Wins only seven seats in 29-member Municipal Council; Independents bag 10, Cong 9, BJP three
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The better halves of two AAP legislators from Ludhiana had to bite the dust in the Municipal Corporation elections today. MLA Ashok Prashar’s wife Meenu Prashar and MLA Gurpreet Gogi’s wife Dr Sukhchain Kaur Gogi were defeated in the poll....
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8 party candidates already elected unopposed; Cong, BJP win 4 seats each, SAD gets 2; poll on seven seats to be held later
The ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) fell short of five seats to claim a majority in the 85-ward Municipal Corporation here. The party candidates won on 38 seats, while the Congress wrest control of 25 wards, BJP 19, BSP one...
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At least six persons sustained minor injuries in sporadic violence that marred the Municipal Corporation elections in Patiala today as supporters of various parties brandished swords, iron rods and sticks, and hurled stones to scare their rivals away and to...
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The police had to resort to lathicharge to disperse hundreds of people who had been camping outside the premises of the MC where polling to elect the new councillor from ward No. 22 was underway. Madan Lal Kharera and Satish...
AAP managed to win only 12 out of 50 wards of the Phagwara Municipal Corporation. The Congress fared better and bagged 22 seats. The BJP, which was in power earlier, could secure victory in four wards. The SAD and BSP...
The district recorded an overall polling of 47.71% in the civic body elections today. In Ludhiana city, AAP secured the maximum 41 seats while it needed 48 to reach the majority mark in the 95-member Municipal Corporation House. The Congress...
A senior leader of Samyukt Kisan Morcha (Non-political) Kaka Singh Kotra, who is also state general secretary of BKU (Sidhupur), today expressed apprehension that Jagjit Singh Dallewal, whose indefinite fast today entered Day 26 at Khanauri border morcha, might be...
The Congress emerged victorious on 38 seats out of 85 wards in the Amritsar Municipal Corporation elections. The ruling AAP could secure only 24 seats. Additionally, 10 candidates from the BJP, four from the SAD and nine Independent candidates won...
The Malerkotla police have launched a campaign to update senior citizens about their rights and privileges. Senior Superintendent of Police Gagan Ajit Singh said circle and beat officers had been advised to organise meetings, workshops and seminars with elderly persons...
The Lohian police have arrested Jolly of Tahli village for dowry harassment. Jyoti, daughter of Parkash Singh, a resident of Seechewal village and Jolly’s wife, had complained to the police that she was being tortured for dowry ever since her...
The Vigilance Bureau (VB) has arrested Harjit Rai, a revenue Patwari posted at Dera Baba Nanak in Gurdaspur district, for accepting a bribe of Rs 4,000. According to a VB official, the arrest followed an online complaint lodged by Surinder...
Mohammad Arif Dara, Independent candidate, won the byelection to ward No. 18. He defeated AAP nominee Mohammad Shehbaz by 689 votes. Dara bagged 1,294 of the total 1,915 votes polled. Shehbaz got 605 votes. Dara had contested the election as...
AAP won seven of the 13 seats of the Municipal Council, Amloh. The Congress got three, SAD two and BJP one. The AAP candidate won a bypoll to the Mandi Gobindgarh Municipal Council, while an Independent candidate secured a seat...
AAP won eight of the total 11 seats in the Mandi Bariwala Nagar Panchayat on which elections were held on Saturday. Independents emerged winner on the other three seats. The SAD, Congress and BJP drew a blank. Three candidates won...
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Voters at various polling stations in the Phagwara Municipal Corporation elections faced significant inconvenience, struggling to locate their booths and experiencing delays due to the uncooperative behaviour of polling staff. One woman voter was seen arguing with polling officials who...
The Health Department in Gurdaspur and Tarn Taran districts is facing allegations of favouritism after purchasing medicines and surgical equipment worth Rs 31 crore from three Jalandhar-based firms owned by one family. The firms — Bombay Sales Corporation, Alodia Life...
In a political drama, the police registered a case under Section 323, 341, 427, 148 and 149 of IPC against five youths on the charges of attacking and injuring a resident of Basant Nagar, Vijay Kumar, husband of AAP candidate...
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) achieved a resounding victory in the Nagar Panchayat elections for Mahilpur, winning 10 out of 13 seats, with a voter turnout of 68.22 per cent. Congress secured one seat, while two independent candidates were elected....
Universal Academy (UA), Tarn Taran, organised a special assembly to commemorate the martyrdom of ‘Chaar Sahibzade’, the four sons of Guru Gobind Singh, who sacrificed their lives for the sake of the country. The assembly featured Shabad recitation, Kirtan and...
Three youngsters were killed in a road accident after their motorcycle collided with a pick-up van at Kakkarwal village on the Dhuri-Ranike village yesterday night. Dhuri Sadar SHO Karamjit Singh said the deceased had been identified as Karan, 21, Jaskaran...
The Leader of the Opposition Partap Singh Bajwa today visited Chak Janisar village in Jalalabad subdivision of Fazilka district to induct SAD leaders into the party fold. Bajwa alleged that despite Supreme Court’s instructions, Prime Minister Narendra Modi did nothing...
In one of its kind incident, a group of five armed robbers targeted vegetable vendors in Faridkot on Saturday morning. Knowing that the vendors would be carrying cash to buy vegetables from market, the robbers, who were in a car,...
Days after facing criticism over the decision to probe the charges against Giani Harpreet Singh, Jathedar of Damdama Sahib, SGPC president Harjinder Singh Dhami has called an urgent meeting of the executive on December 23. The meeting is expected to...
A loud blast was heard in the Wadala Bangar police chowki on Friday night forcing senior officers to rush to the spot and start investigations. The chowki falls in the jurisdiction of the Kalanaur police station. SSP Harish Dayama, along...
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