With Haryana's Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) on Thursday, taking out the march towards Punjab for re-digging the Satluj Yamuna Link (SYL) canal, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) alleged the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) and INLD are blowing the issue of SYL out of proportion to create law and order problem for political motives. Cautioning the people of …
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February 23, 2017Thousands of people, especially motorists, faced inconvenience on Thursday morning after security forces sealed a busy portion of a national highway on the Haryana-Punjab border that links Delhi with Amritsar. A 24 km stretch of the NH-1 was sealed off on the Ambala (Haryana)-Rajpura (Punjab) section in wake of the Indian National Lok Dal's …
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February 23, 2017Border districts of Haryana and Punjab are on high alert on Thursday with the Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) launching its 'Water War'. The principal opposition party in Haryana was expected to start digging of the controversial Sutlej-Yamuna Link (SYL) canal to get water for the state. Following a Presidential Reference, the Supreme Court in …
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February 23, 2017The Punjab Congress chief Captain Amarinder Singh on Tuesday demanded deployment of armed forces to prevent any untoward incident on 23 February, when Haryana's Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) plans to re-dig the Satluj Yamuna Link (SYL) canal on Punjab border. Capt Amarinder demanded preventive arrest of INLD leader Abhay Chautala and cancellation of party …
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February 21, 2017The Punjab Congress chief Captain Amarinder Singh on Tuesday demanded deployment of armed forces to prevent any untoward incident on 23 February, when Haryana's Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) plans to re-dig the Satluj Yamuna Link (SYL) canal on Punjab border. Capt Amarinder demanded preventive arrest of INLD leader Abhay Chautala and cancellation of party …
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February 21, 2017The Punjab Congress chief Captain Amarinder Singh on Tuesday demanded deployment of armed forces to prevent any untoward incident on 23 February, when Haryana's Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) plans to re-dig the Satluj Yamuna Link (SYL) canal on Punjab border. Capt Amarinder demanded preventive arrest of INLD leader Abhay Chautala and cancellation of party …
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February 21, 2017Political parties in Punjab and Haryana are on warpath again over the contentious issue of Satluj Yamuna Link (SYL) canal following Haryana’s main Opposition party Indian National Lok Dal’s (INLD) call to march towards the neighbouring state on March 23 for digging the SYL canal. Even as Punjab’s political parties have warned the INLD against …
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February 20, 2017Political parties in Punjab and Haryana are on warpath again over the contentious issue of Satluj Yamuna Link (SYL) canal following Haryana’s main Opposition party Indian National Lok Dal’s (INLD) call to march towards the neighbouring state on March 23 for digging the SYL canal. Even as Punjab’s political parties have warned the INLD against …
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February 20, 2017Keeping the Sutlej-Yamuna Link (SYL) canal water controversy alive, Haryana’s main Opposition party the Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) on Friday said, that a massive gathering would be held in Ambala before marching towards digging the canal, in the villages bordering with neighbouring Punjab on coming February 23. While interacting with the mediapersons here, INLD leader …
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February 17, 2017With the agitation by Jats gaining momentum in some Haryana districts, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has decided to launch a “pol khol (expose) campaign” against the Opposition parties who, the saffron party said, are shedding crocodile tears over reservation for the community. As part of this campaign, the BJP’s office-bearers will hold meetings …
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February 9, 2017