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1. Charanjit Singh Channi, a Dalit Sikh and the outgoing Technical Education Minister will be Punjab's new Chief Minister, the Congress say, three days after Amarinder Singh's resignation triggered drama in the poll-bound state. 2. The Aam Aadmi Party promises an unemployment allowance and 80 per cent quota in jobs for people in Uttarakhand if the party comes to power after the assembly election in the hill state next year. 3. Former Union Minister Babul Supriyo joins Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress on Saturday, two months after he was asked to resign as junior minister in the Environment Ministry and a month after saying he won't join any other party and would quit politics. 4. Pakistan paid a 'very heavy price' of siding with the US in its occupation of Afghanistan, says Prime Minister Imran Khan, adding that hearing American politicians blame Islamabad for its humiliating retreat hurts.