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To woo young voters and farmers ahead of the 2017 assembly elections, the Punjab government has announced to open skill development centres and give interest free crop loans worth Rs 50,000 to farmers.

AAP co-in-charge of Punjab affairs Raghav Chadha on Friday hit out at Punjab Congress chief Navjot Sidhu, calling him ‘the Rakhi Sawant’ of the state’s politics after the cricketer-turned-politician criticised the AAP and Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal over farm laws.

In a setback for BJP in Hisar, party functionaries—including a former MLA, Yuva Morcha and Backward Class Morcha members and other office-bearers of the district and blocks — joined the Congress on Monday in the presence of Congress Rajya Sabha member Deepender Singh Hooda.

Chandigarh, Apr 9 () Sharply criticising Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's "anti-Punjab" stand on Sutlej Yamuna Link canal issue in the Supreme court, the ruling SAD today announced state-wide protests against the AAP chief.

NEW DELHI: Several parts of Delhi faced power cuts lasting all night and in some cases much of Tuesday, and even water supply was severely affected by the blackouts.

The demand comes amid a controversy in New Delhi over a reference to Gandhi during the adoption of a resolution on the 1984 anti-Sikh riots in the assembly. The Congress forced Kejriwal to withdraw the resolution within hours of it being passed in the Delhi Assembly," SAD chief Sukhbir Singh Badal said. The AAP's "lies” on this issue proved that it was "in the league" with the Congress, he alleged.

Punjab Congress president Captain Amarinder Singh on Wednesday clarified that Sidhu’s decision to join the Congress was unconditional, with no strings attached, and asserted that decision on having a deputy CM in the state will be taken by the AICC president and vice-president.

Bollywood actors Minnisha Lamba, Aditya Pancholi and Priti Jhangiyani canvassed for an independent candidate.

Rift in Punjab Congress came to the fore once again as deputy chief minister Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa on Monday said state party chief Navjot Singh Sidhu was upset with him ever since he taken over the home portfolio. Randhawa said he was willing to resign if Sidhu and the party high command wished so. He also claimed that SAD MLA Bikram Singh Majithia was not in Punjab and the state police was unaware of his whereabouts.

Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Sunday evening announced that the state government would amend the Sikh Gurdwara Act, 1925, to facilitate free air telecast of sacred Gurbani from Harmandir Sahib in Amritsar.

The board is now set for the February 8 battle, which will determine whether AAP is able to successfully ward off the challenge mounted by BJP and Congress, which is fighting to stay relevant.