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TopicManpreet Badal

Topic: Manpreet Badal

‘Why are you running around…,’ Punjab CM’s swipe after Manpreet Badal booked over land deal

Vigilance Bureau books Manpreet & five others in an alleged corruption case related to purchase of a residential house in Bathinda in 2021 leading to loss of Rs 65 lakh.

‘You have taken on the wrong man’: Punjab CM Mann & Manpreet Badal hurl fresh insults at each other

Badal also warned CM to ‘control your tongue’. Mann had dragged his rival's brother-in-law into verbal duel that has been ongoing since vigilance inquiry against BJP leader last week.

Manpreet Badal joins BJP in Punjab after exiting Congress — ‘coterie of men…far from sound’

After switching sides, state ex-finance minister says he can see India & Punjab progress under PM Modi's leadership. Congress retorts that he came out of 'hibernation' to join BJP.

‘Tales from 15th Finance Commission’ book launch was less on policy, more on Bharat Darshan

Apart from Commission members, the panel at the book launch also had Sushil Kumar Modi, Manpreet Singh Badal and Palanivel Thiagarajan.

Expert in Urdu poetry, Punjab finance minister leaves a mark in Bihar’s Muslim seats 

Punjab Finance Minister Manpreet Singh Badal, who spent 10 days campaigning in Bihar, is not just an expert in the Urdu poetry but has also read the Quran.  

Pollute oceans and it’ll come back at us like it did in Andhra, Telangana: Manpreet Badal

We don't seem to have learnt the lesson from cyclones Ockhi and Amphan and continue to dump toxic wastes in the Indian Ocean. Our punishment this time could be severe.

Gurdas & Parkash, Badal brothers whose bond remained unbreakable despite political divide

Gurdas, older brother of 5-time Punjab CM Parkash Badal, passed away Friday. But until the end, the two remained close even as their sons, Sukhbir & Manpreet Badal, became political opponents.

Why Ram Vilas Paswan had to fly back from vacation with family in Singapore

Pre-Truth – snappy, witty and significant snippets from the world of politics and government.

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India’s Russian crude imports approach pre-Trump sanction levels amid Hormuz disruptions & US ‘waiver’

India has already purchased nearly 16 million barrels of Russian crude so far in March 2026, translating to roughly 1.6 million barrels per day, indicating a sharp uptick.

India-Bangladesh relations on track—After military intel chief’s visit, envoy goes to Army War College

In a first during his tenure as High Commissioner to India, Riaz Hamidullah addressed JOCAP consisting of tri-forces officers, as New Delhi & Dhaka step up normalisation efforts.

Trump brings the Age of Humiliation for friends. Modi needs stoicism abroad, humility at home

Trump has ushered in the age of humiliation. His method is to push around America’s friends rudely and publicly. He knows none of them can afford to fight back.