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I BELIEVE IN WORKING IN A FOCUSED MANNER: DEPUTY CM
Chandigarh March 7: Two months after donning the mantle of Punjab�s Deputy Chief Minister, Sukhbir Singh Badal is now leaving nothing unturned to usher in an era of unprecedented development. �I believe in working in a focused manner,� said Badal. Without any trappings, Sukhbir mingled with the mediapersons and chose not to disappoint anyone and whatever question was hurled at him. �If you work in a focused manner, the results have to be visible within a stipulated period of time,� Badal, also president of the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) told reporters. �It is a perception that we are making mere announcements. The fact is that every announcement has been made only after the required ground work was done. Only after we were sure that a project could be executed on time by meeting all terms and conditions, we have gone for announcement,� said Badal. �It has been only two years we came to power in the State, and look at the kind of development works that have been kick-started. The results are bound to be ...
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AVERAGE NINE PEOPLE DIE IN ACCIDENTS DAILY IN PUNJAB
Chandigarh March 7: The death count in road accidents in Punjab has reached an alarming stage with at an average nine people dying in 15 road accidents daily. These startling figures were revealed in the Punjab Vidhan Sabha. According to a report placed on record, during the year 2007, the toll in road accidents was 5,208. In 2008 the figure rose to 5,409 and 3,333 persons lost their lives. In January 2009, the toll was 287 in 513 road accidents. Incidentally, the highest death rate in road accidents has been recorded in Patiala district where 331 persons died in 551 accidents in 2007 and 306 persons lost their lives in 638 road accidents in 2008. Ludhiana district followed closely with 283 deaths in 512 road accidents in 2007 and 312 deaths in 483 road accidents in 2008. In January 2009 alone 32 persons died in Patiala district in 49 road accidents - both figures again highest in the State. The lowest death rate is recorded in Batala and Mansa districts where 47 and 53 persons respectively ...
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HARBHAJAN OUR MAN(N), CLAIMS SAD; SINGER DENIES IT
Bathinda March 7: Whether you are interested in politics or not, politics is interested in you. This political assumption unfolded in letter and spirit today in noted Punjabi singer Harbhajan Mann�s native village Khemuana, where Harsimrat Kaur Badal, who is tipped to contest from Bathinda Parliamentary constituency, paid a visit to the village. Harsimrat Kaur today �presented� siropas to Harbhajan Mann, his father Harnek Singh and other family members after Mann and his family �assured full support to the Badal Government in the upcoming Parliamentary polls�. Later in the day, however, Harbhajan Mann squarely distanced himself from the entire episode and denied he had pledged his support to SAD (B). �I am committed to my art and cinema only. There is no room for any sorts of politics in my life,� Mann said, categorically denying he had pledged his support for SAD (B) in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls. �Since Khemuana is one of the villages falling under Bathinda constituency, it is natural ...
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SAD (LONGOWAL) TO MERGE INTO RULING AKALI DAL
Amritsar March 7: The five-year-old Shiromani Akali Dal (Longowal), headed by former Akali minister Inderjit Singh Zira, is likely to merge into ruling Shiromani Akali Dal before the forthcoming Parliament elections. The preliminary negotiations between Sukhbir Singh Badal, Deputy Chief Minister and SAD supremo, and Zira took place in a closed-door meeting at the residence of the former at Chandigarh on March 4 in which pre-conditions were worked out. However, it is learnt that Zira has already informed Sukhbir that he was not interested in contesting the forthcoming Lok Sabha election. However, the Deputy CM assured Zira that the rank and file of the SAD (Longowal) would be properly adjusted in the ruling Akali Dal. Zira confirmed that meeting with Sukhbir was held. However, he parried a direct question about the time and place of the merger of both SADs. However, Gurwinder Singh Shampura, an SGPC member and close confidant of Zira, denied that he would join the ruling party. In yet another ...
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BSF ON HIGH ALERT ALONG INTERNATIONAL BORDER IN PUNJAB
Ferozepur March 7: Following the dastardly attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team in Lahore on March 3, the Border Security Force (BSF) has been put on high alert along the 500-km-long international border in Punjab to thwart any attempt by anti-social elements from hostile neighbour Pakistan to create terror ahead of general elections beginning April 16. Informing media about the same, ML Wasan, deputy inspector general (DIG), Ferozepur sector, said, "Vigil has been intensified in Ferozepur, Amritsar and Gurdaspur to foil any infiltration bid by terrorists from Pakistan aiming to disturb the poll atmosphere here." Reviewing security along the entire Indo-Pak border and expressing satisfaction over arrangements made, Wasan said, "Sufficient BSF personnel have been deployed on all sensitive and vulnerable points and fencing too has been checked to our satisfaction." While at present 18 companies of the BSF have been pressed into service, sources said that nearly 200 more would be deployed in different ...
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REVISION OF PHOTO ELECTORAL ROLLS FROM FEBRUARY 10- KUSAMJIT SIDHU
Chandigarh Feb 9, 2009 Naginder singh Ms Kusamjit Sidhu,Chief Electoral Officer,Punjab,here today informed that the Election Commission of India has decided for the revision of Photo Electoral Rolls of the 24 Polling Stations of assembly constituencies,59 -Sahnewal,60 -Ludhiana East,61 -Ludhiana South and 62-Attam Nagar of Ludhiana district. Ms Sidhu ,said that the initial publication of Photo Electoral Rolls of these polling stations would be on February 10, 2009.Citizens eligible to become voters could fill required form and submit it to the concerned Election Registration Officer from 10th February to 16th February 2009.Last publication of Photo Electoral Rolls would be on 25th February 2009,she said. Chief Electoral Officer,Punjab,Ms Kusamjit Sidhu ,appealed to general public and political parties to extend coopration to concerned officers to ensure that the names of eligible voters should be entered in the Electoral ...
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Punjab to export 3000 MT potato to middle east and 2 lac MT to other states
Chandigarh, Feb 10, 2009 With a view to provide immediate relief to the potato growers,the Punjab Government today decided to export 3000 Metric Tonnes of potato to the middle east besides another 2 lac MT to states like Maharashtra, Karnataka, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal and Tamil Nadu through its agency MARKFED. This was stated by Punjab Cooperation Minister Capt.Kanwaljit Singh here today . While interacting with the media persons,Capt. Singh said that a team of Markfed officials had already been in Dubai to finalize the export of potato and the traders based there have also shown keen interest in importing potatoes. He said that there was no upper limit on export of potato and to make the prices more remunerative the Government has decided to provide Rs 1500 per MT as freight subsidy to the growers. Similarly, on the potato to be sent to other states the Government will provide a freight subsidy of Rs 400 per MT as compared to Uttar Pradesh where the freight subsidy on export is Rs 1000 ...
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FREIGHT SUBSIDY ON POTATO MARKETING ANNOUNCED
Punjab Chief Minister Punjab Mr. Parkash Singh Badal has sanctioned a corpus fund of Rs. 5 Crore from Rural Development Fund (RDF) for operating a freight subsidy of Rs. 400 per ton for purposes of marketing of potatoes within India and Rs. 1500 per ton for export. This was disclosed here today, by Mr. R.I.Singh, Chief Secretary Punjab at a meeting with the officers of the department of Agriculture, Markfed ,Mandi Board and representatives of the Associations of Potato Growers of Punjab. While addressing the meeting Mr. Singh said that the subsidy would be administered by Punjab Mark fed. He also said that the Punjab Government was aware of the fact that the potato growing farmers in the state were facing challenging situation because of the potato glut in the market and adequate steps were being taken to address the situation.. Adding further the Chief Secretary said that earlier potatoes were being exported to Pakistan from Punjab but it has now been stopped because of the high import duty levied by ...
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Badal releases book ´Gurmat Vichar Te sikhi jivan´ authored by Prof.Badungar

O Mere Sukh Ji, What chopper rides do to blue pencils and

Extremly needy Satinder kaur awaiting for Some help

Punjab, Canada to work collectively to face global meltdown

History´s witness Ludhiana clock tower crumbling

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Dalit woman is sarpanch of Punjab village

Manoranjan Kalia blames Congress govt for anti-Punjab stance

Punjab VIPs’ pride is the police’s worry

Aussies show strength in IPL

Punjab: Badal jumps election code to lure voters before

Punjab block samiti, zila parishad elections advanced to May 12