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  Punjab Govt will waive off loan for farmers with land less than 5 acres, declares Charanjit Singh Channi

  News | December 24, 2021 11:20 IST

  Punjab CM Charanjit Singh Channi, on Friday, held a press conference where he declared that Punjab govt will waive off loan for farmers who possess land less than 5 acres. The waiver offered will be up to 2 Lakhs.

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  Anti-national forces trying to spread anarchy in Punjab says CM Channi

  News | December 23, 2021 21:08 IST

  Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi on Thursday said as the Assembly polls are drawing near, some anti-national forces are trying spread anarchy in the state.

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  Kurukshetra | Who's the mastermind behind Ludhiana court blast?

  Kurukshetra | December 23, 2021 19:31 IST

  Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi on Thursday said as the Assembly polls are drawing near, some anti-national forces are trying spread anarchy in the state. Channi said this after a bomb blast in the Ludhiana district courts complex left one person dead and five injured.

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  Kapurthala lynching: Man had about 30 cuts, says Autospy report

  India | December 23, 2021 17:18 IST

  This was confirmed by Senior Medical Officer Narinder Singh, who told reporters that a five-member board of doctors from the local civil hospital conducted the autopsy. Meanwhile, the man was cremated as no one came forward to claim the body. Police are yet to register a murder case.

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  Ludhiana court blast: Anti-national elements active ahead of Assembly polls, says Punjab CM Channi

  News | December 23, 2021 17:20 IST

  Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi on Thursday said that the explosion at the Ludhiana District Court Complex is the doing of "anti-national elements", ahead of the state's Assembly elections. Channi also said that the government is on alert and those guilty won't be spared.

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  SAD leader Bikram Majithia moves Mohali court seeking anticipatory bail in drug case

  India | December 23, 2021 13:47 IST

  The bail application was filed by Bikram Majithia's counsel DS Sobti.

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  1 dead in explosion in Ludhiana district court complex, NSG called in; MHA seeks report

  India | December 23, 2021 23:48 IST

  The explosion was so powerful that it damaged a wall of the bathroom resulting in serious injuries to several people present inside. Window panes of several rooms were also damaged in the blast.

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  Punjab Election 2022: SAD trains guns at Congress over FIR against Bikram Majithia

  India | December 23, 2021 10:52 IST

  Majithia (46) was booked under the relevant sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act on Monday on the basis of a 2018 status report on a probe into a drug racket operating in the state.  

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  Assembly elections 2022: 'Mafiawad, Parivarwad in their syllabus', says PM Modi attacking SP, BSP

  Elections | December 24, 2021 0:08 IST

  Uttar Pradesh and four other states (Punjab, Uttarakhand, Goa and Manipur) are slated to go to polls early next year. Barring Punjab, the BJP is in power in all the remaining four states.

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  '...playing negative role': Harish Rawat, Congress' top troubleshooter, fires shots at party leaders

  Elections | December 22, 2021 19:08 IST

  Notably, the timing of the tweets assumes significance as Uttarakhand and Punjab both are going to polls next year.

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  Punjab Election 2022: PM Modi to address mega rally in January; BJP to contest on 70 seats

  Elections | December 22, 2021 13:23 IST

  The BJP, which has so far contested elections in Punjab with Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), will contest 70 of the 117 Assembly seats.

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  Abki Baar Kiski Sarkar: BJP's status in Punjab soars high after alliance with Amarinder Singh's party

  News | December 22, 2021 13:40 IST

  Ahead of the Punjab elections, BJP has allied with Captain Amarinder Singh's party and it being speculated that the party will be contesting on 70 seats in the upcoming elections. Moreover, PM Modi is all set to address a big rally in the first week of January in the state.

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  PM Modi to hold big rally in Punjab in the first week of January

  News | December 22, 2021 12:40 IST

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to address a mega rally in Punjab in the first week of January to kickstart BJP's poll campaign in the state

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  Assembly Election 2022 Highlights: BJP to enrol one lakh 'cyber yoddhas' for Uttarakhand polls

  Elections | December 23, 2021 0:07 IST

  Besides Goa, four other states -- Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab and Manipur will go to polls early next year.

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  Punjab Elections 2022: Congress MLA Rana Gurmit Singh Sodhi joins BJP

  Elections | December 21, 2021 18:36 IST

  Sodhi, who represents Guru Har Sahai constituency in Punjab Assembly, joined the BJP in the presence of party's Punjab in-charge Gajendra Singh Shekhawat at BJP headquarters in the national capital today.

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  Assembly Election: Decision to raise women's marriage age to 21 upsetting for some: PM Modi

  Elections | December 21, 2021 23:42 IST

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday at a programme here transferred Rs 1,000 crore to bank accounts of self help groups to benefit around 16 lakh women.

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  'Sacrilege accused should be hanged in public': Navjot Sidhu

  Elections | December 20, 2021 16:03 IST

  Navjot Singh Sidhu has condemned the alleged sacrilege attempts at the Golden Temple in Amritsar and at a gurdwara in Kapurthala, saying conspiracies are being hatched to disturb peace in Punjab.

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  Punjab Elections 2022: Navjot Singh Sidhu dares 'masquerader' Arvind Kejriwal to debate on polls

  Elections | December 20, 2021 13:39 IST

  In a sharp tweet, Sidhu accused the Delhi Chief Minister of colluding with the Badals of Akali Dal and also targeted him over the controversial farm laws recently scrapped by the Centre. Sidhu also accused the AAP chief of "running" the liquor mafia with former Shiromani Akali Dal MLA Deep Malhotra.

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  Abki Baar Kiski Sarkar: When will political turmoil involving Sidhu will stop in Punjab?

  Elections | December 20, 2021 13:21 IST

  Another political turmoil seems to have risen in Punjab ahead of 2022 Punjab elections. This time around, Punjab's Technical Education Minister Rana Gurjeet Singh has slammed Sidhu by calling him a 'political mercenary'. He also claimed that Sidhu has joined Congress just because he wants to become CM.

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  Rana Gurjeet Singh slams Sidhu, calls him 'political mercenary'

  Elections | December 20, 2021 11:40 IST

  Punjab's Technical Education Minister Rana Gurjeet Singh in his recent statement slammed Sidhu by calling him a 'political mercenary'. He also claimed that Sidhu has joined Congress just because he wants to become CM.