre
Chandigarh: 238 Punjab Acts, 7 Haryana Acts currently applicable in UT, says MoS Home Nityanand Rai in Lok Sabha
Trident Group’s Rinki Yadav leads India to second straight Gold at Indo-Nepal Kabaddi Championship
Breaking: CM’s helicopter makes emergency landing
Himachal: Flood risk rises in Kullu as hydropower projects schedule water releases
Himachal Rain Fury: Chandigarh-Manali highway shut, alternative route also blocked
Himachal: Kullu closes all schools, colleges over heavy rain, landslide risk
Himachal Rain Fury: Chandigarh-Manali highway shut, alternative route also blocked
Opposition MPs protest in Parliament over Ram temple donations, Jharkhand student action
Chandigarh Administration bans INdrive cabs, suspends licence
Harbhajan Singh shares video of two Sikh youth in addicted condition, claims it state of affairs in Punjab, Punjab Police reacts
Vigilance Bureau nabs Patwari red-handed accepting bribe of Rs 15,000
No benefit of Laxmi Yojna of Rs. 2500 to any woman having three children: Rekha Gupta
Fake IAS officer arrested; Rs 100 crore assets under probe
Colombia: At least 132 killed, 570 injured in magnitude 7.4 earthquake
Foreign-based gangster’s operative held in Bathinda with pistol
YouTube doubles monetization thresholds for new creators from Feb 2027; Details Inside
SC notice to Centre on plea of Netaji's daughter for return of his ashes from Japan
Syria: Former President Bashar al-Assad is sentenced to death in absentia for "crimes against humanity"