Horses worth Rs 95.82 lakh, two weapons valued at Rs 3 lakh and immovable properties worth Rs 52.95 crore were part of the total assets of Rs 122.77 crore declared by Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) chief Sukhbir Singh Badal in his affidavit. The SAD president filed his nomination papers on Monday from Jalalabad assembly seat […]
The Election Commission on Monday extended the Covid-induced ban on roadshows, ‘padyatras’, vehicle rallies and processions in the five poll-bound states till February 11, but relaxed norms for door-to-door campaigning and physical public meetings for all phases. Among the new set of relaxations, the number of people allowed for door-to-door campaigning has been raised from […]
In a major relief to SAD leader Bikram Singh Majithia, the Supreme Court Monday directed Punjab Police not to arrest him till February 23 in a drugs case so he can undertake electioneering, saying “we are a democracy” where politicians be permitted to file nominations and it should not get the impression that “motivated” cases […]
A farmhouse in Mohali’s Siswan, ancestral Moti Bagh Palace in Patiala, diamond and gold jewellery are among the total assets worth Rs 68.73 crore declared by former Punjab chief Minister Amarinder Singh during the filing of his papers for the Assembly polls here. Singh was accompanied by BJP leader Gajendra Singh Shekhawat during the submission […]
Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Punjab Dr S Karuna Raju on Monday disclosed that as per the data available on the encore software only 559 nominations were filed in the State on the fifth day. With 619 nominations filed on earlier days, now the total number of nominations filed in the state are 1178.Dr Raju informed […]
Even as he dubbed as farce Rahul Gandhi’s claims of deciding the CM face with inputs from the ground, Punjab Lok Congress (PLC) chief Captain Amarinder Singh on Monday predicted an abysmal defeat for Navjot Singh Sidhu from Amritsar East, which he had won in the past only with the support of the BJP. Addressing […]
Punjab Lok Congress (PLC) chief Captain Amarinder Singh on Monday set the ball rolling for his party’s electoral debut with an aggressive call to party workers to take on the mantle to save the state’s future from nefarious interests, while accusing the Congress of fighting these Assembly elections on his government’s achievements of four and […]
The Congress Sunday released its third list of eight candidates for the February 20 Punjab assembly polls, fielding Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi from Bhadaur and Chamkaur Sahib seats. The Congress also fielded former Patiala mayor Vishnu Sharma from the Patiala assembly seats against its former leader Amarinder Singh.Sharma was once considered a close confidant […]
Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader and former Union Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal on Saturday blamed party scion Rahul Gandhi for bringing a bad name to the holy Golden temple. Post Gandhi’s visit to the Golden Temple on Thursday, January 27, Harsimrat Kaur Badal questioned on Saturday how Rahul Gandhi’s pocket got picked at the holy […]
AAP’s chief ministerial candidate Bhagwant Mann, contesting from the Dhuri assembly seat in Punjab, has disclosed owning total assets worth Rs 1.97 crore, including two Toyota Fortuner SUVs worth Rs 27 lakh and immovable assets worth Rs 1.49 crore. The 48-year-old Mann disclosed his assets in his affidavit on his assets and liabilities, filed along […]