FARIDKOT: Factional feud in the Punjab unit of Congress came out in the open on Wednesday after a senior party leader demanded that state unit chief Amarinder Singh resigns following Congress defeat in the assembly polls. "Amarinder must resign on moral grounds. Former minister and senior party leader Avtar Singh ...

CHANDIGARH: When it comes to fielding candidates with criminal cases against them, most parties stand guilty. Be it the Congress, the SAD, the PPP or the BSP, all have 'tainted' nominees for the January 30 Punjab assembly elections. While the Congress has 23 such candidates, the SAD has 18, the BSP has ...

HOSHIARPUR: The Congress and SAD-BJP alliance may be hoping the PPP does not climb in popularity, but thanks to Basant Panchami, the kite - the PPP's election symbol-will fly high. Manpreet Badal's party plans to launch thousands of kites on January 28, the day of the festival, and two days before ...

JALANDHAR: In the Dalit-dominated Adampur assembly constituency reserved for scheduled caste candidates, both the Congress and Shiromani Akali Dal have opted for candidates with Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) background. Congress candidate Satnam Singh Kainth remained BSP MLA from Banga assembly constituency in 1992. He left BSP and contested, and won ...

GIDDERBAHA: There is trouble for the Congress in the Gidderbaha assembly constituency. The reason party’s "new face". Heavyweights haven't taken the high command decision of fielding a green­ horn candidate in good spirit. After Lambi, the party faces one of its biggest political battles Gidderbaha only, where the challenge is to dis­lodge ...

BATHINDA: Member of Parliament (MP) Harsimrat Kaur Badal has said the Congress was deliberately keeping the prime minister out of the Lokpal's ambit to save the 'PM-in-waiting' Rahul Gandhi from future prosecution. Harsimrat added that the Congress-led UPA government was using the honesty of Manmohan Singh as a shield to protect ...

HISAR: Kulvir Beniwal, the Congress candidate for the Adampur byelection, inaugurated his election office in Adampur on Sunday and launched his campaign after performing prayers. He urged voters to give him a chance to serve them. SOURCE-HT

LUDHIANA: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Nitin Gadkari claimed on Sunday that among the three members of Parliament (MPs) whose names figure in the list of 700 people who have stashed funds in Swiss banks, one is from the Punjab Congress. "Who is he (the MP from Punjab with money in ...

CHANDIGARH: The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Thursday said the Congress should not try to gain political mileage from Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's visit to Punjab in November to inaugurate the Mohali international airport and the Khalsa Heritage Complex at Anandpur Sahib. "The PM is part of the country ... He ...

CHANDIGARH: Acting on the com­ plaint lodged by the Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) pertaining to violation of model code of conduct by officials of Haryana government's department of information, public relations and cultural affairs, the chief electoral officer Sumita Misra sought the department's comments here on Friday. Misra further said ...

HISAR: Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Wednesday said the Hisar parliamentary byelection is an opportunity for the area people to become part of the development process. Hooda addressed election meetings in Gangwa, Arya Nagar, Rawalwas Khurd, Sarsana, Gorchl, Choudhrywas, Bheriyan, Chirod, Syardwa, Mangali, Kaimri and Azad Nagar villages of the ...

BATALA: Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal has handed over a cheque for Rs 5.68 crore to the local municipal council to repay the loan it had taken from the Housing Urban Development Corporation (HUDCO) for development of the city. In 2005, the Congress-ruled council had taken Rs 4.18 crore loan from ...

CHANDIGARH: Senior Indian National Lok Dal leader and former MLA Ram Bhagat Sharma joined the Congress on Monday and reposed faith in the party leadership. Sharma was elected from Narnaund Vidhan Sabha seat, which is part of the Hisar Lok Sabha constituency, on an Indian National Lok Dal ticket in ...