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Punjab CM holds closed-door meeting with Akal Takht Jathedar in Amritsar

AMRITSAR: Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Sunday paid obeisance at the Golden Temple in Amritsar and held a closed-door meeting with Akal Takht Jathedar Gyani Harpreet Singh ahead of the Operation Bluestar anniversary.

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Ranji Trophy Quarterfinals: Mumbai favourites against Uttarakhand, Madhya Pradesh take on Punjab

BENGALURU: Mumbai will strive to be the Mumbai of yore in their Ranji Trophy quarterfinal against Uttarakhand, beginning here from Monday.

The Times of India

Punjab: Amid poll talk, Moose Wala's father says he has no plan to fight elections

CHANDIGARH: Even as a couple of Congress leaders began tweeting about making the father of slain Punjabi singer Sidhu Moose Wala the consensus candidate for Sangrur bypoll slated for June 23, the latter released a video message on Saturday saying that he was not in the frame of mind to…

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More trouble for Punjab Congress as 4 former cabinet minister go to BJP

CHANDIGARH: Barely two weeks after former state Congress chief Sunil Jakhar joined the BJP, four former Punjab cabinet ministers Balbir Singh Sidhu, Sunder Sham Arora, Gurpreet Singh Kangar and Raj Kumar Verka joined the saffron party on Saturday.

The Times of India

Punjab: Balwant Singh Rajoana’s Kamaldeep Kaur is ‘joint panthic candidate’ for Sangrur byelection

CHANDIGARH/PATIALA: The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) has announced Kamaldeep Kaur, sister of death row prisoner Balwant Singh Rajoana, as its joint candidate with Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and some panthic organisations for the June 23 Sangrur Lok Sabha byelection. The decision was taken after Kaur, a day after expressing her…

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Sidhu Moosewala's father declines to contest election as consensus candidate from Sangrur

BATHINDA: Deceased Punjabi singer Shubhdeep Singh Sidhu alias Sidhu Moosewala's father Balkaur Singh has vehemently declined to contest the upcoming election from Sangrur parliamentary constituency. He has asked people not to believe in numerous posts in social media about political leaders stressing the need to make him consensus candidate.

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‘We won’t grow crops on this field anymore’: In Moosewala’s village, grief and caution

Surrounded by a group of people under the solitary tree in his large agricultural field, Sandeep Singh, 28, sat staring at a platform a few metres away, in Moosa village of Punjab’s Mansa district – with a poster of his friend Sidhu Moosewala, and the words “Miss you Ustad”.

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Congress suffers jolt in Punjab as senior leaders join BJP

Former ministers Raj Kumar Verka, Balbir Singh Sidhu, Sunder Sham Arora and Gurpreet Singh Kangar joined the BJP

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Plea in SC challenges provision of NCM Act, seeks district-wise identification of minorities

The plea said that the rights of followers of Judaism, Bahaism and Hinduism under Articles 29-30 is being siphoned off illegally to the majority community in several States because the Centre has not notified them as ‘minority’ under the NCM Act

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Sidhu Moose Wala's killing: BJP leader Jagjit Singh moves Supreme Court for CBI probe

NEW DELHI: BJP leader Jagjit Singh, who lost from Sardulgarh assembly constituency, moved the Supreme Court seeking a CBI prone into the sensational Sidhu Moose wala murder case alleging that terror is palpable among the people of Punjab as law and order has completely broken down in the state.

The Times of India

Punjab CM Bhagwant 'aide' is AAP choice for Sangrur bypoll

PATIALA: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Friday announced the name of Gurmail Singh, 38, of Gharachon village in Sangrur district - considered Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann's go-to man in Sangrur - as the party candidate for Sangrur Lok Sabha byelection. The seat fell vacant following the resignation of Mann after…

The Times of India

When guns and lives go for a song

Singer and rapper Sidhu Moosewala’s murder in broad daylight and the outpouring of grief have highlighted his popularity and the violent gang wars of Punjab. Vikas Vasudeva reports on the various dimensions of the State’s ‘gun culture’

The Hindu

Daily Dose Ep 1063: Pushkar Dhami wins Champawat bypoll, 100 days of Ukraine war

Veronica Joseph brings you the news from Punjab, Uttarakhand, the Supreme Court, the Delhi High Court, Uttar Pradesh, and Ukraine.

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Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann meets Sidhu Moosewala's family, assures killers will be sent behind bars

Mann called Moosewala a multi-talented artiste blessed with a mesmerising voice and said his untimely death has dealt a major blow to the music industry and millions of fans, a State government statement said

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Starmer urges PM to request India release UK citizen Jagtar Singh Johal

Labour leader writes to Boris Johnson after UN working group declared Johal’s five-year detention arbitrary

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Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann vows to put killers of Sidhu Moosewala behind bars

MANSA: Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Friday pledged to put the killers of Punjabi singer and Congress leader Shubhadeep Singh alias Sidhu Moosewala behind the bars at the earliest.

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Punjab: CM Bhagwant Mann visits Moose Wala family to express condolences

However, the Chief Minister had to face slogan-shouting protesters who tried to stop him from entering the Moosa village. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Slain singer’s family will be provided justice: Union minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat

BATHINDA: It was unjustified on the part of the state government to curtail the security of famous singer and Congress leader Shubhdeep Singh Sidhu, better known as Sidhu Moose Wala, and make the fact public, Union minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat said on Thursday. During his meeting with Moose Wala’s parents…

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Punjab CM visits Moosewala's house to express condolences to family

Moosewala was shot dead by some unidentified assailants on May 29

The Times of India

Haryana, Punjab & Himachal Pradesh report 222 Covid cases

CHANDIGARH/SHIMLA : A total of 188 persons have been found positive for Covid-19 on Thursday in Haryana. Punjab recorded 21 cases, taking the total number of positive cases to 7,60,391. Meanwhile in Himachal Pradesh, 13 new cases were recorded while seven have also recovered.

The Times of India

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…

The Times of India

Stop untreated water from Kansal to UT forest, Punjab told

CHANDIGARH : The UT administration has written a letter to the Punjab government, asking it to stop the flow of untreated water from Kansal village into the forest area of Chandigarh. The letter was written by the administration in continuation of an earlier letter written last year.

The Times of India

High court dismisses Lawrence Bishnoi's plea on questioning in Punjab

CHANDIGARH : The Punjab and Haryana high court on Thursday turned down the plea of jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi against holding his interrogation in Punjab in connection with the killing of Punjabi singer Sidhu Moose Wala as “being not maintainable at this stage”.

The Times of India

Punjab tells high court security withdrawal was ‘transitory’

Chandigarh : Punjab’s Aam Aadmi Party government on Thursday informed the Punjab and Haryana high court that the order regarding withdrawal of security of all the VVIP/protectees was transitory and the security of all such persons would be restored by June 7.

The Hindu

Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann orders probe into embezzlement of funds in PIMS

An official release quoting Mr. Mann said it is surprising that not even a single meeting of the governing body had taken place in the last six years.

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