Punjab General News
Cong sarpanch shot dead in Ludhiana
Sunday, 21/02/2016
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Ludhiana : Rajwinder Khwajke (38), Sarpanch (Congress) of Khwajke village, was shot dead by four unidentified persons at Gill village during a wedding here today. Around 4.30 pm, four persons fired shots at Rajwinder and his friend Balwinder Singh from Bhawanigarh (Haryana) from a close range.
9 yrs after losing arms, Dalit activist awaits helping hand
Thursday, 18/02/2016
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CHANDIGARH: Nine years after Bant Singh lost his arms and a leg in a murderous assault, the Dalit farm-labour activist and revolutionary singer of Jhabbar village in Mansa district continues to wait for the Punjab government’s promised compensation of 5 acres and a government job for wife.
Punjab drivers posted with ministers, officers threaten to go on strike today
Thursday, 18/02/2016
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CHANDIGARH: The Punjab government drivers posted with ministers and bureaucrats here have threatened to go on a strike on Thursday. Till late Wednesday evening, senior government officials held talks with the drivers, asking them to put off the strike till Friday.
2 killed in mishaps involving Akali leaders’ buses
Wednesday, 10/02/2016
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BATHINDA/MUKTSAR: Two men were killed on Tuesday in separate road mishaps involving buses of transport companies owned by Akali leaders.
Badal may face Congress gherao during visit
Tuesday, 09/02/2016
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NANGAL: Congress has given a warning to gherao Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal during his Nangal visit on February 12, if the foundation stone of the civil hospital, Nangal, laid by former state chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh was not restored immediately.
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