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  Akali Dal accepts Sukhbir Badal's resignation as party chief, following Aakal Takht intervention

  India | January 10, 2025 18:18 IST

  The Shiromani Akali Dal has accepted Sukhbir Singh Badal's resignation as party president and will launch a membership drive from January 20, 2025, aiming to enroll 25 lakh new members ahead of the presidential election on March 1, 2025.

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  Mumbai local train's ticket inspector assaulted on board, Akali Dal demands action from govt

  India | August 17, 2024 23:53 IST

  After a ticket checker was assaulted on a Mumbai Local train, the Shiromani Akali Dal has demanded action. The incident occurred when some individuals attacked the ticket checker during a ticket inspection. However, after receiving a written apology from the accused, no case was filed.

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  Will seek transfer of Kartarpur Sahib from Pakistan through mutual land exchange: Akali Dal chief

  India | May 18, 2024 22:51 IST

  Shiromani Akali Dal released its manifesto for the Lok Sabha elections on Saturday. Punjab has 13 Lok Sabha seats, all of which will go to polls in the seventh and last phase of elections on June 1. The results will be declared on June 4.

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  Lok Sabha elections: BJP to go solo in Punjab, no alliance with Akali Dal, says state chief Jakhar

  India | March 26, 2024 17:31 IST

  In 2019, both BJP and SAD, under the NDA, won two seats each. The announcement came amid a buzz over talks between the Shiromani Akali Dal and the BJP for re-stitching their alliance for the parliamentary polls.

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  Former SGPC chief Jagir Kaur returns to Shiromani Akali Dal ahead of Lok Sabha elections

  India | March 15, 2024 9:29 IST

  She was expelled from the SAD in November 2022. Kaur, who was once considered a loyalist of the Badal family, had then assured of restoring autonomy of the SGPC, the apex gurdwara body. Kaur had always maintained that she had not left the SAD but it was the party which expelled her.

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  Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa merges his party with Sukhbir Singh Badal's Akali Dal in Punjab

  India | March 06, 2024 0:23 IST

  The merger of Shiromani Akali Dal (Sanyukt) with the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) has come ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, which are due in few weeks.

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  India TV-CNX Opinion Poll: AAP-Congress alliance leads in Punjab, BJP to sweep Delhi, Haryana

  India | October 07, 2023 6:06 IST

  India TV-CNX Opinion Poll: India TV has conducted an opinion poll in order to analyse which party will have an edge if Lok Sabha elections 2024 are held today.

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  I.N.D.I.A. bloc to get final shape in Mumbai, talks on with BRS, Akalis and others: Sources

  India | August 28, 2023 16:28 IST

  So far, the I.N.D.I.A. bloc has 26 parties and is eyeing to induct more regional parties. Sources said the BRS and the Akali Dal are also in touch with the alliance. The alliance will be strengthened in Telangana and Punjab if they come into the fold.

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  'NDA stands for New India, Development, Aspiration': PM Modi at key meet in Delhi

  India | July 18, 2023 23:47 IST

  NDA Meet LIVE UPDATES: The BJP-led National Democratic Alliance is holding a big show of strength in Delhi today in order to take on the challenge posed by the new opposition alliance.

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  PM Modi pays homage to SAD founder leader Parkash Singh Badal in Chandigarh

  India | April 26, 2023 14:29 IST

  Parkash Singh Badal death: Vice President and Rajya Sabha chairperson Jagdeep Dhankhar said the passing of Badal is a great loss to Punjab and the nation.

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  End of an era: 5-time Punjab CM, Akali Dal patriarch Parkash Singh Badal passes away at 95

  India | April 26, 2023 3:03 IST

  Badal's political journey began in 1947 when he became the 'Sarpanch' (village head) of Badal village, then in Bathinda district.

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  'Punjab saddled with debt due to previous governments', says CM Bhagwant Mann

  India | April 18, 2022 17:21 IST

  Ahead of the polls, senior AAP leader Raghav Chadha had accused the previous Akali-BJP and the then Congress government in Punjab of pushing the state into debt.

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  Punjab election 2022: Akali Dal will win 80 seats, claims Sukhbir Singh Badal | Exclusive

  Elections | February 04, 2022 18:45 IST

  Punjab assembly election will be held in one single phase on February 20 and results will be declared on March 10. It's going to be a multi-polar fight in the forthcoming elections between SAD-BSP, Congress, Captain Amarinder Singh's new-founded Punjab Lok Congress (PLC)-BJP and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).

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  Parkash Singh Badal, 94, files nomination; becomes India's oldest candidate in fray

  Elections | January 31, 2022 17:16 IST

  Badal, a five-time chief minister, broke former Kerala chief minister VS Achuthanandan's record of being the oldest candidate in the fray, the CPI(M) leader was 92 years old when he fought the Assembly polls in 2016.

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  India TV opinion poll: Congress ahead in Punjab, Goa; tough task for BJP in U'khand, Manipur

  Elections | January 31, 2022 0:01 IST

  Will Congress be able to save Punjab, will BJP be able to retain Goa, Uttarakhand, and Manipur? With less than 2 weeks left for the assembly elections to commence, India TV-Ground Zero Research Team conducted an opinion poll. Catch all the updates.

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  Punjab polls: 'Only Congress can defeat itself,' claims Sidhu

  Elections | January 30, 2022 20:27 IST

  Speaking about Akali Dal, the Punjab Congress Chief alleged that Bikram Singh Majithia is a 'Parcha mafia'.

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  Court grants anticipatory bail to SAD MLA Bikram Singh Majithia in drugs case

  India | January 10, 2022 16:38 IST

  Majithia was booked under Section 25/27A/29 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act (NDPS) Act on the basis of a report submitted by the Special Task Force.

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  Protest by Akali Dal causes heavy traffic jam in many areas of Delhi

  News | September 17, 2021 14:00 IST

  Shiromani Akali Dal is protesting against the three farm laws in Delhi. However, this has led to heavy traffic jam across several localities of Delhi, where commuters are facing a lot of problems.

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  Protest of SAD workers continues in Delhi, Several roads closed

  News | September 17, 2021 12:20 IST

  Delhi Traffic Police have closed the Jharoda Kalan border in view of farmers' protests. A multi-layer barricading has been placed at the border and heavy police contingents have been deployed in the vicinity to check any untoward incident.

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  Farmers' protests complete one year, Akali Dal stages protest in Delhi

  News | September 17, 2021 9:42 IST

  The farmers' protests against the three farms laws have completed one year in the nation. On the occasion of the same, Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) has staged protest in national capital Delhi.