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Punjab: Centre in fix as Badals seek upgradation of Z-Plus security cover
National | Sep 05, 2016, 02:15 PM ISTThe Shiromani Akali Dal-led Punjab government has asked the Centre to upgrade the security cover of three members of state’s ruling “first family” — the Badals. Chief minister Parkash Singh Badal, his son and deputy
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Punjab defies SC order, passes resolution against SYL construction
National | Mar 18, 2016, 03:50 PM ISTA day after the Supreme Court directing a status quo on the land meant for the Satluj-Yamuna Link canal, the Punjab Assembly today unanimously passed a resolution against its construction saying the state does not have water to share with Haryana
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Corruption can't be contained by framing legislations: Sukhbir
National | Feb 26, 2016, 07:02 PM ISTChandigarh: Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal today said corruption cannot be contained by framing legislations but by reducing interface between officials and public."Corruption is prevalent in every sphere in our country but it
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Incidents like Pathankot must be dealt with heavy hand: Parkash Singh Badal
National | Jan 03, 2016, 08:16 PM ISTGurdaspur: Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today said that incidents like the Pathankot terror strike must be dealt with a heavy hand and asked parties to refrain from politicising the issue. To combat cross
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Pakistan government should 'control' terrorists: Parkash Singh Badal
National | Jan 02, 2016, 06:35 PM ISTPathankot: Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today said Pakistan government should "control" terror activities, asserting that those who have carried out the attack came from across the border."These people come from across the border.
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O.P. Munjal, father of cycle industry, passes away
Aug 14, 2015, 05:05 PM ISTLudhiana: O.P. Munjal, who began modestly and finally became the father of India's cycle industry with his iconic Hero Cycles, died here on Thursday, family sources said.The 86-year-old Munjal was admitted to the Hero Heart
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Rahul Gandhi's concern for farmers a political stunt: Badal
National | Jun 22, 2015, 04:07 PM ISTMuktsar: Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today said the “sudden” concern of Rahul Gandhi for farmers was merely a “political stunt” as he blamed the Congress party and Gandhi family for farmers' plight across
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4 arrested after teen thrown out of moving bus in Moga
India | May 01, 2015, 10:26 AM ISTMoga (Punjab): Four people have been arrested in connection with the case where a teenage girl died after being thrown out of a moving bus for resisting molestation in Moga district of Punjab.The conductor and
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Top Five News Headlines of April 30
India | Apr 30, 2015, 09:02 PM ISTMoga molestation: Bus belongs to us, admits Punjab CM Prakash Singh BadalThe incident of sexual harassment in Punjab's Moga district is now taking a political turn as the entire opposition is demanding strict action against
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Punjab government says farmers will get full MSP
India | Apr 22, 2015, 09:44 PM ISTChandigarh: The Punjab government today decided that the farmers in the state would be given full Minimum Support Price (MSP) of their harvest and the value cut imposed by the Centre would not be passed
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Akali Dal will remain part of NDA, says Badal
National | Oct 24, 2014, 06:01 PM ISTChandigarh: Against the backdrop of the BJP breaking its political alliances in Maharashtra and Haryana in recent weeks, Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal Friday said that the Shiromani Akali Dal would remain an integral
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Badal to meet Narendra Modi with development plan for Punjab
India | May 31, 2014, 04:31 PM ISTLehri (Bathinda): Accusing the previous UPA government at the Centre of meting out “step-motherly” treatment to Punjab, Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today said he would soon call on Prime Minister Narendra Modi to submit
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Badal, Sharif agree to boost cooperation between Punjabs
India | Dec 16, 2013, 09:01 AM ISTAmritsar: Indian and Pakistani Punjab's chief ministers, Parkash Singh Badal and Shahbaz Sharif respectively, Sunday agreed to boost cooperation, including through exchange of academicians, and people to people contacts between their two regions.A joint statement
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US court dismisses Sikh group's case against Badal
World | Nov 28, 2013, 12:36 PM ISTChicago: A US Court of Appeals has dismissed a human rights violation case against Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on the ground that a Sikh rights group failed to serve federal court summons on
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Akali, BJP alliance in Delhi assembly polls, says Badal
National | Oct 07, 2013, 11:37 AM ISTMoga, Punjab: Punjab Chief Minister and Shiromani Akali Dal patriarch Parkash Singh Badal today said his party would contest the forthcoming assembly elections in Delhi in alliance with the BJP."The SAD will contest the Delhi
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Punjab sacrifices, yet gets step-motherly treatment: Badal
India | Aug 15, 2013, 12:46 PM ISTChandigarh: Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal Thursday said that despite having made the maximum contribution to the country's freedom struggle and also making India self-reliant in foodgrain, Punjab was getting step-motherly treatment.Speaking after unfurling
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Punjab to spend Rs.100 crore on culture preservation
India | Jul 15, 2013, 06:04 PM ISTChandigarh, July 15: The Punjab government has put a Rs.100 crore culture preservation plan on fast track and signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Unesco, an official said Monday.UNESCO will help the state prepare
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US Sikh group offers $ 10,000 to anyone who sues Badal
World | Jun 29, 2013, 08:09 AM ISTMilwaukee, Jun 29: A Sikh group is offering USD 10,000 to anyone who serves an Indian head of state with federal lawsuit papers on his expected visit to Wisconsin next week.Sikhs for Justice filed a
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Badal seeks Rs.1,500 minimum support price on wheat
India | Apr 22, 2013, 10:57 AM ISTChandigarh, Apr 22: Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal Monday demanded that the minimum support price (MSP) for wheat be fixed at Rs.1,500 per quintal by the centre.Badal, who is the Shiromani Akali Dal
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Missing Canadian-Indian woman related to Badal killed in Pakistan
World | Jan 02, 2013, 05:55 PM ISTLahore, Jan 2: A Canadian woman of Indian-origin, distantly related to Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal, was killed and her body dumped in a canal by a man who owed her money, Pakistani