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Topic: Akali Dal

Akali Dal wants to know status of rebel AAP MLAs in Punjab assembly

Chitleen K Sethi -
Akali Dal leader says AAP will lose numbers and will not be able to remain main opposition party if 7 AAP MLAs are disqualified by the Speaker.

Bibi Jagir Kaur, acquitted in daughter’s death case, a Badal loyalist who became SGPC head

Chitleen K Sethi -
Through the 18 years of her trial in the case, Bibi Jagir Kaur never lost the support of Badals and Akali Dal.

No Twitter celebrations this year as BJP allies stay silent on demonetisation

Ruhi Tewari -
Silence of Shiv Sena, Akali Dal & LJP is in sharp contrast to unequivocal praise for demonetisation last year, which they celebrated as 'anti-black money day’.

ED officer probing Punjab drug haul cases withdraws resignation days after quitting

Chitleen K Sethi -
ED officer Niranjan Singh had questioned Akali Dal leader Bikram Singh Majithia in connection with one of the drug haul cases.

Congress and Akali Dal to now fight prestige battle in competitive rallies

Chitleen K Sethi -
Akali Dal is holding a ‘jabar vidroh rally’ outside Patiala Sunday, while Congress has chosen Killianwali in Muktsar for its ‘maha rally’.

ED officer who questioned Akali leader Majithia in multi-crore drug bust case resigns

Chitleen K Sethi -
Niranjan Singh, a deputy director of the Enforcement Directorate, resigned citing "personal reasons".

There’s a cloud hanging over the Badals, and this report is the reason why

Chitleen K Sethi -
The report held Dera Sacha Sauda men responsible for the 2015 desecration of the Guru Granth Sahib in Punjab. It has also put the Badals in the dock.

By disapproving of his Pakistan visit, Amarinder has thrown Sidhu to the wolves

Chitleen K Sethi -
The Punjab chief minister’s reaction will ensure that when the assembly meets Friday, the opposition will attack the minister, not him.

Vigilante fringe needs to be terrorised rather than them terrorising India: Leader of BJP’s ally

Sanya Dhingra -
The Rajya Sabha MP, whose party is a BJP ally, says the current environment is not healthy for the nation, minorities need to be taken along.

Instead of blaming Sunny Leone, Sikh leaders must address Honey Singh’s sexist songs first

Harnidh Kaur -
SGPC should stop trying to be a bastion of righteousness, especially when it has enough skeletons in its own closets.
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Bihar mimics 19th-century American South. Citizenship is now weaponised to exclude voters

+TFP Ashutosh Varshney -
Disenfranchisement by institutional fiat is profoundly undemocratic. The effect of the ECI's new documentary process in Bihar will tilt the scales in favour of the BJP.

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Bihar ADG linking farmers to rising crime uncalled for. Data just doesn’t support such claims

Economy

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Keshav Padmanabhan -
Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

Defence

Not just AK-203, India & Russia to jointly manufacture AK-19 and PPK-20 for domestic use and export 

Snehesh Alex Philip -
India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.

National Interest

Strategic partner one day, tactical nightmare the next: India’s learning Trumplomacy the hard way

Shekhar Gupta -
Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.

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