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 ...

AMRITSAR: A total of 228 candidates are left in the fray in the 25 assembly segments of the Majha belt after scrutiny of nomination papers on Friday. Nomination papers of all the candidates of main political par­ties-Congress, SAD, BJP and Sanjha Morcha-were found in order during the scrutiny. Now, 110 candidates are ...

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 ...

CHANDIGARH: CM Parkash Singh Badal has expressed profound of former MLA Devinder Singh, father of justice Mahtab singh gill, after a prolonged illness. He was 90 and is survived by four daughters and a son. Badalsaid devinder was a disciplined soldier of the SAD. Punjab Congress chief Capt Amarinder Singh ...

PATHANKOT: The supporters of Panthik Morcha candidate Inderjit Singh Baghi organized a road show here to impress the voters for the SGPC polls. The supporters, riding on vehicles, passed through various roads and streets of the town and raised slogans in favor of their leader Baghi, who has left SAD. ...

GURDASPUR: Intensifying their tirade against Gurdaspur Improvement Trust chairperson Ravinder Verma, five disgruntled trustees, including one from SAD and four from BJP, on Wednesday demanded his suspension besides seeking a probe into the trust deals during his tenure. The members, including Paramjit Singh, Anil Chander Nanda, Sudhir Kumar, Devinder Kumar and Renu Bala, ...

CHANDIGARH: Doing a U-turn on his earlier stance, chief minister Parkash Singh Badalon Tuesday said the Shiromani Akali Dal was fully behind Anna Hazare's campaign against corruption and wanted both the prime minister and judiciary to be under the ambit of the Lokpal bill. Talking to reporters, Badal clarified that though ...

CHANDIGARH: Newly appointed Youth Akali Dal (YAD) chief Bikram Singh Majithia on Tuesday resolved to work for the victory of the SAD in the assembly polls. He was presiding over the first organizational meeting of the party's youth wing after assuming charge as YAD president. SOURCE-HT

CHANDIGARH: All shops and commercial establishments in Punjab will remain closed on July 4 up to 1pm to protest the recent increase in fuel prices. This was decided at a joint meeting of the core committees of the SAD and the BJP on Thursday under the chairmanship of chief minister Parkash ...

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: Shiromani Akali Dal (Mann) leader Gurbinder Singh Jolly was shot at late Monday near Malakwal village when on his way home from Kala Afgana village. The bullet struck his motorcycle but the leader saved himself. "The attack came around 7pm on Monday," Jolly, candidate of the SAD (Mann) from ...

CHANDIGARH(Punjab News): The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Sunday sought immediate rollback of the petrol price hike and demanded a "transparent formula" for fixation of petrol prices. In a statement issued here, SAD president and Punjab deputy chief minister Sukhbir Singh Badal said with Nymex crude falling from $98 during the ...

FATEHGARH SAHIB(Punjab): Shiromani Akali Dal Leader and Punjab Scheduled Caste Commission member Dalip Singh Pandhi has said he would take up the issue of attack on HT's Mansa correspondent Bharat Khanna , with chief minister Parkash Singh Badal. Maintaining that Bharat Khanna had highlighted important issues, including police atrocities on poor ...