This development comes just two days after the Supreme Court directed the Punjab government and the state election commission to notify municipal elections within 15 days
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The Punjab State Election Commission has announced the cancellation of the election programme for two gram panchayats on account of irregularities committed at the time of filing of nomination papers. State Election Commissioner Raj Kamal Chaudhuri said here today that...
Amritsar, July 5 The Shiromani Akali Dal is considering taking legal action against the Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) for defaming the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) in sacrilege cases, claimed senior SAD leaders while commenting on investigation...
Manmeet Gill Amritsar, May 3 Coming from a family with a political background, first-time MLA and former bureaucrat Jaswinder Singh Ramdas defeated SAD stalwart Gulzar Singh Ranike from the Attari Assembly segment with a margin of over 10,000 votes. My...
Sanjay Bumbroo Mohali, May 2 Making her political debut with the 2022 Assembly elections, Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) Anmol Gagan Mann put out an impressive performance by winning the Ropar segment by a margin of 37,718 votes. A well-known singer...
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Raj Sadosh Abohar, May 1 Aam Aadmi Party’s Balluana legislator Amandeep Singh Goldy Musafir (41) had joined the party in March 2021 after having quit the Congress. He believed that the successive governments had not done justice to the reserved...
Arun Sharma Ropar, April 28 A minor objection over his appointment as chairman of the doctors’ cell of the Congress made eye surgeon Dr Charanjit Singh (61) think about contesting the Assembly elections and settle a score with then Chamkaur...
Karam Prakash Patiala, April 27 AAP MLA and eye specialist Dr Balbir Singh, who had extensively participated and extended health services in the year-old farm agitation in Delhi, said he would make sure that he was available on all days...
Arun Sharma Ropar, April 27 With the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) wave sweeping the state in the recent Assembly elections, lawyer-cum-activist and party’s candidate from Ropar Dinesh Chadha defeated SAD senior leader and former Cabinet Minister Daljit Singh Cheema and...
PK Jaiswar Amritsar, April 25 Amritsar North MLA Kunwar Vijay Partap Singh left his flourishing career as a cop to join politics aiming to bring a significant positive change in the system, which has eroded over the time leaving the...
Sanjay Bumbroo Mohali, April 25 In the recent Assembly polls, Kuljit Singh Randhawa, 60, another first-time MLA of the AAP, wrested control of the Dera Bassi constituency in Mohali district, which was the stronghold of the SAD for the past...
Charanjit Singh Teja Amritsar, april 14 Starting his political career from the All India Rangreta Dal, a caste-based organisation for the welfare of the Dalits, Dalbir Sing Tong was elected legislator from the Baba Bakala constituency in the recent elections....
Praful Chander Nagpal Fazilka, April 14 Situated on the India-Pak border and sharing boundary with Rajasthan and Haryana, Fazilka has gained a certain notoriety for anti-social activities. It is considered a transit route to smuggle narcotics from neighbouring states. Newly...
Talwandi Sabo, April 14 SAD president Sukhbir Singh Badal Sukhbir today accused Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann of surrendering powers to AAP national convener and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who was not only taking meetings of Punjab officers in...
Nitin Jain Ludhiana, April 12 AAP leader Hakam Singh Thekedar wrested control of the Raikot segment, which had remained the bastion of the Congress and the SAD for a long time, in the recent Assembly elections. Asserting people have voted...
Sanjay Bumbroo Mohali, April 11 Kulwant Singh, Mohali realtor-turned-politician who was suspended from the Shiromani Akali Dal and joined the Aam Aadmi Party in January this year, won the Mohali Assembly seat which was represented by former Health Minister Balbir...
Sanjiv Kumar Bakshi Hoshiarpur, April 11 Dr Ravjot Singh, the first-time MLA of AAP from the Shamchurasi (Reserved) segment in Hoshiarpur district, wants to top up public health services with modern facilities, which are available 24×7. Being a medicine specialist,...
Avneet Kaur Jalandhar, April 10 Vikramjit Singh Chaudhary, son of sitting Congress MP Chaudhary Santokh Singh, who won from the Phillaur (reserved) seat, says his agenda includes setting up a sports stadium, multi-specialty hospital and a government college in his...
Chandigarh, April 10 Facing the daunting task of ending factionalism and putting up a united front, two-time Ludhiana West MLA and former Food and Supplies Minister Bharat Bhushan Ashu has his task cut out as the working president of the...
Nitin Jain Ludhiana, April 10 Aam Aadmi Party’s Daljit Singh Grewal (Bhola), 56, did not only defeat sitting Congress MLA Sanjeev Talwar from Ludhiana East constituency but also made all other 12 candidates, including SAD’s former MLA Ranjit Singh Dhillon,...
Nitin Jain Ludhiana, April 9 Rajinder Pal Kaur, 56, another first-timer of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), wrested control of the Ludhiana South Assembly segment, which was the stronghold of the Lok Insaaf Party (LIP) for the past 10 years....
Sukhmeet Bhasin Bathinda, April 9 Master Jagsir Singh, who has been elected as MLA from Bhucho Mandi, says his priority is to provide better education and healthcare facilities and he has already taken up the matter with ministers concerned. “I...
Gurbaxpuri Tarn Taran, April 8 “If your goal and intentions are clear and aimed at the welfare of society, no one can stop you from achieving it,” says Manjinder Singh Lalpura, AAP MLA from Khadoor Sahib. Education infra lacking My...
Ravneet Singh Patiala, April 8 Kulwant Singh Bazigar, a sweet shop owner in Shutrana of Patiala, got the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) ticket for the first time and defeated Shiromani Akali Dal’s (SAD) heavyweight leader Vaninder Kaur Loomba and others...
Avneet Kaur Nawanshahr, April 7 Santosh Kumari Kataria, who has been elected as an MLA from Balachaur, says she will work to revive industries in the region and stop drug trade in her constituency. Santosh said she was familiar with...
Nitin Jain Ludhiana, April 7 Aam Aadmi Party’s Ashok Parashar, 57, stormed the Congress citadel — Ludhiana Central — which had been represented by the grand old party ever since its inception in 2012, defeating three-time MLA Surinder Kumar Dawar...
Anirudh Gupta Ferozepur, April 6 After hanging his ‘khakhi’ uniform in 2020 after almost four decades of service in the police department, Fauja Singh Sarari decided to join the politics. Little did the retired inspector know that he would become...
Ferozepur, April 6 Rajnish Dahiya was sleeping at home when a phone call woke him up in the middle of the night. It was AAP convener Arvind Kejriwal informing him to get his act together for the Assembly elections...
Nitin Jain Ludhiana, April 5 Another turncoat Manwinder Singh Giaspura of the AAP won the high-profile Payal Assembly seat, which had been represented by ex-CM Beant Singh and Vidhan Sabha ex-Speaker and Lok Sabha ex-Deputy Speaker Charanjit Singh Atwal. Will...
Anirudh Gupta Ferozepur, April 5 Around 50 years ago, newly elected AAP MLA Ranbir Bhullar’s grandfather had contested the Assembly elections from Ferozepur on the Congress ticket and had lost by a narrow margin of 945 votes. Five decades down,...
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