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Kabbadi player dead body, Shahkot police station, Jalandhar case, Chandigarh

2 days after man goes missing, his decomposed body found inside police station in Punjab’s Jalandhar

July 08, 2025 1:25 pm

A former kabaddi player, Gurbhej Singh, was informally working at the Shahkot police station. According to his family, he left for the police station as usual on Friday but did not return home.

Illegal Mining case against Congress MLA Hardev Singh Laddi cancelled

June 23, 2018 9:43 am

Laddi had won Shahkot bye-election on May 31. Congress managed to win this seat only for the second time and that too with the highest margin ever since 1977.

Congress candidate Hardev Singh Laddi Sherowalia wins Shahkot Bye-Election 2018

Shahkot Bye-Election Result 2018: Congress wrests Akali bastion after 21 years

June 01, 2018 4:08 am

Shahkot Bypoll Results 2018: Congress penetrates SAD's fort after two decades by winning with a huge margin of 38,801 votes.

Shahkot Assembly bypoll: SAD loses a bastion, AAP its deposit in Congress’s clean sweep

June 01, 2018 1:46 am

While SAD is humbled, AAP is down in the dumps. Starting from candidate’s choice to lack of cohesiveness in the state unit for its campaign, all the factors contributed to its nemesis.

Shahkot Assembly Bypoll: Laddi wins with highest victory margin

June 01, 2018 1:33 am

Before this, the highest winning margin of this constituency was in 1997 when SAD’s Ajit Singh Kohar had won by 27,160 votes

Shahkot bypoll: AAP election booths missing on ground as SAD, Congress make final push

May 29, 2018 10:33 am

Shahkot bypoll: A party insider, however, said that AAP did not get enough party workers to set up booths after most of its workers went back to their original parties.

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Shahkot bypoll: 76.6 per cent polling; 26 VVPATs malfunction during voting

May 29, 2018 10:30 am

Also on Monday, a former Punjab home minister, Brij Bhupinder Singh Lalli, was held on charges of unauthorised entry into a polling booth while carrying a weapon.

Shahkot bypoll: On polling day, locals say it’s a vote for development

May 29, 2018 3:09 am

Sunita Mittal, a resident of Shahkot, said that this time they had voted to get good schools and colleges in the area.

Voting begins for Shahkot Assembly bypoll

May 28, 2018 9:02 am

As many as 1,72,676 voters will decide the fate of 12 candidates who are in the fray. The counting of votes will take place on May 31.

Run-up to Shahkot bye-election: SAD, AAP make ‘dirty’ Beas a poll plank

May 22, 2018 3:56 am

SAD president Sukhbir Singh Badal Monday alleged that the Punjab government was “patronising an environmental massacre in Punjab by turning a blind eye to the man-made ecological disaster caused by the Chadha Sugar Industries and owners of the distillery.”

India to resume postal services to US from October 15

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India Post will restart international postal services to the US on October 15, with a 50% flat customs duty. This comes after a pause due to new US import rules. The move will benefit exporters as postal items will not incur extra charges, promoting MSMEs and boosting India's exports. PM Modi and US President Trump discussed this during a recent call.

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