Dhuri (Sangrur), Four Left parties, CPI, CPM, CPM-Punjab (Pasla) and CPI-ML Liberation, have fielded a joint candidate, Sukhdev Sharma, for the April 11 Dhuri Assembly byelection. Hardev Arshi, CPI state secretary, made the announcement here today. He said Sharma would file his nomination papers on March 24. The decision wasRead More

Dhuri (Sangrur), Bikram Kumar (36) from Dhanaula in Barnala, who had thrown a shoe towards CM Parkash Singh Badal, filed his nomination for the Dhuri Assembly bypoll today. Bikram, who had hurled the shoe at a political conference in Issru, near Khanna, on August 15 last year, would be contesting asRead More

Chandigarh, The correction in revenue receipts for the ongoing financial year, as revealed in Budget proposals presented by Punjab Finance Minister Parminder Singh Dhindsa, presents a rather dismal picture for resuscitating the state’s fiscal health during the next year as well. Though Deputy CM Sukhbir Badal maintains the state’s economy wasRead More

Ghuman, (Gurdaspur), Social activist Anna Hazare will pay a one-day visit to Ghuman tomorrow. The non-descript township, 40 km from Gurdaspur, is associated with the journeys of Namdev, a 13th century saint of Maharashtra. Anna will be felicitated by local residents at a gurdwara. Sanjay Nahar, president, ‘Sarhad’ (a social organisation),Read More

Bathinda, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) state convener Sucha Singh Chhotepur today said not only Congress leader Sukhpal Khaira but numerous other Congress leaders too were in touch with him in a bid to join the party. “He (Khaira) along with other leaders may be brought into our party fold in theRead More

Chandigarh, March 20 (Punjab Update Bureau)- Aam Aadmi Party MP from Sangrur Bhagwant Mann filed a divorce case in a Mohali court here today. He had come accompanied by his wife Inderpreet Kaur raising speculation about the divorce being mutual. Additional District and Session Judge PP Singh fixed the nextRead More

Chandigarh, Punjab Assembly Speaker Charanjit Singh Atwal today mooted the idea of conducting a training programme for all the MLAs on House proceedings. “I feel that there should be a training camp for all the MLAs in the Assembly for four to five days,” he observed today during the ZeroRead More

Chandigarh, In an embarrassment to the Punjab government, Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) on Friday pointed out “non-adherence” of rules and procedures in purchasing a helicopter for flying Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal and his son and deputy Sukhbir Singh Badal. The CAG report, tabled in the state assembly, alsoRead More

Chandigarh, In order to provide justifiable wages and various services   to employees, SAD (Shromani Akali Dal) has Constituted Mulajam Front Punjab. Rural And Development Minister S. Sikandar Singh Maluka issued list of  109 members of wing. Maluka said meeting of the wing would be held that is presided overRead More

Chandigarh, Congress Deputy Leader in the Lok Sabha Capt Amarinder Singh today hailed the aggressive pursuit of the farmers’ cause by the Congress president Ms Sonia Gandhi saying it has not only galvanised the entire opposition against subverting the farmers’ interests by the NDA government, but has also imbibed freshRead More