Chandigarh, Mar 4: Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Delhi on Thursday in their first meeting after he was sworn in on March 16. Mann met Modi at the latter’s office in Parliament. Mann has promised a crackdown on corruption and a slew of welfareRead More

Nearly 35,000 Punjab government workers on contracts will now be made permanent employees of the state. Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, within days of taking over the reins of the state after a mammoth election scoop, announced that Group C and Group D workers on contracts will be made permanent.  

The defeat of Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu on Amritsar East seat in the assembly election not only speaks volumes about his declining popularity but also the political misadventure the party witnessed after removing Captain Amarinder Singh and elevating the cricketer-turned-politician as PCC president. Sidhu lost Amritsar East seatRead More

Few seats would be as symbolic of the Aam Aadmi Party’s sweep of Punjab as Amritsar East, where the party’s Jeevan Jyot Kaur has defeated heavyweights – Navjot Sidhu of the Congress and Shiromani Akali Dal’s Bikram Singh Majithia. For many, this was a typical a David vs Goliath battleRead More

AAPs Chief Ministerial candidate Bhagwan Mann meets supporters After Aam Aadmi Party’s sweeping victory in Punjab, Bhagwant Mann is set to be the state’s next Chief Minister. Repeating the party’s pre-poll promise that there will be no sight of chief ministers in government offices, the comedian-turned-politician on Thursday said thatRead More

New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Punjab Lok Congress President Captain Amarinder Singh during a meeting Ahead of the results of the Punjab Vidhan Sabha elections to come out on March 10, former Punjab CM and Punjab Lok Congress chief Amarinder Singh on Monday met Home Minister AmitRead More

Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader and former Punjab minister Bikram Singh Majithia on Thursday was sent in judicial custody till March 8 by Mohali court. Majithia had surrendered in the court today and applied for regular bail in a drug case registered against him in December last year. Majithia hasRead More

Punjab will head to polling booths on February 20, Sunday after months of hectic political action that saw a change of Chief Minister and unprecedented breach of the Prime Minister’s security. Read all the latest updates on COVID-19 here. Political equations, too, changed dramatically in the state with Captain AmarinderRead More

Chandigarh: Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi, on Monday, claimed that his chopper was not allowed to take off due to PM Narendra Modi’s visit to the state. Channi was slated to join Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s election rally in Hoshiarpur, while PM Modi was slated to campaign in JalandharRead More

Seeking re-election from Chamkaur Sahib seat for the fourth time, Charanjit Singh Channi is banking on the development work he undertook in his constituency as an MLA and during his 111-day tenure as the Punjab chief minister. Channi recently made an impassioned speech telling the people of his long-time constituencyRead More