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Badal plays kisan card to woo voters

Friday 9 January '09

Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today played the kisan card to woo voters in Punjab, ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, and again blamed the Centre for all the ills plaguing the state.
Woman beats her two sons to death

Friday 26 December '08

In a fit of rage, a woman on Thursday, beat two of her sons to death in the outskirts of Patiala.
Politics takes centrestage at Jor Mela

Friday 26 December '08

The solemnity of the historic Jor Mela was today lost to political rhetoric, as various party leaders used the occasion to set the tone for the forthcoming Lok Sabha polls.
‘Special package for Punjab’s farmers, industry in NDA regime’

Thursday 25 December '08

Punjab will seek a special package for its farmers and industry in the next NDA regime at the Centre in which Shiromani Akali Dal will be a major partner.
Rajpura power plant: PSEB asks state govt

Wednesday 24 December '08

The Punjab State Electricity board today asked the Punjab government to renegotiate the price for its Rajpura thermal power plant with the lone bidder, Lanco Infratech.
YC polls: Bhattal scores over Capt

Saturday 20 December '08

Even as various leaders in the Punjab Congress are vying with each other for supremacy in the party ahead of the Parliamentary polls...
YC polls: Bhattal scores over Capt

Saturday 20 December '08

Even as various leaders in the Punjab Congress are vying with each other for supremacy in the party ahead of the Parliamentary polls...
Defunct for 3 years, Rajpura bus stand inaugurated again

Friday 19 December '08

Non-operational for almost three years, the ultra-modern Rajpura bus stand was re-inaugurated today by Punjab Transport Minister Master Mohan Lal.
Badals want to monopolise cable network, says Capt

Thursday 18 December '08

Condemning the alleged blackout of a Zee Network channel, former chief minister Capt Amarinder Singh today charged Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal with controlling the cable television network in the state.
PSEB in a state of limbo, yet again

Wednesday 17 December '08

The Punjab State Electricity Board is in a proverbial state of limbo as, on paper, it ceases to have any legal sanctity.
In letter to Badal, Captain questions Sukhbir’s authority

Monday 15 December '08

In response to SAD president Sukhbir Badal’s recent ‘threat’ of registration of more cases against him, former CM Capt Amarinder Singh today questioned Sukhbir’s authority to issue such statements.
Eight fake candidates took PMET this year: probe

Saturday 13 December '08

A probe initiated by the Punjab and Haryana High Court to investigate the alleged irregularities during this year’s Pre-Medical Entrance Test...
Lured by quick money, to-be-docs impersonated for MBBS aspirants

Saturday 13 December '08

A probe initiated by the Punjab and Haryana High Court for investigating the alleged irregularities during this year’s Pre-Medical Entrance Test conducted by the Baba Farid University...
Amarinder launches contact programme despite hurdles

Tuesday 9 December '08

Despite hurdles raised by fellow partymen, former chief minister and chairman of Punjab Congress’ campaign committee today launched his mass contact programme here today...
Drama at Patiala MC as commissioner, contractor squabble

Friday 5 December '08

High drama prevailed at the Patiala Municipal Corporation as its municipal commissioner and a contractor got involved in a war of words after the commissioner allegedly slapped an employee of the contractor.
Kidwai calls for promoting ties between India, Pakistan

Thursday 4 December '08

Haryana Governor A R Kidwai stressed on promoting bilateral ties between India and Pakistan to fight terrorism in the sub-continent.
Raninder livid over Sukhbir’s remarks against Capt

Thursday 4 December '08

Son of former chief minister Amarinder Singh, Raninder Singh, today did some tough talk against Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal for making derogatory remarks against his father.
Dera Sacha Sauda to support candidates, wants say in Govt

Wednesday 3 December '08

The Dera Sacha Sauda in Sirsa, which has been in the thick of controversies for quite some time...
Amarinder’s detractors turn his friends now

Wednesday 3 December '08

Politics makes strange bedfellows and no one is considered an enemy or friend forever here. Political equations in the Punjab Congress are fast changing ahead of Parliamentary elections.
CS: Stop illegal construction at former IAS officer’s plot

Wednesday 3 December '08

Taking a serious view of the illegal construction activity carried out by Patiala's former divisional commissioner and municipal commissioner SK Ahluwalia on the YPS Road...
Patkar condemns Punjab for more thermal plants

Monday 1 December '08

Social activist Medha Patkar (of the Narmada Bachao Andolan fame), today criticised the Punjab government for setting up more thermal plants in the state, saying they would disturb the environment of Punjab.
Three new bus routes flagged off in Patiala

Saturday 29 November '08

Punjab Transport minister Master Mohan Lal today laid out the aim of the State Automotive and Driving Skills Institute in Patiala. He was in the city to flag off three new bus routes.
Cost-cutting: Badal for ‘one officer, one car’

Saturday 29 November '08

In an attempt to curtail expenses in face of the economic meltdown, Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today made it clear that every officer in the state would be allowed only one car.
Akalis will conquer Delhi: Sukhbir

Wednesday 26 November '08

Seeking to expand the base of Akali Dal beyond Punjab, the Akalis are going all out to make a mark in the forthcoming Delhi Assembly elections...
Minister asks farmers to adopt professional approach in farming

Saturday 22 November '08

Punjab Cooperation Minister Captain Kanwaljit Singh called upon farmers to adopt a professional approach to wards farming.
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