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Chandigarh: In less than 24 hours after his security was withdrawn by the government, singer-turned-actor-politician Sidhu Moosewala was shot dead by gangsters close to his ancestral village in Mansa in Punjab, police said. He was 27 years old. He was travelling in his vehicle when the assailants fired at the singer and his two friends. […]
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Chandigarh: In a major decision, Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann-led Punjab government withdrew the security cover provided to 424 people in the state. Those whose security cover has been withdrawn included many retired police officers, religious leaders and political figures. Earlier in April, the Punjab government had ordered the withdrawal of security cover of 184 persons […]
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Chandigarh: Punjab Health Minister Vijay Singla was sacked from the state Cabinet Tuesday over graft charges, and was arrested shortly afterwards, with Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann asserting his government has zero-tolerance to corruption. The chief minister himself announced Singla’s removal from the Cabinet which was sworn-in just two months ago after the Aam Aadmi Party […]
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Karimnagar: BJP State president and Karimnagar MP Bandi Sanjay found fault with Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao for extending financial help to farmers of Punjab who died during the anti-farm laws protests. He said the Chief Minister was making tall promises of extending support to the people of other States, while ignoring the issues in […]
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Hyderabad: Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao, observing that the country’s farmers had the firepower to change governments, called upon the ryots to come together to launch a nation-wide movement to secure their Constitutional rights including guaranteed Minimum Support Price (MSP) for their crops. “Farmers can change governments. It is not a difficult task for them,” […]
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New Delhi: The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) issued a “severe heatwave” warning for the national capital over the weekend as Delhi reports temperatures ranging from 40-46 degrees Celsius. “Heatwave to severe heatwave conditions in isolated pockets very likely over Punjab and Haryana Delhi on May 14 and 15; over Uttar Pradesh on May 14 with […]
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New Delhi: It can’t be just a coincidence but seems to be a well-chosen effort to stir the calm waters in the mountains, just ahead of the crucial state Assembly polls in Himachal Pradesh. Just imagine this: Khalistan flags tied at outer gate of state Legislative Assembly, Dharamshala, pro-Khalistan slogans appearing on its boundary walls, […]
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Hyderabad: Countering the Congress party’s Farmers Declaration, the ruling TRS reminded that farmers in Punjab had rejected the grand old party in the recent elections and said Telangana farmers would not fall prey to the false assurances and deceptive politics. “It was not Rythu Sangarshana Sabha but it was Rahul Sangarshana Sabha,” tweeted Health Minister […]
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Telangana comes a long way from 2014 when the conditions in State were similar to Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh
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Chandigarh: The Punjab government on Saturday suspended mobile internet and SMS services, except voice calls, in Patiala district a day after clashes between two groups over an anti-Khalistan march left four people injured. The order to suspend the services was issued by the home affairs and justice department and heavy police security was deployed at […]
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Chandigarh: As the wheat arrivals surge across agrarian state Punjab, the total purchase of wheat has created a record in five years, officials said on Monday. Government agencies have procured 4.3 lakh metric tons of wheat till April 10, against the earlier highest peak of 38,019 metric tons in 2018. An official told IANS this […]
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Chandigarh: The official Twitter handle of the Punjab Congress was hacked on Monday. Punjab Congress’s official Twitter handle was hacked on Monday. The hackers removed the profile picture and posted a tweet that read, “In celebration of the reveal of the Beanz Official collection, we have opened up an airdrop to all active NFT traders […]
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By Amitava Mukherjee Bhagwant Mann, the new Chief Minister of Punjab, will have to face the daunting task of eliminating the drug menace which has become the greatest social threat in the strategic State. Even in 2020, Punjab stood second in the country so far as registration of cases under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic […]
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Chandigarh: Saying Punjab will fight for its claim over Chandigarh, state Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema on Monday said the Centre was adopting a “dictatorial attitude” and was “continuously imposing anti-Punjab decisions”. “If they do not refrain from this, the Aam Aadmi Party and the Punjab government will fight from road to Parliament,” he told […]
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The Punjab police had faced flaks following the security breach in Prime Minister's Ferozepur visit in January this year.
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Hyderabad: Union Minister for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Piyush Goyal’s reported comments asking Telangana government to get people habituated to consuming broken rice sparked outrage in the State with people from different sections of society questioning the union Minister in having the audacity to make such a suggestion. Several people, peeved by the […]
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Hyderabad: Union Minister for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Piyush Goyal’s attempts at hiding behind a veneer of satire to run down the TRS government on the paddy procurement issue on Thursday is bound to boomerang on the BJP government at the Centre. Describing the Telangana government as anti-farmers was probably the ultimate faux […]
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Hyderabad: MLC K Kavitha hit out at BJP leaders for their irresponsible remarks on issues pertaining to paddy procurement and questioned their commitment towards the development of the State. She demanded that the union government implement a ‘One Nation-One Procurement’ policy across the country. In a series of tweets on Tuesday, the former MP derided […]
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Hyderabad: Striking a touch posture on paddy procurement, Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao on Monday demanded that Centre procure the entire Yasangi paddy crop produced in Telangana State just as it was doing in the case of Punjab and Haryana. “If the BJP government at the Centre fails to heed our demand, we will launch […]
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Hyderabad: The TRS party is preparing to launch a prolonged political battle to pressurise the BJP-led Central Government on paddy procurement in Yasangi season as was being done in northern States like Punjab. This decision to launch the agitation was taken by TRS president and Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao, who held an improptu meeting […]
