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Punjab Cabinet expanded; MLAs Gurmeet Singh Khudian and Balkar Singh inducted, Minister Nijjer quits

Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on May 31 expanded his cabinet by inducting two MLAs, Balkar Singh and Gurmeet Singh Khudian as ministers.

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Punjab Finance Minister asks department to tighten noose around tax evaders from service sector

Punjab Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema directed the department to further tighten the noose around tax evaders from the service sector, asking the State Intelligence and Preventive Unit (SIPU) and Tax Intelligence Unit (TIU) to work in tandem to trace, track and nab the tax evaders.

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AAP govt. in Punjab to expand Cabinet

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government in Punjab is all set to expand its Cabinet with two legislators slated to be inducted as ministers.

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NIA charges two accused in Ludhiana court complex bomb blast case

The agency has accused Pakistan-based Lakhbir Singh Rode, who belongs to Moga in Punjab

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Greenpeace India writes to Karnataka CM to make free bus travel for women effective and inclusive

Greenpeace India claims that free transport for women has been a tried and tested solution in Punjab, Tamil Nadu and Delhi, wherein the monthly income, mobility and social opportunity for learning and networks of the beneficiaries significantly rose after the scheme was implemented.

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5.2 magnitude earthquake strikes Afghanistan’s Fayzabad; tremors felt in Srinagar, Poonch, parts of Punjab and Haryana

5.2 magnitude earthquake strikes Fayzabad of Afghanistan; tremors felt in Srinagar, Pooch, parts of Punjab, Haryana

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Gangster Lawrence Bishnoi sent to 4-day Delhi Police custody in illegal arms supply case

Patiala House Court on Saturday remanded gangster Lawrence Bishnoi to 4-day custody of Delhi Police's Special Cell in a case registered for alleged illegal arms supply to Lawrence Bishnoi-Kala Jathedi gang. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Punjab government likely to boycott NITI Aayog's meeting tomorrow

Amid the ongoing tension between the centre and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), the Punjab government led by Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann is likely to boycott the eighth governing council meeting of NITI Aayog. Read further on Dynamite News:

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BJP flays AAP govt in Punjab over crumbling rural healthcare

The Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) on May 25 hit out at the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government in Punjab, accusing it of shutting down several rural dispensaries in the State, which is resulting in crumbling of the rural healthcare.

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Fuel dealers in Punjab says facing ‘difficult situation’ similar to 2016 due to withdrawal of ₹2000

After the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) announced the withdrawal of ₹2,000 banknotes from circulation in pursuance of its ‘Clean Note Policy’, the fuel dealers in Punjab on Thursday said they were facing a “difficult situation” similar to the year 2016, when demonetisation was implemented.

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Akali Dal stages protest against AAP for ‘surrendering water to Rajasthan’

Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) members and leaders on Wednesday staged a protest in Punjab’s Abohar against the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government, accusing it of ‘surrendering the State’s water to Rajasthan’, even as the AAP flatly denied it.

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Punjab HC denies bail to murder, rape, robbery accused, terming his acts as ‘sheer disregard to life and dignity’

Dismissing the bail plea of an accused in the 2016 double murder, rape, and robbery case in Haryana’s Nuh, the Punjab and Haryana High Court held “the accused butchered, injured members of a family and committed rape with females, adjacent to the bodies of their kin lying in a pool…

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Fugitive suspect involved in sacrilege case caught at KIA

Immigration officials detained Sandeep Bareta, the key conspirator in the Bargari sacrilege case in Punjab reported in 2015 involving the desecration of the holy Guru Granth Sahib and member of Dera Sacha Souda.

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Punjab, Delhi Congress units wary of backing AAP

Senior Congress leaders from Delhi and Punjab met at the All India Congress Committee (AICC) on the issue of support to the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in its fight against the Centre’s ordinance that effectively negates the Supreme Court verdict which gave the AAP-led Delhi government the power to control…

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BSF intercepts fifth Pakistani drone in four days along International Border in Punjab

The BSF recovered the black-coloured drone, a quadcopter of ‘DJ Matrice 300 RTK’ make, with an attached payload of 2.1 kilogram suspected heroin attached through an iron ring, a force spokesperson said

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Akali Dal dismisses alliance speculations with BJP

Accusing the BJP-led Central government of taking several anti-Sikh decisions, SAD spokesperson and leader Maheshinder Singh Grewal said, “...the SAD is allied with the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) in Punjab. The alliance is doing well.”

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Contempt plea filed in SC against U.P., Punjab for having ‘acting’ DGPs

In his contempt petition, petitioner-advocate Brajesh Singh has challenged the appointment of Indian Police Service (IPS) officer Gaurav Yadav as the acting DGP of Punjab.

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Inter-state weapon supply gang busted in Punjab's Ludhiana; 3 arrested

Punjab Police arrested three persons and busted a inter-State gang involved in supplying weapons in Punjab's Ludhiana, officials said adding weapons and live cartridges were seized from the possession of the alleged accused. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Pakistan: Punjab interim govt gives 24-hour ultimatum to Imran Khan's party to hand over "terrorists" hiding at his residence

Pakistan's Punjab province interim government gave a 24-hour ultimatum to Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) to hand over "30-40 terrorists who have taken refuge" in former Prime Minister Imran Khan's Zaman Park residence in Lahore, Geo News reported.

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NIA raids 12 districts of Punjab in terror-narcotics nexus cases

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on May 17 carried out searches at 12 districts across Punjab in terror-narcotics smugglers-gangsters nexus cases.

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Hardeep Puri rules out BJP-SAD alliance for 2024 Lok Sabha election

The Union Minister said the SAD has lost its credibility among voters in Punjab as shown in the recent Jalandhar by-election poll results and rejected the possibility of any alliance with the party.

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184 fishermen reach Gujarat after release from Pakistani jail

A total of 184 fishermen from Gujarat, who were released by Pakistani authorities last week, reached Vadodara on Monday morning by a train from Punjab, the state government said.

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Sangrur court issues notice to Congress chief Kharge for Bajrang Dal defamation case

A court in Punjab on May 15 issued a notice to Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge in a ₹100-crore defamation case filed against him for “defamatory” remarks against the Bajrang Dal

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Job losses, easy money are both key factors of drug addiction in northern States

As the drug menace’s gravity continues to increase with the prevalence and rising usage of substance abuse, “unemployment and availability of easy money” have emerged as key economic factors leading to drug addiction in at least five states of India’s north and northwest region.

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Jalandhar by-poll results | People of Punjab have voted of politics of work and defeated dynasty politics: Arvind Kejriwal

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief and New Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on May 13 said that AAP’s win in the Jalandhar by-poll was an unprecedented victory.

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