The killing of Lakhbir Singh, a Dalit labourer, near the farmers’ protest site on Haryana-Delhi Singhu border on Friday by a group of Nihang Sikhs has prompted outrage. According to police, members of the Sikh order killed Singh “on suspicion of disrespecting the Sikh holy book”. In a video clipRead More

Singh’s remarks came after Surjewala claimed that 78 of the 79 Punjab Congress MLAs had written to the party leadership seeking Captain Amarinder’s ouster. Published: 02 Oct 2021, Updated: 02 Oct 2021 9:21 pm Former Chief Minister,Punjab, Captain Amarinder Singh on Saturday slammed the Congress over the preposterous lies beingRead More

It looked a perfect match in the lead-up to the 2017 assembly elections — the well-regarded Captain Amarinder Singh as the chief ministerial face, the much-liked Navjot Sidhu as his successor under training. But the partnership didn’t reach fruition, the understudy bunking the mentor’s tutorials midway through graduation. Rather thanRead More

NEW DELHI: Former Punjab chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh called on Union home minister Amit Shah at his residence in national capital Delhi on Wednesday. The two met for a little less than an hour. The meeting stoked speculation that the former Punjab chief minister could join the Bharatiya JanataRead More

Navjot Singh Sidhu, who resigned as Punjab Congress chief on Tuesday, is miffed as tainted leaders, officers and even rivals are now in the Punjab government, sources said. Navjot Singh Sidhu has objected to certain top appointments and allocation of portfolios to Cabinet ministers. Below are some of the names,Read More

Two Punjab Congress office-bearers also resigned from their posts following Navjot Singh Sidhu’s resignation from the post of Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC) President on Tuesday, Published: 28 Sep 2021, Updated: 28 Sep 2021 9:01 pm With Navjot Singh Sidhu’s surprise move to resign from as the Chief of PunjabRead More

New Delhi: Navjot Singh Sidhu’s resignation from the post of Punjab Congress chief, earlier in the day, came as a shocker for the grand old party. Sidhu in his letter to Sonia Gandhi said, “The collapse of a man’s character stems from the compromise corner, I can never compromise onRead More

Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) spokesperson Rakesh Tikait on Monday said that it’s okay if the public experienced ‘inconvenience’ for one day due to the 10-hour-long Bharat Bandh called by the Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) on Monday ‘Let one day be in solidarity with farmers who have been experiencing troubles (protestingRead More

Two poll-bound states Punjab and Uttar Pradesh are slated to expand their cabinet on Sunday. Punjab chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi is likely to induct more than five new faces to the cabinet. Channi who took office last week finalised on the new set of ministers after several rounds ofRead More

Following his ouster as the Chief Minister of Punjab, Captain Amarinder Singh on Wednesday said that Congress leaders Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi were like his ‘children’ and that he was ‘hurt’ by what happened. Published: 22 Sep 2021, Updated: 22 Sep 2021 9:23 pm Days after Congress leader Charanjit SinghRead More