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  Timely action could have saved Sarabjit's life: Badal

  National | May 12, 2013 8:06 IST

  Bhikhiwind (Punjab), May 12: Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal Saturday said that had the Congress-led UPA central government acted in time, the life of Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh could have been saved.The Punjab assembly

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  Badal meets PM, seeks clemency for Bhullar

  National | April 15, 2013 20:32 IST

  New Delhi, Apr 15: Against the backdrop of the apex court refusing to commute death sentence of Khalistani terrorist Devenderpal Singh Bhullar, Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal and his deputy Sukhbir Singh Badal met

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  Recast Constitution, scrap central schemes: Badal

  National | March 19, 2013 6:58 IST

  Chandigarh, March 19: Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal Monday called for a nationwide political initiative to recast the Constitution along federal lines, scrapping of all central schemes and provisions for direct transfer of 50

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  Controversial Akali Dal leader back as Punjab minister

  National | March 08, 2013 7:23 IST

  Chandigarh, March 8: After being forced to resign from the Parkash Singh Badal-led Punjab government in September last year following allegations of embezzlement of funds, Akali Dal leader Gulzar Singh Ranike was Thursday again inducted

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  Wrestler posted in Badal's security, shot at by Haryana Police 'mistakenly'

  National | December 02, 2012 16:40 IST

  Chandigarh, Dec 2 : A 21-year-old wrestler, posted in the security wing of Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, was allegedly shot at and injured in Haryana's Sonepat district, police said today.A probe has been

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  21 die of gastroenteritis in Batala alone, Badal visits

  India | October 16, 2012 16:59 IST

  Batala, Punjab, Oct 16 :  Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today took stock of the gastroenteritis situation here and said the state government would soon organise a mega health camp in the city to

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  Badal describes Amarinder Singh a "famous absentee"

  National | July 08, 2012 21:44 IST

  Dasuya, Jul 8: Describing Amarinder Singh as a “famous absentee”, Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today said the Congress leader had rarely attended assembly sessions and was over-excited at his one-day attendance during the

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  Jaswant Singh meets Mulayam

  National | June 21, 2012 17:49 IST

  New Delhi, June 12: Jaswant Singh today met Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav amid speculation that the BJP leader could be lobbying for the Vice President's post. When Yadav was meeting yoga guru Ramdev

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  All parties except Congress condemn petrol price hike, Left, BJP give call for protests

  India | May 23, 2012 22:39 IST

  New Delhi/Mumbai/Lucknow/Kolkata/Chennai, May 23: Almost all major parties except the ruling Congress today lashed out at the UPA government for the steep hike in petrol price.Trinamool Congress supremo and West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee

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  Mamata Will Not Attend Badal, Akhilesh Swearing In Ceremonies

  India | March 11, 2012 19:27 IST

  New Delhi, Mar 11: Keeping the Congress guessing, Mamata Banerjee today decided to skip the swearing- in ceremonies of chief ministers in Punjab and Lucknow, citing business in West Bengal, and send two Trinamool leaders

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  Badal Invites Jayalalithaa To His Swearing-In

  India | March 10, 2012 13:35 IST

  Chennai, Mar 10 : Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today invited his Tamil Nadu counterpart J Jayalalithaa to participate in his swearing-in ceremony on March 14.The AIADMK supremo, however expressed her inability to attend

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  Parkash Singh Badal Will Continue As Chief Minister, Says Sukhbir

  India | March 08, 2012 12:24 IST

  Chandigarh, Mar 8: Putting at rest all speculation, Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) today declared that Parkash Singh Badal will remain the Chief Minister of Punjab, a post he would be holding for a record fifth

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  Punjab, Chhatisgarh Chief Ministers Oppose NCTC

  India | February 18, 2012 8:09 IST

  Chandigarh, Feb 18: Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Friday vehemently opposed the Centre's decision to set up an apex counter-terror organization, terming it as a measure to usurp whatever is left of the

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  Fate Of 1,078 Candidates To Be Sealed On Monday In Punjab

  India | January 29, 2012 14:21 IST

  Chandigarh, Jan 29: Around 1.76 crore voters will seal the fate of 1,078 candidates, including the two Chief Ministerial aspirants Parkash Singh Badal of ruling SAD-BJP and Amarinder Singh of opposition Congress, in fray for

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  Manpreet Badal Sees Arab Spring In Punjab

  India | January 27, 2012 13:37 IST

  Badal (Punjab), Jan 27 : Manpreet Badal, who till more than a year ago was with the ruling Akali Dal as its Finance Minister in the coalition government, feels an Arab Spring is in the

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  Badal Files Nomination, Says Fight Will Be Tough

  India | January 10, 2012 20:47 IST

  Muktsar, Jan 10: Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal today filed his nomination from Lambi assembly constituency, with his daughter-in-law Bhatinda MP  Harsmirat Kaur Badal filing nomination as a cover candidate.Speaking to mediapersons, Badal said,

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  Willing To Form Any Alliance To Oust Cong : Badal

  National | November 08, 2011 8:18 IST

  Chandigarh, Nov 8: Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Monday said the ruling Shiromani Akali Dal was willing to forge alliance with any like-minded political party with the “sole objective” to defeat the Congress

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  Badal Seeks CBI Probe Into SGPC Issue

  India | September 02, 2011 17:45 IST

  New Delhi, Sept 2: Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today saw a “conspiracy” in a former Advocate General's statement before Punjab and Haryana High Court about the Centre withdrawing the 2003 notification on SGPC

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  Punjab Lokayukta Orders Probe Against Jagir Kaur, Badal

  India | August 30, 2011 14:08 IST

  Chandigarh, August 30 : Punjab Lokayukta  Justice (Retd) DS Dhaliwal has ordered an inquiry into the complaint, filed by George Shubh, against SGPC former president Bibi Jagir Kaur for “illegally” occupying 12 acres of land

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  Concede Ramdev's Demands, Badal Asks Centre

  National | June 11, 2011 13:52 IST

  Chandigarh, June 11: Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Friday asked the Centre to immediately concede the demands of Yoga Guru Ramdev who has been hospitalised after his health deteriorated on the seventh day