Excessive heat takes toll on pear crop in PunjabABOHAR - Farmers in Abohar in Punjab suffered huge losses as their pear crop has been damaged due to excessive heat this summer. Punjab farmers expect good season for grapesABOHAR - Farmers in Punjab are expecting a good season for grapes this time, as the weather remains favourable. Curfew in HoshiarpurHOSHIARPUR - Curfew was imposed in this Punjab town Monday following violent protests by members of the Dera Sachh Khand here who went on the rampage as news came in of an attack on leaders of the sect in the Austrian capital Vienna. Punjab tense after night of violence, army called inJALANDHAR - Towns in Punjab remained tense Monday morning after a night of violence Sunday by protestors belonging to a Dalit Sikh sect protesting a clash in a gurudwara in Austria’s capital Vienna. Major fire leaves 8000 transformers gutted in PunjabKOTKAPURA - A major fire destroyed a power sub-station at Kotkapura near Faridkot on Saturday. Although the inferno caused enormous damage, there have been no casualties reported. Major fire in Punjab’s Kotkapura areaKOTKAPURA - In a major incident in Punjab’s Faridkot district’s Kotkapura area, around 8,000 new and old electricity transformers along with power cables were gutted into fire on Saturday evening. Punjab Police arrest three men for kidnappingZIRAKPUR - The Punjab Police Thursday arrested three men who abducted a young couple on the Chandigarh-Delhi highway early morning. While the husband was freed by the kidnappers, the wife was held for ransom by them. Couple kidnapped from Chandigarh-Delhi highwayZIRAKPUR - A young married couple was kidnapped by three armed men on the Chandigarh-Delhi highway Thursday, police said. While the husband was freed by the kidnappers, the wife was being held for ransom. A call centre for farmers in PunjabABOHAR - In a first of its kind initiative in the country, a call centre named Zamidara Farmsolutions has started functioning in Punjab. Punjab banks, showrooms asked to install CCTV camerasMOHALI - The Punjab police have asked banks and big showrooms in the state’s Mohali district to install closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras in the wake of recent broad daylight heists in the neighbouring Panchkula town in Haryana state. With a 289 margin, Punjab EVM develops snagHOSHIARPUR - Counting for the Hoshiarpur Lok Sabha seat went through several tense hours Saturday afternoon when an electronic voting machine (EVM) developed a snag at a time when one candidate was leading over another by just 289 votes. Two Congress legislators booked in PunjabMOGA - The Punjab police Wednesday booked two sitting Congress legislators in this district in polling related incidents. Three-time MP Vinod Khanna seeks an encoreGURDASPUR - Bollywood veteran Vinod Khanna is seeking a fourth term in parliament from Gurdaspur in Punjab even as he fights the tag of an ‘outsider’ and ‘absentee MP’. Critics say the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate stays in Mumbai and New Delhi most of the time, rarely visiting Gurdaspur. Afzal to be hanged when his turn comes: Rahul GandhiMOHALI/HOSHIARPUR - Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi Saturday said Afzal Guru, who is on death row after being convicted for the 2001 parliament attack, will be hanged when his ‘turn comes’. Rahul Gandhi seeks Sikhs’ support in last phase of electionsMOGA - Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday sought Sikhs’ support to the Congress party in the fifth phase of parliamentary elections and thanked the Sikh community for giving the country a leader like Dr. Manmohan Singh as its prime minister. BJP dividing the country: Rahul GandhiHOSHIARPUR - Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi Saturday attacked the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for trying to divide the country in various ways. Anti-Sikh riot victims burn Rahul Gandhi effigyMOHALI - A small group of protesters claiming to be victims of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots Saturday evening burnt an effigy of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi near the venue of his election rally here. Now Rahul Gandhi targets Chandrababu NaiduMOHALI - After having raised quite a storm in national political circles by his praise of opposition leaders like Nitish Kumar and Chandrababu Naidu, Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi Saturday targeted the latter at an election rally here, though without naming him. A Punjab seat where Christians are importantGURDASPUR - Reservation in state government jobs, a state minorities commission and safeguarding churches. With 150,000 Christians in this constituency and a high stakes poll game under way, the community’s demands are being backed by the Congress and being ‘considered’ by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Third front not a viable alternative: ModiPATHANKOT - Gujarat Chief Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Narendra Modi Friday said the third front put up by some political parties was not a viable alternative. BSP candidate caught entering polling station with revolverMANSA - The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) candidate for Punjab’s Bathinda parliamentary constituency, Nem Chand Chaudhary, was Thursday detained by police after he tried to enter a polling station with a loaded revolver. Badal’s wife apologises for driving into polling stationBATHINDA - Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal’s wife Surinder Kaur cut a sorry figure by driving into a polling station to cast her vote Thursday. But she offered an apology when the lapse was pointed out to her. ‘Never seen a weak Sikh’, says Rahul GandhiBARNALA - Taking a dig at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi has said that he ‘has never seen a weak Sikh.’ Fear of Taliban dominates minds of people in PakistanATARI - India-bound passengers on board the India-Pakistan Samjhauta Express train commented on the dominance of Taliban in Pakistan. Sonia, her flawless Hindi keep Congress hopes aliveGURDASPUR - A large crowd, including women, in this border town of Punjab waited in open for hours in the scorching sun for a glimpse and address of Sonia Gandhi at an election rally Sunday. Vote Congress for strong government, Sonia tells PunjabGURDASPUR - Taking her attack right into the opposition camp for describing Prime Minister Manmohan Singh as a ‘weak PM’, Congress president Sonia Gandhi Sunday said if people wanted a strong government in the centre, they should vote for the Congress. Army begins exercise in Punjab to check operational readinessBARNALA - The Indian Army Sunday started its ‘Hind Shakti’ exercise in this southwest Punjab district to check the operational readiness of its strike corps, officials said. Mind over body: Boy conquers disability to excel academicallyBATHINDA - Yashveer Goyal, 9, goes to a regular school and does the things most other children do, though there is one aspect which sets him apart - he beats everyone hollow in studies despite being born deaf and dumb. Save and cherish daughters, PM appeals to Punjab votersJALALABAD - Trying to strike an emotive chord on the issue of female foeticide in Punjab - a state with one of the worst sex ratios in the country - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Saturday called upon people of the prosperous state to wash the blot of killing daughters. BJP fighting polls on false issues: PMJALALABAD - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Saturday launched a scathing attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), accusing it of fighting the elections on the basis of ‘false allegations’ against the Congress party and also of lying on issues concerning farmers in the country. |
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