Punjab Politics News

Takht set to excommunicate Langah; Akalis now in damage­control mode

Tuesday, 03/10/2017

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CHANDIGARH: The Akal Takht, highest temporal seat of the Sikhs, is set to excommunicate Sucha Singh Langah, the nowformer Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader, from the panth (religion) in light of the rape case registered against him last week. A meeting of the clergy scheduled for October 5 is expected to issue the punishment for Langah, “whose acts have hurt Sikh sentiments”, said Akal Takht jathedar Giani Gurbachan Singh on Monday.

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Committed to generating five lakh jobs per annum in Punjab: Manpreet Badal

Tuesday, 03/10/2017

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Batala (Gurdaspur) : State Finance Minister Manpreet Singh Badal on Monday announced that the state government, led by Captain Amarinder Singh, was committed to generating five lakh jobs per year to fulfil the promise of providing 25 lakh jobs to the people in five years. He said that he was also the minister for employment generation.

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Partap Bajwa campaigns for Jakhar

Tuesday, 03/10/2017

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Gurdaspur : Congress MP Partap Singh Bajwa on Monday joined the campaign for Gurdaspur Lok Sabha bypoll for the first time after remaining absent and sought votes for party candidate Sunil Jakhar, calling him an “ideal” nominee.

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Chandigarh court refuses to accept Langah’s surrender, tells him to go to Gurdaspur

Tuesday, 03/10/2017

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Chandigarh : A local court here on Monday refused to accept the surrender of former Shiromani Akali Dal Minister Sucha Singh Langah, directing him to go to Punjab’s Gurdaspur town where the rape and cheating case was registered against him.

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BJP’s Jha tries to create rift in Congress

Sunday, 01/10/2017

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Pathankot : It was a deliberate move on the part of Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh to field Punjab Congress president Sunil Jakhar for the Gurdaspur Lok Sabha bypoll, BJP national vice-president Prabhat Jha said today.

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RANA GURJIT SINGH INAUGURATES MARKFED SALES BOOTH AT LOHIAN

Thursday, 01/08/2019

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Jalandhar : In a major step to boost the rural economy besides providing employment to youth in villages, MARKFED has launched a sale booth in Lohian, which would, provides more than 100 eatable items.

 

NRI NEWS

Indian-Americans urge Trump to ‘fully support’ India on Kashmir

Sunday, 04/08/2019

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Washington : The Indian-American community in the US has urged the Trump administration to “fully support” India’s decision to revoke the constitutional provision that accorded special status to Jammu and Kashmir and to continue to exert pressure on Pakistan to end its support to cross-border terrorism.