GURDASPUR: People's opposition to a proposed solid waste dump at Kalanaur town in the district has taken a political turn with different organizations holding separate protest rallies on the issue. A 21-member action committee led by Jagjit Singh of the CPM (Pasla) has already started a protest against the proposed project. ...

GURDASPUR: Gurdaspur MP Partap Singh Bajwa of Congress on Monday announced his full support to the party candidate from Gurdaspur Raman Bahl. He addressed an election rally in favour of Raman Bahl at local PS Gardens; He said Bahl would prove to be a better MLA. Bajwa reiterated that the ...

KHANNA: Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal said on Thursday that it was clear that the Congress was behind the Sehajdhari court controversy. He alleged state Congress leaders had "hatched a conspiracy" with the help of former advocate general Harbhagwan Singh to defer the SGPC elections. Harbhagwan was used by the state ...

CHANDIGARH: The Punjab Congress paid glowing tributes to former chief minister Beant Singh on his 16th death anniversary here on Wednesday. A function was organised at his samadhi where party leaders recalled his "sacrifice and martyrdom" after bringing peace to Punjab. Beant Singh the then chief minister of Punjab, was assassinated on ...

CHANDIGARH: Punjab deputy chief minister Sukhbir Singh Badal on Wednesday dubbed the agitation in Mansa over acquiring agricultural land for the Piyuana thermal plant politically motivated. Of the 880 acres acquired by the government, the dispute is over 170 acres where only two to three families are not ready to sell ...

PATHANKOT NEWS: PPCC chief Capt Amarinder Singh, on Tuesday, dared chief minister Parkash Singh Badal and deputy chief minister Sukhbir Singh Badal to "an open debate on any of the issues relating to Punjab of their choice at any place or time". Addressing a pres conference after addressing an impressive rally ...

BATALA: Following some objections raised by Congress leaders over appointment of 25 district coordinators by Amarinder Singh, president of Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC) and senior Congress leaders from Majha have once again come to the support of the PPCC president. They even offered to Captain Singh that they were ...

PATHANKOT: Congress leaders have come out in support of Puducherry governor Iqbal Singh, who is stuck in the case of recommending a passport to Hasan Ali. Addressing a press conference, PPCC secretary and grievance committee member of Dhar block Viney Mahajan said that political leaders are approached by a large number ...

CHANDIGARH: Reacting to a news channel's sting operation on Congress leader and National Commission for Minorities member HS Hanspal, political leaders have demanded his sacking, protection of witnesses in 1984 riots cases, and detention of the main accused, Congress leaders Sajjan Kumar and Jagdish Tytler. Punjab deputy chief minister Sukhbir Singh ...

AMRITSAR: Reacting to the demand of the local Congress leaders for completion of the four-lane road to Jalandhar, the union minister for tribal affairs, Mahadeo Singh Khandela, on Saturday agreed to sound the minister concerned. The minister was in Amritsar to pay obeisance at Harmandar Sahib. Local Congress leaders Sukhjinder Randhawa, ...

DEHRADUN: With Congress leaders raising doubts over the source of funding for Baba Ramdev's activities, party MLA in Uttarakhand Kishor Upadhyay on Thursday demanded a cm probe into the wealth "accumulated" by the yoga guru in about a decade. "Baba only had a cycle just a decade ago but now ...

GURDASPUR: Rajya Sabha member Dr Ashwani Kumar's induction as minister of state for planning, parliamentary affairs, science and technology and earth sciences in the union council of ministers was hailed by Congress leaders from Gurdaspur district. These leaders held a meeting in Gurdaspur on Thursday to thank party chief Sonia ...

CHANDIGARH: A section of the Congress leaders on Tuesday asked Finance Minister Manpreet Singh Badal to resign if he has no say in the SAD-BJP government. Reacting to Manpreet's interview published in Hindustan Times on Tuesday, the Congress leaders from Majha dubbed the finance minister's statements on his differences with Deputy ...