Top News of Aug 17: Mann, Kerjiwal in Gujarat, BJP’s new national team, Manpreet, Chugh Sandeep get key posts, Punjab Govt faces Congress heat, 100 PRTC Junior buses, Tamil Nadu’s big crop-loan waiver, Russian strike hits Lakshmi Mittal’s plant; Watch Video
Babushahi Bureau
Chandigarh, August 17, 2026: Here are the top news updates for today.
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Breaking: Mann, Kejriwal arrive in Vadodara on 2-day Gujarat visit
Breaking: BJP National President releases first list of National office bearers
Punjab to add 100 PRTC Junior buses by Sept to boost rural transport
Manpreet Badal appointed BJP National Vice-President; Tarun Chugh gets additional charge of Central office
Former AAP leader Sandeep Pathak appointed BJP National Secretary
Punjab Govt Under Fire: Congress alleges Govt staged employees as elderly patients for Independence Day publicity
Breaking: Tamil Nadu CM Vijay announces full waiver of crop loans up to Rs 75,000
Breaking: Russian missile strike hits Lakshmi Mittal’s Ukraine steel plant, 2 killed, 13 injured
Four FIRs Registered in Chandigarh Over Quami Insaf Morcha Protests; 17 Persons Arrested
Canada Immigration Scam Alert: IRCC warns against fake lotteries, guaranteed Visas, priority processing
Indonesia hit by fresh 5.9 quake as Flores earthquake death toll reaches 54
6 killed, several injured in stampede-like incident at Ashokdham Temple in Bihar's Lakhisarai
Punjab sanctions Rs 8.33 crore for infrastructure projects in Gurdaspur’s minority-concentration areas
‘Don’t Watch, Don’t Store’: H.S. Phoolka warns child abuse material can lead to jail
"If you are really unhappy with lathi charge, come to protest site and withdraw support from govt", student protesters urge Rahul Gandhi
J-K: 200-metre Tiranga rally held in Doda as part of Har Ghar Tiranga celebrations
CBI files 636-page chargesheet in Twisha Sharma death case; husband, mother-in-law named accused
PU’s Dr. Paramjeet Kaur Sidhu represents varsity at International Punjabi Conference in UK
CGC University Mohali celebrates 80th Independence Day with patriotic fervour
Man carries groom through swollen stream in Chamba; Viral video exposes monsoon infrastructure crisis
Army, Civil Administration join hands for Agniveer Recruitment Rally in Ferozepur