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The Latest Breaking News from Punjab

Punjab all set for voting on Feb. 20

Voting will be held in 117 Assembly seats, with 1,304 candidates, including 93 women and two transgenders, in the fray

The Hindu

Morning Show Ep 18: Politics of Punjabi newspapers, Dalit voters, AAP’s Hindu-Sikh narrative

In our last episode from Punjab, Shiv Inder Singh, founder and editor of Suhi Saver, and Rajeev Khanna, journalist with the Citizen, join the team to offer poll perspectives from different regions of Punjab – Manjha, Malwa and Doaba.

Newslaundry

Reporters Without Orders Ep 207: Punjab’s unemployed youth, Delhi’s anganwadi workers’ protest

This week, host Akanksha Kumar is joined by Newslaundry’s Ashwine Kumar Singh and Tanishka Sodhi.

Newslaundry

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Candidates give final push to poll campaign on last day

MOHALI: Roadshows, public meetings and door-to-door visits marked the last day of the campaigning for the Punjab assembly elections here on Friday.

The Times of India

Sidhu ends campaign with claims on bridges

AMRITSAR: Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC) president Navjot Singh Sidhu marked the last day of campaigning for the assembly elections on Sunday by holding a press conference at the Bhandari Bridge, the construction of which was initiated by him during his tenure as local bodies minister.

The Times of India

Manish Sisodia campaigns in Asr’s ‘hottest’ seat

AMRITSAR: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and Delhi deputy CM Manish Sisodia on Friday campaigned for the party’s candidate from Amritsar East, Jeevan Jyot Kaur, who is locked in a tough contest against Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu and SAD senior leader Bikram Singh Majithia.

The Times of India

Congress rhetoric gets shriller, AAP banks on Bhagwant Mann factor in Malwa

DHURI (SANGRUR): The rhetoric got shriller in the high-stake battle of Dhuri where AAP CM-pick Bhagwant Mann faces Dalvir Singh Goldy of the Congress. After calling Mann an outsider, Goldy is turning it into a sitting MP versus sitting MLA contest while AAP is hoping to ride on winds of…

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Border areas see little hope against drugs

AMRITSAR/GURDASPUR: Drugs, unemployment and unmetalled streets still continue to be the major issues of people living in rural areas of the Majha region of Punjab, especially those living close to the international border with Pakistan.

The Times of India

Plaint against CM Charanjit Singh Channi filed in Ludhiana court

LUDHIANA: Three days after Punjab chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi’s remarks on migrants from UP, Bihar and Delhi, made in the presence of Priyanka Gandhi Vadra during a rally in Ropar stoked a controversy, a Ludhiana resident, who originally belongs to Bihar, has filed a complaint against the CM in…

The Times of India

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.

The Times of India

‘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.

The Times of India

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.

The Times of India

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.

The Times of India

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’…

The Times of India

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,…

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The Hindu

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

Newslaundry

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.

The Hindu

‘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

Newslaundry

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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