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Notice to Punjab on dera chief’s plea for relief from appearance

CHANDIGARH: The Punjab and Haryana high court on Thursday issued notice to the Punjab government on a plea filed by Dera Sacha Sauda (DSS)’s controversial head Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh seeking exemption from physical appearance before a local court in Faridkot in connection with two more sacrilege cases in which…

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Covid-19: 367 cases in Haryana, 34 in Punjab & Himachal Pradesh

CHANDIGARH/SHIMLA: In Haryana, 367 persons were found positive for Covid-19 on Thursday. The total number of Covid-19 positive cases in the state has reached 9,88,156 and the total numbers of deaths stands at 10,618, while 9,76,097 persons in the state have been discharged after treatment and 1,418 are under treatment.

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Punjab: Agricultural bank issues arrest warrants for loan default, farm outfits oppose

BATHINDA/FEROZEPUR: With reports of Punjab state cooperative agricultural development bank (PADB) preparing to make recovery of unpaid crop loan amounts from farmers and even preparing to issue arrest warrants after obtaining these from courts, farmer groups have started coming to fore to oppose such moves.

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Punjab action line: 6,000 plaints in day, 55 actionable in month

CHANDIGARH: The anti-corruption action line number of Punjab government set up with the objective of booting out corruption has received nearly 1.80 lakh complaints since its inception on March 23, which translates into nearly 6,000 complaints a day.

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A 'rubber doll' has become Punjab's CM: Navjot Singh Sidhu

CHANDIGARH: Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu on Thursday dubbed Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann as a "rubber doll", alluding to the opposition's charge that the state government is being run by the AAP leadership from Delhi.

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50% of Punjab’s 12-14 age group outside vaccine coverage

CHANDIGARH: Amid reports from various parts of the country where schoolchildren are contracting Covid-19, more than 50% of Punjab’s 12-to-14 age group remains outside the vaccine coverage even after more than a month of the campaign.

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Dominant Punjab thrash Rajasthan to secure first win in Santosh Trophy

MALAPPURAM: A dominant Punjab thrashed Rajasthan 4-0 in a Group A clash at the Hero 75th National Football Championship for the Santosh Trophy on Wednesday.

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Daily Dose Ep 1025: Bulldozers without brakes in Delhi, 6 Rohingya refugees dead

Anwiti Singh brings you the news from New Delhi, Haryana, Punjab, and Malaysia.

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Punjab Police ask Kumar Vishwas, Alka Lamba to join probe

The former AAP leaders were booked for allegedly promoting enmity by accusing Arvind Kejriwal of having links with ‘separatist elements’

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Vijayveer wins men's 25m rapid fire pistol event, Rhythm Sangwan bags double gold

NEW DELHI: Punjab's Vijayveer Sidhu won the men's 25m rapid fire pistol title while Haryana's Rhythm Sangwan cliched gold in both the women's and junior section of the same event on day six of the National Selection Trial 3 and 4 on Wednesday.

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AAP steps up its electioneering in Himachal Pradesh

Party members are going door-to-door to promote Kejriwal’s upcoming rally in politically significant Kangra district

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Congress's Manish Tewari calls for release of Rajoana

Balwant Singh Rajoana, the convict in former Punjab chief minister Beant Singh assassination case, has been in prison for 26 years

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‘Freebies race could lead to bankruptcy of States’

Political competition over such sops a “quick passport to fiscal disaster, says Finance Commission chief Finance Commission chief NK Singh red–flags populist steps in Punjab, Rajasthan

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Akali Dal–Congress face–off on Balwant Singh Rajoana’s release demand

‘Clemency could have devastating ramifications for Punjab’s future’

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Dubai-based NGO offers AAP govt to facilitate FDI into Punjab

AMRITSAR: A Dubai-based industrialist has offered the Punjab govt for facilitating foreign direct investment (FDI) into the state especially from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to set up industries and create job opportunities for the Punjabi youth who spend lakhs of rupees and often fall prey to the dubious agents…

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Previous Punjab govts left Rs 3 lakh crore debt, will probe & recover, says CM Bhagwant Mann

CHANDIGARH: Accusing the previous governments in Punjab of saddling the state with a crippling debt of Rs 3 lakh crore, Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Monday warned that the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government would probe where the money went. “Where have these funds been used? We will investigate…

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Punjab and Haryana HC seeks report on steps taken to protect forest, wildlife in Morni

CHANDIGARH: The Punjab and Haryana high court has asked the Haryana government to submit a status report containing the steps taken by the state authorities to ensure protection of forest and wildlife of Morni Hills area.

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Focus on police probe, complaint of offence, says Punjab and Haryana high court

CHANDIGARH: The Punjab and Haryana high court has observed that in the event of a complaint case and a police investigation of the same offence, the magistrate concerned shall inquire into or try together the complaint case and the case arising out of a police report.

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Punjab: 3 AAP functionaries face action for workers’ protest

BATHINDA: AAP workers who had been protesting outside the residence of Punjab minister Baljit Kaur in Malout since Sunday, finally ended their protest on Monday afternoon, after the latter promised them a meeting with the party’s high command within 10 days.

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Punjab police bust terror module behind grenade attack at Nawanshahr CIA office, arrest 3

CHANDIGARH: Punjab police on Monday claimed to have solved the hand grenade attack at Nawanshahr CIA office by busting a Pakistan-based terror module run by Harvinder Singh alias Rinda by arresting three operatives.

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Haryana reports 234 new Covid cases, Punjab 29 & Himachal Pradesh 15

CHANDIGARH/SHIMLA: Haryana on Monday reported 234 new Covid cases with Gurgaon reporting a single-day spike of 198 new cases. But no death was reported while 148 persons recovered during the day.

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Punjab: PRTC bus crashes into 4 schoolgirls, 1 dies in Sangrur

PATIALA: A 12-year-old girl was killed and three other schoolgirls were injured after a speeding PRTC bus ran over them when they were waiting to cross a road near Mahilan Chowk in Sangrur on Monday.

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‘Stealth’ variant found in 79% of Omicron samples in Punjab

CHANDIGARH: The BA.2 sublineage of heavily mutated Omicron variant of Covid-19 that has fuelled the current wave of infection in many countries has become the most commonly found variant in Punjab.

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AAP victory in Punjab changes political equations in Himachal Pradesh

SHIMLA: The Aam Aadmi Party’s victory in Punjab has changed political equations in Himachal Pradesh and made it a serious challenger to the ruling BJP, while an unresolved leadership issue forces the opposition Congress to lie low.

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Will probe earlier govts. over Punjab’s financial mess, says Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann

Come clean on cost of AAP’s huge advertisements, say Akalis

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