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Why Arvind Kejriwal Is Meeting Punjab MLAs in Delhi Tomorrow

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Vivek Gupta

AAP’s Poll Debacle in Delhi Casts Shadow on Punjab

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Vivek Gupta

Punjab: 111 Farmers Join Jagjit Singh Dallewal in Indefinite Hunger Strike For MSP Guarantee

15.01.2025 8

The Wire

Vivek Gupta

Farmer Leaders to Forge Common Front After Farmer's Death at Shambhu Border

10.01.2025 3

The Wire

Vivek Gupta

Dallewal’s Hunger Strike Enters Day 28, Farm Leader Critical, Lost 15 Kgs

Chandigarh: Sixty-six year-old farm leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal’s health remains critical as he enters the 28th day of fast-unto-death in demand of...

23.12.2024 7

The Wire

Vivek Gupta

Om Prakash Chautala: A Mass Jat Leader With a Share of Corruption Scandals

Chandigarh: Veteran Haryana politician Om Prakash Chautala – who served the state as chief minister for five terms – breathed his last today,...

20.12.2024 2

The Wire

Vivek Gupta

Third Attempt By Punjab Farmers to March to Delhi Again Met With Police Action By Haryana

Chandigarh: Farmers’ unions called off their march to Delhi on Saturday (December 14) – their third in two weeks – after the Haryana police once...

14.12.2024 6

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Vivek Gupta

Shambhu Again Turns Into a Battleground as Tear Gas Lobbed at Fresh Contingent of Farmers

Chandigarh: The situation again turned intense at the Punjab-Haryana interstate border at Shambhu on Sunday (December 8) as another jatha or...

08.12.2024 5

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Vivek Gupta

15 Injured During Farmers' Delhi March As Uncertainty Looms Over Today

Chandigarh: As many as 15 farmers from Punjab sustained injuries on Friday, December 6, as Haryana police used tear gas shells to stop their march...

08.12.2024 7

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Vivek Gupta

15 Injured During Farmers' Delhi March As Uncertainty Looms Over Sunday

Chandigarh: As many as 15 farmers from Punjab sustained injuries on Friday, December 6, as Haryana police used tear gas shells to stop their march...

07.12.2024 3

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Vivek Gupta

At Haryana Border, Teargas Barricades, Mesh Wires Stop Farmers' March to Delhi

Chandigarh: A group of 101 farmers who are trying to march to Delhi from the Shambhu point of the Ambala-Delhi Highway, managed to overcome three...

06.12.2024 5

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Vivek Gupta

Dallewal’s Hunger Protest Continues in Punjab Despite Dhankhar’s Caution to the Government

Chandigarh: Even as Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Tuesday (December 3) cautioned the Union government against taking farmers’ protests...

04.12.2024 5

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Vivek Gupta

Man Fires at Sukhbir Singh Badal Outside Golden Temple Entrance, Accused Has Ties With Militant Outfits

Chandigarh: A man who was arrested after opening fire at Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader Sukhbir Singh Badal at the main entrance of Golden Temple...

04.12.2024 3

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Vivek Gupta

Punjab Farmers Plan March to Delhi From December 6, Confrontation Likely with BJP Govt in Haryana

Chandigarh: Upset over political parties across the spectrum failing to address their demands including a legal assurance of minimum support price...

03.12.2024 2

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Vivek Gupta

Shiromani Akali Dal Leadership Held Guilty of Religious Misconduct, Sukhbir Badal Stripped of Power

Chandigarh: During Monday’s (December 2) verdict session on Sukhbir Singh Badal’s Tankhah (religious punishment) case at Sri Akal Takht Sahib in...

02.12.2024 3

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Vivek Gupta

Pitting DSC against OSC: The Politics Behind BJP's Move to Sub-Categorise Dalit Quota in Haryana

Chandigarh: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government at the Centre continues to maintain a silence on...

30.10.2024 4

The Wire

Vivek Gupta

BJP Again Picks OBC Leader Nayab Saini as Haryana CM; Oath Tomorrow

Chandigarh: Days after its historic third consecutive victory in Haryana, the BJP has again picked its OBC leader Nayab Singh Saini to lead the...

16.10.2024 2

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Vivek Gupta

From Congress State President, Saini’s Ministers to Chautalas – Heavyweights Bite Dust in Haryana

Chandigarh: Even as the BJP stormed to power for a record third time in Haryana, there is a long list of heavyweights across parties having bitten...

09.10.2024 2

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Vivek Gupta

Interview | 'Congress's Arrogance Cost it Haryana; Told State Leaders I Was Available for Campaigning, They Paid No Heed': Satya Pal Malik

Chandigarh: Bharatiya Janata Party’s historic win in Haryana has stunned people across the political spectrum. Prominent farmer leader and former...

09.10.2024 10

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Vivek Gupta

Congress’s Hooda Blunder Has Paved the Way for BJP's Historic Third Mandate in Haryana

Chandigarh: It will not be wrong to say that the Haryana poll outcome on Tuesday (October 8) was an instance that baffled political observers, poll...

08.10.2024 10

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Vivek Gupta

CM Hopefuls, Wrestlers, Heavyweights and Legacies: These Constituencies Can Decide Haryana's Future

Most exit polls may have predicted a strong victory for Congress in Haryana but the competition has been intense across all 90 assembly...

07.10.2024 1

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Vivek Gupta

Protests Erupt at RGNUL Over VC’s Alleged Misconduct, Students Demand Resignation

Chandigarh: Authorities at the Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law (RGNUL) in Punjab’s Patiala on Monday (September 23) shut down the campus...

23.09.2024 2

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Vivek Gupta

Row Erupts Over Kumari Selja’s Absence in Haryana Election Campaign

Chandigarh: At a time when the Congress’s campaign for the October 5 assembly polls in Haryana gather momentum, the absence of its prominent Dalit...

21.09.2024 4

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Vivek Gupta

Ahead of the Haryana Assembly Polls, Unemployment Emerges as a Key Electoral Issue

Chandigarh: With voting for the Haryana assembly polls less than three weeks away, unemployment has emerged among the key issues of the election,...

17.09.2024 3

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Vivek Gupta

Haryana Polls: BJP Thrust on Non-Jats, Congress's on Jats as Both Parties Lock Their Candidate List

Chandigarh: With both the BJP and the Congress locking their candidate list for the Haryana polls scheduled for October 5, both parties appear to...

12.09.2024 2

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Vivek Gupta

From a Stray Incident to an Anti-Mosque Protest: How Tension Flared up in Shimla

Chandigarh: Himachal Pradesh’s capital Shimla came to standstill on Wednesday (September 11) following violent clashes between protesters demanding...

11.09.2024 5

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Vivek Gupta

Haryana Polls: Alliance Talks Between AAP, Congress Fail as Both Parties Announce Candidates

Chandigarh: The alliance talks between Congress and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) for upcoming Haryana state polls concluded on Monday (September 9). With...

09.09.2024 3

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Vivek Gupta

Haryana: BJP Faces Widespread Revolt as Party Announces First List of 67 Candidates

Chandigarh: Women leaders, a cabinet minister, sitting MLAs as well as OBC and kisan morcha chiefs are among scores of leaders who revolted against...

05.09.2024 2

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Vivek Gupta

With a Majority of Its MLAs Having Abandoned the Party, the JJP is In Turmoil

New Delhi: In the kingmaker’s position during the 2019 Haryana assembly election, the Dushyant Chautala-led Jannayak Janta Party (JJP) saw a sharp...

18.08.2024 2

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Vivek Gupta

Congress Looks to Throttle Ruling BJP as Haryana Set to Vote on October 1

Chandigarh: Barely two months after the Lok Sabha elections, Haryana will now vote to elect a new state government after the Election Commission on...

16.08.2024 4

The Wire

Vivek Gupta