Political tensions have no sign of relief in Punjab. Worries escalate in Punjab’s Majitha constituency on Monday soon after the dispute erupted between supporters of the ruling Shiromani Akali Dal and Congress. Police reinforcements were rushed to Mian Pandher village in Amritsar district, 275 km from Chandigarh, following the clashes.[Read More…]
Final voting percentages in Punjab and Goa assembly polls reported at 70% and 83%, respectively. This year’s turnout in Goa broke last election record of 81.7 per cent. The two states are the first of the five to go to polling ahead of Uttar Pradesh, Manipur and Uttarakhand which are[Read More…]
Voting for a single phase of Assembly elections in Punjab and Goa is in a process. Goa is voting to choose members for the 40-seat Assembly while Punjab with 1.98 crore eligible voters will decide the fate of nearly 1,145 candidates for 117-seat Assembly. In the both states BJP is[Read More…]
Stage is set for polling in two states including Punjab and Goa on Saturday. The polling in both states will be held in single phase for all the 117 seats of Punjab and 40 of the tiny coastal state of Goa. In the both states BJP is in power. There[Read More…]
Ahead of the state assembly polls in five states including Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Goa, Punjab and Manipur, social networking giant Facebook, India, has introduced two new tools to help encourage civic contribution. Actually, there will be a “polling day reminder” at the top of the News Feed of people who[Read More…]
In an interview with The Indian Express, KPS Gill, who had a key but controversial role in ending terrorism in Punjab, said AAP may not be aware of what it is doing. Gill said, “Actually, I had predicted that because of the activities of certain political parties there will be[Read More…]
Punjab Congress chief Amarinder Singh on Thursday promised to bring back the innocent Sikh youths languishing in jails around the country if voted to the power. “Cancellation of all false FIRs against Sikh youths lodged in prisons around the country and they will be brought back to Punjab,” chief ministerial face[Read More…]
Launching scathing attack on Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday ahead of Punjab polls, Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi said that AAP supremo supported disruptive forces which led to recent blast in Punjab’s Bhatinda. Gandhi asserted that these were the same forces, which pushed Punjab into militancy three decades[Read More…]
Two more children, who were critically injured after a high-intensity twin blast that occurred during a political road show at Maur in Punjab’s Bathinda district on Tuesday night, have died at the Christian Medical College and Hospital, Ludhiana. These deaths occurred early on Wednesday morning. The death toll, in the[Read More…]
Two persons and a minor girl were killed while 15 others injured in an explosion in a car at the site of an election meeting Tuesday in Bathinda district of Punjab. Police said a pressure cooker had been recovered from the site which had been cordoned off by BSF personnel. There[Read More…]
Congress leader and MLA Preneet Kaur today slammed both AAP and SAD as organisations for having radical ideologies. He claims that AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal brought outsiders for his rally in Patiala district. Preneet Kaur, who is campaigning for her husband Capt Amarinder Singh and other party candidates in[Read More…]
Putting a rest to the confusion about the Congress’ chief ministerial candidate in the poll-bound Punjab, Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi announced on Friday that Captain Amarinder Singh would head the government if the Congress is voted to power. Addressing his first political rally in the Akali Dal assembly stronghold[Read More…]