Three Badal government ministers resign in six months (News Analysis)
September 18th, 2012 - 2:54 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Sep 18 (IANS) Its second consecutive innings in power was a politically historic event. But just six months later, the Parkash Singh Badal-led Shiromani Akali Dal-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ... Read more...
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Bibi Jagir Kaur can vote in presidential poll: EC
July 3rd, 2012 - 5:19 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, July 3 (IANS) A convicted legislator in Punjab has been allowed by the Election Commission (EC) to vote in the July 19 presidential election.An Election Commission spokesman clarified Tuesday ... Read more...
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Ministers take high ‘moral ground’ after conviction (Punjab Newsletter)
May 12th, 2012 - 2:45 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, May 12 (IANS) This could be termed the height of irony, even in the strange world of politics. Two ministers in Punjab's Parkash Singh Badal-led government, convicted in ... Read more...
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Badal accepts convicted minister’s resignation
May 9th, 2012 - 1:30 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, May 9 (IANS) Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal Wednesday accepted the resignation of state Agriculture Minister Tota Singh, who was convicted for misusing an official car and ... Read more...
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Punjab agriculture minister gets one year jail
May 5th, 2012 - 5:36 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, May 5 (IANS) In yet another embarrassment for the Punjab government, a court in Mohali town Saturday held Agriculture Minister Tota Singh guilty of misusing official machinery and sentenced ... Read more...
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Probe ordered into Jagir Kaur’s VIP treatment in jail
April 3rd, 2012 - 5:41 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, April 3 (IANS) After treating her as a VIP inmate instead of as a convicted criminal, prison authorities in Punjab Tuesday ordered a probe into the preferential treatment ... Read more...
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Jagir Kaur’s resignation accepted
March 31st, 2012 - 10:20 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, March 31 (IANS) A day after she was convicted and sentenced to five years' rigorous imprisonment for criminal conspiracy and other charges in the mysterious death of her ... Read more...
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Convicted Jagir Kaur remains a VIP in prison
March 31st, 2012 - 6:50 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, March 31 (IANS) Hardly a few hours after her conviction and arrest Friday evening, former Punjab cabinet minister Jagir Kaur continued to wield political influence even as a prisoner ... Read more...
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Badal government’s lone woman minister convicted, jailed (Roundup)
March 30th, 2012 - 10:10 pm ICT by IANS
Patiala (Punjab), March 30 (IANS) A fortnight after she was sworn in as cabinet minister, senior Punjab minister Jagir Kaur was Friday arrested and sent to jail after a court ... Read more...
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Minister jailed for conspiracy in daughter’s death (Second Lead)
March 30th, 2012 - 7:52 pm ICT by IANS
Patiala (Punjab), March 30 (IANS) Senior Punjab minister Jagir Kaur was Friday arrested and sent to jail after being held guilty by a court here of conspiracy in the mysterious ... Read more...
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Punjab minister gets jail term for daughter’s death (Lead)
March 30th, 2012 - 6:32 pm ICT by IANS
Patiala (Punjab), March 30 (IANS) Senior Punjab minister Jagir Kaur was Friday held guilty by a court here of conspiracy in the death of her own daughter in April ... Read more...
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Punjab minister gets five years jail for daughter’s death
March 30th, 2012 - 6:20 pm ICT by IANS
Patiala (Punjab), March 30 (IANS) A senior minister in Punjab's Parkash Singh Badal government was Friday held guilty by a court here for conspiracy in the death of her own ... Read more...
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Badal allocates portfolios, son keeps home, excise
March 15th, 2012 - 11:26 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, March 15 (IANS) Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal Thursday evening allocated portfolios to the new ministers in his government. Badal's son and Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh ... Read more...
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Badal takes over as Punjab CM for fifth time (Second Lead)
March 14th, 2012 - 5:19 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, March 14 (IANS) Parkash Singh Badal Wednesday became Punjab's oldest chief minister Wednesday when he was sworn in for a record fifth time at the historic Sikh battlefield ... Read more...
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Relatives find enough place in Badal cabinet
March 13th, 2012 - 10:48 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, March 13 (IANS) As he takes oath as chief minister of Punjab for a record fifth time Wednesday, Parkash Singh Badal will find himself quite at home in ... Read more...
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Akali Dal announces 48 names for Punjab assembly polls
December 23rd, 2011 - 6:58 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Dec 23 (IANS) The Shiromani Akali Dal Friday announced its first list of 48 candidates for the Punjab assembly election to be held in February next year.The list ... Read more...
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Wrap up SGPC ex-chief’s trial in six months: apex court
January 8th, 2010 - 8:22 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 8 (IANS) The Supreme Court Friday ordered a court in Punjab to conclude within six months the ongoing trial of a former chief of the Sikhs' religious shrines ... Read more...
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Punjab Congress legislator arrested after protest
October 12th, 2008 - 8:12 pm ICT by IANS
Kapurthala (Punjab), Oct 12 (IANS) Sukhpal Singh Khaira, Congress legislator from the Bholath assembly constituency in Punjab, was arrested in this district Sunday along with nearly 100 of his supporters after they ... Read more...
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Post Kashmir Singh release another Indian pleads for help
March 9th, 2008 - 4:28 pm ICT by admin
By Ravinder Singh Robin
Amritsar Mar 9, (ANI): After Kashmir Singh, who languished in various jails in Pakistan for the past 35 years, was released, another Indian who is in Pakistani jail has ... Read more...
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