Chandigarh, The Congress was seen tearing the SAD-BJP coalition apart during the three-day Assembly session that concluded yesterday. It was one of the briefest session with just three sittings. But the Congress MLAs led by CLP Leader Sunil Jakhar made the most of the session and put the SAD-BJP alliance onRead More

New Delhi, With the BJP emerging as potential kingmaker in Jammu and Kashmir, party chief Amit Shah today did not rule out joining hands with either PDP or National Conference, saying “all options are open”. “All options are open. The option of forming a BJP government is open. The option ofRead More

Chandigarh, Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal remains non-committal on seeking Revenue Minister Bikram Singh Majithia’s resignation after being issued summons by the Enforcement Directorate in the synthetic drug case.Badal, known to have weathered many a political storm, said he had neither asked Majithia to resign and nor would he do soRead More

Chandigarh, Facing a political crisis, the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) finds itself alone as it readies to battle a fiery Congress in the Vidhan Sabha on the issue of Revenue Minister Bikram Singh Majithia being summoned by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for investigation into the synthetic drug case.Its alliance partner, theRead More

Chandigarh, Congress Deputy Leader in the Lok Sabha Capt Amarinder Singh today hailed the Congress Legislature Party’s decision to bring in a “no-confidence motion” against the Akali-BJP government, saying the latter had lost the confidence of the people.He asked the BJP to move beyond a “symbolic dissent” against the government. “ThisRead More

Amritsar, Former Amritsar Member of Parliament (MP) Navjot Singh Sidhu today tendered a written apology to Akal Takht over the ‘Gurbani’ row. He allegedly distorted a hymn while speaking at a public function in Ludhiana last month and earned the wrath of Sikh organisations.Sidhu’s letter was handed over to Akal TakhtRead More

Chandigarh, The second day of the Punjab Vidhan Sabha session tomorrow is likely to be stormy as Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal and the SAD have already turned down the demand of the BJP and the Congress to seek Revenue Minister Bikram Majithia’s resignation. Sunil Jakhar, CLP Leader, has apprised VidhanRead More

Jalandhar/Chandigarh, The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has summoned Punjab Revenue Minister Bikram Singh Majthia to its Jalandhar office at 11 am on December 26 for questioning in the Rs 6,000-crore drug smuggling case. The ED has prepared a detailed questionnaire for the minister who will reportedly be grilled for his allegedRead More

New York, A federal appeals court has dismissed a 1984 Sikh rights violation case filed against the Congress by a rights group, saying the case does not sufficiently “touch and concern” the US.A three-judge panel of the US Second Circuit Court of Appeals threw out the case, dismissing charges levelled byRead More

* Reiterates demand for a CBI probe  Chandigarh, The Punjab Congress President Mr Partap Singh Bajwa today demanded resignation of the Revenue Minister Mr Bikram Singh Majithia for having been summoned by the Enforcement Directorate to appear on December 26 in the drug smuggling racket which had rocked the state months back.Read More