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  Arun Jaitley loses in Amritsar

  National | May 16, 2014 16:18 IST

  Amritsar: The first popular electoral outing for senior BJP leader Arun Jaitley started on a wrong note as he lost from the Amritsar Lok Sabha seat to Congress candidate Amarinder Singh by nearly 90,000 votes.Amarinder,

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  Sidhu says his absence in Amritsar might have helped Jaitley

  National | May 02, 2014 9:29 IST

  Amritsar: Arriving in the city a day after polling ended, Navjot Singh Sidhu, who was denied a ticket by BJP for re-election to Amritsar Lok Sabha seat, today said his absence might have helped party

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  Sikhs protest outside Congress office over Amarinder remark

  National | April 21, 2014 19:08 IST

  New Delhi: A large number of Sikhs protested outside the Congress office here Monday over former Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh giving a clean chit to Congress leader Jagdish Tytler in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.Amarinder

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  SAD candidate Dhindsa files nomination from Sangrur

  India | April 05, 2014 21:02 IST

  Sangrur: SAD candidate from Sangrur Lok Sabha constituency Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa today filed his nomination papers here. He was accompanied by Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal while filing the papers.Also, all MLAs whose assemblies

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  Arun Jaitley accorded rousing welcome in Amritsar

  National | March 18, 2014 16:21 IST

  Amritsar: Senior BJP leader Arun Jaitley was today accorded warm welcome upon reaching Amritsar, the constituency from where he will contest his first-ever parliamentary elections.The ruling Shiromani Akali Dal leadership and the local BJP leaders

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  Modi right person to lead NDA says, Akali Dal

  National | September 14, 2013 10:58 IST

  Chandigarh: Punjab's ruling Shiromani Akali Dal on Friday hailed the decision of the BJP to name Narendra Modi as its prime ministerial candidate for the 2014 general elections, terming him the “right person” to lead

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  Punjab politics gets hotter in heat-wave conditions

  National | May 24, 2013 15:19 IST

  Chandigarh, 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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  Will challenge Sajjan Kumar's acquittal: Shiromani Akali Dal

  National | May 01, 2013 15:05 IST

  New Delhi, May 1: Terming as “very unfortunate” the acquittal of Congress leader Sajjan Kumar in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case, Shiromani Akali Dal Tuesday said it will challenge the court order and demanded the

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  Akalis to meet PM to stall Bhullar's hanging

  National | April 13, 2013 21:56 IST

  Chandigarh, Apr 13 :  A delegation of the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) will soon meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to get the hanging of Khalistani terrorist Devinderpal Singh Bhullar stalled.A resolution to this effect was

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  Two SAD groups clash in Punjab

  India | April 04, 2013 13:16 IST

  Moga, Apr 4: Two factions of Shiromani Akali Dal clashed soon after Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal ended his Sangat Darshan programme at Jogewala village in this district.The incident happened last evening soon after Badal

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

  National | 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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  SAD says no difference with BJP on FDI in retail issue

  National | September 27, 2012 18:37 IST

  Maur Mandi (Bhatinda), Sept 27:  With BJP today expressing its strong opposition to FDI in multi-brand retail, its ally in Punjab Shiromani Akali Dal fell in line, saying it is “solidly behind” NDA on the

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  Mulayam meets Badal junior, scotches talk of Third Front

  National | September 22, 2012 16:19 IST

  New Delhi, Sep 22:  A day after pledging support to the UPA, Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav today met Shiromani Akali Dal leader and Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal.Refusing to divulge details

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  Punjab government seeks Rs. 800 crore relief package from Centre

  July 23, 2012 13:42 IST

  Chandigarh, Jul 23 :The Punjab government has sought a interim relief package of Rs. 800 crore from the Centre expressing its anxiety over the drought-like situation in the state caused by a deficit monsoon so

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  All Three Badal Brothers Locked In Poll Combat In Punjab

  India | January 28, 2012 18:03 IST

  Lambi (Punjab), Jan 28: They share the common wall of their ancestral house, the family name and even the village name. But in the cut and thrust of politics, a common inheritance seems to matter

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  Protesters Hurl Eggs At Advani's Rath, Wave Black Flags

  India | November 13, 2011 19:26 IST

  Bhatinda, Nov 13: BJP leader L K Advani's yatra today met a hostile reception in Punjab, with protesters hurling eggs at his ‘rath' and waving black flags, briefly disrupting his convoy's journey in the state,

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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