Punjab Politics
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Amit Shah's rally raises storm in Punjab politics
National | Jan 17, 2015, 10:15 AM ISTChandigarh: 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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Akalis converting politics into commercial venture: Sidhu
National | Nov 17, 2014, 10:30 AM ISTLudhiana: Senior BJP leader and former Amritsar MP Navjot Singh Sidhu yesterday accused the Akali regime in Punjab of converting politics into a commercial venture.In an apparent swipe at SAD's slogan of 'Raj Nahi, Sewa
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Badal denied Punjab Jats benefits of OBC reservation: Amarinder
National | Oct 30, 2014, 11:41 PM ISTChandigarh: Senior Congress leader and president of the All India Jat Maha Sabha Amarinder Singh today blamed Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal for “denying Jats of the state the benefits of OBC reservation”.Addressing a
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Punjab politics gets hotter in heat-wave conditions
National | May 24, 2013, 03:19 PM ISTChandigarh, May 24: Death, funeral pyre, blood-laced, cheap entertainers, breast-beating, power-drunken mind and obituary - these are the words top politicians in Punjab are using to hurl invectives at each other in a virtual free
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Punjab Panchayat polls: Turnout 70 per cent
India | May 19, 2013, 11:20 PM ISTChandigarh, May 19: Amid sporadic violence, nearly 70 per cent of 1.1 crore rural voters today exercised their franchise for Panchayat Samiti and Zila Parishad elections in Punjab.An estimated 70 per cent polling was reported