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  Arun Jaitley files nomination papers

  National | April 07, 2014 17:16 IST

  Chandigarh: Senior BJP leader Arun Jaitley Monday filed his nomination papers for the Amritsar Lok Sabha seat.Jaitley, a senior lawyer and leader of opposition in the Rajya Sabha, will face former Punjab chief minister Amarinder

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  Sukhbir Badal re-elected Akali Dal president

  National | September 03, 2013 18:29 IST

  Amritsar: Sukhbir Singh Badal was Tuesday re-elected as the president of the ruling Shiromani Akali Dal.Sukhbir, 51, who is Punjab's deputy chief minister, was unanimously re-elected by 445 delegates of the Akali Dal who had

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  Sukhbir Badal asks PM to take up turban issue with Canada

  India | August 24, 2013 11:13 IST

  Chandigarh: Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal  on Friday  asked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to take up the issue of Quebec province's move to impose a ban on wearing turban (head gear) and sporting

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  Sukhbir Badal: Rahul Gandhi yet to understand India and its people

  National | August 07, 2013 8:48 IST

  Chandigarh, Aug 7: Shiromani Akali Dal President Sukhbir Singh Badal on Tuesday flayed Rahul Gandhi for his statement that poverty was a "state of mind" and said the Congress vice president is yet to understand

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  Akali leaders flock to Pakistan to meet Sukhbir Badal

  National | November 10, 2012 9:50 IST

  Chandigarh, Nov 10:  It may be 50 km away from Amritsar but senior leaders of the ruling Shiromani Akali Dal chose to undertake the journey to Lahore in neighbouring Pakistan for an unusual reason -

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  Sukhbir Badal wants a Pak consulate in Amritsar

  India | November 02, 2012 23:02 IST

  Chandigarh, Nov 2 : Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal today sought Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde's intervention for opening of consulates in Amritsar and Lahore respectively.In a communique sent to the Home Minister

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  Akali Dal not to join Third Front, Says Sukhbir Badal

  National | September 23, 2012 23:32 IST

  Chandigarh, Sept 23: Punjab deputy chief minister and Shiromani Akali dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal today ruled out his party joining any Third Front. Badal said here that his party was committed to continue with

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  No talks with Mulayam on third front: Sukhbir Badal

  National | September 23, 2012 18:33 IST

  Chandigarh, Sep 23: Following speculation over his meeting with Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav in New Delhi Saturday, Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal Sunday said that there was no talk about a

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  Mulayam silently at work to revive third front, meets Sukhbir Badal

  National | September 23, 2012 17:05 IST

  New Delhi, Sep 23: Mulayam Singh will not accept it publically but he is trying his best to cobble up a non-Congress, non-BJP formation before 2014 general elections. He knows it very well that it's