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Furlough granted to dera chief: HC summons record

CHANDIGARH: Taking cognisance of a plea seeking cancellation of the Haryana government’s order granting 21-day furlough to controversial Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, the Punjab and Haryana high court on Friday directed the Haryana government to file reply on the issue by Monday.

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‘Those who buy votes will never work for people’

PATIALA: AAP’s Punjab CM-pick Bhagwant Mann on Friday warned the people of Punjab against corrupt politicians, saying they distribute liquor and money to buy votes today but won’t work for the welfare of the people of Punjab tomorrow. “They will get power with your votes, then forget about you,” he…

The Times of India

Dilapidated roads a major issue in CM’s hometown

PATIALA: Dilapidated roads in Chamkaur Sahib — the hometown of Punjab chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi — is a key issue among the constituents while some projects of widening or strengthening of roads have become a nuisance for the public.

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Punjab and Haryana HC refuses to quash FIR against cricketer Yuvraj Singh

CHANDIGARH: The Punjab and Haryana high court has refused to set aside the FIR registered against cricketer Yuvraj Singh under the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act for making casteist remarks on social media.

The Times of India

Poll results will surprise armchair analysts: Badal

CHANDIGARH: Shiromani Akali Dal(SAD) patron and former chief minister Parkash Singh Badal on Friday said the Punjab state assembly election results will surprise many armchair analysts.

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Campaign ends in Punjab, voting tomorrow

CHANDIGARH/BATHINDA: Campaigning for the Punjab elections drew to a close on Friday evening with senior leaders of all parties making last-ditch efforts to woo voters in the 117 constituencies of the state.

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BJP calls AAP chief coward who carries apology in pocket

JALANDHAR: On the last day of campaigning, taking a dig at Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) supremo Arvind Kejriwal, Union minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat said the leader who claims to fight the drug mafia in Punjab had tendered an unconditional apology to Bikram Singh Majithia.

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Punjab: Congress 13-point manifesto promises to end mafias

CHANDIGARH: Hours before campaigning drew to a close on Friday, the Congress released its brief 13-point manifesto for the Punjab assembly elections scheduled for Sunday, promising one lakh government jobs, Rs 1,100 per month to women, eight free cooking gas cylinders per year and a vow to end ‘mafia raj’…

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On poll eve, Charanjit Singh Channi alleges AAP links with secessionists, Shah promises probe

NEW DELHI: In a significant development just 36 hours ahead of voting in Punjab, Union home minister Amit Shah on Friday accepted CM Charanjit Singh Channi’s demand for a “comprehensive probe and immediate appropriate action” into AAP leader and Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal’s alleged links with the secessionist Khalistani outfit,…

The Times of India

Home Minister Amit Shah says allegations against AAP very serious

Amit Shah said after Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi sought an investigation.

The Hindu

Narrative for change gets under way in Punjab

Congress is focusing on Dalit votes this time; AAP has an edge of perception, Akali Dal is in the reckoning

The Hindu

Far away from the election spectacle, the real world of ‘bhaiya’ abuse

As much as in the fields, shops and factories in Punjab, a cart-puller on a Delhi road, or a security guard in a Mumbai apartment, or a worker in a Faridabad mill must be trying to absorb verbal banalities.

Newslaundry

Ranas vs Congress: Inside the party’s most damaging infighting in Punjab

There is always a war within a war. The Congress party knows.

Newslaundry

‘Bhaiya’ comment reflects institutionalised social bias like Black issue in America: Manish Tewari

MP’s comments come a day after Channi was forced to clarify that his remarks were distorted and taken out of context

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Meet the ex-IPS officer with a ‘solution’ to Punjab’s drug problem

Another Election Show travels to Amritsar North constituency to track AAP candidate and former IPS officer Kunwar Vijay Pratap Singh’s campaign. The 52-year-old tells Manisha and Meghnad about his decision to join politics, and how he thinks Punjab’s drug problem can be tackled. Voters tell us about the issues that…

The Times of India

Once an industrial giant, Punjab lags behind today

LUDHIANA: Once a leader in industrial growth, Punjab today lags behind even its breakaway parts — Haryana and Himachal Pradesh. From 1970s till 1990s, massive industrialisation was see n in Punjab despite its tryst with terrorism.

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‘Jakhar mistreated for being a Hindu’

ABOHAR: BJP is raising the issue of “discrimination” that Punjab Congress’s former president Sunil Jakhar had to face allegedly for being a Hindu. Claiming to raise concerns of the Hindus, BJP is promising that everybody “will get their due and not be discriminated against for belonging to any religion”.

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Punjab assembly election: How BJP, Congress, SAD are united in attacking AAP

NEW DELHI: With Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) emerging as the main challenger of the incumbent Congress government in Punjab ahead of the February 20 assembly election, it is facing the brunt of the attack from all the other main opposition parties.

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I referred to AAP leaders from outside, not migrants, says Punjab CM Charanjit Singh Channi

CHANDIGARH: A day after his remarks on migrants from UP, Bihar and Delhi made in the presence of Priyanka Gandhi Vadra during Tuesday’s rally in Ropar stoked a controversy, Punjab CM Charanjit Singh Channi on Thursday claimed his statement had been distorted by the rival parties. He said he was…

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Punjab: PM Narendra Modi says Congress divisive, AAP ready to align with extremists

ABOHAR: Prime Minister Narendra Modi termed Punjab CM Charanjit Singh Channi’s utterances about residents of UP and Bihar as a step towards disintegrating the country.

The Times of India

Samana candidate moves HC against dera chief’s furlough

CHANDIGARH: An independent candidate contesting the Punjab assembly polls has moved the Punjab and Haryana high court against the Haryana government’s decision to release controversial Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim on furlough.

The Times of India

Lawyer files plaint against Bhagwant Mann over his marital status

PATIALA: A resident of Nabha in Patiala district has filed a complaint against AAP’s chief ministerial face Bhagwant Mann, alleging that he concealed the fact about his marital status in his election affidavit. The complaint has been sent to the Punjab chief electoral officer by Harkirat Singh Sakrali.

The Times of India

Punjab: ‘Hindu fear’, ‘Sikh radicals’ at centre of political discourse

JALANDHAR: Three days before Punjab goes to polls on February 20, the narrative has taken a quick turn, bearing a striking similarity with the 2017 elections. It’s about peace and communal harmony in the state, and there is an implicit as well as explicit focus on creating a perception of…

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‘Is Kumar Vishwas telling truth about hidden forces?’

PATIALA: AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal should come out and say if AAP founding member Kumar Vishwas was speaking the truth when saying that hidden forces were working behind the Delhi chief minister, former Congress president Rahul Gandhi said .

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Defeat Capt, Badals: Sarna

JALANDHAR: SAD (Delhi) president Paramjit Singh Sarna on Thursday appealed to the voters in Punjab to ensure the defeat of SAD (B) as it was responsible for sacrilege incidents and Behbal Kalan police firing in 2015.

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