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  Badal seeks release of Sarabjit from Pakistan jail

  India | November 08, 2012 17:53 IST

  Chandigarh, Nov 8 :  Making an impassioned appeal to Pakistan Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif, Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal Thursday sought the release of Sarabjit Singh and other Indian prisoners in Pakistan

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  Cabinet reshuffle a face-saving exercise, says Badal

  Politics | October 27, 2012 22:05 IST

  Bathinda, Punjab, Oct 27: Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today termed as a "face-saving exercise" tomorrow's union cabinet reshuffle, saying inducting new faces and giving a fresh look to the government is "not going

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  Punjab CM Badal served with US court summons

  World | August 10, 2012 13:47 IST

  Washington, Aug 10:  Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, who is on a visit to the US, has been served the summons issued by a US court in a human rights violation case for alleged

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  Punjab govt to bear expenses on transportation of bodies, says Badal

  India | August 07, 2012 17:45 IST

  Chandigarh, Aug 7: Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today assured the next of kin of the victims of the shooting incident in United States that the state government would bear all expenditure on transportation

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  Badal gives Rs 5 lakh to Surjeet, govt job to son

  India | July 19, 2012 15:07 IST

  Chandigarh, July19: The Punjab government today gave Rs five lakh as financial assistance to Surjeet Singh, who spent almost 30 years of his life in a Pakistan jail, and a government job to his son.A

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  Badal, Amarinder hail Pak decision to release Sarabjit

  India | June 26, 2012 22:01 IST

  Chandigarh, Jun 26: Punjab's ruling SAD-BJP alliance and opposition Congress today welcomed Pakistan's decision torelease Indian death row convict Sarbjit Singh saying this “goodwill gesture” would further boost ties between India and Pakistan.In a statement,

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  SGPC Sends Mercy Petition To President, Badal Jr Rules Out Hanging On 31st

  India | March 26, 2012 18:46 IST

  Chandigarh, Mar 26: SGPC, the apex religious body of Sikhs, today sent a mercy petition to the President seeking clemency for death row convict Balwant Singh Rajoana even as Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal

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  Badal, Sukhbir Keep 7 Departments Each, Dhindsa Will Be FM

  India | March 15, 2012 22:30 IST

  Chandigarh, Mar 15: Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal tonight allocated porfolios to his cabinet colleagues, giving finance to one of his close aides, retaining seven ministries to himself and giving charge of an equal

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  Parkash Singh Badal Creates Two Records In One Go

  India | March 14, 2012 13:06 IST

  Chandigarh, Mar 14: Eighty five-year-old SAD leader Parkash Singh Badal today created two records in one go by becoming the Chief Minister of Punjab for the fifth time and the first in the reorganised state's

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  Parkash Singh Badal Sworn In As Punjab CM For Record 5th Time

  India | March 14, 2012 12:08 IST

  Chappar Chiri (Punjab), Mar 14: 85-year-old SAD leader Parkash Singh Badal was today sworn in as Chief Minister of Punjab for the record fifth time heading an SAD-BJP government for a second successive term.His son

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  Badal To Take Oath Heading An 18-Member Cabinet In Punjab

  India | March 13, 2012 20:26 IST

  Chandigarh, Mar 13: Parkash Singh Badal will take oath as Chief Minister of Punjab tomorrow for a record fifth time at the head of an 18-member cabinet, including his son Sukhbir who will continue as

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  SAD-BJP Stakes Claim To Form Govt, Swearing In On Mar 14

  India | March 09, 2012 20:32 IST

  Chandigarh, Mar 9: The SAD-BJP alliance today staked claim to form the government in Punjab with Governor Shivraj Patil inviting the two parties for swearing in on March 14.SAD-BJP MLAs at a joint meeting elected

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  SAD-BJP Scripted History, But Lost Voteshare in Punjab

  India | March 07, 2012 17:09 IST

  Chandigarh, Mar 6: There are many ironies in the percentage of votes polled by major parties in Punjab—Congress, Akali Dal and BJP—making it clear that the combination between the latter two enabled them get a

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  Modi's Fast From Saturday, Jaya Sends Emissaries, Badal To Come

  India | September 16, 2011 21:42 IST

  Ahmedabad, Sep 16: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi kicks of his three-day fast tomorrow with support also coming from his counterparts from Tamil Nadu and Punjab—Jayalalithaa and Prakash Singh Badal—and Shiv Sena leaders.Badal, leader of

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  Akal Takht, Parties In Punjab Voice Support For Hazare

  India | August 19, 2011 16:44 IST

  Chandigarh, Aug 19: Akal Takht, the temporal seat of Sikhs, today voiced support to the campaign against corruption launched by Anna Hazare and his team and urged the Prime Minister to give it due consideration.Support

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  Sukhbir Badal Hits Out At Amrinder

  Politics | June 15, 2011 20:36 IST

  Chandigarh, June 15: Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal today hit out at former Chief Minister Amarinder Singh, alleging that he had failed to initiate a single development project during his rule.  “It is

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  Police Action Shocking, Says Badal

  Politics | June 05, 2011 22:28 IST

  Chandigarh, June 5 : Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today strongly condemned what he described as the “shocking” police crackdown against peaceful gathering in the early hours at New Delhi's Ram Lila ground.“It is

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  Manpreet Badal Suspended From SAD

  Politics | October 12, 2010 20:33 IST

  Chandigarh, Oct 12: Punjab's ruling Shiromani Akali Dal tonight suspended Finance Minister Manpreet Singh Badal, who is at loggerheads with Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal on the Centre's reported conditional loan-waiver offer, from the

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  Badal Govt Insensitive To Punjabis: Cong

  Politics | April 03, 2010 19:37 IST

  With a Sharjah court recently sentencing 17 Indians, mostly Punjabis, to death for killing a Pakistani, Congress in Punjab on Saturday  lambasted the Badal government for its alleged "insensitivity" to people of the state facing