Gurdaspur  Congress’s Lok Sabha candidate from here Sunil Kumar Jakhar has declared movable assets worth Rs 1.53 crore, besides an over Rs 7 crore deposit in a Swiss bank in his wife’s name, according to an affidavit filed with poll authorities. Son of former Madhya Pradesh governor late Balram Jakhar,Read More

Chandigarh Barely 48 hours before the parliamentary polls, actor-turned-politician Sunny Deol on Friday moved the Punjab and Haryana High Court for deployment of paramilitary forces for meeting any eventuality. But his plea was disposed of by a Division Bench of the High Court after the Election Commission of India claimedRead More

Chandigarh Campaigning ended Friday evening for the 13 Lok Sabha seats in Punjab, which saw the Congress and the SAD-BJP combine launching blistering attacks against each other over the anti-Sikh riots in 1984 and the more recent desecration of religious scriptures. In the fray for Sunday’s elections are Shiromani AkaliRead More

Sangrur “Aa gaya, bai aa gaya.” Speakers mounted on an approaching truck announce from a distance causing a hustle and bustle in a crowd gathered at Gharaat village in Dirba on the Sangrur-New Delhi highway. The truck stops near the crowd and here comes AAP’s Sangrur LS candidate, Bhagwant Mann,Read More

Jalandhar Aam Aadmi Party leader and Delhi Deputy CM Manish Sisodia said here today that Pakistan was the only issue the BJP had during these elections. He was in Jalandhar to canvass for AAP candidate Justice Zora Singh. He claimed that the Congress had failed to keep up its promises,Read More

Barnala In a scathing attack over Congress president Rahul Gandhi, Union minister Smriti Irani on Wednesday alleged that he was struggling to save his seat, while the BJP was fighting to save the country from divisive forces. Irani was in Barnala to attend a rally in support of SAD-BJP candidateRead More

Lahore A Pakistan Sikh committee has approved the design for the commemorative coins and postage stamps which will mark Guru Nanak’s 550th birth anniversary in November, according to a media report. The Pakistan Sikh Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (PSGPC) on Wednesday said during a meeting that one side of the coinRead More

Ludhiana Congress president Rahul Gandhi onWednesday promised to revive the small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) in cities like Ludhiana. “Without ‘Made in Ludhiana’, Indian can never meet the challenge of ‘Made in China’,” he said. Rahul slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi for “ruining” the Indian economy. Demonetisation and GSTRead More

Patiala/Dera Bassi Pitching for a BJP-mukt Bharat to protect the country’s unity and future, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Thursday said “UPA-3 would take over the nation’s reins to prevent its secular fabric from being destroy and to bring it back on the path of development”. The ChiefRead More

Fazilka Former Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal visited Jalalabad and Fazilka segments to address election rallies of his son Sukhbir Singh Badal. While addressing gathering in Jalalabad, Badal said the Congress had betrayed the people of Punjab as it gave only a lame state of Punjab to the Punjabis, evenRead More