Jalalabad (Ferozepur) It’s Sukhbir Singh Badal’s confidence and Sher Singh Ghubaya’s nervousness that is evident in this border constituency of Ferozepur. A theatre group hails the SAD before Sukhbir holds a meeting while a dhadhi jatha enthrals the dwindling audience at Ghubaya’s rally. Sukhbir Badal, the sitting Jalalabad MLA, enjoysRead More

Ropar Ending days of speculation over his deserting Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), local MLA Amarjit Singh Sandoa finally joined the Congress this evening. Sandoa was welcomed into the party by Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh at his residence in Chandigarh. Sandoa is the second AAP MLA who has joined theRead More

Faridkot After about two-week of “low-intensity and dispirited” campaigning, SAD’s Faridkot candidate Gulzar Singh Ranike today sought to add some pace to his canvassing on Saturday by conducting a “raid” at an alleged illegal sand mining site here. Accompanied by local party leaders, Ranike reached Doad village, 15 km fromRead More

Sujanpur (Pathankot) Film star and BJP candidate Sunny Deol is slowly learning the nuances of electoral politics as, steered by his poll managers, he has started to address the Assembly-wise problems of people of this parliamentary constituency. Today, he assured residents of a sub-mountainous cluster of 50 villages, located inRead More

Lambi (Muktsar) Former Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today formally started canvassing in favour of his daughter-in-law Harsimrat Kaur Badal from the Lambi Assembly segment in the Bathinda constituency. His first public meeting was held at Burj Sidhwan village. Badal was earlier almost daily touring one or two villages toRead More

AGAMPUR (ANANDPUR SAHIB) The more things change, the more they remain the same. In Agampur, 2 km from the Anandpur Sahib-Nangal road, the only impact on illegal mining since the change of guard in Punjab has been the shift in location. “With the Akalis being voted out, illegal mining aroundRead More

Sangrur AAP’s Punjab chief and Sangrur MP Bhagwant Mann on Saturday rejected the claims that there was no AAP wave this time and said the party would perform better than the 2014 Lok Sabha polls. He said those who left the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) would repent their decision onRead More

At 82, Charanjit Singh Atwal, the Shiromani Akali Dal nominee from Jalandhar, is the oldest candidate in fray for the Lok Sabha poll in Punjab. From a different league of politics, he doesn’t show any interest in emulating the campaign style of new-age firebrand politicians and loves to maintain hisRead More

Chandigarh The Election Commission has issued a notice, seeking reply of BJP’s Chandigarh candidate Kirron Kher after she shared a video on Twitter in which children were seen campaigning for her. The poll panel has asked the actor-turned-politician to reply within 24 hours. “You have shared a video on yourRead More

Jalandhar The open display of assault rifles by a group of Sikh and other soldiers of the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) at the Khalsa Day Parade—the Sikhs’ biggest annual event in Canada–has sparked a row, putting the Canadian government and military authorities in a quandary. Interestingly, the CAF soldiers—a numberRead More