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Punjab: BJP will bring law against conversion, says Tarun Chugh

CHANDIGARH: BJP general secretary Tarun Chugh on Tuesday said if voted to power in Punjab, the party would bring in an anti-conversion bill. He said large-scale conversions are taking place in rural parts of the state.

The Times of India

Punjab Assembly elections | Lakha Sidhana, booked for Red Fort violence, fighting polls

Voters see him as Robin Hood, who fights against the administration on their behalf

The Hindu

In poll manifesto, SAD-BSP promise 75% jobs for ‘Punjabis’ in private, government jobs

‘Alliance committed to idea of a genuine federal structure in country’

The Hindu

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Punjab Assembly elections | Understand 'hidden powers' behind Modi and Kejriwal: Rahul Gandhi

Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday asked voters in Punjab not to look at the face of leaders but their actions to understand the "hidden powers" that are at work behind them, as the former Congress president attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi and AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal.

The Hindu

Interview | Congress lacks inspirational leadership, party faces existential challenge: Ashwani Kumar

Ashwani Kumar said he had reached his limits of perseverance in the party

The Hindu

AAP government will ensure safety of every businessman in Punjab: Arvind Kejriwal

LUDHIANA: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convener and Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday promised that the Aam Aadmi Party government will ensure the safety of every person of Punjab, irrespective of their religion or caste.

The Times of India

Morning Show Ep 15: Partition wounds, ‘beadbi’ and communalism in Punjab

In this episode, the Newslaundry team is joined by Sukirat, a writer, columnist, and trustee of left-leaning newspaper Nawan Zamana. He talks about communal politics in Punjab and why it's hard to pit Sikhs against Muslims in the way Hindus and Muslims have been divided in some parts of the…

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My parents have finally agreed to stop working: Tennis-ball sensation Ramesh Kumar after landing IPL deal with KKR

NEW DELHI: A Rs 20 lakh contract may not sound like much when deals worth crores were sealed at the IPL auction but for tennis-ball sensation Ramesh Kumar, it has ensured that his father doesn't have to make a living as a cobbler and his mother no longer needs to…

The Times of India

Another Election Show: Amarinder Singh’s daughter on the way forward for her party

Ahead of the assembly elections in Punjab, we met Amarinder Singh’s daughter Jai Inder Kaur, who is also the vice president of the Punjab Lok Congress – the party led by her father. She speaks about her father’s relationship with the Congress, her party’s strategies and its understanding with the…

Newslaundry

Decades of neglect: The falling fortunes of Punjabi University, Patiala

The Bhai Kahn Singh Nabha Library of Punjabi University, Patiala, or PUP, seems a haunted home to old books and archaic computers. The library promises knowledge and wisdom to scholars. However, it is far away from fulfilling its promise.

Newslaundry

‘Rivals plotting to prevent AAP from forming govt’

AMRITSAR/PHAGWARA: AAP national convener and Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday claimed that their rival political parties were targeting him and chief ministerial candidate Bhagwant Mann as they don’t want them to come to power in Punjab.

The Times of India

Rahul Gandhi slams BJP: Why silent on drugs earlier?

GURDASPUR/HOSHIARPUR: Apprehending a threat to peace in Punjab, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday cautioned a gathering in Gurdaspur against what he described as the spread of hatred in the state, saying that it could cost dear to not only Punjab, but the rest of India.

The Times of India

Resolve pay anomaly of senior military ranks: Punjab and Haryana high court

CHANDIGARH: Putting an end to a long-pending incongruity, the Punjab and Haryana high court has directed the Union government to purge the glaring anomaly related to ranks of major general and above whereby senior military ranks were getting a lower pay and pension than their juniors.

The Times of India

Haryana’s booster dose drive slow, healthcare workers ‘down’

CHANDIGARH: Quicker than neighbouring Punjab in Covid-19 vaccination, Haryana has slacked when it comes to administering booster dose to people and inoculating those under 18, as the figures released by the health department suggest.

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Even Badals can’t match Channi strike rate: AAP

PATIALA: If Rahul Gandhi feels that Punjab CM Charanjit Singh Channi is poor then the Almighty should bless all with such poverty, AAP’s Punjab affairs co-in-charge Raghav Chadha said here on Monday. “Everyone’s nephew should have a cash amount of Rs 10 crore, Rs 54 crore bank entries, Rs 21…

The Times of India

Saw militants lynch my taayaji: Lone blind nominee’s last memory of when he could see

CHANDIGARH: “I saw everything,” said Sukhwinder Singh, the lone blind man contesting assembly elections in Punjab and whose last visual memory is of 30-35 extremists lynching his “taaya” Teja Singh, for voting for the Congress in the 1992 assembly elections in Punjab.

The Times of India

Poll promises too good to be true? ‘Freebies to further plummet Punjab’s decelerating growth’

CHANDIGARH: As various political parties are competing with each other in promising freebies and subsidies in the run-up to the February 20 state assembly polls in Punjab, which is already reeling under nearly Rs 3 lakh crore debt, top economists are of the view that politicians must also explain the…

The Times of India

PM Narendra Modi talks of ‘Nawan Punjab’ free of debt & drugs at rally

JALANDHAR: At his first physical election rally ahead of the Punjab polls in Jalandhar on Monday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi expanded on the party slogan “Nawan Punjab, Bhajpa de naal” (new Punjab with BJP), and made a pitch for a new Punjab that would be free of debt, corruption, mafia…

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‘Chamkaur Sahib mining probe still on’

PATIALA: Two months after Aam Aadmi Party’s Punjab affairs co-in-charge Raghav Chadha raided alleged illegal mining sites at Jindapur village of chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi’s Chamkaur Sahib constituency in Ropar district and then reported him to the governor, the district administration’s inquiry is unfinished.

The Times of India

‘Kejriwal eyeing CM post, wants Mann to lose’

BATHINDA/CHANDIGARH: Bhagwant Mann would lose in Dhuri as AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal wanted him to be defeated so that the latter could be the state’s CM, Punjab chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi alleged on Sunday night while addressing a rally at Mehal Kalan assembly segment in Barnala district.

The Times of India

‘Voting for AAP akin to giving away river waters’

PATIALA: SAD MP and former Union minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal on Monday said giving a chance to the AAP in Punjab was akin to signing away the state’s river waters and would end all social welfare schemes started by her party.

The Times of India

If CM Channi is poor, it's blessing & all Punjabis’ should be poor like him, says AAP's Raghav Chadda

PATIALA: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA from Delhi and AAP Punjab affairs co-in-charge Raghav Chadha said if Congress leader Rahul Gandhi feels that Punjab CM Charanjit Singh Channi is poor then almighty should give such blessing of "poverty" (so-called) to everyone.

Newslaundry

Why Dalits in Punjab's Doaba are angry with Congress

Punjab’s 117 assembly seats will go to the polls on February 20. The state’s Dalit community – which makes up 32 percent of the population – is being courted from all political corners. The Akali Dal has offered the deputy CM’s post, the BJP has promised the CM’s seat, and…

The Hindu

As electioneering picks up in Punjab, Dalits feel their concerns remain unattended to

It’s time the 32% population stood up for the rights of the community, they say

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PM Modi didn't give compensation to farmers who died in protest, says Rahul Gandhi

Former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Monday alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi did not give compensation to farmers who died in the farmers' protest while Rajasthan and Punjab governments have paid the compensation.

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