Punjab Newspaper

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After paying obeisance at the samadh (Dhuna) of Baba Alla Singh – the founder of Patiala and ancestor of Captain Amarinder Singh, Chief Minister Punjab to seek blessings before filling his nomination papers for a landslide victory of the Congress party in the ensuing assembly elections.
Captain Singh alongwith thousands of his supporters, well wishers [...]

Election Commission of India has ordered that the state police chief S S Virk should be divested of poll related duties in Punjab. It has also sought a new panel of three police persons for discharging the duties.
This follows a complaint by the Shiromani Akali Dal where it had alleged that Virk was hand in [...]