Chandigarh, The recent thaw in SAD-BJP ties in Punjab was shortlived. The rout faced by the BJP in the Delhi Assembly elections and the defeat of all four Akali candidates in Delhi has led to a fresh war of words between the two alliance partners.If yesterday Akali leader Manjinder Singh Sirsa,Read More

New Delhi, Six Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik) MLAs today joined the BJP, a day after petitioning the Speaker to allow them to sit alongside ruling BJP-led coalition members in the state Assembly. “Naveen Jaiswal (Hatia), Amar Kumar Bauri (Chandankiyari), Ganesh Ganju (Simeria), Alok Kumar Chourasia (Daltonganj), Ranjit Singh (Sarath) andRead More

Mumbai, The repercussions of the Aam Aadmi Party’s sweeping victory in the Delhi Assembly elections are being felt in Maharashtra where the Shiv Sena, which is in an uneasy alliance with the BJP in the state, has turned strident against the national party.A Shiv Sena minister has threatened to resign fromRead More

New Delhi, Kiran Bedi on Wednesday appeared to blame a “fatwa” by Shahi Imam of Jama Masjid Syed Ahmed Bukhari, appealing Muslims to support AAP, for her defeat in BJP’s traditional stronghold of Krishna Nagar in East Delhi and sought a probe into it by the Election Commission. She said theRead More

* AAP a beneficiary of Cong, BSP vote share Chandigarh, Senior BJP leader and assistant media advisor to Punjab Government Vineet Joshi today said the creditable victory of the AAP in the Delhi elections cannot be construed as a downfall of the BJP given that the vote share of the saffronRead More

Ludhiana, New book of Canada based writer and Patron of Punjabi Sahit Akademi, S. Puran Singh Pandhi’s book “Sangeet Di Duniya” was released by Punjabi Sahit Akademi former president Prof Gurbhajan Gill and Principal Prem Singh Bajaj at Punjabi Bhawan, Ludhiana. Prominent among those present on the occasion included Principal BalkarRead More

Chandigarh, BJP national general secretary Tarun Chugh has strongly condemned the murderous attack on Raja Joshi, the younger brother of BJP leader and Cabinet Minister Anil Joshi and some other BJP workers. Reacting to the firing on Raja Joshi in Tarn Taran on Tuesday, Chugh said that it is unfortunate that AkaliRead More

Chandigarh, Punjab Police has trapped and arrested international heroin smuggler Harbant Singh and effected seizure of 12 kg heroin today in district Ferozepur. Specific information was received that top Pakistan drug lord Kalu Chaudhary @ Kalu Chairman is sending a heroin consignment across the international border in the Ferozepur sector forRead More

Chandigarh,The embittered Local Bodies Minister Anil Joshi  today demanded judicial probe into the attack on his brother Raja Joshi yesterday at Tarn Taran by the Akali Dal activists. He said he had urged his party leaders to review the alliance with the Akali Dal. He blamed Chief Parliamentary Secretary HarmitRead More

Chandigarh, The Punjab Chief Minister Mr. Parkash Singh Badal said here today that the SAD performance in the just concluded assembly elections in Delhi had shown an improvement over the previous elections, in terms of both vote-share and the  number of votes polled by the party’s candidates. “The sole reason for this increase notRead More