Tag: Punjab polls
Punjab cabinet portfolios: Capt Amarinder keeps Home, Sidhu gets local govt
Punjab governor VP Singh Badnore on Thursday allotted portfolios to newly-inducted ministers on advice and recommendation of newly-inducted Punjab chief minister, Captain Amarinder Singh. Captain Amarinder Singh took oath as the 26th Chief Minister of Punjab on Thursday in a ceremony attended by senior Congress leaders, including former prime minister[Read More…]
EVM issue: Mayawati to move court
PM congratulates Amarinder on poll win in Punjab
Assembly polls: Counting of votes in five states on Saturday
Counting of votes will take place in five States, where Assembly polls were held, on Saturday amid tight security from 8 a.m. Tens of thousands of central forces are deployed at the counting centres. The Samajwadi Party-Congress alliance in Uttar Pradesh is hoping to stop the BJP juggernaut. The Congress[Read More…]
Drugs, cash, liquor seized during Punjab polls
Repolling ordered in 48 polling stations in Punjab
Voting ends; Goa records 83% polling, Punjab 70%
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…]
Congress supporter shot at in Punjab
Punjab polls: Faulty EVMs cause delay
VVPAT to be used in Punjab polls
Punjab, Goa set for assembly polls on Saturday
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…]
AAP is giving platform to ‘Radical Sikh diaspora’ says KPS Gill
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…]
Poll campaign in Punjab, Goa ends
Capt Amarinder promises to bring back innocent Sikh youth languishing in jails
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…]
Punjab polls: 188 cases of liquor recovered
10 AAP volunteers booked in Punjab
Punjab Polls: This man is in demand; and here’s why
As Punjab elections near, all three men running the show wait for endorsement from one person; a person who technically has nothing to do with Punjab, yet at this point captures the imagination of more Sikhs than any other leader in the country. Not that this leader doesn’t know power[Read More…]
If you don’t want to vote then please don’t, but not throw shoes, says Rajnath in Punjab
Expressing disappointment over the recent incident wherein a shoe was hurled at Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, on Tuesday Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh asked people to not throw shoes on political leaders. “If you don’t want to vote then please don’t, but will you lathi charge or throw[Read More…]
Kejriwal’s special manifesto for differently-abled persons
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…]
Punjab Polls: Manmohan Singh releases Congress’s manifesto; 10 key promises
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…]
1st ever! Armed forces to cast vote using e-ballot in Punjab polls
For the first time in the country, Armed forces personnel will be able to caste their votes by using electronic postal ballot facility in the upcoming Punjab Assembly polls, state Chief Electoral Officer V K Singh said on Tuesday. The state election office hopes that with the use of e-ballot[Read More…]
Punjab polls: Congress releases first list of candidates
As the Punjab polls are expected to be held in 2017, the state Congress on Thursday released the first list of candidates. The party has named 61 candidates including Punjab Congress Chief Captain Amarinder Singh, who will contest election Patiala and Manpreet Badal is the candidate from Bathinda Urban. Congress[Read More…]