As the Punjab polles inch closer, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday released a special manifesto of the party for differently-abled persons in Punjab. Assuring a hike in monthly pension to Rs 2,500. He addressed a plethora of differently-abled persons and said, “Pension will be raised (up to Rs[Read More…]
As the pole dates comes closer, election Commission had appointed surveillance and expenditure monitoring teams which have recovered over Rs 64 crore in cash, including Rs 56.04 crore from Uttar Pradesh alone, and liquor and drugs. As per official data, Punjab has witnessed the maximum seizure of drugs worth Rs[Read More…]
One of the six prisoners who had escaped from Punjab’s Nabha jail was detained together with another person, who is also an accused of monstrous crimes in Punjab, last night, said a senior police officer. The former carried a reward of Rs. 5 lakh. On 27 November 2015, a team[Read More…]
In a counter attack on newly joined Congress man Navjot Singh Sidhu, SAD leader and Bathinda MP Harsimrat Kaur Badal on Monday said Sidhu might go to Pakistan. Some people have their feet in three boats, sometimes BJP, Congress and why not go ahead a little into Pakistan,” Harsimrat was[Read More…]
Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday released the Congress party’s manifesto for the February 4 assembly polls in Punjab. The government’s move to scrap high denomination notes that caused a countrywide cash crunch will be an election issue in all five states, including Punjab, said Singh. Following the release[Read More…]
The Election Commission will announce the poll dates for elections to five state assemblies including Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Manipur, Goa and Uttarakhand on Wednesday, at a press conference that will be held at noon. The Chief Election Commissioner Nasim Zaidi will announce all the crucial details linked to the upcoming[Read More…]
Punjab deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal on Wednesday claimed the SAD-BJP combine will win more seats in the 2017 polls as compared to 2012. “The combine will form the government with a thumping majority,” Badal said. He said the Congress candidates would forfeit their deposits and AAP would get[Read More…]
Punjab Congress President, Captain Amarinder Singh announced on Wednesday that Dr Navjot Kaur Sidhu, wife of Navjot Singh Sidhu, and Pargat Singh will join the Congress on November 28. In a tweet, Amarinder Singh said, “I am pleased to announce that Dr. Navjot Kaur Sidhu & Pargat Singh will formally[Read More…]
In a setback to the Punjab government, the Supreme Court on Thursday scrapped the 2004 Punjab Act that was passed to end all water agreements the state had with its neighbours. Congress leader Amarinder Singh quit the Lok Sabha and other party lawmakers resigned from the Punjab Assembly minutes after[Read More…]
The UN headquarters in New York was witness to several members of the Sikh community protesting outside the building, raising concerns over the escalating India-Pak tensions and its impact on the lives of the people in Punjab. The ‘Save Punjab Rally’, organised on Tuesday by rights group Sikhs for Justice[Read More…]
In a shocking incident, a 100-year-old woman was murdered by unidentified persons outside her house near Patiala, Pujab. It is suspected that the woman was sexually assaulted before the murder. The victim used to sleep on a cot outside her house and her body was found a few metres away[Read More…]
Another incident of alleged sacrilege of the Sikh holy book, Guru Granth Sahib took place in Jalandhar, Punjab on Saturday. Torn pages from the holy book were found in a distributary of the Bist-Doab canal, near Sher Singh Colony. The Hindustan Times reports that even some pages of the Bhagvad[Read More…]
Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) sarpanch Daljit Kaur’s husband, Paramjit Singh and son Gurjit have been booked for assaulting a pregnant nurse in Moga, Punjab. The assault took place after the pair was asked to wait their turn. The nurse was slapped and pushed so hard by the two men that[Read More…]
Targeting a major vote bank in the agrarian state of Punjab, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) convener and Delhi chief minister on Sunday promised to make farmers in Punjab debt free by end of 2018 if the party was voted to power in assembly elections early next year. Kejriwal, while[Read More…]
After being mobbed by protesting BJP women workers at his departure, Aam Admi Party supremo and Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal was greeted with black flags, “Anti-Aurat Party” slogans and bangles upon his arrival at Ludhiana. This is his ‘maiden voyage’ in the state since convener Sucha Singh Chhotepur was[Read More…]
After the arrest of AAP minister Sandeep Kumar, a party MLA worried about “debauchery” in the party has embarked on a “fact finding mission” to Punjab. Bijwasan MLA Devinder Sehrawat has written to Arvind Kejriwal, saying he had heard about senior partymen in Delhi and Punjab exploiting women. He said in his letter, “I saw disturbing[Read More…]
A campaign started by Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) across the country is now choking the government itself. After the recent Dalit stir in Gujarat against self styled ‘Cow vigilantes’, now Punjab farmers have lashed out at the cow protection groups for hampering their cowbreeding business. The Punjab Progressive Dairy Farmers’[Read More…]
Addressing the media on Monday, former Rajya Sabha MP and BJP leader Navjot Singh Sidhu said he quit his post in the Upper House on July 18 as he was asked to stay away from Punjab. Ahead of the Punjab assembly polls in 2017, Sidhu hinted at being displeased with[Read More…]
Former cricketer and senior BJP leader Navjot Singh Sidhu resigned from the Rajya Sabha on Monday, July 18. He and his wife, Navjot Kaur, who is a parliamentary secretary for the Punjab government will be joining hands with Arvind Kejriwal’s Aam Aadmi Party. Speculations are rife that Sidhu may be[Read More…]
Punjab minister of health Surjit Kumar Jayani on Sunday said only 1% of the total population in the state is addicted to drugs. He said it is not a serious problem as it is being projected to defame the state. Jayani rubbished all claims made by the Opposition, saying that[Read More…]
