Punjab: Sanyukt Samaj Morcha leader Rajewal rules out alliance with AAP

CHANDIGARH: Sanyukt Samaj Morcha leader Balbir Singh Rajewal on Sunday ruled out the alliance with the Aam Aadmi Party for next month’s Punjab Assembly polls and said they will declare their candidates within a week. Various Punjab farmer bodies who had taken part in the stir against the Centre’s now withdrawn farm law had launched…Continue Reading

SSP linked to PM Punjab row, 6 other IPS officers shunted

BATHINDA: Ferozepur SSP Harmandeep Singh Hans, one of the dramatis personae in the row over “security lapses” during PM Narendra Modi’s January 5 visit to the Punjab district, was among seven IPS officers transferred by the Channi government on Saturday, hours before the model code of conduct for assembly elections kicked in. Hans will swap…Continue Reading

Punjab CM expresses regret, denies security lapse after PM Modi cuts short visit

Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi on Wednesday expressed regret after Prime Minister Narendra Modi had to cut short his visit to the state, but asserted that there was no security lapse Modi, who landed in Bathinda and had to take the road route to Hussainiwala in Ferozepur because of inclement weather, was stuck on…Continue Reading

Punjab CM Channi Claims Delhi Night Curfew Is Kejriwal’s Ploy To Postpone Punjab Polls

Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi alleged that the night curfew imposed by Kejriwal government in Delhi was just a ploy to get the Punjab assembly polls postponed by projecting the Covid threat to be grevious. Apart from Kejriwal’s Aam Aadmi Party, the Congress leader also accused the BJP of wanting to postpone the Punjab…Continue Reading

After Punjab, EC in Goa to assess poll preparedness; will visit Uttarakhand on Dec 23-24 & UP between Dec 28 & 30

NEW DELHI: The Election Commission will be in Goa on Tuesday to assess preparedness for the upcoming assembly poll. The visit comes a week after the full Commission visited Punjab, starting its customary exercise of touring poll-bound states for discussions with the state administration, state chief electoral officer and political parties on all poll-related issues,…Continue Reading

Punjab govt forms SIT to probe Golden Temple sacrilege incident

For Quick Alerts Subscribe Now   For Quick Alerts ALLOW NOTIFICATIONS   | Updated: Sunday, December 19, 2021, 15:40 [IST] Chandigarh, Dec 19: A special investigation team (SIT) has been formed under the Amritsar DCP (law and order) to investigate the sacrilege incident at the Golden Temple. In a tragic incident, a man hailing from…Continue Reading

Mob in Pakistan’s Punjab Province Lynches Sri Lankan Citizen Over Blasphemy’

(File photo of Pakistan police/News18)Priyantha Kumara, who was in his 40s, was working as the general manager of a factory in Sialkot district, some 100 kms from here, a Punjab police official told PTI.PTI LahoreLast Updated:December 03, 2021, 18:09 ISTFOLLOW US ON:A mob in Pakistan on Friday lynched a Sri Lankan national before burning his…Continue Reading

Will form next govt in Punjab with BJP, breakaway Akali faction: Amarinder Singh

SynopsisFormer Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh said his party will form the next government in the state along with the BJP and a breakaway Akali faction as he held a surprise meeting with Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar here.AgenciesAsked if he will meet BJP leaders for a seat-sharing arrangement for the Punjab elections, the former…Continue Reading