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Farmer anger will test PM Modi as voting ends in India’s Punjab

Voters in the northern Indian state go to the polls in state assembly elections seen as a test for Modi’s BJP party.

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2022 Assembly polls: 63.44 pc voter turnout recorded in Punjab, 57.43 pc in UP phase-3 till 5 pm

An average voter turnout of 63.44 per cent was recorded in Punjab while Uttar Pradesh, in its third phase of the Assembly elections, witnessed an average voter turnout of 57.43 per cent till 5 pm on Sunday.

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AAP does not have any relation with Punjab, says SAD's Parkash Singh Badal

LAMBI: Former Punjab chief minister and Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader Parkash Singh Badal on Sunday took a dig at Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), saying the party does not have any relation with Punjab.

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Punjab Assembly elections | Conjoined twins vote separately, given dark glasses for secrecy

Officials said the conjoined twins were treated as two separate voters and special arrangements were made so that both could maintain the secrecy of their votes

The Hindu

Punjab Assembly elections | 65% voter turnout

Voting is being held for all the 117 Punjab Assembly seats in a single phase with 1,304 candidates, including 93 women and two transgenders, in the fray

The Hindu

Farmer anger will test Modi as India's 'grain bowl' votes

India’s Punjab state is casting ballots in polls seen as a barometer of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's popularity — and his party’s Hindu nationalist reach — ahead of general elections in 2024

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Punjab polls: 49.81 per cent voting till 3 pm

An average voter turnout of 49.81 per cent was recorded till 3 pm in Punjab on Sunday.

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Morning digest | Single phase of Punjab and third phase of U.P. Assembly polls today; Afghan Hindus and Sikhs delegation meet PM Modi, and more

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The Hindu

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.

The Hindu

Delhi Congress demands resignation of Arvind Kejriwal as CM

NEW DELHI: Delhi Congress chief Anil Kumar on Saturday demanded chief minister Arvind Kejriwal’s resignation over allegations of him supporting separatists in Punjab.

The Times of India

Delhi: BJP workers protest, to hold dharna at Rajghat today

NEW DELHI: A large number of BJP workers, including activists of the women wing, protested against AAP national convenor and Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal, demanding his arrest over the allegations of him supporting separatists in Punjab.

The Times of India

Punjab votes today in five-cornered contest

NEW DELHI: All 117 assembly constituencies in Punjab go to the polls on Sunday in an intensely conflicted mood resulting from an overcrowded political space and developments that have upended social equations in a state always known for its deep social fissures.

The Times of India

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.

The Times of India

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.

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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…

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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.

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.

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