People started queuing up at the SAD office here since early morning on Wednesday to pay their last respects to Parkash Singh Badal while the Punjab government declared a holiday on Thursday in honour of the five-time Punjab chief minister who died on Tuesday aged 95. All government offices, departments,[Read More…]
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Lok Sabha 2019: AAP rebels and Lok Insaf Party forms alliance with BSP in Punjab
Patiala: Aam Admi Party suspended Member of Parliament Dharmavira Gandhi, rebel AAP leader Sukhpal Singh Khaira, and Bains brothers of Lok Insaf Party (LIP) and Bahujan Samaj Party state president Rashpal Raju has announced an alliance together ahead of 2019 Lok Sabha election in an Insaaf march at Patiala on[Read More…]
Badal questioned by SIT on sacrilege, firing incidents
Chandigarh: Former Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal was on Friday questioned by a Special Investigation Team of Punjab Police which is investigating incidents of sacrilege of Guru Granth Sahib and the subsequent firing on protesters in 2015. The SIT, headed by Additional Director General of Police (ADGP) Pramod Kumar[Read More…]
Plot to assassinate me, my son: Former CM Badal
Accusing the state’s Congress government of encouraging radical elements, former Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Sunday claimed there was a plot to assassinate him and his son Sukhbir Badal. “I have been informed by the police about a plot to assassinate me and my son. But we neither[Read More…]
Education first, pilgrimage later, says Manpreet Badal
Speaking at the Vidhan Sabha in Punjab on Thursday, Finance Minister, Manpreet Singh Badal, said that there will be no more free pilgrimage in the state now. Pointing towards the fact that the educational institutions in the state were struggling for funds, he said that the ‘Mukh Mantri Tirath Darshan[Read More…]
I am not in presidential race, says Parkash Singh Badal
Former Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal put an end to the speculation that he is in the race to become the country’s next President on Wednesday. When he was asked about his name was doing the rounds as a probable NDA contender for the President’s post, the veteran Akali[Read More…]
Punjab Polls: This man is in demand; and here’s why
Not that this leader doesn’t know power optics but he also knows how to work. And Nitish Kumar did exactly this one more time.