CHANDIGARH: The Punjab Congress has petitioned the Election Commission (EC) apprehending "large-scale violence" in the run-up to the January 30 assembly polls and dubbed "highly inadequate" the EC's decision to deploy 200 companies of paramilitary forces. In a voluminous petition running into over 200 pages, the Congress has alleged that the ...

All parties and voters are excited for election poll in Punjab. Due to new rules of election commission no one candidate can spend more than 16(sixteen) lakh for the promotion. If someone found, that candidate will be terminated from the election. Parkash Singh Badal brother's Gurdas Singh Badal has left the Shiromani ...

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 ...

LUDHIANA: Gulchain Singh Charak, Congress in-charge, Punjab affairs, said here on Thursday that several union ministers would visit the state to apprise people of central schemes for which the Akali­ BJP government was trying to take false credit. Talking to reporters after meeting block presidents, councilors and Punjab Congress delegates at ...

CHANDIGARH:  The Punjab Congress on Monday took exception to the statement by BJP in-charge for Punjab affairs Shanta Kumar blaming Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC) president Capt Amarinder Singh for blocking central loans to the state government. PCC general secretary Arvind Khanna said the BJP needed to sort out issues with ...

CHANDIGARH: Punjab Congress spokesman Sukhpal Singh Khaira on Monday demanded that CM Parkash Singh Badal apologise for expressing solidarity a "communal leader" like Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi, saying it "amounts to deeply hurting the emotions and feelings of all minorities". SOURCE-HT

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 News): Senior Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) leader-from Punjab, Surinder Singh Shahi, on Wednesday joined the Congress along with hundred of his supporters at the Punjab Congress office here. Shahi, who had unsuccessfully contested the Khadoor Sahib parliamentary seat in the 2009 Lok Sabha elections as a BSP candidate, was inducted ...

CHANDIGARH(Punjab): The Punjab Congress on Tuesday said several Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) leaders and their supporters had joined the party in the presence of state unit chief Capt Amarinder Singh. Prominent among those who joined the Congress at a function at the Congress Bhawan here were Surjit Singh, Gurdev Singh, ...

BARNALA(Punjab): Residents of Barnala celebrated as native Devinder Shorey won a second consecutive term as member of the Canadian Parliament. His first cousin, Bharat Bhushan Menon, a senior advocate and Punjab Congress secretary, led the family members in distributing laddoos as well-wishers poured in to the family house as the ...

CHANDIGARH: The Punjab Congress president, captain Amarinder Singh, on Friday condemned the use of force against the protesting unemployed young people during Thursday's rally of the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) at Talwandi Sabo. "You don't gag the people who want to be heard peacefully," said captain Amarinder. In a statement issued ...

CHANDIGARH: Opposition Punjab Congress on Wednesday condemned the privatisation of five sugar mills and three distilleries under the build, operate, own and transfer (BOOT) basis that it claimed was contrary to the SAD-BJP's manifesto. The party criticised the SAD-BJP government's decision to privatise the sugar mills of Patiala, Tarn Taran, Faridkot, ...

CHANDIGARH: The Punjab Congress on Friday cornered finance minister Dr Upinderjit Kaur and PWD minister Parminder Singh Dhindsa for not being able to provide satisfactory replies and explanations to queries posed during the Vidhan Sabha session. During question hour, Rana Gurmit Singh Sodhi, Congress MLA from Guruharsahai (Ferozepur), had asked Dr ...