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Over 100,000 security personnel deployed for Punjab polls
Over one lakh security personnel, including central paramilitary forces, will be on high alert as Punjab voters on Saturday exercise their franchise in 117 assembly segments as well as the by-election for the Amritsar Lok Sabha seat. Punjab Chief Electoral Officer V.K. Singh told the media here on Friday that over 2.07 lakh state government …
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February 3, 2017 -
Lambi has given its verdict, says Amarinder
Amid a surging wave of humanity that turned out across the length and breadth of Lambi to give him an effusive welcome, Punjab Congress president on Friday went door to door, and corner to corner, listening to the woes of the people in Parkash Singh Badal’s constituency and assuring them that their troubles and turmoils …
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February 3, 2017 -
EC issues prohibition protocol for 48 hours before Punjab polls
The Election Commission on Thursday issued extensive guidelines to ensure prohibitions during the period of 48 hours beginning 5 PM today until the conclusion of assembly polls on February 4 in Punjab. The guidelines were issued to the District Election Officers in accordance with the provisions enacted in the Section 126 Representation of Peoples' Act …
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February 2, 2017 -
Poll campaign in Punjab ends, voting on February 4
A high-voltage and somewhat no-holds-barred campaign for the February 4 Punjab Assembly elections ended on Thursday evening as leaders and workers of major political parties made last-ditch efforts to woo voters in the state. Over 1.98 crore voters will now decide the fate of 1,145 candidates – including 81 women candidates and one transgender – in …
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February 2, 2017 -
Proxy voting in mind, EC’s eye on outsiders
Non-resident Indians (NRIs) camping in Punjab to campaign for various political parties will have to leave the state during the 48 hours before polling for the state Assembly on 4 February. As per the Election Commission (EC) orders, no outsiders will be allowed to stay in Punjab during next 48 hours. To restrict proxy voting, the …
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February 2, 2017 -
AAP demands Sukhbir Badal’s arrest over Maur blast
Blaming Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Badal for the Tuesday bomb blast, the AAP on Wednesday urged the Election Commission to intervene and get him (Sukhbir) arrested. While alleging that Sukhbir Badal and the ruling Shiromani Akali Dal leadership in Punjab could be behind the Maur Mandi car blast, AAP General Secretary Sanjay Singh said …
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February 1, 2017 -
Punjab chief minister condemns blasts in Maur
Strongly condemning the incident of twin blasts at Maur, in Bathinda district, Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Wednesday urged the people to exercise calm in this hour of crisis. In a statement issued here on Wednesday, Badal said that nobody would be allowed to disturb the hard earned peace and communal harmony in …
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February 1, 2017 -
Punjab chief minister condemns blasts in Maur
Strongly condemning the incident of twin blasts at Maur, in Bathinda district, Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Wednesday urged the people to exercise calm in this hour of crisis. In a statement issued here on Wednesday, Badal said that nobody would be allowed to disturb the hard earned peace and communal harmony in …
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February 1, 2017 -
Amarinder flays malicious propaganda against him on NRI issue
Punjab Congress president Captain Amarinder Singh has lashed out at the malicious propaganda attributing certain anti-NRI statements to him. Amarinder clarified that his tag of ‘outsiders’ was only for AAP leaders who did not belong to Punjab and the supporters brought in by AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal to handle his party’s poll campaign in the …
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February 1, 2017 -
Capt promises free treatment for cancer patients
Punjab Congress president and chief ministerial candidate Captain Amarinder Singh has announced free treatment for cancer victims in Punjab, while promising a permanent solution to the problem of cancer-causing pollution in the Malwa region of the state. Captain Amarinder was addressing public rallies in Faridkot and Jaito, which lie in the cancer belt of the …
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January 31, 2017 -
Delhi safai karamcharis arrive in Punjab to expose Kejriwal’s lies
The safai karmacharis from the national capital, under the banner of the Delhi Nagar Nigam Mazdoor Congress, will go around villages in Punjab to expose the lies of Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal. This was announced by the Mazdoor Congress, which appealed to the Punjab Balmiki Samaj to throw Kejriwal out of Punjab before he …
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January 31, 2017 -
Punjab will turn into another Kashmir under AAP, warns Capt
The Punjab Congress president Captain Amarinder Singh on Tuesday warned that the state could turn into another Kashmir under fascist forces like the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), with Pakistan waiting for just such an opportunity to revive extremism in Punjab. Addressing massive public rallies in Malout and Muktsar, Capt, while dismissing SAD’s Badals and AAP’s …
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January 31, 2017 -
Shamefully baffled Sukhbir Badal calling everybody terrorists
The Aam Aadmi Party(AAP) on Monday said that Deputy Chief Minister and SAD president Sukhbir Badal was shamefully baffled over imminent defeat in the elections and started making false, motivated and imaginary allegations against AAP leaders, NRIs and people of Punjab, calling everybody terrorists. Sanjay Singh national secretary of AAP and in-charge of Punjab while …
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January 30, 2017 -
Mann questions Badal on collusion with Congress Party to defeat AAP
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Sunday questioned Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on tacit support given by Shiromani Akali Dal(SAD) to Congress party in fight against Aam Aadmi Party(AAP). AAP campaign committee chairman Bhagwant Mann attacked Badal and Sukhbir Badal for hobnobbing with Congress and targeting AAP for sacrilege of holy Guru Granth Sahib. "Sukhbir …
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January 29, 2017 -
Akalis, BJP, Congress colluding against AAP, says Kejriwal
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday accused the BJP, Shiromani Akali Dal and the Congress of working together against the AAP in Punjab, which goes to polls on February 4. In a tweet, Kejriwal claimed to have learnt from his "sources" that the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) and the Rashtriya Sawayamsevak Sangh (RSS) were …
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January 29, 2017 -
Massive response to Captain Amarinder in Badal citadel of Lambi
The people of Lambi on Sunday welcomed their Congress candidate and chief ministerial candidate Captain Amarinder Singh with open arms as he stormed the citadel of Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal with an all-out attack on the Badals, along with their ministers and OSDs, promising to throw them all into jail for destroying the lives …
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January 29, 2017 -
INSAT-3DR to map farm fires in Haryana, Punjab
Next generation satellite INSAT-3DR has opened new frontiers in India's weather forecasting and is set to equip the country with the ability to detect farm fires, which intensifies air pollution in the northern region seasonally, leaving Delhi gasping for breath. A team of the Satellite Meteorology Division of India Meteorological Department (IMD), housed in New …
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January 29, 2017