punjab politics

Amritsar, March 30 – Punjab BJP President Sunil Jakhar said on Monday that the police investigation into the death of state Warehousing Corporation district manager Gagandeep Randhawa has once again proven that the state government “intends to delay and weaken the case”.He said the BJP would...

Chandigarh, March 29 A local Congress leader was killed after he was attacked with an axe by two unidentified men on Sunday evening in Ludhiana district, Punjab, police said.Parminder Tiwari, the block president of the Congress from Machhiwara, had provided rental accommodation for migrant...

Chandigarh, March 29 Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini said on Sunday that drug addiction, crime, lawlessness, and financial crises remain rampant under the AAP rule in Punjab.Speaking at a rally in Kurali, Punjab, Saini said both the past and the current AAP governments have failed to...

Dera Bassi (Punjab), March 29 Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal said on Sunday that his party would form the next government in Punjab and turn the Mohali-Zirakpur-Dera Bassi-New Chandigarh-Kharar belt into a financial hub, like Mumbai and Gurugram.Addressing a rally...

Patiala, March 28 Veteran Congress leader and former Punjab Minister Lal Singh passed away on Saturday, according to family sources.Known as the "Bhishma Pitamah" of the Punjab Congress, the 84-year-old leader died at a private hospital in Mohali, they said.He had complained of breathing...

Patiala, March 28 Veteran Congress leader and former Punjab Minister Lal Singh passed away on Saturday. Known as the "Bhishma Pitamah" of the Punjab Congress, the 84-year-old leader died at a private hospital in Mohali.According to family sources, he had been experiencing breathing...

New Delhi, March 27 Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday said the government wants to hold the 2029 elections with Women's Reservation for one-third of the Lok Sabha seats, but the Congress wants to hold talks on the delimitation commission only in May.In an interview on Times Now Summit...

Guwahati, March 27 – Union Minister of State for External Affairs, Pabitra Margherita, on Friday strongly advocated for the continuation of a "double-engine" government in Assam, stating that states lacking such a government are being deprived of development and growth.Addressing a press...

Phillaur (Punjab), March 26 Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal challenged Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Thursday to hold the 16,000 meetings proposed by the ruling AAP at the party's expense, and not at the cost of the state exchequer."If you do not do this, it...

Patiala, March 25 AAP MLA Harmeet Singh Pathanmajra was arrested by the Punjab Police from Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, more than six months after he escaped police custody in a rape case.He is the sixth ruling AAP legislator from Punjab to be arrested in various cases since the Bhagwant Mann...

Chandigarh, March 25 Punjab Congress chief Amrinder Singh Raja Warring on Wednesday insisted on a probe by a sitting high court judge into the suicide of an official of the warehousing corporation.He alleged that the CBI has "lost its credibility" under the BJP-led Central government...

Chandigarh, March 25 Punjab Minister Tarunpreet Singh Sond on Wednesday urged the youth to follow the ideals of freedom fighter Bhagat Singh and contribute to nation-building.He was speaking at a function organized by the Punjab State Food Commission to mark the martyrdom day of Bhagat Singh...

Chandigarh, March 25 Shiromani Akali Dal leader Bikram Singh Majithia reacted to statements by Punjab Congress President Amarinder Singh Raja Warring regarding a CBI investigation into the death of government official Gagandeep Randhawa, saying on Wednesday that Warring's remarks exposed his...

Chandigarh, March 25 Punjab Congress chief Amrinder Singh Raja Warring on Wednesday demanded a probe by a sitting High Court Judge, not the CBI, into the suicide of an official of the warehousing corporation in Amritsar.He alleged that the CBI has "lost its credibility" under the BJP-led...

Chandigarh, March 25 – A delegation from the BJP, led by the party’s Punjab unit chief Sunil Jakhar, met with Governor Gulab Chand Kataria here on Wednesday and demanded a CBI investigation into the alleged suicide case of Divisional Magistrate Gagandeep Singh Randhawa.Speaking to the media...

Chandigarh, March 25 The Aam Aadmi Party announced a 10-day statewide outreach campaign in Punjab to mark the fourth anniversary of the Bhagwant Mann government.Punjab AAP chief Aman Arora said that around 16,000 rallies, public meetings, and "nukkad" meetings will be held across the state to...

Chandigarh, March 24 Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann virtually rejected the demand for a CBI investigation into the alleged suicide of an official in Amritsar, saying that the state police is capable of investigating the case fairly, and no one will be shielded.He was responding to queries...

Ferozepur, March 23 Reaffirming his government's commitment to honoring the martyrs and building a "vibrant Punjab" rooted in their dreams and vision, Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann invoked the legacy of the nation's greatest revolutionaries and questioned the "continued denial" of Bharat Ratna to...

Chandigarh, March 23 – The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) held protests across Punjab on Monday, demanding that the investigation into former Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Laljit Singh Bhullar be handed over to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).During these protests, under...

Chandigarh, March 23 – Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader Bikram Singh Majithia demanded on Monday that the post-mortem of Warehousing Corporation officer Gagandeep Singh Randhawa be conducted either at the PGIMER here or by a panel of AIIMS doctors to ensure complete fairness, even as he demanded...