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Oldest at 94, Badal files nomination for Punjab polls

Chandigarh | Five-time Punjab Chief Minister and Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) patron Parkash Singh Badal on Monday filed his nomination for the upcoming assembly elections from Lambi constituency in Punjab’s Muktsar district. He is the oldest candidate at 94 for the February 20 polls to the 117-member legislative Assembly. A five-time MLA from the Lambi constituency, […]

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Akali patron Parkash Singh Badal returns Padma award, says govt betrayed farmers

Chandigarh: Expressing solidarity with the agitating farmers over the Centre’s farm laws, Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) patron Parkash Singh Badal on Thursday returned his Padma Vibhushan award in protest against “the betrayal of the farmers by the government”. 91-year-old Badal, in a missive to President Ram Nath Kovind, said he was returning the award due to […]

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Akali patron Parkash Singh Badal returns Padma award, says govt betrayed farmers

Chandigarh (4 Min Read): Expressing solidarity with the agitating farmers over the Centre’s farm laws, Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) patron Parkash Singh Badal on Thursday returned his Padma Vibhushan award in protest against “the betrayal of the farmers by the government”. 91-year-old Badal, in a missive to President Ram Nath Kovind, said he was returning the […]

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No role in SIT summons to Badals, actor Akshay Kumar : Punjab CM Amarinder Singh 

Chandigarh : Chief Minister Amarinder Singh said on Monday his government had no role in the summoning of former Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, former deputy CM and SAD president Sukhbir Singh Badal and actor Akshay Kumar by the Special Investigation Team probing the 2015 sacrilege and police firing. “The SIT is an independent entity […]