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At the Shambu border between Haryana and Punjab, where thousands of farmers gathered, police used tear gas and rubber bullets, while drones flew overhead to drop tear gas on the protesting crowds. [32] Barricades were also placed at the Gazipur and Tikri borders. [31] Internet services were suspended in seven districts of Haryana. [30]
[2] [5] In March 2023, Punjab and Haryana High Court directed Punjab state election commission to draw schedule for elections within two weeks. [6] On 16 October 2023, election commission announced schedule for electoral rolls, with final publication for rolls scheduled for 10 November 2023.
The previous general election were held in May 2019 in Punjab, in which the Indian National Congress won 8 seats, followed by the Shiromani Akali Dal and the Bharatiya Janata Party, which won 2 seats each. [4] In 2022, Bhagwant Mann resigned as MP from Sangrur to become Chief Minister of Punjab.
Politics in reorganised present-day Punjab is dominated by mainly three parties – Indian National Congress, Aam Aadmi Party and Shiromani Akali Dal (Badal). [1] [2] Since 1967, Chief Minister of Punjab has been predominantly from Jat Sikh community despite its 21 percent state population.
Ajit (Daily Ajit) is a Punjabi language daily newspaper published in Jalandhar, India. [1] The newspaper is run by Sadhu Singh Hamdard Trust [2] and has been publishing since 1941. [3] Veteran journalist and ex-Rajya Sabha member, Barjinder Singh Hamdard, is the current editor-in-chief. In 2007–08, it claimed a circulation of more than ...
The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have spread to the Indian state Punjab on 9 March 2020, when an Indian man returning from Italy was tested positive. As of 31 March 2021, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has confirmed a total of 2,39,734 cases, including 6,868 deaths and 2,09,034 recoveries in Punjab.
The Tribune is an Indian English-language daily newspaper published from Amritsar, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Bathinda, Chandigarh and Gurugram.It was founded on 2 February 1881, in Lahore, Punjab (now in Pakistan), by Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia, a philanthropist, and is run by a trust comprising five persons as trustees. [5]
Jagbani is a Punjabi language newspaper that is circulated in the state of Punjab, India. [1] It was started by the Punjab Kesari Group back in 1978 along with Punjab Kesari and Hind Samachar. This newspaper is printed in Jalandhar and Ludhiana and has an average of 328 thousand circulated copies during weekdays. [2]