Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar paid homage to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose on his 125th birth anniversary and called upon the youth to take inspiration from his ideals and dedicate themselves to serving the nation. Amid rainy weather here, Khattar unveiled the statue of Bose installed at a park named after Netaji and greeted […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday uneiled a hologram statue of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose at India Gate on the 125th birth anniversary of the iconic freedom fighter. A grand statue, which will be made of granite, will replace the hologram statue once it is completed.The prime minister also conferred the ‘Subhas Chandra Bose Aapda […]
Former Punjab DGP Mohammad Mustafa has been booked for allegedly making communal remarks at a public meeting in Malerkotla, police here said on Sunday.Mustafa is the principal strategic advisor to state Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu.The FIR came a day after a video showing him making the alleged remarks was circulated on social media.Sources claimed […]
Gangster-turned-activist Lakha Sidhana, who is accused in the 2021 Republic Day violence case, is the candidate of Sanyukt Samaj Morcha, a political front of farmer unions, from Punjab’s Maur constituency in Bathinda district for the February 20 Assembly polls. Earlier, leaders of the Samyukta Kisan Morcha distanced themselves from the programmes organised by 40-year-old Sidhana […]
Heavy rains lashed several parts of Punjab and Haryana even as the minimum temperature hovered above normal at most places in the two states, the weather office said on Sunday. Several places in the states received rains in the past 24 hours and the showers continued at many places on Sunday.Chandigarh, Amritsar, Ludhiana, Patiala, Faridkot, […]
Capt Amarinder Singh on Sunday announced the Punjab Lok Congress (PLC) candidates from 22 constituencies for the February 20 polls, with clear focus on winnability while ensuring due representation across regions and various sections of society.He himself is in fray from his home constituency of Patiala (Urban). Four of the 22 candidates belong to the […]
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday claimed to have learnt from sources that the Enforcement Department (ED) is going to arrest his cabinet minister Satyendar Jain just before assembly elections in Punjab and accused the Centre of targeting Aam Aadmi Party after realising that BJP “will lose” in the upcoming polls. The BJP hit […]
Former Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Sunday claimed that the state Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu has “no brains” and he had advised party president Sonia Gandhi five years ago not to induct “this incompetent man” in the party. The former CM also said despite getting inputs of the involvement of present CM Charanjit […]
Punjab minister Rana Gurjeet Singh on Sunday wrote to Congress chief Sonia Gandhi seeking expulsion of Sukhpal Singh Khaira from the party, raking up the issue of Enforcement Directorate’s action against him last year in connection with a money laundering case. With less than a month to go for the state assembly polls, the bitter […]
Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu on Sunday questioned the timing of the recent Enforcement Directorate raids and called them as “political vendetta” but asserted that he was not giving an clean chit to anyone. Sidhu further said his party will win at least 70 seats of the 117-assembly seats in the coming state assembly […]