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Punjab Star News: Launched in 2005, this Punjabi newspaper is published from Los Angeles, California, USA. It is distributed free all over California. It is now in updated 24/7. It covers a wide range of Punjab, India, and international news and articles. It also covers Punjab politics, NRI news, sports, Hollywood, and Bollywood. [48]
Punjab (/ p ʌ n ˈ dʒ ɑː b / ⓘ; [8] Punjabi: [pənˈdʒɑːb] ⓘ) is a state in northwestern India.Forming part of the larger Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent, the state is bordered by the Indian states of Himachal Pradesh to the north and northeast, Haryana to the south and southeast, and Rajasthan to the southwest; by the Indian union territories of Jammu and Kashmir to the ...
The 2024 Indian farmers' protest is the second round of continuous protests and road blockades initiated by farmers in the northern states of Punjab and Haryana on 13 February 2024, primarily located at Punjab's Shambhu border. [13]
Amarinder Singh, the CM of Punjab was opposed to this and criticized Navjot Singh Sidhu for this. In return, Navjot Singh Sidhu quit from his post and went on a hiatus. In 2021, Navjot Singh Sidhu was made the Punjab Congress Chief which angered Amarinder Singh who wanted Sunil Jakhar to be appointed instead.
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 President of India, Ram Nath Kovind, gave his assent on 27 September 2020. [21] Farmers and farmers unions held massive protests over a period of more than a year mainly in Punjab , Haryana , Delhi and Uttar Pradesh .
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.
[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.