Daily Punjab Times

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Daily Punjab Times
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Type Daily newspaper
Format Broadsheet
Owner(s)PT Live Private Limited
Editor-in-chiefBaljit Singh Brar
Political alignmentNeutral
Language Punjabi language
Headquarters503,GTB Nagar, Jalandhar 144003 East Punjab, India)
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Daily Punjab Times is an Indian Punjabi language daily newspaper [1] owned by PT Live Private Limited from Jalandhar, and published in Punjab, India. [2] Baljit Singh Brar is the editor.

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References

  1. List of Punjabi-language newspapers
  2. "Punjabi Newspapers : Punjabi News". www.w3newspapers.com.