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Chitleen K Sethi

Chitleen K Sethi

Chitleen K Seth was part of Hindustan Times’ nationwide network of correspondents that brings news, analysis and information to its readers. She no longer works with the Hindustan Times.

Articles by Chitleen K Sethi

Rape accused Bishop Franco Mulakkal and the power he wields over Christians in Punjab

In June, a nun in Kerala had alleged that the Jalandhar-based bishop Franco Mulakkal had raped her 13 times between 2014 and 2016 during his visits to the southern state.

Updated on Sep 22, 2018 04:10 IST

1,170 primary schools in Punjab running with single teacher

The CAG has pointed out that a sum of Rs 1,350 crore was not released for the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan from 2011 to 2016.

Updated on Mar 30, 2017 04:52 IST

Bonhomie gives way to rancour, session ends with AAP MLAs’ slogans against speaker

AAP’s Sukhpal Khaira speaks in the Punjab Vidhan Sabha on Wednesday, March 29.

Updated on Mar 30, 2017 02:56 IST

Akalis to oppose legislation on CPS appointments by Congress

Former Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal and his son Sukhbir Singh Badal talking to mediapersons after taking oath in the office of the assembly speaker on Monday afternoon.

Updated on Mar 27, 2017 17:43 IST

Disunited colours of Punjab assembly: From Akali blues to festive hues

Minister Rana Gurjit Singh and other MLAs in the Punjab Vidhan Sabha in Chandigarh on Friday, March 24.

Updated on Mar 24, 2017 17:10 IST

15th Punjab Vidhan Sabha: Phoolka is Oppn leader, Khaira AAP’s chief whip

HS Phoolka

Updated on Mar 15, 2017 18:48 IST

Kejriwal to meet AAP MLAs today to pick leader of Oppn: Phoolka, Sandhu, Khaira frontrunners

Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal

Updated on Mar 14, 2017 16:49 IST

AAP goes into introspection mode, to decide on leader of Oppn after Holi

The name will be announced before March 16, the day the chief minister will be sworn in.

Updated on Mar 12, 2017 18:16 IST

Punjab poll results: No CM face, ‘radical link’ did AAP in

The party, which made its Punjab assembly polls debut, came in second. Punjab was the only state in the country from where the Arvind Kejriwal-led party had won four Lok Sabha seats mopping up a 24.4% vote share.

Updated on Mar 12, 2017 11:19 IST

In a first, new Punjab House will have divided Opposition

This is the first time since 1997 that Akali leader Parkash Singh Badal will not be the leader of the Opposition in the assembly.

Updated on Mar 12, 2017 11:08 IST

Punjab assembly election results: How Kejriwal lost AAP’s winning plot

Aam Admi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal at a road show ahead of the February 4 Punjab assembly elections in Jalandhar.

Updated on Mar 12, 2017 19:58 IST

Punjab govt asks panchayats to turn common land into groves

The state has around 1.5 lakh acres of village common land, a large part of which is used for cultivation.

Updated on Feb 18, 2017 05:42 IST

Punjab vigilance bureau begins inquiry against five panchayats for embezzlement

Updated on Feb 16, 2017 10:30 IST

Punjab elections 2017: AAP launches drive to ‘protect’ EVMs till counting day

AAP Candidate Nabha Gurdev Singh Mann (centre) with supporters camping outside a 'strongroom' where Electronic Voting Machines have been stored in Patiala on Monday.

Updated on Feb 7, 2017 04:56 IST

AAP’s Kejriwal says ‘spineless’ Election Commission has surrendered to PM Modi

Aam Aadmi Party national convener and Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal addresses an election rally ahead of the Punjab assembly elections at Shahkot in Jalandhar on February 1, 2017.

Updated on Feb 6, 2017 03:23 IST

Who will win Punjab polls? Here is what astrologers, and a fortune-telling parrot, have to say

Fortune-telling parrot Ganga Ram at work in Shimla.

Updated on Feb 4, 2017 06:58 IST

Punjabi-vs-outsider issue not on voters’ minds: AAP’s Sanjay Singh

Sanjay Singh, the AAP’s Punjab affairs in-charge.

Updated on Feb 6, 2017 03:23 IST

Punjab assembly elections: Campaigning comes to a high-voltage end in state

Congress leader and former Union Cabinet Minister Anand Sharma during a road show for the Punjab assembly elections in Amritsar on Thursday. Voting will be held on February 4 for 117 assembly seats in the state, once the country’s food bowl but reeling under growing unemployment and drug abuse among its youth.

Updated on Feb 3, 2017 01:29 IST

Punjab elections 2017: Badal bahu plays emotional card, gets trolled

Union minister Harsimart Kaur Badal

Updated on Jan 31, 2017 19:02 IST

‘Election-charged’, SAD’s defending champ Sukhbir Badal is going all out

Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal on a chopper on Saturday.

Updated on Jan 28, 2017 16:25 IST

SAD candidate Harinder trying hard to be voters’ Pal in Sanour

Harinder Pal Singh Chandumajra, the SAD-BJP candidate from Sanaur, has been focusing on hyper local development works to woo voters.

Updated on Jan 23, 2017 05:25 IST

Punjab polls: Can Satbir Singh be a ‘Khatra’ to Congress bastion?

HARPING ON THE GOODWILL AMONG THE YOUTH: Satbir Singh Khatra is trying to strike a rapport with the urban voters of his segment.

Updated on Jan 10, 2017 05:28 IST

Pushed to the margins, Simranjit Mann carrying legacy of a lost cause

Simranjit Singh Mann

Updated on Jan 1, 2017 05:04 IST

Wanted nominees: Smaller outfits facing crunch of candidates

As the poll fever catches up in Punjab despite cash crunch, political outfits are facing another crunch—of candidates.

Updated on Dec 24, 2016 05:34 IST

Punjab polls: AAP asks for donations, but donors to remain incognito

AAP supremo and Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal

Updated on Dec 22, 2016 04:58 IST

AAP's naming CM face in Goa may reignite demand for same in Punjab

Arvind Kejriwal

Updated on Dec 20, 2016 08:35 IST

Man in white: Beant Singh gave life for peace, his legacy lives on

Credited with ending two decades of Khalistani militancy in Punjab, Beant Singh paid the ultimate price for taking an unambiguous stand, he was killed in an assassination plan meticulously executed by the separatist group Babbar Khalsa International.

Updated on Dec 16, 2016 04:13 IST

6,000 ‘backdoor’ admissions in Punjab’s pvt polytechnics

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Updated on Dec 13, 2016 06:53 IST

Note ban backfiring in poll-bound Punjab: It seems advantage AAP, Congress

People in a queue outside an ATM in Patiala on December 8.

Updated on Dec 12, 2016 14:01 IST

Nabha jailbreak: hunt for fugitive gangsters on in five states

Updated on Nov 29, 2016 07:40 IST

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