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Photo: ‘Rail roko’ protest by farmers in Punjab
Farmer leader Sarwan Singh Pandher on Wednesday said farmers have given a call for ‘Punjab bandh’ on December 30 as he slammed the Centre for not accepting the demands of protesting farmers.…
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Punjab: Train services affected due to farmers’ ‘rail roko’ protest
Chandigarh: Train services in Punjab were affected as farmers squatted on rail tracks on Wednesday as part of their three-hour ‘Rail Roko’ protest to press the Centre into accepting their various demands,…
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‘Rail Roko’ Protest by farmers in Punjab
Chandigarh: Farmers blocked train routes at several places in Punjab on Wednesday as part of their three-hour ‘Rail Roko’ protest to press the Centre into accepting their various demands, including a legally…
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Farmers stopped at Punjab-Haryana border, teargas shells fired
Chandigarh: Tension prevailed at the Shambhu border, the entry point to Haryana from Punjab, on Sunday as the batch of 101 protesting farmers was stopped and not allowed to move ahead to…
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Punjab: Dubai-returned groom duped, bride goes ‘missing’ before wedding
Chandigarh: A Dubai-returned groom and his entourage of 150 ‘baraatis’ were shocked when they arrived in Moga, Punjab, only to find his bride “missing” and that the wedding venue did not exist.…
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Day after attack, Sukhbir Badal performs ‘sewa’ at Takht Kesgarh Sahib in Punjab
Chandigarh: A day after he survived a bid on his life, Shiromani Akali Dal leader Sukhbir Singh Badal on Thursday performed the duty of ‘sewadar’ outside Takht Kesgarh Sahib in Punjab’s Rupnagar…
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Punjab: Sikhs in Malerkotla donate land for construction of mosque
The Sikh community members in Punjab city have donated several acres of land for the construction of a mosque, addressing a long-standing need of the local Muslim community. This gesture appears extremely…
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Punjab, Haryana govts slow in acting against farmers burning stubble, says SC
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday said the Punjab and Haryana governments have been slow in taking action against farmers burning stubble and a mechanism was required to be devised for…
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Population choke on smog, as Delhi, UP, Punjab, Haryana fight over whose problems it is
Why do the residents of Delhi experience pollution every year while the ruling class blames it on stubble burning in the neighbouring states of Haryana, Punjab, and Uttar Pradesh? Can’t they find…
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Kejriwal calls Punjab bypolls win ‘semi-final’ before Delhi Assembly polls
New Delhi: AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday termed his party’s win in three out of four seats in the Punjab bypolls a “semi-final”, asserting that the party is on course…
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Polling underway for Punjab bypoll on four Assembly seats
Chandigarh: Polling began on Wednesday morning for bypoll to Punjab’s four Assembly seats, which are witnessing a triangular contest that saw high-pitched and aggressive campaigning among the state’s ruling AAP, the main…
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Punjab Police arrest man in Baba Siddique murder case
Chandigarh: Punjab Police’s Anti Gangster Task Force (AGTF) in a joint operation with Maharashtra Police on Saturday apprehended a Fazilka-based man in connection with the Baba Siddique murder case. Siddique was shot…
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Canada-based gangster Dalla’s aide held in Punjab: DGP
Chandigarh: Delivering another blow to Canada-based gangster-turned-terrorist Arsh Dalla’s network, Punjab’s Counter Intelligence, Bathinda, in a joint operation with Mansa police, have solved the grenade attack case with the arrest of key…
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SC refuses interim relief to Balwant Singh Rajoana in Beant Singh case
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday declined to consider the plea of interim relief for Balwant Singh Rajoana, seeking commutation of his death penalty in the 1995 assassination case of former…
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AQI remains very poor, poor in many parts of Haryana, Punjab
Chandigarh: Several places in Punjab and Haryana saw the air quality settling in the ‘very poor’ and ‘poor’ categories on Sunday. with Karnal the worst hit with an AQI of 316. At…
