Faridkot/Muktsar Various Panthic organisations, led by parallel jathedars Dhian Singh Mand and Baljit Singh Daduwal today started a protest march from Bargari in Faridkot to Badal village in Muktsar. Daduwal said, “We will make people aware as to how the Badal family misused religion for their narrow political interests. WeRead More

Chandigarh When the entire state machinery and members of the Legislative Assembly are busy in Lok Sabha elections, a demolition drive has been underway at the Punjab Vidhan Sabha to remove and undo the alterations done over the past five decades. The demolition drive is being carried out by theRead More

Mehamdpur (Patiala) Addressing a poll meeting in Patiala for his wife and Congress nominee Preneet Kaur, Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh today made a direct attack on Prime Minister Narender Modi for “creating obstacles in the procurement of wheat in Punjab”. The CM announced Rs 5 lakh health insurance policyRead More

Amritsar The BJP Lok Sabha candidate from Gurdaspur, Sunny Deol, has been embroiled in a controversy after a Sikh delegation from Batala approached the Akal Takht, complaining that the actor has denigrated the sanctity of siropa. Batala-based Kalgidhar Gatka Akhara activists have approached the Akal Takht seeking action against DeolRead More

Reportedly lagging behind in their social media campaign, Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) Sangrur candidate Parminder Dhindsa today organised a workshop for his senior party leaders and workers to teach them skills to use social media. Many senior and elderly leaders are finding it difficult to use technology. Parminder Singh said,Read More

Bathinda Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh on Tuesday launched a scathing attack on SAD chief Sukhbir Badal and his wife Harsimrat Kaur Badal in Ferozepur and Bathinda constituencies, stating that “the corrupt and power-hungry couple” needed to be taught a lesson in these polls for their alleged bid to divideRead More

Sangrur/New Delhi After his resignation from all party posts last year due to differences with SAD chief Sukhbir Badal, rebel party leader and Rajya Sabha MP Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa today, for the first time, sought votes for the BJP and its alliance partners. He said if the NDA again formedRead More

Muktsar There are more than 47 per cent woman voters in the state but when it comes to contesting the elections, a majority of them are either unwilling or denied the chance. Of the total 278 candidates contesting the Lok Sabha elections in the state, just 25 are women, whichRead More

Patiala Going by the size of gatherings, it would seem that Preneet Kaur, the Congress candidate in Patiala and wife of CM Capt Amarinder Singh, has the edge over her rivals. But speak to the people at the gatherings, and most will respond: “There are some good candidates in theRead More

Bathinda “There is no drinking water in any village I have visited and women there told me that due to shortage of water, they do not take bath for at least two days,” she added. Exuding confidence in her husband’s victory, Warring said, “There is great enthusiasm among the peopleRead More