Abohar Former Akali minister Inderjit Singh Zira, who joined the Congress a few years ago and was appointed coordinator for Congress election campaign, on Tuesday said Ferozepur was not going to be a cakewalk for Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal. Congress candidate and two-time MP Sher SinghRead More

Gurdaspur Much water has flowed down the Ravi ever since sitting MP and Congress candidate Sunil Jakhar defeated BJP’s Swaran Singh Salaria in the 2017 bypoll by an impressive margin with political observers now spelling out four factors which have completely altered the political dynamics of the party and itsRead More

Chandigarh Thirty-nine companies of central forces have been deployed for the security of EVMs at 21 locations across Punjab ahead of Thursday’s counting of votes in the Lok Sabha elections, an official said on Wednesday. Polling to all 13 Lok Sabha seats in Punjab and the lone constituency of ChandigarhRead More

Chandigarh Punjab is set to increase power tariff by almost 3 per cent for different categories of consumers by the month-end. The new tariff order for this year will be announced once the Lok Sabha results are announced on May 23 and the model code of conduct goes. The newRead More

Mona Mahant, who voted on Sunday, said, “We get sympathy, but what we want is empathy. I have exercised my right to vote today because we seek inclusion in society. We want to be seen as equals. I want to be counted as one with the other sexes and votingRead More

Chandigarh Union Minister and BJP candidate from Amritsar, Hardeep Singh Puri, on Tuesday took a jibe at the ongoing war of words between Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh and his Cabinet Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu, saying, “…the cat is out of the bag”. “All along the campaign one could senseRead More

Chandigarh Following a Punjab and Haryana High Court order to contain the “growing cult of gangsters”, Punjab Police are reviving their proposal to enact the stringent Punjab Control of Organised Crime Act (PCOCA). The state has been debating the enactment for the past three years. While the SAD-BJP regime hadRead More

Chandigarh As per the official figures released here on Monday evening, Punjab witnessed a polling percentage of 65.96. Of the total 2.07 crore voters, as many as 1.37 crore, including 64.51 lakh women, exercised their right to franchise in the state on Sunday. Also, of the total 562 third genderRead More

New Delhi Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday met Union ministers from the BJP as well as allies at a meeting hosted by party president Amit Shah at its headquarters. The BJP described the meeting as an occasion to thank ministers for “their service to the nation” ahead of theRead More

Badal (Muktsar) The Badals turned up together to cast their vote at booth number 118 of Government Primary School, Badal village. They expressed confidence of winning the Bathinda and Ferozepur seats and even claimed that the SAD-BJP would get more than 10 seats in state. Former CM Parkash Singh Badal,Read More