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Counting of votes under way in 3 Lok Sabha, 7 Assembly seats

Polling in Tripura on Thursday was the highest at 76.62%

The Hindu

Sangrur bypoll: All assembly seats' turnout under 50%

BARNALA: Such was the lack of enthusiasm among electors in Sangrur parliamentary constituency on Friday that not one of its nine assembly segments could reach a voter turnout of 50%.

The Times of India

Punjab: Of 4 Lok Sabha bypolls in 15 years, turnout lowest this time

BARNALA: Punjab has witnessed three parliamentary byelections in the last 15 years, and the voter turnout had been much higher than Sangrur. The first byelection was conducted for Amritsar parliamentary constituency in February 2007 after then MP Navjot Singh Sidhu had resigned from Parliament in December 2006 after being convicted…

The Times of India

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43% turnout in Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann's village

PATIALA: All the pomp and show of the Sangrur Lok Sabha byelection campaign couldn’t lift the voters’ turnout in Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann’s own native village Satauj beyond 43%.

The Times of India

Time to avenge Sidhu Moose Wala’s killing through ballot: Punjab Congress president Amarinder Singh Raja Warring

BARNALA: Punjab Congress president Amarinder Singh Raja Warring asked the people of Sangrur parliamentary constituency that this is the time to avenge Sidhu Moose Wala’s murder that was the outcome of criminal negligence and failure of the AAP government to protect his life despite such grave threats, while wrapping up…

The Times of India

From Delhi Model, AAP has tumbled down to Sangrur Model: Punjab Congress president Amarinder Singh Raja Warring

BARNALA: Taking a dig at chief minister Bhagwant Mann over his announcement of making Sangrur a model district, Punjab Congress president Amarinder Singh Raja Warring has asked him what happened to his Delhi Model, which Aam Aadmi Party had been shouting about so loudly before elections.

The Times of India

Union civil aviation minister writes to Kewal Singh Dhillon for setting up airport at Sangrur

BARNALA: Referring to demand made by BJP candidate in Sangrur bye election, Kewal Singh Dhillon of setting up airport and cargo terminal in Sangrur area, Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia has written a letter to him stating that Government of lndia has formulated a Greenfield Airports (GFA) Policy, 2008…

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AAP govt. faces test of popularity, Opposition heat in Sangrur bypoll

Party highlights its ‘pro-people’ initiatives amid allegations of breakdown of law and order in Punjab

The Hindu

Punjab: AAP hopes to cash in on momentum of assembly win

BARNALA: Campaigning has started to pick up for the Sangrur Lok Sabha seat byelection, which is set to go to polls on June 23. Candidates of five parties - Aam Aadmi Party, Congress, Shiromani Akali Dal, BJP and SAD (Amritsar) - are in the fray. The parties have deputed leaders…

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…

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…

The Times of India

Balwant Rajoana’s sister to be SAD-BSP candidate for Sangrur Lok Sabha bypoll

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The Hindu

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.

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…

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Punjanb: 1,766 polling stations for 15.6 lakh voters in Sangrur

PATIALA: Following the announcement of bypolls for Sangrur Lok Sabha seat, Sangrur returning officer-cum-deputy commissioner Jitendra Jorwal issued instructions to all concerned departments regarding polling to be held on June 23.

The Times of India

Punjab: Election Commission announces June 23 for Sangrur Lok Sabha by-poll, counting on June 26

CHANDIGARH: The Election Commission of India(ECI) on Wednesday announced that the by-poll for the Sangrur Lok Sabha seat would be held on June 23 and the counting of votes will be held on June 26.

The Times of India

Punjab: PRTC bus crashes into 4 schoolgirls, 1 dies in Sangrur

PATIALA: A 12-year-old girl was killed and three other schoolgirls were injured after a speeding PRTC bus ran over them when they were waiting to cross a road near Mahilan Chowk in Sangrur on Monday.

The Times of India

Wheat arrivals surge in Punjab, but yield likely to be low overall

PATIALA: The grain markets of Patiala and Sangrur this year have witnessed manifold increase in the arrival of wheat this year. The farm experts credit hot weather as the major reason behind the early wheat arrivals and believe the per-acre yield overall will decline.

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No pay for 35 months, college clerk hangs self in Punjab

PATIALA: Three months after writing a letter to the then Punjab CM and seeking permission to end his life, a 36-year-old clerk, identified as Devinder Singh, committed suicide on Tuesday by hanging himself in the office of Baba Hira Singh Bhathal Institute of Engineering Technology (BHSBIET), Lehragaga, Sangrur.

The Times of India

Punjab: SAD forms sub-panel for feedback

CHANDIGARH: The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Monday constituted a 13-member sub-committee, headed by its Sangrur district president Iqbal Singh Jhoonda, to take feedback from all sections of society, as well as, party cadre at the grass-roots level to analyse the reasons for the party’s debacle in the state assembly…

The Hindu

Speaker accepts Mann's resignation from Lok Sabha

Bhagwant Mann, the MP from Sangrur Lok Sabha constituency, had submitted his resignation from the House to Speaker Om Birla on Monday

The Times of India

‘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.

The Hindu

Punjab Assembly elections | Bhagwant Mann asks people to vote for AAP, many in Dhuri call for change

After the Aam Aadmi Party announced Bhagwant Mann as its Chief Minister candidate, the Dhuri Assembly seat has shot into limelight

Dynamite News

Punjab polls 2022: AAP's Bhagwant Mann files nomination from Dhuri

Aam Aadmi Party's (AAP) CM candidate, Bhagwant Mann on Saturday filed his nomination from Dhuri.

Dynamite News

Bhagwant Mann to be AAP's CM candidate for Punjab Assembly polls

AAP had last week released a phone number asking people to give names of their preferred Chief Ministerial candidate for the party in Punjab. The AAP has said that it received nearly 22 lakh responses on the number. Full report

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