Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is likely to announce the name of his party’s chief ministerial candidate for the Punjab polls on Sunday, when he visits Ludhiana for a virtual rally, sources said.During his last visit to Punjab on January 27, Gandhi had announced that the Congress will soon declare its chief ministerial face for the […]
With the Congress likely to announce its CM face for the Punjab Assembly polls on February 6, state party president Navjot Singh Sidhu’s wife on Thursday said it doesn’t matter who becomes the CM, her husband will remain a hero. “Whoever the CM may be, it does not matter,” Navjot Kaur Sidhu said.“Navjot Singh Sidhu […]
A small fringe group of pro-Khalistan elements in Canada is spreading anti-India feelings and the government remained closely engaged with that country over the issue, Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan said on Thursday. He told Rajya Sabha that both governments have recognised the fundamental principle of respect for sovereignty, unity and territorial […]
A Bench led by Justice AM Khanwilkar adjourned the hearing on a petition seeking review of its 2018 order letting off Punjab Congress president Navjot Singh Sidhu with a fine of Rs 1,000 after senior advocate P Chidambaram said on his behalf that the advocate-on-record in the case has changed and he needed time to […]
The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Thursday put a hold on the Haryana government’s decision to grant 75 per cent reservation for locals in private jobs. The High Court has also sought a reply from the state government. The counsel for one of the petitioner’s, which had challenged the Act, said the court has […]
Complying to directions of Election Commission of India (ECI), as many as 3,76,542 licensed weapons have been deposited in the state ahead of Punjab Assembly Elections, scheduled to be held on February 20, 2022, said Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Punjab Dr S Karuna Raju here on Wednesday. He said that this is 97.43 percent of […]
The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Wednesday said the statement of former Pradesh Congress president Sunil Jakhar that he had not been made chief minister even though party legislators had supported his claim overwhelmingly had exposed the “electoral fraud committed by the Congress high command in the name of inner party democracy”. In a statement […]
Ahead of the Assembly elections, Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu on Wednesday visited Mata Vaishno Devi shrine atop Trikuta hills in Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said. The cricketer-turned-politician reached base camp Katra in the afternoon and straightway flew to the ‘Bhawan’ (sanctum sanctorum) to offer prayers at the revered shrine, they […]
Weeks ahead of the Punjab Assembly elections, the Supreme Court is scheduled to re-examine on Thursday the sentence awarded by it to cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu in an over 32-year-old road rage case. Sidhu is presently the Punjab Congress President and voting in the state assembly election is scheduled for February 20.The apex court had […]