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Rahul Gandhi-led Bharat Jodo Yatra resumes from Punjab's Doraha

The Rahul Gandhi-led Bharat Jodo Yatra resumed Thursday morning from Doraha here as part of its Punjab leg, with scores of locals joining it. The Punjab leg of the foot march began on Wednesday from Sirhind in Fatehgarh Sahib. During the yatra, Punjab Congress chief Amrinder Singh Raja Warring, former chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi, MPs Amar Singh, Gurjit Singh Aujla, former MLA Gurkirat Kotli, Punjab Youth Congress chief Brinder Singh Dhillon and several other party leaders accompanied Gandhi. Many party workers were seen carrying the national flag during the foot march. On Wednesday before the start of the Punjab leg of the yatra, Gandhi had paid obeisance at Gurdwara Fatehgarh Sahib. The Congress MP on Wednesday had also interacted with senior ex-servicemen and a panel of Punjabi historians, economists, sociologists and agricultural experts. According to the schedule of the Punjab leg of the yatra, the march will pass through Ludhiana, Goraya, Phagwara, Jalandhar, Dasyu

FCI 'corruption': CBI conducts searches across 50 locations; DGM arrested

The CBI on Wednesday launched a crackdown on alleged corruption in the Food Corporation of India, conducting searches at 50 locations in Punjab, Haryana and Delhi after arresting a DGM-ranked officer, officials said. The role of officials from technical assistants to executive directors in the FCI are under the agency's scanner, they said. The searches were started after the arrest of a deputy general manager (DGM) in the FCI while taking a bribe of Rs 50,000, they said. They said the operation is spread across multiple cities in Punjab, Haryana and two locations in Delhi. The sources said the agency has started the operation against an "unholy nexus of corruption" in the FCI involving a chain of officers, rice mill owners, grain merchants etc., engaged in the procurement, storage and distribution of food grains, they said. The CBI was developing intelligence for the last six months following many complaints received by it, they said. The role of state government employees will a

Manish Tewari joins Rahul's Bharat Jodo Yatra in Punjab's Anandpur Sahib

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Rahul visits Gurdwara Fatehgarh Sahib as Bharat Jodo Yatra enters Punjab

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Rahul visits Golden Temple ahead of Punjab leg of Bharat Jodo Yatra

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday visited the Golden Temple in Amritsar, a day ahead of the Bharat Jodo Yatra beginning its Punjab leg. The Haryana leg of the march concluded on Tuesday in Ambala district. Gandhi will spend few hours in the holy city of Amritsar before returning to Sirhind in Fatehgarh Sahib in Punjab this evening, Congress General Secretary in-charge Communications, Jairam Ramesh told reporters in Ambala. In a tweet earlier in the day, Ramesh said, "Day 116 #BharatJodoYatra finishes Haryana leg in Ambala now. 2mrw morning is Punjab leg. There can be no better way to begin that than with a pilgrimage to holiest Golden Temple in Amritsar. "There'll be no padyatra this afternoon so that @RahulGandhican pay his respects there," he had said in his tweet. Earlier in the morning, Gandhi resumed the foot march from Shahpur in Ambala Cantt during which he was also joined by party leader Raj Babbar. The Yatra had entered Haryana's Panipat from neighbouring Uttar Pr

Rahul to visit Golden Temple before starting Bharat Jodo Yatra in Punjab

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will pay obeisance at the Golden Temple in Amritsar this afternoon before the Bharat Jodo Yatra begins its Punjab leg on Wednesday. The Haryana leg of the march concluded on Tuesday. Senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh tweeted, "Day 116 #BharatJodoYatra finishes Haryana leg in Ambala now. 2mrw morning is Punjab leg. There can be no better way to begin that than with a pilgrimage to holiest Golden Temple in Amritsar. "There'll be no padyatra this afternoon so that @RahulGandhican pay his respects there," Ramesh tweeted. Earlier in the morning, Rahul Gandhi resumed the foot march from Shahpur in Ambala Cantt. The Yatra had entered Haryana's Panipat from neighbouring Uttar Pradesh on Thursday last and later it also passed through Karnal and Kurukshetra districts before concluding in Ambala district. After a halt at New Anaj Mandi, Sirhind in Punjab's Fatehgarh Sahib on Tuesday night, the Punjab leg of the Yatra will resume from there on Wednesday ...

Punjab govt has collapsed, AAP CM Bhagwant Mann should resign: BJP leader

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Cold wave sweeps Haryana and Punjab, Hisar reels at 1.4 degrees celsius

The ongoing cold wave sweeping Haryana and Punjab continued unabated, with minimum temperatures on Sunday hovering below normal limits at most places. While the minimum temperatures have been hovering below normal limits at most places for the past over a fortnight, the maximum temperatures too have dropped sharply for the past over a week. According to the MeT Department's weather report, dense fog was observed at most places in Haryana and Punjab on Sunday morning. Fog has enveloped several parts of both the states in recent days, reducing visibility in the morning hours. Meanwhile, Hisar in Haryana reeled under severe chill, recording minimum temperatures of 1.4 degrees Celsius each. Biting cold also prevailed in Sirsa, which recorded a minimum temperature of 3.2 degrees Celsius. Bhiwani recorded a low of 4 degrees Celsius, Rohtak 3.8 degrees Celsius, Narnaul 3 degrees Celsius while Ambala's minimum settled at 4.9 degrees Celsius. In Punjab, severe cold swept Adampur, which .

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BSF arrests Bangladesh national near Pakistan border in Punjab's Amritsar

Border Security Force troops have arrested a Bangladesh national in Punjab's Amritsar district, who "inadvertently" reached near the border but nothing objectionable was recovered from his possession

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Cold conditions persist in Haryana, Punjab; Narnaul reels at 2.5 degrees C

Cold conditions continued to prevail in Haryana and Punjab, with minimum temperatures remaining below normal at many places on Friday. According to the Met department's weather report, Narnaul was the coldest place in Haryana, recording a minimum temperature of 2.5 degrees Celsius. Hisar, which recorded a minimum temperature of 4 degrees, was also gripped by biting cold. Bhiwani recorded a low of 5.8 degrees Celsius, Karnal 4.8 degrees, Rohtak 6.2 degrees. The minimum temperature in Ambala settled at 4.8 degrees Celsius. In Punjab, Balachaur recorded a low of 3.5 degrees Celsius. Bathinda recorded a low of 3.6 degrees Celsius, Gurdaspur 3.8 degrees, Ludhiana 4.6 degrees, Patiala 5.5 degrees, Amritsar 5 degrees. In Mohali, the minimum temperature settled at 5.4 degrees Celsius. Chandigarh, the common capital of the two states, recorded a low of 5 degrees Celsius. The maximum temperatures in Haryana and Punjab, including in Chandigarh, have dropped sharply for the past few days, ..

Bomb found near Punjab, Haryana chief ministers' official residences

A bomb disposal squad was rushed to the spot after a live bomb was found a few hundred metres away from the helipad used by Punjab and Haryana chief ministers here on Monday, police said. The shell was found in the fields on the Nayagaon-Kansal road, which is about one kilometre away from the helipad and about two kilometres from the official residences of Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann and his Haryana counterpart Manohar Lal Khattar, they said. An official of the disaster management department who reached the spot told reporters that the police control room received a message that a bomb-like object had been seen near the Kansal and Nayagaon T-point. "When we checked it and found that it was a live shell," he said, adding the area has been sealed. "It is a matter of investigation how this shell reached the spot," the official said. With the help of police and the bomb disposal squad, the shell has been placed in a drum and covered with sandbags and the Army has been alerted,

Severe cold grips Punjab, Haryana; Bathinda coldest at 0.4 deg C

Severe cold conditions gripped Punjab and Haryana on Monday, with minimum temperatures registering a sharp fall at many places. A thick blanket of fog in the morning continued to envelop parts of both the states and Chandigarh, reducing visibility. According to the MeT Department, Bathinda was the coldest place in Punjab with a minimum temperature of 0.4 degrees Celsius while Mandkola in Haryana registered a minimum of minus 1.3 degree Celsius. Amritsar recorded a low of 3.4 degrees Celsius, Ludhiana 4.1 degrees, Patiala 5.8 degrees, Pathankot 3.4 degrees, Faridkot 2.2 degrees, Moga 1.2 degrees while Gurdaspur reeled at a low of 4 degrees. In Haryana, biting cold prevailed in Fatehabad, with a minimum temperature of 3.2 degrees Celsius. While Hisar recorded a low of 4.5 degrees, Narnaul 4.2 degrees, Bhiwani 6.2 degrees, Sirsa 3.4 degrees and Jhajjar registered a minimum temperature of 6.1 degrees Celsius. Chandigarh, the common capital of the two states, recorded a low of 6.5 deg

Punjab CM Mann slams Badals for stalling Sangrur medical college work

Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Sunday slammed the Badal and Dhindsa families for joining hands to stall work on the medical college in Sangrur for their vested political interests.

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Fog covers parts of Punjab and Haryana, intense cold conditions prevail

Fog shrouded many parts of Punjab and Haryana where intense cold weather conditions continued on Tuesday. In Haryana, Narnaul shivered at one degrees Celsius, four degrees below normal, according to a report of the Meteorological Department here. Among other places in the state, Ambala's minimum was 7.5 degrees Celsius while Karnal's low was 5.5 degrees Celsius. The minimum temperatures of Hisar, Rohtak, Bhiwani and Sirsa settled at 3.9, 6.6, 4.4 and 4 degrees Celsius respectively. Chandigarh, the joint capital of Punjab and Haryana, recorded its minimum at 6.9 degrees Celsius. In Punjab, Bathinda experienced cold weather conditions at 1.4 degrees Celsius. Amritsar recorded its low at 5 degrees Celsius while Ludhiana's minimum was 6.6 degrees Celsius. Pathankot, Faridkot and Gurdaspur recorded their respective minimums at 7.2, 4.4 and 3 degrees Celsius respectively.