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Sukhdeep Kaur

Sukhdeep Kaur

Sukhdeep Kaur is an assistant editor with the Punjab bureau. She covers politics, social issues and special projects, including on-the-ground reporting during critical situations.

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Punjab minister says every 2nd inmate in state jails is a drug convict

AAP MLAs alleged that there was complete lawlessness in Punjab prisons.

Updated on Aug 7, 2019 04:28 IST

‘Wrong to arrest Kashmiri leaders,’ says Capt Amarinder Singh

Capt Amarinder Singh said the act smacked of double standards on the part of the BJP-led government at the Centre.

Updated on Aug 7, 2019 08:05 IST

Punjab tweaks bill, govt to bear ₹17 lakh tax liability on CM’s perks

It was Punjab finance minister Manpreet Badal who had mooted the idea that Punjab’s MLAs — 81% of whom are millionaires — pay income tax on their salaries.

chandigarh news

Updated on Aug 7, 2019 08:08 IST

Fireworks at Punjab Congress meet; ministers, MLAs air grievances

Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh

Updated on Aug 6, 2019 07:46 IST

Amarinder Singh accepts Sidhu’s resignation, sends it for Governor’s nod

Sidhu had submitted his resignation to Rahul Gandhi in New Delhi on June 10 and gone incommunicado. A statement released by the CM’s office on Saturday said the governor has given his approval.

Updated on Jul 22, 2019 02:07 IST

Half of Punjab farmers on loan-waiver list ‘ineligible’ or being verified

Chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh along with other Congress leaders during the distribution of loan waiver cheques to farmers in Gurdaspur in April , 2018.

chandigarh news

Updated on Jul 5, 2019 03:29 IST

Navjot Sidhu refuses new portfolio, left out of key govt panels

Chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh along with local bodies minister Navjot Sidhu talking with media at Jalandhar.

Updated on Jun 8, 2019 17:54 IST

Captain clips Sidhu’s wings, strips him of local bodies, rejigs portfolios

The CM struck back by stripping Sidhu, who is at third place in the cabinet pecking order, of his plum local bodies portfolio as well as tourism ministry.

Updated on Jun 7, 2019 01:52 IST

Flush with funds, Sidhu’s department puts out report card for Capt Amarinder Singh

The CM had hinted that he would seek a change in Sidhu’s portfolio from the party high command, blaming the minister for lack of development in urban areas.

Updated on Jun 2, 2019 09:19 IST

Punjab: In 20 seats it lost in 2017 polls, BJP wrests 11 from Cong, cuts lead in 9

In all the three seats the BJP won in state polls, it has bettered its vote tally, including Phagwara, Sujanpur and Abohar.

Updated on May 29, 2019 06:42 IST

Amid face-off, Capt, Sidhu camp in Delhi to get audience

Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh, former Delhi CM Sheila Dikshit and AICC general secretary Priyanka Gandhi at the CWC meeting in Delhi

chandigarh news

Updated on May 27, 2019 04:53 IST

Lok Sabha Elections Results 2019: Amarinder Singh blames Navjot Sidhu for seats Congress lost, hints at portfolio change

The BJP failed to make much headway in Punjab where the Congress led by Capt Amarinder Singh bucked the trend to win eight of the 13 Lok Sabha seats.

lok sabha election 2019

Updated on May 25, 2019 07:48 IST

Lok Sabha Elections Results 2019: Congress in driver’s seat in Punjab

The result of Lok Sabha elections would be a mid-term report card on Punjab’s Congress government and chief minister Capt Amarinder Singh.

lok sabha election 2019

Updated on May 23, 2019 10:01 IST

Lok Sabha Elections 2019: At Priyanka Gandhi rally, Navjot Sidhu rejoins Punjab campaign to attack Badals

Navjot Singh Sidhu, a star campaigner of the Congress in many states, had kept himself out of electioneering in Punjab reportedly because he felt slighted by the state leadership

lok sabha election 2019

Updated on May 14, 2019 16:06 IST

Lok Sabha elections 2019: Navjot Singh Sidhu to give his home state a miss in poll campaign

Navjot Singh Sidhu will not address a single rally in Punjab

lok sabha election 2019

Updated on May 14, 2019 03:56 IST

‘Jakhar as future CM’: Capt Amarinder Singh plays Hindu card in star-struck Gurdaspur

chandigarh news

Updated on May 13, 2019 17:14 IST

Lok Sabha Elections 2019: BJP micro-managing Sunny Deol’s campaign from Delhi

BJP candidate Sunny Deol during an election campaign in Gurdaspur, Punjab on Sunday, May 12, 2019.

lok sabha election 2019

Updated on May 13, 2019 05:36 IST

Lok Sabha Elections 2019: Gunning for Gurdaspur, attack and counter attack between Sunil Jakhar and Sunny Deol

Sunil Jakhar (left) of the Congress is pitted against BJP’s Sunny Deol in Gurdaspur Lok Sabha constituency.

lok sabha election 2019

Updated on May 10, 2019 05:31 IST

Lok Sabha Elections 2019: Modi, not Sunny Deol the real hero in Gurdaspur; Sikhs divided over Jakhar

Supporters of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) wear masks in the likeness PM Modi during a rally in New Delhi, on Wednesday, May 8, 2019.

lok sabha election 2019

Updated on May 9, 2019 09:07 IST

Lok Sabha elections 2019: Congress wants Priyanka to counter Sunny’s star appeal in Gurdaspur

On whether the party will rope in Bollywood celebrities to take on Deol, Asha said the party has enough star power.

lok sabha election 2019

Updated on May 6, 2019 06:33 IST

Lok Sabha Elections 2019: Value of Punjab CM’s Moti Bagh palace same as 15 years back

Punjab CM Capt Amarinder Singhn inherited the New Moti Bagh palace in Patiala as scion of the Patiala royalty.

lok sabha election 2019

Updated on Apr 30, 2019 08:25 IST

Lok Sabha elections 2019: Congress playing poaching games, say AAP MLAs

The defections being engineered by the ruling party has left its own MLAs fuming.

lok sabha election 2019

Updated on Apr 28, 2019 03:00 IST

Lok Sabha elections 2019: Congress playing poaching games, say AAP MLAs

Days after Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) rebel MLA Nazar Singh Manshahia joined the Congress, its legislators accused the ruling party of being on a poaching expedition.

lok sabha election 2019

Updated on Apr 27, 2019 23:43 IST

Lok Sabha election: Congress playing poaching games, allege AAP MLAs

The MLAs owing allegiance to party chief Arvind Kejriwal held a show of strength in Chandigarh on Saturday to refute reports that some of them were ready to switch loyalties.

lok sabha election 2019

Updated on Apr 27, 2019 16:52 IST

Congress candidate from Fatehgarh Sahib LS seat, Dr Amar Singh claims to know people’s pulse

Dr Amar Singh, Congress candidate from Fatehgarh Sahib LS seat.

lok sabha election 2019

Updated on Apr 22, 2019 07:08 IST

Congress names Raja Warring for Bathinda, Ghubaya for Ferozepur

From Ferozepur, the party has decided on Ghubaya, keeping in mind that Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal has given indications of contesting from the Akali bastion.

Updated on Apr 20, 2019 22:50 IST

Lok Sabha Elections 2019 : Embattled Badals offer political asylum to long-time foe

lok sabha election 2019

Updated on Apr 20, 2019 06:24 IST

Lok Sabha election: Sidhu says no to Rahul Gandhi’s Bathinda seat offer to wife

Congress star campaigner Navjot Singh Sidhu meets supporters during a road show at Kozhikode in Kerala on Thursday.

lok sabha election 2019

Updated on Apr 18, 2019 17:29 IST

Congress clears 2 more names, Tewari from Anandpur Sahib, Dhillon from Sangrur

Congress clears 2 more names, Tewari from Anandpur Sahib, Dhillon from Sangrur

chandigarh news

Updated on Apr 12, 2019 24:38 IST

Lok Sabha polls: Congress clears two more names, Tewari from Anandpur Sahib, Dhillon from Sangrur

lok sabha election 2019

Updated on Apr 12, 2019 03:45 IST

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