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Wary of AAP’s anti-graft campaign, Congress looks for Punjab party chief ‘without baggage’

NEW DELHI: As Congress seeks to renew its Punjab leadership, senior members have cautioned the party brass that it should be careful about the choice of state president, with focus on a “fresh individual without baggage” who is not vulnerable to the ruling AAP’s anti-corruption campaign.

The Times of India

Corruption in Punjab finished in 20 days, Himachal Pradesh's turn now: Arvind Kejriwal

MANDI: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convener Arvind Kejriwal launched party's "Mission Himachal" with its first ever roadshow and rally at Mandi in Himachal. Addressing the crowd, he declared that corruption in Punjab has finished in just 20 days and now it's Himachal's turn to become corruption-free.

The Times of India

What is going on in Pakistan? And why has the US been dragged into it?

Pakistan, a nuclear nation that is home to some 220 million people, is in a political mess.

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'Elect AAP to end corruption': Kejriwal, Mann to voters in Himachal Pradesh

SHIMLA: Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal and his Punjab counterpart Bhagwant Mann on Wednesday urged voters here to elect the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in the coming elections if they want corruption eradicated from the state. Assembly elections in Himachal Pradesh are scheduled to be held later this year.

The Times of India

Relocation plans | Meghalaya government to meet Shillong’s Punjabi Lane residents

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Punjab CM announces taskforce to deal with gangsters

CHANDIGARH: To combat the network of gangsters operating in the state, Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Tuesday directed DGP Punjab VK Bhawra to set up a full-fledged Anti-Gangster Task Force (AGTF) headed by an ADGP rank officer.

The Times of India

Discus Thrower Kirpal Singh ends 6-year wait to breach 60m barrier

CHANDIGARH: Punjab’s Kirpal Singh Batth is finally a relieved man. After all, the discus thrower’s years of struggle and patience bore fruit on Tuesday when he managed to hurl the discus past the 61m mark, thereby breaking a two-decade meet record at Kozhikode.

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Punjab’s claim over Chandigarh ‘not acceptable to the people of Haryana’

Haryana Assembly passes resolution urging Centre to settle ‘all the issues emanating from the reorganisation of Punjab’

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No other priority than peace in Punjab: Sidhu slams AAP over law and order situation

Former Punjab Congress president Navjot Singh Sidhu on Monday lashed out at the Aam Aadmi Party government over the law and order situation in the state and said that it is a "jungle raj", adding that there should be no other priority than law and order and peace in the…

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Change of guard in Himachal Congress ahead of polls can prove costly, say party leaders

They cite the example of Punjab where Amarinder was removed before elections

The Hindu

Chandigarh belongs to Punjab: Navjot Sidhu

Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu on Monday said Chandigarh belongs to Punjab and will always remain so and predicted that its next big battle with Haryana will be over river waters.

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ED files chargesheet against former Punjab Charanjit Singh Channi's nephew and others

LUDHIANA: In the case against Bhupinder Singh Honey, nephew of former Punjab chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has filed the chargesheet in a Jalandhar court on Friday. The agency has also named Honey's close ally Kudratdeep Singh, against whom Punjab police in 2018 had registered FIR…

The Times of India

Punjab: Border school gets AC, auditorium

BATHINDA: A government school at Chananwala village barely 3 kilometres from the Pakistan border has witnessed a turnaround and become Punjab’s first air-conditioned campus with auditorium.

The Times of India

Summer of 1966: When tempers rose before Punjab’s reorganisation

JALANDHAR: When the vexed issues of Bhakra Beas Management Board and Chandigarh are back in discourse as the Punjab assembly has passed a resolution for capital’s transfer, many are thinking of 1966 when tempers ran high in the region over the proposal for reorganising the state. There were not just…

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Punjab education minister faces his 1st protest at Barnala home

BATHINDA: In less than three weeks of formation of the Aam Aadmi Party government in Punjab, the first protest pertaining to the education sector took place on Sunday, outside the residence of education minister Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer in Barnala.

The Times of India

Haryana reports 54 new Covid cases, Himachal Pradesh 8 and Punjab 4

CHANDIGARH/SHIMLA: Punjab reported four cases of Covid-19 on Sunday. One case each was reported in Gurdaspur, Jalandhar, Muktsar and Mohali. Himachal Pradesh reported eight cases and Haryana 54 new Covid-19 cases.

The Times of India

Unemployment in Himachal Pradesh, Haryana up, falls at national level

CHANDIGARH: Pointing at the grim scenario of unemployment in Himachal Pradesh and Haryana, the rate of joblessness crept up in the two neighbouring states at a time when it came down at the national level.

The Times of India

Centre in 1970 had decided to give Chandigarh to Punjab

CHANDIGARH: As the Punjab assembly passed a resolution reiterating the state’s claim on Chandigarh, the capital it shares jointly with Haryana, a debate has again erupted over the contentious issue. However, some of the documents accessed by TOI have revealed that in 1970, the Union government had decided to give…

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Ready to make any sacrifice to protect Haryana's interests: Congress leader Bhupinder Singh Hooda

CHANDIGARH: Days after the Punjab assembly passed a resolution seeking immediate transfer of the Union Territory of Chandigarh to the AAP-ruled state, senior Congress leader Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Sunday said they are ready to make any sacrifice to protect Haryana's interests. Chandigarh is the joint capital of Haryana and…

The Hindu

Haryana to hold special Assembly session on Chandigarh transfer issue

Haryana had, has, and will continue to have a right, to Chandigarh: CM Manohar Lal

The Times of India

Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann meets Sikh society representatives in Gujarat

AHMEDABAD: Representatives and dignitaries of the Sikh society of Gujarat called on Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Sunday, after the latter's visit to the Swaminarayan Temple in Gujarat's Shahibaug with Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convenor Arvind Kejriwal.

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ED files charge sheet against ex-Punjab CM Channi's nephew in sand mining case

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has filed a charge sheet against the nephew of former Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi in an illegal sand mining case.

The Hindu

Give AAP a chance, you will forget other parties, Kejriwal tells Gujarat

AHMEDABAD

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Telangana govt misleading farmers, says Piyush Goyal

HYDERABAD: Food distribution minister Piyush Goyal asked the TRS government to fulfil its responsibility, alleging that it is misleading farmers in the state about paddy procurement.

The Times of India

Hyderabad cops seize 900gm of poppy straw concentrate, arrest 2

HYDERABAD: The Special Operations Team (SOT) sleuths of Rachakonda police arrested two interstate peddlers trafficking poppy straw concentrate from Punjab to Hyderabad and seized 900 gm of contraband, 1.4 lakh cash, a car and three cell phones, all worth 15 lakh.

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