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Eminent Punjabi personalities honoured

Posted on Tuesday, 1 May 2012 by Punjabi Articles


Chief Minister Parksh Singh Badal today called upon the intellectuals, writers and experts working in universities of the state to come forward and play a proactive role in ensuring all-round development of the state.

Addressing a gathering after inaugurating the fifth All India Punjabi Conference dedicated to the Golden Jubilee Year of Punjabi University here today along with Punjab Finance Minister Parminder Singh Dhindsa and Rural Development and Panchayat Minister Surjit Singh Rakhra, the Chief Minister said as the development of Punjabi language, literature and culture was directly related to the fate of the Punjab so, if the state would progress, it would directly affect all of them.

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CM appoints 21 Chief Parliamentary Secys

Posted on Saturday, 7 April 2012 by Punjabi Articles



It is soon going to rain red beacons and Toyota Camrys' in Punjab with the state government deciding to promote 21 legislators as Chief Parliamentary Secretaries. Of them, 17 MLAs would be from the Shiromani Akali Dal while the remaining four would be from the Bharatiya Janata Party.

All the Chief Parliamentary Secretaries would be administered oath by Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on April 10 at the Punjab Bhawan in Chandigarh.

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Teachers to be recruited on regular basis: CM

Posted on Tuesday, 3 April 2012 by Punjabi Articles


Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today in principle approved to fill vacant posts of schoolteachers and college lecturers on a regular basis. Presiding over a review meeting this morning, Badal directed the Principal Secretary, Higher Education, and Secretary, School Education, to initiate the process of recruiting teachers.

He also asked the Secretary, School Education, to look into the viability of establishing a state-level teachers’ recruitment board for the selection of almost 10,000 to 12,000 teachers every year.


The CM directed that the practice of deputing teachers from one school to another be stopped. He gave the nod to panchayats to spend money on the repair and upkeep of schools.

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First session of new Assembly begins

Posted on Monday, 19 March 2012 by Punjabi Articles

MLAs take oath on opening day l BJP’s Babbu is Deputy Speaker

14th Vidhan Sabha came into being today with all MLAs, barring one, present to take the oath of allegiance to the Constitution as a legislator on the opening day of the Budget Session.

Starting with the leader of the House, Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, and followed by Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal, the session saw the entire Punjab Cabinet take oath, but not before newly named Congress Legislative Party leader Sunil Jakhar was called to take oath.


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Budget is disappointing: Shiromani Akali Dal

Posted on Friday, 16 March 2012 by Punjabi Articles


Budget 2012-13 was "disappointing" and had nothing for women, who comprise half the population, Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) MP Harsimrat Kaur said Friday.
"This is a disappointing budget as it offers nothing for women who are half the population. Duty hike on bicycles will affect the poor," Harsimrat Kaur told IANS.

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Badal to be Chief Minister, swearing-in on March 14

Posted on Saturday, 10 March 2012 by Punjabi Articles


This will be Badal Sr’s 5th term in office

Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) supremo Parkash Singh Badal is all set to be sworn in as Punjab CM for a historic fifth term on March 14 with the SAD-BJP alliance today unanimously electing him as its legislature party leader. The swearing-in would take place at the Banda Bahadur Memorial at Chhapar Chiri and several top BJP leaders are expected to attend.

After unanimously being elected leader of the SAD Legislature Party yesterday, Badal Senior was BJP-SAD legislators’ unanimous choice to be leader of the Vidhan Sabha today.

SAD president Sukhbir Singh Badal told The Tribune, “Badal Sahib will remain Chief Minister for as long as he wishes. He is the party’s senior-most leader whose contribution to the state and the party is unparalleled.”

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Sarup hai right choice, Says bathinda

Posted on Wednesday, 7 March 2012 by Punjabi Articles


Defeats nearest rival and Cong candidate Harminder Jassi by 6,645 votes; PPP candidate Sukhdeep Bhinder finishes third 

The sitting Congress MLA from Talwandi Sabo Jeetmohinder Singh Sidhu registered victory in the district by the highest margin of 8,524 votes over his rival Congress candidate Amarjit Singh Sidhu, while sitting MLA from Nathana Ajaib Singh Bhatti won by the thinnest margin of 1,288 votes from the Bhucho Mandi constituency.

Bathinda district saw two former ministers contesting the elections, including irrigation minister Janmeja Singh Sekhon from Maur and former power minister Sikandar Singh Maluka from Rampura Phul.

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BADAL MAKES HISTORY IN PUNJAB, RETAINS POWER

by Punjabi Articles


How the Akali-BJP combine bucked the anti-incumbency trend and routed the Congress despite the Manpreet factor


The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD)-BJP alliance made history by overcoming anti-incumbency to retain power for the second consecutive term, thus creating history in the Punjab electoral politics. By winning 56 seats on its own and with its alliance partner BJP winning 12 seats, this will be the first time in Punjab’s history that a ruling party has been voted back to power.

By wrestling 68 of the 117 Assembly sets, the Akali BJP combine has got a formidable lead over its main rival, Congress, which has won 46 seats. While three independents have won at the hustings, the Third Front under the banner of “Sanjha Morcha” has failed to get any seat.

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Punjab Elections 2012 update Result

Posted on Tuesday, 6 March 2012 by Punjabi Articles

CoCongress is contesting all 117 seats, while SAD 94 and BJP 23. In the last election SAD had won 50 seats, Congress 42, BJP 19 and independents 06


Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal was leading from Lambi constituency by 2305 votes over his nearest rival and cousin Mahesh Inder Singh Badal of Congress. Badal's younger brother Gurdas Singh Badal was in third position.

Punjab BJP President Ashwani Sharma was leading by 1738 votes over his nearest rival Raman Bhalla of the Congress from the Pathankot assembly constituency

From Jaitu (SC) seat, Joginder Singh of Congress defeated Gurinder Singh of SAD by 6,342 votes.

Manpreet is also contesting from Gidderbaha, the constituency which he has represented on four occasions, but from there too he was trailing, according to the available trends.

From Maur Assembly segment in Faridkot, Punjab Minister Janmeja Singh Sekhon of SAD defeated Mangat Rai Bansal of Congress by a margin of 1,387 votes. PPP President Manpreet Singh Badal finished at number three.

SAD's Nand Lal beat Shiv Ram Singh of BSP by a margin of 14,857 votes from Balachaur assembly constituency, while Gulzar Singh Ranike of SAD beat Tarsem Singh of the Congress by a margin of 4,983 votes from Attari (SC) seat.

Congress' Jeet Mohinder Singh Sidhu bagged the Talwandi Sabo assembly seat, while O P Soni of Congress won from Amritsar Central, defeating his nearest rival Tarun Chugh of the BJP by a margin of 12,797 votes.

Sadhu Singh of Congress won from Nabha (SC) constituency defeating his nearest SAD rival by a margin of 22,548 votes

From Faridkot,SAD's Deep Malhotra beat Avtar Singh Brar of the Congress by a margin of 2,727 votes and SAD's Harpreet Kaur beat Madan Lal Jalalpur of Congress by a margin of 1,778 votes from Ghanaur
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From Balachaur constituency, SAD's Nand Lal beat Shiv Ram Singh of BSP by a margin of 14,857 votes, while from Rajpura seat Hardial Singh Kamboj of Congress beat BJP's Raj Khurana by a margin of 31,510 votes.

Navjot Kaur, wife of BJP MP from Amritsar Navjot Singh Sidhu, has won from Amritsar (East) constituency, defeating her nearest rival and Independent candidate Simarpreet Kaur by a margin of 7,099 votes

Punjab Congress President Amarinder Singh retained Patiala constituency by defeating SAD's Surjit Singh Kohli by a margin of 42,318 votes, while his son Raninder was trailing by 1630 votes from Samana Assembly constituency.

Manpreet singh badal lose his seat.

Pargat Singh (akali) won from Jalandhar cantt.

Sukhbir Singh Badal(Akali) won from Jalalabad with 50,000 votes





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Badal village abuzz with activity

Posted on Monday, 5 March 2012 by Punjabi Articles


Chief Minister pays obeisance at Talwandi Sabo, attends akhand path at his residence

With all eyes on March 6 when the election results will be declared, the native village of Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal is once again abuzz with activity.

Parkash Singh Badal, his son Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal and daughter-in-law Harsimrat Kaur Badal, Bathinda MP, are camping at their palatial house in Badal village.

The family had gone on a holiday after spending a few days in Delhi. Sources said senior party workers of Lambi and nearby areas were calling on the CM’s residence to discuss political matters.

Unwilling to go by the exit polls that give the Congress an edge to form the next government, the Chief Minister claimed that the results would go in favour of the SAD-BJP alliance.

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Groundbreaking work, no plants yet

Posted on Thursday, 5 January 2012 by Punjabi Articles

The SAD-BJP government may miss by a couple of years the deadline it set for delivering ‘surplus power’, but the new plants launched are a major initiative in years. Meanwhile, it met the demand through market purchases at a huge cost


The Shiromani Akali Dal promise was simple. It would make power availability in the state surplus to the requirement. The SAD-BJP government is now close to the end of its tenure, and the promise is nowhere near being delivered.


But there is a positive too. The government may have failed to keep the 2007 manifesto promise.


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Navjot Sidhu's wife to contest Amritsar East

by Punjabi Articles


Som Prakash gets Phagwara seat; Tarun Chugh to fight from Amritsar Central

Amritsar MP Navjot Singh Sidhu's wife, Dr Navjot Sidhu, will be the BJP candidate for the Amritsar East seat. A doctor with more than 20 years of experience, she was convinced by the BJP top brass to enter the poll arena. Dr Navjot was reportedly unwilling to quit her government job.

The BJP announced the candidature of Som Prakash from Phagwara, dropping former minister Swarna Ram. Som Prakash, a retired IAS officer, had contested the last parliamentary poll from Hoshiarpur and lost.

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Polls may cast a shadow on Parvasi Punjabi Divas

by Punjabi Articles


The assembly elections in Punjab may take away the sheen from the annual Parvasi Punjabi Divas to be held here tomorrow where major issues for deliberations would be skills development, education and employment.

Interestingly, politics has been put on the hold as focus would be more on those planning to immigrate abroad for either employ ability, higher education or for investment in western world in general and Canada in particular.

Canada, being the major partner in this event, will be represented among others by Ontario Minister for Government Services Harinder Takhar, Member of Provincial Parliament of Alberta Peter Sandhu and former MP from Ontario Gurbax Malhi.

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Akal Takht announces punishment for guilty

Posted on Wednesday, 4 January 2012 by Punjabi Articles

Recommends registration of police case against miscreants who showed black flags to PM; Amitabh issue deferred


The Akal Takht here today held the members of Italy-based National Sikh Dharam Parchar Committee (NSDPC) guilty of showing disrespect to Sri Guru Granth Sahib and misbehaving with the SGPC officials who had gone there (to Italy) to distribute 450 Birs (holy scriptures).

Led by Akal Takht Jathedar Giani Gurbachan Singh, the five high priests directed the guilty to clean footwear and wash utensils of devotees who partake ‘langar’ at a path they have been told to hold at Vakanza gurdwara in Italy.

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PHOTO ELECTORAL ROLLS PUBLISHED IN PUNJAB

Posted on Tuesday, 3 January 2012 by Punjabi Articles

The final publication of the photo electoral rolls in Punjab, which will go to polls on January 30, was released today across the state.

Stating this here today, a spokesman of the Election Department office said the rolls were also available on the net. He said the projected population of the state was 2,79,81,217 and the total electors in the state were 1,74,33,767 as on January 1, 2012. ''This shows an increase of 7,21,025 over the last year’s electorate and an increase of 543061 over the draft published on October 4, 2011,'' he added.

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Harbhajan Mann campaigns for Balwant Ramoowalia

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Punjabi singer Harbhajan Singh Mann, who is son-in-law of SAD candidate from Mohali Balwant Singh Ramoowalia, today campaigned for him.


 While seeking votes for his father-in-law, the singer said he was supporting Ramoowalia due to his clean image and social works being done by him. On a whirlwind tour of villages in the Mohali constituency, the singer attracted a large crowd.
Src.www.tribuneindia.com

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Sukhbir’s adviser Brar dismissed from service

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After almost 14 months of political hobnobbing, the services of Naib Tehsildar, Nawanshahr, Charanjit Brar, have been terminated on the orders of Divisional Commissioner Anurag Verma.

Brar, who had worked as OSD with former Finance Minister Manpreet Badal, joined the People’s Party of Punjab in October 2010. In June this year, he quit the PPP and shifted his loyalty to the SAD and became adviser to the Deputy CM.

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SAD slogan on RCs

Posted on Monday, 2 January 2012 by Punjabi Articles


The Akali leadership seems to have found a way to circumvent model code of conduct. "Raj Nahi Sewa", the political slogan of the SAD, is being printed on the back of the vehicle registration certificates and driving licences issued by the District Transport Office (DTO) here.

The use of slogan is in clear violation of the directives of the Election Commission that has directed all the district authorities to remove similar messages from overhead water tanks, government vehicles and documents and public places.


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A tale of two parties, Any twist?

Posted on Tuesday, 27 December 2011 by Punjabi Articles

Since the Reorganisation of Punjab in 1966, Cong and SAD have come to power alternately. It is to be seen if the script changes in 2012

Read More:http://www.tribuneindia.com/2011/20111227/punjab.htm#8










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PUNJAB POLLS: RS 84.5 LAKH RECOVERED AS UNACCOUNTED MONEY

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An amount of Rs 84.5 lakh in cash was confiscated as unaccounted money in Punjab as per the guidelines of the Election Commision ahead of assembly elections in the state.

 A spokesman for the office of the Punjab Chief Electoral Officer today said a sum of Rs 40 lakh was confiscated from various places in Patiala district. Also, currency notes worth Rs 40 lakh were seized in Jagraon while Rs 4.5 lakh were recovered from Bathinda. Besides, 35 cases of liquor were confiscated from Faridkot. The spokesman said the Commission had declared 30 of the 117 assembly seats in Punjab as 'sensitive' constituencies.

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