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Sikh man from Jalandhar joins US national guard, to wear 5 ‘kakaars’

AMBALA: Kanwarpreet Singh of Punjab’s Jalandhar has graduated with the rank of a Specialist in the finance department of the United States (US) army national guard from California state on Thursday. US national guard is a state-based military force, which is part of the reserve component, which can be activated…

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Unorganised Punjabi netizens are Punjab's permanent opposition

JALANDHAR: Recently two prominent Punjabi Twitter handles - @Tractor2twitr and Sanyukt Kisan Morcha's @kisanektamorcha - along with a few other Sikh handles were withheld by Twitter in India "to comply with Twitter's obligations under India's local laws under the country's Information Technology Act, 2000". The most recent addition to the…

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Sangrur result: Time for governments to perform or perish?

JALANDHAR: Apart from other things, the result of Sangrur byelection - which has surprised and shocked many as it is unprecedented for the incumbent party to lose a byelection just after getting a sweeping mandate in the assembly elections - has confirmed that wrongdoings, inefficiency and blunders of previous incumbents…

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Olympic medallist and World Cup-winning hockey player Varinder Singh dies

NEW DELHI: Olympic and World Cup medallist Varinder Singh, who was an integral part of some of India's memorable victories in the 1970s, died in Jalandhar on Tuesday morning. He was 75.

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Punjab: 100 days after the win, Aam Aadmi Party’s first test on chief minister's home turf

JALANDHAR: Having gotten the best from Punjab in the state’s assembly elections about 100 days ago, the Aam Aadmi Party government now faces a test in terms of delivering on its promises on chief minister Bhagwant Mann’s home turf.

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Kejriwal says ‘nexus of gangsters’ will be wiped out from Punjab

Delhi and Punjab CMs jointly flag off bus service to Delhi’s IGI Airport from Jalandhar

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Running legend Hari Chand passes away at 69

CHANDIGARH: One of the unsung heroes of Indian athletes, 1978 Bangkok Asian Games double gold medallist Hari Chand breathed his last in Jalandhar late on Sunday night. He was 69.

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357 fresh Covid-19 cases, 1 death in region

CHANDIGARH/SHIMLA: Haryana alone reported 304 or more than 85% of the region’s 357 new cases of Covid-19 on Sunday, while Punjab recorded 43 cases and Himachal Pradesh 10. Out of the three states, only Punjab reported one death, which was in Jalandhar.

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Bluestar anniversary: Punjab has not seen charged up atmosphere in decades

JALANDHAR: After popular Punjabi singer Sidhu Moose Wala’s murder on Sunday, Punjab DGP V K Bhawra said his security was also curtailed along with over 400 others as police deployment was being increased due to Operation Bluestar anniversary aka Ghallughara week. The Punjab government made the same plea in Punjab…

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National Achievement Survey: Congress, Amarinder Singh slam AAP silence on Punjab's top rank

JALANDHAR: The Punjab government maintained a stoic silence on the state's top ranking in National Achievement Survey (NAS) 2021 conducted by the Union ministry of education in November 2021. Questioning the silence and chief minister Bhagwant Mann's failure to congratulate Punjab teachers and schools, opposition party leaders also took digs…

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Punjab number one in national education survey, Delhi showing takes hit

JALANDHAR: In sync with its high-scoring Performance Grade Index (PGI)-2020 report, Punjab has got first rank in the National Achievement Survey (NAS) conducted by the Union ministry of education on November 12, 2021, in all subjects of classes III, V and VIII. It also has bagged top three positions in…

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Punjab: With health minister’s sacking, AAP govt gains in perception

JALANDHAR: Going by social media, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) seems to have gained in perception from Mansa MLA Vijay Singla’s arrest, and removal as the health minister, for alleged corruption. The party, which came to power in Punjab two months ago, has also managed to counter questions being asked over…

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After spat, Uttar Pradesh cop on a video call with husband kills self

GHAZIABAD: A 28-year-old constable with Uttar Pradesh Police hung herself from a ceiling fan while on a video call with her husband — an Army soldier posted in Jalandhar — on Thursday night, allegedly after the two of them had an argument.

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Punjab: Sukhbir Singh Badal now opposes UAPA, but SAD-BJP govt used it

JALANDHAR: Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal demanded a review of Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) in a post on Twitter on Thursday, but the use of the stringent anti-terror law was not uncommon when Sukhbir himself was the deputy CM of Punjab during the SAD-BJP government’s rule in…

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Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann’s ‘flying visit’ to Gujarat cost exchequer Rs 45 lakh

JALANDHAR: The civil aviation department of Punjab government has received bills of over Rs 44.85 lakh for the aircraft hired for chief minister Bhagwant Mann’s visit to Gujarat from April 1 to 3, when he had gone there with Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) supremo and Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal to…

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Punjab BJP link to unapproved publication in Shatabdi

JALANDHAR: The distribution of an unapproved publication aboard the Bengaluru-Chennai Shatabdi Express on Friday morning has a Punjab and BJP connection. A Twitter storm forced the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) to first post that it had cautioned the newspaper vendor and then delete the tweet.

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Mahila Kisan Union reminds Punjab CM of specific promises to end farmers’ suicides

JALANDHAR: Reminding chief minister Bhagwant Mann about the promised guarantees to the people, the Mahila Kisan Union president Rajwinder Kaur Raju has demanded that Aam Admi Party led Punjab government must fulfil the guarantees given during the assembly elections to put an end the rampant suicides of farmers in the…

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ED files chargesheet against former Punjab Charanjit Singh Channi's nephew and others

LUDHIANA: In the case against Bhupinder Singh Honey, nephew of former Punjab chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has filed the chargesheet in a Jalandhar court on Friday. The agency has also named Honey's close ally Kudratdeep Singh, against whom Punjab police in 2018 had registered FIR…

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Summer of 1966: When tempers rose before Punjab’s reorganisation

JALANDHAR: When the vexed issues of Bhakra Beas Management Board and Chandigarh are back in discourse as the Punjab assembly has passed a resolution for capital’s transfer, many are thinking of 1966 when tempers ran high in the region over the proposal for reorganising the state. There were not just…

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Haryana reports 54 new Covid cases, Himachal Pradesh 8 and Punjab 4

CHANDIGARH/SHIMLA: Punjab reported four cases of Covid-19 on Sunday. One case each was reported in Gurdaspur, Jalandhar, Muktsar and Mohali. Himachal Pradesh reported eight cases and Haryana 54 new Covid-19 cases.

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Punjab: First litmus test for Rajya Sabha members, says Sukhpal Singh Khaira

JALANDHAR: Urging Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann to take up the issue of Union government implementing central service rules in Chandigarh, Congress MLA Sukhpal Singh Khaira said the issue is the first litmus test for the newly elected Rajya Sabha members of AAP.

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Punjab kabaddi player Sandeep Nangal shot dead at a tournament

JALANDHAR: Prominent kabaddi player Sandeep Nangal Ambia was shot dead during a kabaddi tournament at Mallian Khurd village, in Nakodar subdivision of Punjab's Jalandhar district, on Monday evening.

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2 contacts of jail inmate held in Ludhiana with 975gm heroin

LUDHIANA: The special task force (STF), Ludhiana, has arrested two men with 975gm of heroin from near Jalandhar bypass. The accused were identified as Aman Mahajan and Dharamvir.

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Jalandhar Central’s voting percentage lowest in Doaba region

JALANDHAR: The voter turnout in Punjab’s Doaba region was the lowest in Jalandhar Central constituency (60.65%) and the highest in Balachaur constituency (73.77%) when the state went to polls on Sunday, revealed data on Monday.

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PM Narendra Modi talks of ‘Nawan Punjab’ free of debt & drugs at rally

JALANDHAR: At his first physical election rally ahead of the Punjab polls in Jalandhar on Monday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi expanded on the party slogan “Nawan Punjab, Bhajpa de naal” (new Punjab with BJP), and made a pitch for a new Punjab that would be free of debt, corruption, mafia…

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