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Candidates give final push to poll campaign on last day

MOHALI: Roadshows, public meetings and door-to-door visits marked the last day of the campaigning for the Punjab assembly elections here on Friday.

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Majithia: Asr East like war-torn Kabul

AMRITSAR: On the last day of campaigning, SAD(B) candidate from Amritsar East assembly constituency, Bikram Singh Majithia gave slogans of ‘vote for change’ and ‘vote for hope’.

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Manish Sisodia campaigns in Asr’s ‘hottest’ seat

AMRITSAR: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and Delhi deputy CM Manish Sisodia on Friday campaigned for the party’s candidate from Amritsar East, Jeevan Jyot Kaur, who is locked in a tough contest against Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu and SAD senior leader Bikram Singh Majithia.

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Poll results will surprise armchair analysts: Badal

CHANDIGARH: Shiromani Akali Dal(SAD) patron and former chief minister Parkash Singh Badal on Friday said the Punjab state assembly election results will surprise many armchair analysts.

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SAD (S) promises justice in sacrilege cases

CHANDIGARH: If BJP, Punjab Lok Congress (PLC) and Shiromani Akali Dal (Sanyukt) alliance came to power, ensuring justice to the Sikh community in sacrilege cases would be the priority of their government, SAD (Sanyukt) president Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa pledged on Friday.

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Narrative for change gets under way in Punjab

Congress is focusing on Dalit votes this time; AAP has an edge of perception, Akali Dal is in the reckoning

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Punjab assembly election: How BJP, Congress, SAD are united in attacking AAP

NEW DELHI: With Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) emerging as the main challenger of the incumbent Congress government in Punjab ahead of the February 20 assembly election, it is facing the brunt of the attack from all the other main opposition parties.

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Defeat Capt, Badals: Sarna

JALANDHAR: SAD (Delhi) president Paramjit Singh Sarna on Thursday appealed to the voters in Punjab to ensure the defeat of SAD (B) as it was responsible for sacrilege incidents and Behbal Kalan police firing in 2015.

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‘Drug mafia, corrupt leaders ruined lives’

PATIALA: Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) Punjab chief ministerial candidate Bhagwant Mann and Sangrur MP launched a scathing attack on the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) and the Badal family. On Thursday, Mann campaigned in favour of AAP candidates in various constituencies of Patiala.

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Sidhu will be in jail once SAD forms govt: Sukhbir Badal

MOHALI: Shiromani Akali Dal president and former Punjab deputy chief minister Sukhbir Singh Badal lashed out at Congress MLA Balbir Singh Sidhu and said that he will would put behind bars once SAD formed government in Punjab. Badal accused Sidhu of "ruining Mohali with land grabbing, 'gundagardi' and showroom grabbing."

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SAD-BSP manifesto: 1 lakh govt & 10 lakh pvt jobs, 75% Punjab quota

CHANDIGARH: The Shiromani Akali Dal(SAD)-Bahujan Samaj Party(BSP) alliance manifesto released on Tuesday outlined “path-breaking initiatives for sustained, inclusive and futuristic progress and development” by promising one lakh government jobs and 10 lakh jobs in private sector – with 75% job reservation for Punjabi youth in government and private sector –…

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Punjab: Parties ignore veterans, field few this time

CHANDIGARH: While almost every political party contesting the assembly polls in Punjab has rolled out a social engineering formula in fielding candidates, they seem to have not given any importance to the ex-servicemen community during nominations this time. This is even though Punjab is one of the largest contributors of…

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In poll manifesto, SAD-BSP promise 75% jobs for ‘Punjabis’ in private, government jobs

‘Alliance committed to idea of a genuine federal structure in country’

The Hindu

Decades of neglect: The falling fortunes of Punjabi University, Patiala

The Bhai Kahn Singh Nabha Library of Punjabi University, Patiala, or PUP, seems a haunted home to old books and archaic computers. The library promises knowledge and wisdom to scholars. However, it is far away from fulfilling its promise.

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Rahul Gandhi slams BJP: Why silent on drugs earlier?

GURDASPUR/HOSHIARPUR: Apprehending a threat to peace in Punjab, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday cautioned a gathering in Gurdaspur against what he described as the spread of hatred in the state, saying that it could cost dear to not only Punjab, but the rest of India.

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‘Voting for AAP akin to giving away river waters’

PATIALA: SAD MP and former Union minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal on Monday said giving a chance to the AAP in Punjab was akin to signing away the state’s river waters and would end all social welfare schemes started by her party.

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Votes for AAP, SAD in Punjab would actually go to BJP: Congress campaign committee chairman Sunil Jakhar

JALANDHAR: A day before Prime Minster Narendra Modi’s visit to Punjab, Congress campaign committee chairman Sunil Jakhar has said that when PM expresses a lot of concern and affection for Punjab, he should get the Enforcement Directorate file regarding drug racket case opened as this was linked to Punjab’s future.

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Punjab polls: BJP alliance promises full debt waiver for farmers with less than 5-acre land

CHANDIGARH: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-Punjab Lok Congress (PLC)-SAD (Sanyukt) alliance on Tuesday promised waiver of the entire agriculture debt of farmers with less than five acres of landholdings in Punjab.

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We’re in a democracy, can’t stop rivals from contesting polls: Supreme Court

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday protected SAD functionary Bikram Singh Majithia from arrest in a drug trafficking case till February 23 and told the Charanjit Singh Channi-led Congress government in Punjab that in a democracy governments must not slap election-eve criminal cases on political opponents to prevent them…

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Senior BJP leader Madan Mohan Mittal joins SAD

Madan Mohan Mittal had served as Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, and Health and Family Welfare in the Parkash Singh Badal-led government in Punjab.

The Hindu

Punjab Assembly election | SAD-BSP alliance heading towards decisive mandate in its favour, says Parkash Singh Badal

Veteran leader says actions of opponents are working to the advantage of his party’s alliance.

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Punjab: Voters' responsibility to undo injustice done to Majithia, says Sukhbir Singh Badal

MAJITHA/AMRITSAR: SAD president Sukhbir Singh Badal and brother-in-law of former Akali minister Bikram Singh Majithia claimed that the latter was allegedly implicated in the false case to prevent him from contesting the assembly elections.

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Punjab assembly elections: Denied ticket, Satwinder Bitti raises question mark over Congress’s 'Ladki hun lad sakti hun' slogan

LUDHIANA: Prominent Congress leader from Sahnewal in Punjab's Ludhiana district Satwinder Bitti has revolted after party denied ticket to her and instead Vikram Bajwa (son-in-law of former chief minister Rajinder Kaur Bhattal) was fielded from the constituency.

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Punjab assembly elections: Akali Dal's Bikram Majithia to contest against PPCC chief Navjot Singh Sidhu

AMRITSAR: The Amritsar East assembly constituency is likely to be the hottest seat in Punjab after SAD(B) announced to field former Akali minister Bikram Singh Majithia.

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Punjab election: Sukhbir Badal asks people of Majitha to ensure Bikram’s victory

MAJITHA: SAD(B) president Sukhbir Singh Badal and brother-in-law of former Akali minister Bikram Singh Majithia claimed that Bikram was allegedly implicated in the false case to prevent him from contesting the assembly elections.

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