Senior Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and Punjab Education Minister Harjot Singh Bains said that the acquittal of the party’s National Convenor and former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and former Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia by the court will be recorded as the biggest victory of truth and honesty in the history of Indian democracy.

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Punjab President Aman Arora on Friday addressed an important press conference and said that “truth may be delayed, but it can never be defeated.” He asserted that the acquittal of AAP National Convenor Arvind Kejriwal, senior leader Manish Sisodia, and other party colleagues in the so-called liquor scam case is not just a victory for AAP but a victory of truth and justice.

The Aam Aadmi Party on Friday welcomed the Delhi court’s decision clearing former Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and former Deputy CM Manish Sisodia in the alleged corruption case related to the scrapped excise policy. The party said the verdict exposes the 'political conspiracy' orchestrated by the BJP against AAP and its leadership.

Kolkata and its adjacent districts were jolted by two consecutive earthquake tremors on Friday afternoon, sending people rushing out of homes and offices in a panic.

Tremors were felt throughout the city and its adjacent districts at 1.22 pm.

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Punjab General Secretary and Media In-charge Baltej Pannu strongly rebutted the statement of Punjab BJP leader Ashwani Sharma, who claimed that only the BJP can eradicate drugs and restore law and order in Punjab. He emphasised that such statements insult the intelligence and memory of the people of Punjab.

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA from Dera Baba Nanak, Gurdeep Singh Randhawa, strongly condemned the remarks made by Congress leader and current Member of Parliament Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa against the police administration, stating that it is extremely shameful to politicise the martyrdom of two brave police personnel who were recently martyred in Gurdaspur.

Gold and silver prices posted strong gains on Friday, amid rise in the US-Iran tensions and marginal decline in US dollar.

MCX gold April futures gained 0.43 per cent to Rs 1,60,399 per 10 grams around 12.30 am on an intra-day basis. Meanwhile, MCX silver March futures gained 3.05 per cent to Rs 2,67,600 per kg.

The family members of Pulak Haldar, a final-year student of Kalyani Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Hospital and Medical College in West Bengal's Nadia district, whose decomposed body was recovered from the hostel room, have claimed that he was murdered.

Delhi’s air quality continued to remain a concern on Friday as the Air Quality Index (AQI) stayed in the ‘poor’ category, even as the national capital woke up to a cool and hazy morning with clear skies and a light breeze. The morning temperature settled at around 14 degrees Celsius, offering brief relief before warmer conditions set in later in the day.

Bollywood superstar Kareena Kapoor Khan treated her fans by flaunting her simple yet elegant bindi in her recent social media story and gave it a Sridevi twist.

Kareena shared a close-up selfie, where she was seen sporting a delicate red bindi on her forehead, and flaunted subtle makeup and a printed traditional outfit.

In a series of major operations, the Delhi Police's Dwarka district unit arrested two high-profile offenders, reflecting the department’s continued crackdown on proclaimed offenders and interstate illegal liquor suppliers.

The first arrest was of Rizwan S/o Irfan, a 35-year-old resident of Mohan Garden, Uttam Nagar, who had been evading trial in a case registered under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act.

Ace Bollywood designer Manish Malhotra, in a post on his social media account stated that Kareena Kapoor Khan’s costumes from Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham went on to become pop culture even after 25 years of the film’s release.

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Punjab Chief Spokesperson and MLA Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal on Thursday launched a scathing attack on Shiromani Akali Dal (Badal) while addressing a press conference in Amritsar. Dhaliwal questioned the recent social media post and public presence of senior Akali leader Bikram Singh Majithia on the retirement of former IPS officer Paramraj Singh Umranangal.

In one of the largest technological overhauls in Punjab’s educational history, Punjab Education Minister Harjot Singh Bains on Thursday announced a massive ₹400 crore digitalisation project under the Punjab Sikhya Kranti, stating that the Bhagwant Mann Government has initiated an unprecedented transformation that will equip government schools with state-of-the-art technology and fundamentally redefine classroom teaching across Punjab.

Reaffirming the Bhagwant Mann Government’s firm commitment to industrial growth and investor facilitation, Cabinet Minister for Industries & Commerce, Investment Promotion, Power and Local Government Sanjeev Arora on Thursday inaugurated the newly established dairy feed plant of Cargill Private Limited at the Industrial Park, Wazirabad in Mandi Gobindgarh. The state-of-the-art unit has been set up with an investment of ₹300 crore.

Actress Sanya Malhotra marked her 34th birthday with a sports carnival she had been dreaming of hosting for the past two years.

The actress took to Instagram and shared that she rang in her special day surrounded by her close friends and family, calling it one of her “most incredible” birthday celebrations. She even shared a handful of glimpses from the celebrations.

As India’s consumer durables market is expected to grow at an 11 per cent compound annual growth rate (CAGR), reaching Rs 3 lakh crore by 2029, India’s salaried class, especially young professionals, will be the driving force of the sector, a report said on Friday.

India’s gross domestic product growth for the third quarter of the current financial year (Q3 FY26) will likely remain elevated at 8.3 per cent, driven by demand fuelled by goods and services tax (GST) rate cut despite an unfavourable base effect, a report has said.

Punjabi superstar Diljit Dosanjh’s team shared a nostalgic glimpse into his childhood, revealing that the actor-singer’s trademark swag and effortless style were evident even in his early years.

As the new GDP series (with base year 2022–23) is scheduled to be released on Friday, a sub-committee set up by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) has also recommended an enhanced use of GST data in the new series for GDP estimates.

The report of the sub-committee forms part of the process launched by MoSPI to revise the base year of the National Accounts to FY 2022–23.

The Indian equity markets opened the last session of the week with losses on Friday despite strong gains in the domestic IT stocks.

The Indian IT stocks defied global trends amid technology-led selloff seen in Wall Street following weaker-than-expected earnings from Nvidia.

As of 9.20 am, Sensex lost 346 points, or 0.42 per cent, to reach 81,903, and Nifty eased 113 points, or 0.44 per cent, at 25,383 in the morning trade.