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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

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On Camera

Trump is swinging on Russia again. What this means for Europe’s security architecture

The dynamics between Europe and Russia have gone so south that mending fences looks like an uphill task—even as the US swings between sanctions and olive branches.

Slashing GST on waste can unlock Rs 1.8 lakh crore, high tax hurting circular economy goals—CSE

Centre for Science and Environment in new report makes case for rationalising GST on waste material, saying most informal operators can’t afford high tax & it also hinders recycling.

India, US troops to undertake joint military exercise next month, first after Op Sindoor

21st edition of annual joint military exercise will be held from 1 to 16 September, aimed at sharing military tech, operational best practices & disaster relief coordination methods.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.