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The Latest Breaking News from Punjab

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.

Newslaundry

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

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

The Hindu

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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About 2 dozen BJP leaders granted central VIP security cover in U.P., Punjab

S.P.S. Baghel and Hans Raj Hans accorded ‘Z’ category security

The Hindu

Punjab Assembly elections: Modi targets AAP at Pathankot rally, calls it photocopy of Congress

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

The Hindu

Punjab CM Channi pays obeisance at Guru Ravidas' birthplace in Varanasi

"On the occasion of Sri Guru Ravidas Jayanti, paid obeisance at Sant Shiromani Guru Ravidas Janam Asthan mandir in Varanasi. Let us imbibe his teachings of love, compassion, mutual tolerance and oneness of mankind," Mr. Channi tweeted

The Hindu

Punjab police is citing social media activity as evidence of charges under UAPA

In 2016, Mandeep Singh Dhaliwal returned to Punjab from Canada, where he’d moved to with his parents a decade ago. He came back to get married. Two months after his wedding and weeks before the 32-year-old was to return to Canada, Dhaliwal was charged with violating the Unlawful Activities (Prevention)…

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Daily Quiz | Chief Ministers poll-bound States

Five States—Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Manipur, and Goa are in the midst of their Assembly election cycles.

The Hindu

Actor-activist Deep Sidhu dies in road accident in Sonipat

Punjab CM Channi and several political leaders of poll-bound State expressed their grief over the incident.

The Hindu

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

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

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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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

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.

The Hindu

Punjab Assembly elections | BJP candidate Sucha Ram Ladhar injured after attack on his car in Ludhiana

Some people hurled bricks at Mr. Ladhar’s car and he sustained injuries in the attack, a police official said

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Pakistan mob lynches man over blasphemy allegation: Police

Police detain dozens in connection with lynching as PM Imran Khan says zero tolerance will be shown to perpetrators.

The Hindu

Punjab Assembly elections | Bhagwant Mann asks people to vote for AAP, many in Dhuri call for change

After the Aam Aadmi Party announced Bhagwant Mann as its Chief Minister candidate, the Dhuri Assembly seat has shot into limelight

The Hindu

BJP led alliance releases manifesto for Punjab

The alliance of Bharatiya Janta Party-Punjab Lok Congress-Shiromani Akali Dal (Sanyukt) on Saturday released its manifesto for the 2022 Punjab Assembly elections, announcing a slew of promises for wom

The Hindu

Punjab Assembly elections | Good ties with Centre crucial for Punjab’s progress, says Amarinder

Head of nascent PLC pitches for reviving State’s economy in sync with BJP in New Delhi

The Hindu

Double-murder case | Himachal Pradesh police nabs two men from Punjab

The accused were arrested by a three-member SIT, a press note said.

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