Chandigarh: 19th January, 2016:: The Election Commission of India has announced the election schedule for Bye election from 24-Khadoor Sahib Assembly Constituency on 12.01.2016. As per the announcement the schedule is as under:- 1. Date of issue of notification : 20.01.2016(Wednesday) 2. Last date for making nominations : 27.01.2016(Wednesday) 3. DateRead More

Chandigarh, January 19: Shiromani Akali Dal President and Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal is likely to formally announce Ravinder Singh Brahmpura as the party candidate from Khadoor Sahib where bye-election is to be held next month. The seat had fell vacant with the resignation of Ramanjit Singh Sikki ofRead More

Chandigarh, Punjab Convener, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), Sucha Singh Chhotepur today lambasted SAD-BJP alliance government for its failure to check the immigration mafia in the state forcing hundreds of youths to land on foreign shores illegally. The mafia of travel agents in Punjab not only lure the youths to shellRead More

Chandigarh, January 19- Punjab Chief Minister Mr. Parkash Singh Badal today sought personal intervention of the Union Minister for External Affairs Mrs. Sushma Swaraj to make expeditious and earnest efforts to rescue and bring back Punjabi youth who have been reportedly drowned near Panama. In a letter to Mrs. Swaraj,Read More

Chandigarh, January 19: The Punjab Government under Chief Minister, Parkash Singh Badal has been in the forefront of launching several pro-poor and pro-Dalit schemes in the state with the aim that benefits of such schemes reach poorest of the poor”. Reacting to a memorandum submitted by Congress to Governor allegingRead More

Chandigarh, 19 Jan: Senior Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and Faridkot Member Parliament Sadhu Singh today criticised the Parkash Singh Badal led Punjab government for its inability and helplessness to check the spate of suicides being committed by farmers in the state. Two farmers in Mansa district have committed suicideRead More

Chandigarh January 19: The Election Commission of India has announced the schedule for the Bye-election for the Khadoor Sahib Assembly constituency slated on February 13, 2016 and also announced the enforcement of Model Code of Conduct in district Tarntaran. However, after taking into consideration all the relevant facts regarding theRead More

Chandigarh/New Delhi, Expelled AAP leaders Yogendra Yadav and Prashant Bhushan are mulling to launch a political party and may field candidates for the 2017 Punjab assembly election, at a time when Arvind Kejriwal is pulling out all stops to ensure victory in the state. Swaraj Abhiyan, a group formed byRead More

Kapurthala, The Kapurthala police today arrested unauthorised travel agents Harbhajan Singh Sucha of Bhatnura Lubhana village and Kulwinder Singh Multani of Bhogpur following reports that at least 21 Punjabi youths travelling in a boat headed for the US from Panama had drowned. The two agents were booked under the ImmigrationRead More

CHANDIGARH: At a time when established political parties in Punjab, as well as the new comer Aam Aadmi Party, are fast moving into electoral top gear, a number of intellectuals, academicians and activists today challenged the political players for a broadbased engagement and underlined the need for identifying issues, comingRead More