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  Punjab asks Centre to ensure assured marketing of maize

  India | July 05, 2014 18:01 IST

  Chandigarh: Punjab government today asked Centre to ensure assured marketing of maize crop by directing central procurement agencies to procure it from the state to encourage crop diversification.In a letter, Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh

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  Iraq violence: With prayer on their lips, families of abducted Indians wait

  India | June 20, 2014 11:15 IST

  New Delhi: Manjeet Singh last called up home 10 days ago before he was abducted. He, along with 39 other Indian nationals, was kidnapped by Sunni militants in Mosul in northern Iraq that is in

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  Iraq Crises: 16 Indians evacuated, 1 of the 40 kidnapped escapes

  India | June 20, 2014 20:37 IST

  New Delhi: Sixteen Indians stranded in violence-affected areas of Iraq have been evacuated and one of the 40 kidnapped Indians has escaped from captivity in Mosul town even as government said it was “knocking at

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  Increase number of products traded through Attari-Wagah: Parkash Singh Badal

  India | June 19, 2014 17:19 IST

  New Delhi: Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today said the number of products traded with Pakistan through the Attari-Wagah border should be increased.  The issue was raised by Badal in his meeting with Union

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  Peaceful polling is triumph of democracy: Badal

  India | April 30, 2014 20:15 IST

  Chandigarh: Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today termed peaceful polling in the state as “a triumph of democracy” and said voters have once again strengthened democratic process by exercising their franchise in an overwhelming

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  In Pics: Narendra Modi's rallies in Punjab

  Politics | April 26, 2014 7:24 IST

  Pathankot (Pb): BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi Friday called upon electorate in the country to punish the "Maa-Beta" (mother-son) government in the country by voting it out.Addressing an election rally in this north Punjab

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  Amarinder's 'clean chit' to Jagdish Tytler is shocking: Prakash singh Badal

  India | April 20, 2014 7:05 IST

  Chandigarh: Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal yesterday described as 'shocking' the reported 'clean chit' given by Congress leader Amarinder Singh to Jagdish Tytler, one of the accused in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, during a

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  Congress seeks dismissal of three Punjab ministers

  Politics | March 04, 2014 12:30 IST

  Chandigarh: The Congress Monday demanded the dismissal of three ministers in the Parkash Singh Badal-led Punjab government for their alleged involvement in illegal activities.Two of these ministers' names have figured in a multi-million dollar international

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  Congress, AAP two sides of same coin: Badal

  Politics | January 15, 2014 7:56 IST

  Muktsar: Terming the Congress and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) as the "two sides of a coin",Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal yesterday asked the people to beware of the "cheap political gimmickry" of both the

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  BJP- Akali Dal will wipe out Congress from Delhi, says Badal

  Politics | October 09, 2013 21:07 IST

  Chandigarh: Prakash Singh Badal, the Punjab Chief Minister, is confident of overthrowing Sheila Dikshit government from Delhi in upcoming assembly polls.Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal Wednesday said the Akali Dal will have a tie-up

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  Akali Dal turns the table on Congress

  Politics | August 16, 2013 13:34 IST

  Chandigarh: The Congress party may claim to identify itself with the "aam aadmi" (common man) but some of its leaders seem to have taken this rather too seriously. After a young Congress legislator barged into

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  Vadra land deals : Punjab CM Badal seeks probe by SC judge

  Politics | August 13, 2013 18:20 IST

  Chandigarh: Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today sought an inquiry by a sitting Supreme Court Judge into Robert Vadra's controversial land deals in Haryana.”This (Vadra-DLF land deals) is in front of you. Let there

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  UPA has failed to protect Sikhs abroad, says Sukhbir Badal

  India | August 10, 2013 6:38 IST

  Moga, Aug 10: Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal Friday  lashed out at the Congress-led UPA government for failing to check hate crimes against Sikhs residing in foreign countries, particularly Philippines.Speaking to reporters after

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  UPA govt has failed on all fronts: Badal

  Politics | August 08, 2013 19:54 IST

  Bhlaiaana (Sri Muktsar Sahib), Aug 8: Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today criticised the UPA government at the Centre and said people are waiting for the general elections to vote Congress out of power. 

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  Food security ordinance copy of 2007 Punjab scheme: Badal

  India | July 09, 2013 22:39 IST

  Chandigarh, July 9: Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal Tuesday termed the food security ordinance brought by the UPA government as a "copy" of the "Atta-Dal" scheme introduced by his government in Punjab in 2007.Badal

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  Will support PM candidate proposed by BJP: Akali Dal

  Politics | April 15, 2013 17:40 IST

  New Delhi, Apr 15:  A day after NDA ally JD(U) virtually opposed Narendra Modi as the possible prime  ministerial candidate, another partner Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) today said it was with BJP and would stand

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  Punjab CM Badal puts power-broker Majithia in place

  Politics | January 12, 2013 19:11 IST

  Chandigarh, Jan 12: Till the other day, the opposition Congress in Punjab was gunning for cabinet minister Bikram Singh Majithia, whose only claim to fame is that he is the brother-in-law of all-powerful Deputy Chief

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  US court to hear human rights case against Punjab CM

  Politics | January 05, 2013 17:09 IST

  Washington, Jan 5:  A US federal judge has set an evidentiary hearing for Jan 29 in a human rights violations case against Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal to resolve basic jurisdictional issues.Wisconsin Judge Rudolph

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  Don't meddle in Sikh affairs, Akali Dal warns Congress

  Politics | November 11, 2012 21:22 IST

  Chandigarh, Nov 11:  The ruling Shiromani Akali Dal in Punjab here Sunday warned the Congress against meddling in the religious affairs of Sikhs.Punjab Chief Minister Prakash Singh Badal, who is also the patron of the

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  Amarinder questions Badal's silence over attack on Gen Brar

  Politics | October 03, 2012 17:45 IST

  Chandigarh, Oct 3: The “silence” of Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on the attack on Lt Gen (retd) Kuldeep Singh Brar is “seditious” and shocking, Punjab Congress chief Amarinder Singh today alleged.  It is