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Ferozepur, March 4 Twelve days after alleged poll violence took place at Gatti Rahime Ke village in the district on February 20, the police have booked seven persons, including BJP’s Ferozepur Urban candidate Rana Gurmit Singh Sodhi and former...

Parvesh Sharma Sangrur, March 4 With no method to exactly assess the votes they have got, a majority of candidates are having sleepless nights. Multi-cornered contests in Assembly elections this time are making evaluation more difficult for them. Leaders of...

Chandigarh, March 3 With the focus on preparing the cadre for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, the BJP today held a meeting to review its performance in the Assembly polls. The BJP had called a meeting of all 73 candidates,...

Chandigarh, March 2 With just a week left for the counting, the Punjab BJP has called a meeting of its candidates from across the state tomorrow in Chandigarh to discuss the recently held elections. Apart from the candidates, district presidents...

Ruchika M Khanna Chandigarh, March 2 Punjab’s Budget projections for the ongoing fiscal have gone completely haywire, thanks to the distribution of pre-poll sops. In 10 months, the state earned just 60% of the revenue receipts, while the deficit has...

Manmeet Singh Gill Amritsar, March 1 Anticipating a wafer-thin margin in victory and defeat, candidates of Assembly elections, in a last-ditch effort, have made an appeal to employees who were on election duty on poll day and service voters to...

Muktsar, March 1 In Badals’ home district of Muktsar, Congress candidates are unhappy with the party leadership. Reason: No senior leader or star campaigner of the party visited the district to garner votes for the February 20 Assembly elections. The...

Ravi Dhaliwal Gurdaspur, March 1 Candidates of almost all political parties are engaged in the number game of votes following which the demand to consult astrologers has reached an all-time high. Election phenomenon Indians are avid believers in astrology and...

Chandigarh, March 1 As March 10, the date of counting, draws near, anxiety has gripped political parties, giving way to reports of parties bracing to keep their candidates out of reach of poachers. Throughout the day, there was buzz in...

Nitin Jain Ludhiana, February 28 All 14 Assembly constituencies in Ludhiana district witnessed 4 to 10 per cent less polling during the February 20 Punjab Vidhan Sabha polls as compared to the 2017 Assembly elections in the state, the district...

Parvesh Sharma Sangrur, February 27 Amid claims by leaders of various political parties of having received votes of Dera Sacha Sauda followers, suspense over the real beneficiaries continues to prevail. Members of the dera’s political wing confirmed they had taken...

Mahesh Sharma Mandi Ahmedgarh, February 27 Worried about the safety of their wards, parents of students stranded in Ukraine are upset that politicians who were visiting their homes till the polling day are now unavailable to boost their morale in...

Nawanshahr, February 25 To ensure tight security of the EVMs in three Assembly segments of Nawanshahr district, as many as 300 security personnel from Central Para Military Force (CAPF), Punjab Armed Police and the state police have been deployed...

Nitin Jain Ludhiana, February 25 Even as the 100 per cent of the almost 27 lakh voters enrolled in all 14 Vidhan Sabha constituencies across the district had been issued the electoral photo identity card (EPIC), almost 73 per cent...

Deepkamal Kaur Jalandhar, February 24 Like in 2017, Aam Aadmi Party workers have been guarding the EVMs stored in the strong rooms on the Kapurthala road since February 20. The workers have been deputed on round-the-clock duty by the party...

Parvesh Sharma Sangrur, February 24 Some politicians have been relaxing after working hard for the elections, but there are many who have started thanking area residents for their support, even before the announcement of the results. “On Wednesday, I started...

Rajmeet SinghChandigarh, February 24 As uncertainty looms over the poll results, the Congress has started the exercise to keep its flock together amid the ongoing infighting among its leaders. Based on internal post-poll surveys and seat-to-seat assessment by the party’s...

Ravi S Singh Tribune News Service New Delhi, February 22 The non-BJP parties at the Centre are fingers crossed on the possible effect of postponing of the election to 117-member Punjab Assembly from the earlier schedule of February 14 to February...

Moga, February 21 In a late-night development, the Moga police after seeking opinion from the Election Commission have registered an FIR against actor Sonu Sood for violation of prohibitory orders issued by the district magistrate with regard to the model...

Rajmeet Singh Chandigarh, February 21 The chances of Congress’ return to power may hinge on the effect the controversy over actor Deep Sidhu’s death has had in the Malwa region. Also read: Uncanny pattern: Pamphlets on Deep Sidhu, dera message on...

Aman Sood Patiala, February 21 Illegal constructions are fast progressing in various parts of the state, causing losses worth crores, as the functioning of the town planning wing under Municipal Corporations has come to a halt because of the polls...

Chandigarh, February 21 The AAP today accused the SAD and BJP of betraying Punjab and Punjabis. AAP leader Harpal Singh Cheema said Bikram Singh Majithia had exposed the face of the SAD in front of the people of Punjab by...

Parvesh Sharma Sangrur, February 21 Amid talk of some SAD workers having tried to shift vote to the Congress to keep AAP’s chief ministerial candidate Bhagwant Mann at bay in the high-stakes Dhuri constituency, AAP leaders are confident of a...

Abohar, February 21 To form the BJP-led government in Punjab, our doors will also be open for other parties, besides the Punjab Lok Congress. The Vidhan Sabha election results in the state will be surprising. This was stated by the...

Ruchika M Khanna Chandigarh, February 21 The Malwa belt reported over 73 per cent polling, higher than Doaba and Majha. The higher turnout in Malwa, comprising 15 districts, can be attributed to two factors — the dera element and Deep...