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"Lokan ne apniyan tepaan toori wale kotheyaan ch sut dittiyan san. Ke hun gaun wala ta mar gya. Hun tape kihne sunani hai (People had thrown their cassette players in rooms meant to store cattle fodder. For them, the singer was dead. For them, his death had rendered cassette players…

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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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Farmers, activists stopped in Ambala, Kurukshetra from proceedings to wrestlers’ panchayat in Delhi

AMBALA/KURUKSHETRA: The police stopped Punjab and Haryana farmers and activists in Ambala and Kurukshetra from proceeding to wrestlers' mahila samman mahapanchayat outside the new Parliament building in Delhi on Sunday.

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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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Below normal rainfall forecast in Northwest region, may affect kharif crops forcing paddy farmers to draw more underground water

BATHINDA: The Northwest region comprising Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh is expected to get below normal rainfall during the Southwest monsoon (June to September), as per the forecast predicted by Indian Metrological Department (IMD) on Friday under its long range forecast outlook for 2023.

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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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HC orders CBI probe into Haryana's ghost pension scam

CHANDIGARH: The Punjab and Haryana high court on Thursday ordered CBI probe into the disbursement of social security pension to dead persons in Haryana.

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Protesting wrestlers on Haryana, Punjab tour to garner support for May 28 Mahapanchayat

NEW DELHI: Protesting wrestlers, led by Bajrang Punia and Vinesh Phogat, intensified their efforts on Thursday to gather support in their fight against Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh. The wrestlers embarked on tours across different parts of North India as they sought backing for the…

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Don’t wait for your deadline, take action if I am on wrong foot: Charanjit Singh Channi asks Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann

PATIALA: Former Punjab chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi on Thursday slammed his successor Bhagwant Mann for levelling false allegations of "cash for job" and asked him to take action instead of waiting for his given deadline.

The Times of India

Depleting groundwater levels raise alarm in Punjab's Majha region

MAHWA/AMRITSAR : Prominent farmer leaders from the Majha region convened at the border village of Mahawa on Thursday, under the banners of the Border Area Sangarsh Committee (BASC) and Jamhuri Kissan Sabha (JKS) to engage in discussions surrounding the alarming decline in groundwater levels and express their profound concerns regarding…

The Times of India

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.

The Hindu

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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BSF thwarts triple drone intrusions in Punjab, recovers 2 drones and 2.5 kgs heroin

AMRITSAR: Border Security Force (BSF) troops encountered a series of three drone intrusions in Punjab, all transpiring within a relatively short timeframe on the night of May 19.

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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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