A Punjab politician has perched himself atop a eucalyptus tree for over a day and insists he would not come down till Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal personally comes to listen to his grievance.

Two Haryana students in their early twenties have been arrested with contraband worth Rs.1 crore in this Punjab town, police said on Sunday.

The accused have been identified as final year BA student

Surinder Jakhar, chairman of fertiliser major Iffco (Indian Farmers Fertiliser Co-operative Ltd.) and son of former Lok Sabha Speaker Balram Jakhar, died of bullet injuries on Monday under mysterious circumstances here, the police said.

AICC general secretary Rahul Gandhi’s “main man” in Punjab is quietly forging a revolution of sorts by employing an almost forgotten means of reaching out to his constituents — simply walking the length and breadth of the border state.