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Oath Taken, Navjot Singh Sidhu Touches Captain Amarinder Singh's feet: 10 Points
After 10 years, Punjab has a Congress government. Captain Amarinder Singh, 75, took oath as Chief Minister this morning. Third on the list of nine ministers who was sworn in was Navjot Singh Sidhu, the cricketer-turned-politician who quit the BJP last year. The positioning is seen to suggest that Mr Sidhu is unlikely to be Deputy Chief Minister, a...
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Red Carpet Treatment In Amarinder Singh's Polling Booth. Why That's Okay
A red carpet rolled out in a polling booth in Patiala where Capitan Amarinder Singh and his family will cast their vote triggered accusations from rival parties that the special treatment was aimed at the Congress' chief ministerial candidate, a local royal. Patiala is one of the two assembly seats from where Amarinder Singh is contesting.
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Parkash Singh Badal's Number Game: 7 Decades, 5 Times Chief Minister, 89 Now
Parkash Singh Badal, Chief Minister of Punjab, faces one of the toughest battles of his political career when he takes on Captain Amarinder Singh of the Congress in Punjab's Lambi on Saturday.
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Punjab Elections 2017: AAP Outsider In Punjab, Can't Leave Border State To Them: PM Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today dubbed Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party as "an outsider" in Punjab and told voters that unless the Akali-BJP combine comes to power again, Punjab as well as the entire nation could face a "crisis".
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Punjab Elections 2017: AAP Manifesto Focuses Heavily On Drug Addiction
Free laptops for students ahead of their board exams, meals costing just Rs 5 at subsidized canteens, cheaper electricity and the abolition of property tax are some of the promises made by Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party to voters in Punjab.
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Not Quitting, Says BJP's Punjab Chief Vijay Sampla After Meeting With Amit Shah
Vijay Sampla, the BJP's Punjab chief, has denied reports that he has resigned or threatened to, over selection of candidates for the assembly elections in the state. Mr Sampla, who is a union minister, had met BJP chief Amit Shah this morning, amid reports that he was upset at a candidate he wanted not being picked by the party's central selection ...
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Arvind Kejriwal Says 'I'm Delhi's Chief Minister, Can't Be Punjab Chief Minister'
The Chief Minister will be from Punjab if the Aam Aadmi Party comes to power in that state, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal asserted today, after his deputy Manish Sisodia's comments were seen to hint at a shift for him.
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Punjab Election 2017: Navjot Singh Sidhu And 40 Seats, Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi To Decide
With Rahul Gandhi back in town after a holiday abroad, the Punjab Congress hopes to wrap up selection of candidates - the party is yet to announce candidates for 40 of the state's 117 seats even a week after assembly elections were announced. Rivals Akali Dal-BJP and the Aam Aadmi Party are well off the mark and campaigning hard.
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9 Women Injured In Acid Attack In Punjab's Kapurthala
Nine women -- one of them a minor -- were injured in an acid attack during a clash over a land dispute at a village in Punjab's Kapurthala.
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BJP Sweeps Chandigarh Municipal Polls, Amit Shah Calls It Vote For Notes Ban
Punjab's ruling BJP-Akali Dal alliance has scored a landslide win in municipal elections in capital Chandigarh, just ahead of crucial state assembly polls. The allies have won 21 of the 26 seats - the BJP taking 20, Akali Dal one - while the Congress has had to settle for just four. One seat has been won by an independent candidate. BJP chief Amit ...
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Smart Phones Or Not: Haryana Employees To Exhibit Government's Digital Push
Government employees in BJP-ruled Haryana have a new mandate and they are not pleased. Each employee has to make at least one digital transaction per week, the record of which will be compiled in a compliance report and sent to a nodal officer.
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After Jan Dhan, Money Laundering In MNREGA Accounts? A View From Punjab
As deposits in Jan Dhan accounts - suspected to be black money -- are reducing following warnings from the government, MNREGA accounts are suddenly flush with funds.
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Man Who Allegedly Shot Dead Pregnant Dancer At Wedding In Punjab's Bathinda Arrested
The man who allegedly killed a 25-year-old pregnant woman in celebratory firing during a wedding in Punjab's Bathinda on Saturday, has been arrested.
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Man Arrested As 2 Terrorists, 4 Others Escape From Jail In Punjab's Nabha: 10 Updates
A group of gun-toting men in police uniforms stormed Punjab's Nabha Central Jail early on Sunday and freed two terrorists - including the head of Khalistan Liberation Force, terrorist Harminder Singh Mintoo - and four criminals. A man has been arrested from Uttar Pradesh for allegedly aiding the jailbreak.
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'God-Woman' Firing Shots To Favourite Song Kills Groom's Aunt At Wedding
A self-proclaimed god-woman and her guards fired several shots in the air at a wedding in Haryana's Karnal town on Tuesday, killing the groom's aunt and leaving three of his relatives critically wounded.
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Oath Taken, Navjot Singh Sidhu Touches Captain Amarinder Singh's feet: 10 Points
After 10 years, Punjab has a Congress government. Captain Amarinder Singh, 75, took oath as Chief Minister this morning. Third on the list of nine ministers who was sworn in was Navjot Singh Sidhu, the cricketer-turned-politician who quit the BJP last year. The positioning is seen to suggest that Mr Sidhu is unlikely to be Deputy Chief Minister, a...
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Red Carpet Treatment In Amarinder Singh's Polling Booth. Why That's Okay
A red carpet rolled out in a polling booth in Patiala where Capitan Amarinder Singh and his family will cast their vote triggered accusations from rival parties that the special treatment was aimed at the Congress' chief ministerial candidate, a local royal. Patiala is one of the two assembly seats from where Amarinder Singh is contesting.
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Parkash Singh Badal's Number Game: 7 Decades, 5 Times Chief Minister, 89 Now
Parkash Singh Badal, Chief Minister of Punjab, faces one of the toughest battles of his political career when he takes on Captain Amarinder Singh of the Congress in Punjab's Lambi on Saturday.
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Punjab Elections 2017: AAP Outsider In Punjab, Can't Leave Border State To Them: PM Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today dubbed Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party as "an outsider" in Punjab and told voters that unless the Akali-BJP combine comes to power again, Punjab as well as the entire nation could face a "crisis".
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Punjab Elections 2017: AAP Manifesto Focuses Heavily On Drug Addiction
Free laptops for students ahead of their board exams, meals costing just Rs 5 at subsidized canteens, cheaper electricity and the abolition of property tax are some of the promises made by Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party to voters in Punjab.
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Not Quitting, Says BJP's Punjab Chief Vijay Sampla After Meeting With Amit Shah
Vijay Sampla, the BJP's Punjab chief, has denied reports that he has resigned or threatened to, over selection of candidates for the assembly elections in the state. Mr Sampla, who is a union minister, had met BJP chief Amit Shah this morning, amid reports that he was upset at a candidate he wanted not being picked by the party's central selection ...
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Arvind Kejriwal Says 'I'm Delhi's Chief Minister, Can't Be Punjab Chief Minister'
The Chief Minister will be from Punjab if the Aam Aadmi Party comes to power in that state, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal asserted today, after his deputy Manish Sisodia's comments were seen to hint at a shift for him.
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Punjab Election 2017: Navjot Singh Sidhu And 40 Seats, Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi To Decide
With Rahul Gandhi back in town after a holiday abroad, the Punjab Congress hopes to wrap up selection of candidates - the party is yet to announce candidates for 40 of the state's 117 seats even a week after assembly elections were announced. Rivals Akali Dal-BJP and the Aam Aadmi Party are well off the mark and campaigning hard.
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9 Women Injured In Acid Attack In Punjab's Kapurthala
Nine women -- one of them a minor -- were injured in an acid attack during a clash over a land dispute at a village in Punjab's Kapurthala.
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BJP Sweeps Chandigarh Municipal Polls, Amit Shah Calls It Vote For Notes Ban
Punjab's ruling BJP-Akali Dal alliance has scored a landslide win in municipal elections in capital Chandigarh, just ahead of crucial state assembly polls. The allies have won 21 of the 26 seats - the BJP taking 20, Akali Dal one - while the Congress has had to settle for just four. One seat has been won by an independent candidate. BJP chief Amit ...
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Smart Phones Or Not: Haryana Employees To Exhibit Government's Digital Push
Government employees in BJP-ruled Haryana have a new mandate and they are not pleased. Each employee has to make at least one digital transaction per week, the record of which will be compiled in a compliance report and sent to a nodal officer.
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After Jan Dhan, Money Laundering In MNREGA Accounts? A View From Punjab
As deposits in Jan Dhan accounts - suspected to be black money -- are reducing following warnings from the government, MNREGA accounts are suddenly flush with funds.
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Man Who Allegedly Shot Dead Pregnant Dancer At Wedding In Punjab's Bathinda Arrested
The man who allegedly killed a 25-year-old pregnant woman in celebratory firing during a wedding in Punjab's Bathinda on Saturday, has been arrested.
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Man Arrested As 2 Terrorists, 4 Others Escape From Jail In Punjab's Nabha: 10 Updates
A group of gun-toting men in police uniforms stormed Punjab's Nabha Central Jail early on Sunday and freed two terrorists - including the head of Khalistan Liberation Force, terrorist Harminder Singh Mintoo - and four criminals. A man has been arrested from Uttar Pradesh for allegedly aiding the jailbreak.
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'God-Woman' Firing Shots To Favourite Song Kills Groom's Aunt At Wedding
A self-proclaimed god-woman and her guards fired several shots in the air at a wedding in Haryana's Karnal town on Tuesday, killing the groom's aunt and leaving three of his relatives critically wounded.
