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Punjab Assembly elections | Polling begins for 117 Assembly seats

A total of 1,304 candidates, including 93 women and two transgenders, are in the fray for the high-stake electoral contest.

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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.

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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.

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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

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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.

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

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

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‘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…

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Rajnath senses 'winds of change' in Punjab, says people won't allow 'loot tantra' to go on

He claimed that people are yearning to bring the BJP-led alliance to power in Punjab

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Amid Oppn. uproar, Channi says his remark was twisted

“My statement was directed at a few individuals causing disruption in the State”

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Anti-BJP wave is sweeping India: Chinta Mohan

‘Congress will retain power in Punjab and wrest Uttarakhand’

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Daily Dose Ep 973: Former NSE chief raided, Manmohan Singh on BJP’s ‘divisive’ politics

Supriti David brings you the news from Punjab, Maharashtra, Delhi and the US.

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Why blame Nehru for people’s problems instead of admitting mistakes, Manmohan Singh asks Government

‘China occupying our pious land for one year but attempts made to bury issue,’ Dr. Manmohan Singh says

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Rather than admitting mistakes, BJP Govt blaming Nehru for people's problems: Manmohan Singh

‘China occupying our pious land for one year but attempts made to bury issue,’ Dr. Manmohan Singh says

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PM Modi flays Channi over ‘bhaiya’ remark

PM accuses Punjab CM of insulting Guru Ravidas, Guru Gobind Singh

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'This is nonsense': Nitish hits out at Channi over 'bhaiyas' comment

CM Nitish Kumar sought to know if Charanjit Singh Channi was unaware how much people of Bihar have served Punjab

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Punjab Polls: Manmohan Singh slams BJP's "fake nationalism, divisive politics"

Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday slammed the BJP-led government at the Centre for its "fake nationalism and divisive policy". He also said that the NDA government at the Centre has failed in its foreign policy.

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Morning Show Ep 17: The issues that matter for Amritsar voters

Manisha, Atul and Meghnad are joined by Ashwine and Ayush as they speak to voters in Amritsar about what they think are the most pressing issues in the Punjab elections this year. They discuss drugs, unemployment and party politics.

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In Punjab, it’s issues of education and health that resonate with voters

Sacrilege is not the issue it was in the previous election though parties bring it up extensively

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Don’t let outsiders rule Punjab, says Channi with Priyanka next to him

Congress attempting to divide people of the country, says BJP. Very shameful comment, says AAP

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Daily Dose Ep 972: Modi slams Cong, AAP, students denied entry over hijab

Yusra Hasan brings you the news from Karnataka, Punjab, Delhi and Ukraine.

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Punjab Assembly elections | PM Modi terms Congress, AAP two sides of same coin

Both parties had opposed construction of ‘Ram Mandir’, PM Modi says

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Morning Show Ep 16: What should BJP do to win over Punjabis?

On a foggy morning near farm fields in Amritsar, Atul, Manisha and Meghnad chat with independent journalist Ravinder Singh Robin. He tells us why the election this time in Punjab seems confusing because of the multipolar contest. Robin says Punjab will see a government even if there is no decisive…

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