{
  "id": 11479719,
  "title": "Hockey Legend Pargat Singh Named Punjab Congress Chief Months Ahead Of Polls",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/hockey-legend-pargat-singh-named-punjab-congress-chief-months-ahead",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-02T16:13:39.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "url": "https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/hockey-legend-pargat-singh-named-punjab-congress-chief-months-ahead-of-polls-12131223"
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  "summary": "This change comes after the party last month replaced its central in-charge, appointing Sachin Pilot in place of Bhupesh Baghel, as the latter was seen as partisan in a battle largely between camps led by Raja Warring and former chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi.",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Hindu",
        "title": "Amarinder Singh Raja Warring resigns as Congress Punjab chief, hands resignation to Rahul Gandhi",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/amarinder-singh-raja-warring-resigns-as-congress-punjab-chief-hands",
        "published": "2026-10-02T10:52:44.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "NDTV - India News",
        "title": "Hockey Legend Pargat Singh Named Punjab Congress Chief Months Ahead Of Polls",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/hockey-legend-pargat-singh-named-punjab-congress-chief-months-ahead-11482235",
        "published": "2026-10-02T16:13:39.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}