Badal woos Dalits, describes SCs as State's backbone
All out to woo the Dalit community that constitutes over 30 per cent of voters in Punjab, Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Tuesday described the Scheduled Caste (SC) community as the backbone of the State. Badal, addressing a ‘Dalit Chetna Rally’, said that the Shiromani Akali Dal has always been...
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Fed up with SAD, Tohra family joins AAP
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Cong asks Dr Navjot Kaur Sidhu not to meddle in other parties' affairs
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Greatest ever power scandal unraveling in Punjab: Capt
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Punjab to focus on enhancing productivity of agriculture
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Inbrief
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Vedanta Group to invest Rs100 crore
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Ruckus in House over Udit Raj's beef comment
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MlAs seeking bribe: CM orders Vig probe
Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday ordered a Vigilance inquiry into the sting operation in which four BJD MlAs, including a woman, were seen demanding crores in lieu of help to industrialists. “let us wait for the outcome of the inquiry report,” said Patnaik. The four BJD MlAs, Susant Kumar Behera (Chhendipada),...
Haryana Assembly adopts privilege motion against Karan Singh Dalal
Haryana Assembly on Tuesday adopted a motion of breach of privilege against Congress MlA Karan Singh Dalal for allegedly defaming the Ministers and claiming that they are indulging in corrupt practices. Immediately after the privilege motion was admitted by the Speaker Kanwar Pal Gujjar, the Congress staged a walkout to protest...
Parala MlA seeks bail from High Court
Apprehending his arrest following his name’s appearance in an FIR pertaining to the sensational suicides in Paralakhemundi of Gajapati district, local Congress MlA K Surya Rao approached the Orissa High Court here on Tuesday seeking anticipatory bail. Rao’s petition has, however, not yet been listed for hearing, sources in the High...
B'bahali villagers hopeless as PIl rejected by HC
People of Belabahali village in Keonjhar district turned a hopeless lot after the Orissa High Court on Tuesday rejected the public interest litigation (PIl) seeking an order against construction of a bridge over river Kusei at Belabahali. Members of the Suraksha Manch held a meeting at the Shiv Temple in the...
Cuttack bathing ghats turn out to be watery graves
Bathing ghats in two rivers and canals surrounding Cuttack city are now turning out to be watery graves as at least six students have already died drowning during last six days. While a university student died in river Kathjodi on Thursday and two inmates of an orphanage died in a...
Assembly to take up salary Amendment Bill today
Following objections raised by the legislators on a Bill related to their salary raise, the Haryana legislative Assembly (Salary, Allowances and Pension of Members) Amendment Bill 2016 was not taken up on Tuesday even as it was tabled in the House. Speaker Kanwar Pal announced that the Bill would be taken...
State Govt evading main topic: Pradhan
There is no letup in the blame game between the BJP and the BJD over the ‘Teacher on Call’ plan with saffron party leader Dharmendra Pradhan saying the State Government can’t evade the main issue of vacancy in schools and its responsibility to appoint unemployed trained BEd and CT youths...
