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Diwan Todar Mal’s Haveli moves at snail pace

Fatehgarh Sahib, Punjab: The project of restoring more than 300-year-old “Jahaji Haveli” of Dewan Todar Mal is going at a very slow pace. At present, only three masons and 14 labourers have been engaged by a Delhi-based company. Sources said going ...

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SGPC paid only 42 lakh to panel of lawyers fighting genocide cases over 30 years

Amritsar, Punjab: SGPC president Avtar Singh Makkar today said the SGPC had paid over Rs 42 lakh as fee to lawyers, including a panel of five advocates recommended by HS Phoolka, to contest the cases of 1984 Sikh genocide victims. In ...

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Phoolka begins campaign in Ludhiana

Chandigarh: Advocate HS Phoolka, AAP (Aam Aadmi Party) candidate for the Ludhiana parliamentary seat, today said that corruption, nepotism and the right to recall elected representatives would comprise his election plank. Talking to The Tribune, he said: “ Our party is ...

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Construction of Bluestar Memorial an SGPC decision, says Badal

Jalandhar, Punjab: Calling SGPC chief Avtar Singh Makkar a liar, Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today said the former had made a false statement that Operation Bluestar Memorial on the Golden Temple complex was constructed on the latter’s insistence. But ...

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