Punjab
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Need to win all 13 LS seats to make Punjab ‘Rangla’, says Arvind Kejriwal
Mohali: AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal on Monday launched his party’s poll campaign in Punjab for the upcoming general elections and accused the BJP of trying to topple the Bhagwant Mann government by…
- India
Farmer protesters resort to ‘rail roko’ agitation in Punjab
Chandigarh: Protesters in Punjab on Sunday stopped trains for five hours from 12 noon at various places in the state as part of their agitation, leaving commuters harried. The call for the…
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Punjab receives 25 companies of paramilitary forces for LS polls
Chandigarh: To ensure the conduct of free, fair, and peaceful Lok Sabha elections, Punjab has received 25 companies of central armed police forces for area domination and confidence-building measures, Special Director General…
- World
Sardar Ramesh Singh Arora becomes Pak Punjab’s 1st Sikh minister
Lahore: Sardar Ramesh Singh Arora, a three-term legislator, was on Thursday sworn in as a provincial minister, making him the first Sikh to occupy such a position in post-partition Punjab. Arora has…
- India
Punjab CM asks Speaker to ‘lock’ oppn in House during discussion, triggers uproar
Chandigarh: Unruly scenes broke out in the Punjab Assembly Monday after Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann handed over “a lock and key” to the Speaker, asking him to lock the Opposition inside the…
- India
Centre suffering from ‘anti-Punjab’ syndrome: Kejriwal
Ludhiana: AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday alleged that the Centre is suffering from “anti-Punjab” syndrome and asked the people to punish it in the coming Lok Sabha polls. He also…
- India
Punjab: 6 women from Uganda, Tanzania held for looting businessman
Phagwara: Six women from Uganda and Tanzania have been arrested from a village in Phagwara for allegedly looting a businessman at knife point and threatening him to implicate in a molestation case,…
- India
Terror-criminal nexus: NIA raids 16 locations in Punjab, Rajasthan
New Delhi: Six persons were detained as the National Investigation Agency (NIA) raided multiple locations in Punjab and Rajasthan on Tuesday to dismantle a terror-criminal nexus in the country, an official said.…
- India
AAP demands Chandigarh civic body repoll postponement
Chandigarh: Just hours ahead of the re-polling for the posts of Senior Deputy Mayor and Deputy Mayor of the Municipal Corporation Chandigarh, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Tuesday asked the Corporation’s…
- Pakistan
Imran Khan’s party to call ‘parallel’ Punjab Assembly session to elect CM: Report
Lahore: Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan’s party plans to call a “parallel” Punjab Assembly session to elect the chief minister, speaker and deputy speaker, claiming that newly-elected chief minister Maryam Nawaz…
- India
PM Modi launches AIIMS in 5 states, inaugurates new several projects
Rajkot: Development was taking place under his government at a rate many times faster than what happened in the past six to seven decades, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday, and emphasised…
- India
Internet suspension extended to 20 police stations in Punjab’s seven districts
Chandigarh: The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has expanded the Internet suspension to 20 police stations in seven districts from earlier 11 police stations in three districts. The new orders will be…
- India
Farmers begin march towards Delhi, Punjab-Haryana borders fortified
Chandigarh: Farmers from Punjab on Tuesday morning commenced their ‘Delhi Chalo’ march to press for their demands, after a meeting with two Union ministers over their demands, including legal guarantee to MSP…
- India
Do not create border between Punjab and India: CM Mann to centre
Chandigarh: Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Sunday accused the Haryana government of creating a border “between Punjab and India”, referring to the concrete blocks, nails and barbed wire placed on some…
- India
LS polls: Blow to INDIA bloc as Kejriwal decides to go solo in Punjab
Chandigarh: In a setback to the INDIA bloc, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Saturday announced contesting on all 13 Lok Sabha seats in Punjab, besides one in Chandigarh, alone. Delhi Chief…
