Punjab Chief Minister and Congress candidate Charanjit Singh Channi on Tuesday asked people of his constituency Chamkaur Sahib to make him win with a margin of at least 50,000 votes in the February 20 state assembly polls. His remarks came days after AAP leader and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal claimed that Channi was losing […]
Punjab Lok Congress (PLC) chief Captain Amarinder Singh on Tuesday expressed strong anger over Navjot Singh Sidhu hugging the Pakistan army chief who was ordering his soldiers every day to kill Indians, and said the state’s governance could not be handed over to people who were willing to compromise national security to further their personal […]
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Monday nabbed senior IAS officer Paramjit Singh, posted as the Director of Punjab Roadways, for allegedly taking Rs 2 lakh bribe for recommending the name of an officer for promotion, officials said. The CBI had carried out a raid where Singh was allegedly receiving the bribe money for […]
Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi has assets worth Rs 9.44 crore, according to his poll affidavit filed on Monday. Channi on Monday filed his nomination papers from Bhadaur seat in Barnala district.The Congress has fielded Channi from two Assembly segments, the other being Chamkaur Sahib.According to his election affidavit, Channi (58) owns an SUV, […]
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 […]