Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi on Monday said he would talk to his brother Manohar Singh over the denial of the Congress ticket to him. Channi made the remark after his brother said he will contest as an independent from the Bassi Pathana assembly seat against the sitting Congress MLA. Channi also indicated that […]
Senior Congress leader and two time MLA from Garhshankar, Luv Kumar Goldy today joined the Punjab Lok Congress along with hundreds of his supporters including sarpanches, members of municipal council and block samitis.While joining the party, Goldy said, he had always faith and confidence in the leadership of Capt Amarinder Singh. He said, after taking […]
The Election Commission has postponed the Punjab Assembly polls to February 20 in view of the Ravi Das Jayanti celebrations. According to the new schedule, the date of notification will be January 25. The last date for filing the nominations is February 1. The date of scrutiny is February 2 and the last date of […]
Punjab Cabinet minister Rana Gurjeet Singh’s son Rana Inder Partap Singh on Monday said he would contest as an independent candidate from the Sultantpur Lodhi assembly seat in Kapurthala district. The minister’s son made the announcement after the Congress, in its first list of candidates for the Punjab assembly polls, gave the ticket to sitting […]
Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi has done an “exceedingly outstanding job” during his three months’ tenure and questioning his continuation as the CM after party comes back to power can be suicidal, Congress MLA Rana Gurjeet Singh on Monday said. “The issue of Chief Ministership was already settled for the Congress in Punjab three […]
Delhi Chief Minister and AAP’s national convenor Arvind Kejriwal on Monday said his party’s chief ministerial candidate for the Punjab Assembly polls will be announced on Tuesday. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has received around 22 lakh responses under its campaign to elect its CM face for the Assembly polls, a party leader said.Kejriwal had […]
Cold weather conditions prevailed in many parts of Punjab and Haryana on Sunday with Chandigarh, the common capital of the two states, recording a low of 8.2 degrees Celsius. The maximum temperatures in the two states have also registered a sharp fall and have been hovering in the range of 11 degrees Celsius to 14 […]
A case has been registered against Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader Bikram Singh Majithia over alleged violations of the COVID-19 norms. The case was registered under the relevant provisions of law at the Sultanwind police station, according to an official release issued here on Sunday. The release said violating the Covid norms, Majithia was received […]
In the run-up to the state assembly polls, Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee chief Navjot Singh Sidhu on Sunday invited industry tycoon Elon Musk to set up Tesla’s unit in state’s industrial hub Ludhiana.”I invite @elonmusk, Punjab Model will create Ludhiana as a hub for Electric Vehicles & Battery industry with time-bound single-window clearance for investment […]
Differences between Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi and state Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu seem to be growing as Manohar Singh, the younger brother of the former, was denied nomination by the party for the February 14 assembly polls. Manohar Singh on Sunday announced to be in the fray as an Independent candidate from […]