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  No interference in religious beliefs,eating habits: Harsimrat Kaur

  Politics | November 04, 2015 22:48 IST

  New Delhi: BJP ally Akali Dal today made it clear that there should be no interference with one's religious beliefs or eating habits, in comments in the midst of a raging debate over controversies on

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  Dadri damaging PM more than anybody else, says Akali Dal MP Naresh Gujral

  Politics | October 17, 2015 16:09 IST

  New Delhi: NDA ally Shiromani Akali Dal today termed the Dadri lynching incident as a "shame" for the country and said what happened after that was "damaging the Prime Minister more than anybody else".SAD MP

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  Soon Badals will find it difficult to face public: Amarinder Singh

  Politics | July 16, 2015 7:35 IST

  Tarn Taran: Senior Congress leader Amarinder Singh  yesterday claimed that anger against the ruling Badal family of Punjab was gradually coming on the roads and soon they will find it difficult to face the people

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  Akali Dal-BJP is a social alliance: Arun Jaitley

  Politics | July 14, 2015 22:06 IST

  Amritsar: The BJP-Shiromani Akali Dal partnership was not only a political alliance, but a social one aimed at strengthening the bonds of peace, communal harmony, amity and brotherhood in Punjab, union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley

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  SAD, Opposition attack Govt for ignoring consent clause in Land Bill

  Politics | March 11, 2015 7:57 IST

  New Delhi: Major NDA partner Akali Dal has joined hands with Opposition in resisting government's move to do away with the consent clause in the amendments to the land acquisition Act and demanded that farmers'

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  Land ordinance: BJP puts up a brave face after key allies join hands with opposition

  Politics | February 25, 2015 17:02 IST

  New Delhi: The BJP has decided to stick to its stand on land ordinance even after its key allies Shiv Sena, Shiromani Akali Dal (Badal) and Swabhimani Paksha decided to join hands with opposition against

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  Amit Shah's rally raises storm in Punjab politics

  Politics | January 17, 2015 10:15 IST

  Chandigarh: Even before it has been held, BJP president Amit Shah's rally in Amritsar to launch a campaign against drugs in Punjab has created a virtual storm. It has not only brought out fissures within

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  Delhi Polls: BJP candidates to be out on Jan 19

  Politics | January 15, 2015 22:18 IST

  New Delhi: BJP will announce its candidates for the February 7 Delhi Assembly elections on January 19 when the party's Central Election Committee meets here.Sources said BJP is likely to announce a majority of its

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  BJP's no to Akali demand for release of Khalistanis

  Politics | January 08, 2015 15:31 IST

  Hyderabad: The BJP doesn't agree with the demand of the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) to release 13 Khalistani terrorists serving life sentence in five states, BJP president Amit Shah said Thursday.“The BJP doesn't agree with

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  Free Khalistani prisoners, Badal tells Rajnath

  Politics | January 08, 2015 14:57 IST

  New Delhi: Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal Thursday urged Home Minister Rajnath Singh to release some Khalistani prisoners who he said were aged and even blind.Badal told reporters after meeting the home minister that

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  BJP fighting drug-related political wars in Goa too

  Politics | January 08, 2015 14:33 IST

  Panaji: Like the proxy political battle over drugs in Punjab between the Akali Dal and the BJP, in Goa too the issue of narcotics and drug peddling is fast rousing political parties out of their

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  Shiromani Akali Dal holds dharna against drug menace near India-Pakistan border

  Politics | January 05, 2015 17:08 IST

  Chandigarh: With ally BJP raking up the drug menace issue in a big way rankling Akali Dal, Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal today sought to turn the tables saying BJP-ruled states were not ready

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  Akali Dal, BJP to contest Punjab civic polls jointly

  Politics | November 27, 2014 13:25 IST

  Chandigarh: Despite the recent barbs of their leaders against one another, the Shiromani Akali Dal and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will jointly contest the forthcoming civic elections in Punjab, party officials said here Thursday.This

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  Punjab Congress launches 'Save Punjab' campaign to combat drug menace today

  Politics | November 14, 2014 7:19 IST

  Chandigarh: The Punjab Congress will today launch massive 'Save Punjab' anti-drug awareness campaign in the state to combat this perilous problem that is spreading swiftly and affecting the youth.The Congress state party Chief Partap Singh

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  Akali Dal will remain part of NDA, says Badal

  Politics | October 24, 2014 18:01 IST

  Chandigarh: 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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  Assembly by-polls: Congress candidate Preneet Kaur wins from Patiala

  Politics | August 25, 2014 11:24 IST

  New Delhi: Former Union Minister and Congress candidate has won from Patiala assembly seat. She defeated her rival Bhagwan Dass Juneja of the ruling Akali Dal by over 23,000 votes.Preneet is the wife of Punjab's

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  Man hurls shoe at Punjab CM Badal; Akali Dal blames AAP

  Politics | August 16, 2014 7:38 IST

  Ludhiana: A shoe hurled at Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal by an unemployed youth in a village near here on Friday during an Independence Day function got political overtones with the ruling Akali Dal

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  HSGPC row: Warring Sikh groups agree on panel to resolve issue

  Politics | August 05, 2014 11:23 IST

  Chandigarh: Senior leaders of the Shiromani Akali Dal and the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) on one side and the newly-created Haryana Sikh Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (HSGPC) Monday evening agreed to set up a panel

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  Snub forces of disruption: Congress tells partymen in Punjab

  Politics | August 03, 2014 18:23 IST

  Chandigarh: Punjab Congress today called upon party members to snub “forces of disruption, distraction and sabotage” by winning the two bye-elections in the state.  This is the time for the party in the state to

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  Delhi BJP chief meets Rajnath, discusses government formation

  Politics | July 20, 2014 13:08 IST

  New Delhi: Delhi BJP president Satish Upadhyay today briefed senior party leader and Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh about party MLAs' views on the current political situation in Delhi and is understood to have conveyed