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Ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, all political parties in the agrarian state of Haryana are trying to woo farmers, a very influential electoral force in the state.

Parties in a race to woo farmers ahead of Lok Sabha polls

The ruling BJP is also trying to win over farmers by proposing to start a pension scheme for peasants.

05 Jan 2019 4:45 AM

Addressing press conference in Chandigarh on Thursday, CM Manohar Lal Khattar said that target has been set to issue 50,000 new solar energy connections of which tenders have been floated for 15,000 connections. (Photo: File)

Farmers in Haryana to get 44,000 pending tube-well connections in 6 months

The farmers will receive the tube well connections within the next 6 months, which have been pending since January 1, 2014.

28 Dec 2018 1:32 PM

‘Two years have passed since this promise. The entire farming community feels cheated. More than 500 farmers have ended their lives when like Budh Singh their loans multiplied because they stopped paying instalments in the hope for of an early waiver,’ said SAD leader Bikram Singh Majithia. (Photo: PTI)

SAD slams Rahul Gandhi, CM Amarinder for betraying farmers

‘They have collectively destroyed the lives of lakhs of farmers and have driven hundreds to suicide,’ SAD leader Bikram Singh said.

28 Dec 2018 1:29 PM

The lakhs of people who have congregated for the Shaheedi Jor Mela have come here not to listen to political speeches but to pay their respects to Guru Gobind Singh's martyred sons, whose sacrifice can never be forgotten, the chief minister said. (Photo: File)

Won't tolerate attempts to create rift between communities: Amarinder Singh

Singh's reaction comes in the background of a statue of ex-PM Rajiv Gandhi being vandalised in Ludhiana by some persons on Tuesday.

28 Dec 2018 9:29 AM

DGP B.S. Sandhu has directed Fatehabad SP Deepak Saharan to intensify patrolling and nakabandi to check smuggling of illicit liquor in the district. (Representational Image)

376 boxes of illicit liquor seized in Chandigarh

Officials of the Excise Department, following a tip-off were present at a naka on Ratia Road bypass bridge.

27 Dec 2018 4:01 PM

Major General was found guilty under Section 354 A (attempt to outrage the modesty of a woman) and Section 54 of the Army Act (conduct unbecoming of an officer). (Photo: File)

Major general misbehaves with woman officer, GCM recommends dismissal

Following the woman officer's allegation, the Army ordered a court of Inquiry and attached him for facing the probe at HQs 17 Corps in Ranchi.

24 Dec 2018 7:12 PM

‘Misusing religion for political gains will not yield any dividends for the SAD and would backfire on the party in the Lok Sabha elections, as it had done in the 2017 Assembly polls,’ Amarinder said. (Photo: ANI | File)

1984 riot case: Punjab CM lambastes Sukhbir over attempts to 'drag innocent’ Gandhi family

‘Rahul was a school-going child and Rajiv Gandhi was away in WB at the time of violence,’ Amarinder Singh said.

20 Dec 2018 7:02 PM

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh has been calling for the strictest of punishments for the handful of individual Congress leaders who had been involved in instigating the riots. (Photo: File | PTI)

Amarinder Singh hails Sajjan Kumar's conviction in 1984 anti-riots case

Delhi High Court said Sajjan Kumar's life imprisonment will be for the remainder of his life and asked him to surrender by December 31.

17 Dec 2018 4:47 PM

Youth Akali Dal (YAD) workers also staged protest in Ludhiana after Kamal Nath was named the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh. (Photo: ANI)

Cong rubbing salt into wounds of 1984 riots' victims: Akali Dal on Kamal Nath

SAD MLAs raised slogans against the Congress government and later staged a walkout.

14 Dec 2018 6:12 PM

Congratulating the party president as well as UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi for the Congress' impressive show in states of Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh, Singh said the party had clearly revived under the 'dynamic leadership' of Rahul Gandhi. (Photo: File)

It's 'beginning of end' of Modi-led NDA government: Amarinder Singh

The Chief Minister said the Congress' performance showed that the party was on an upswing across the country.

11 Dec 2018 6:05 PM

Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh (Photo: File)

Punjab CM dubs Kartarpur corridor ISI conspiracy

The Sidhu affair was being unnecessarily hyped and those raising it had clearly failed to see the ISI game plan, said the Captain.

10 Dec 2018 5:36 AM

former Army officer Lieutenant General D S Hooda (retired) said it was natural to have initial euphoria about the success but the constant maintenance of hype around the military operations was unwarranted. (Photo: ANI)

Surgical strike overhyped, politicised: ex-Army officer Lt Gen (retd) DS Hooda

'It would have been better had we done it (surgical strikes) secretly,' the ex-Army officer said.

08 Dec 2018 11:26 AM

Punjab minister seeks resignation of Navjot Singh Sidhu

Bajwa said Rahul Gandhi remained everyone’s “captain”, but he disapproved of Mr Sidhu’s remarks about the chief minister.

02 Dec 2018 6:49 AM

'My message is very clear - don't mess with Punjab,' asserted Singh, reiterating his warning to Pakistan against any attempt to disrupt India's peace. (Photo: File)

Asked Sidhu to reconsider Pakistan trip, didn't hear from him: Amarinder Singh

Singh said that Navjot Sidhu was campaigning in Madhya Pradesh when he told him to reconsider his decision.

28 Nov 2018 9:46 AM

Vice-president Venkaiah Naidu, Union ministers Nitin Gadkari and Harsimrat Kaur Badal, Punjab chief minister Capt. Amarinder Singh during the foundation stone laying ceremony for Kartarpur Sahib corridor at Dera Baba Nanak in Gurdaspur. (Photo: PTI)

Amarinder Singh raps Pak Army chief for India terror hits

Amarinder asked Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan to rein in his Army and end terror against Indian armed forces and citizens.

27 Nov 2018 1:19 AM

Punjab CM Capt. Amarinder Singh (Photo: Twitter | ANI)

Kartarpur ceremony: Amarinder no to Pak invite, but Sidhu to go

Sidhu accepted Pakistan’s invitation on Sunday, saying this initiative would open “the borders of hearts and the mind”.

26 Nov 2018 3:09 AM

CM Amarinder Singh Sunday declined Pakistan's invite citing terror attacks in Punjab. (Photo: File)

After Sushma, Punjab CM Amarinder Singh declines Pak's Kartarpur invite

However, state minister Navjot Singh Sidhu, has expressed desire to attend and has asked for permission from the MEA.

25 Nov 2018 2:58 PM

Avtar Singh is a resident of village Chak Mishri Khan, Lopoke (Ajnala), Amritsar. (Photo: ANI/Twitter)

Punjab police make second arrest in Amritsar grenade attack

Weapons including a .32 bore pistol, a US made pistol, 4 magazines and 25 live cartridges have been recovered from accused Avtar Singh.

24 Nov 2018 7:13 PM

CM Amarinder Singh holds up a picture of 26-year-old Bikramjit Singh who has been arrested. (Photo: ANI/Twitter)

ISI behind Amritsar attack, grenade used made in Pak: Amarinder Singh

Punjab CM said that one attacker has been arrested and the second identified and will be caught soon.

21 Nov 2018 4:56 PM

Soon after his arrival at the Chandigarh airport, the actor headed straight to the Punjab Police headquarters at sector-9 here where security has been stepped up. (Photo: PTI)

Sacrilege cases: Akshay Kumar appears before Punjab Police SIT

The SIT wants to question Kumar as his name was mentioned in the Justice Ranjit Singh Commission report on sacrilege incidents.

21 Nov 2018 11:11 AM

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