New Delhi: Punjab Police Director Generals or their wives are amongst candidates for the 117 assembly seats in Punjab that goes to the polls on January 30. It's a no holds barred contest for these contestants as they try to use police clout past and present to win the electoral battle. Wives of two top cops are fighting it out in Muslim-dominated Malerkotla. The Shiromani Akali Dal's candidate, first-timer Farzana...
07:55 AM, Jan 23, 2012
New Delhi: A harassment incident led to death of two class twelve students in Jind, Haryana. Two schoolgirls riding a two-wheeler were crushed to death by a truck after men on motorcycles allegedly tried to tease them. The truck driver and the two motorcycle-borne men are all absconding. ...
11:17 AM, Jan 21, 2012
Chandigarh: From Cartoons to Kolaveri, political parties in Punjab are out to establish that their rivals have done nothing for Punjab. Going by that logic the voters are left wondering if any party has done anything for the state at all. Punjab's politics is synonymous to the battle of Punjab's two leading politicians, Captain Amarinder Singh of the Congress and Parkash Singh Badal of the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD). The...
10:36 AM, Jan 17, 2012
Chandigarh: A Chandigarh court has ordered an inquiry against Punjab's Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Badal on the complaint of an IAS officer Vijay Kumar Janjua. The officer claims he was implicated in a false corruption case after he allegedly refused to pay Badal a bribe of Rs 1 crore. The court has ordered Chandigarh Police to submit its inquiry report by March 3. "I didn't oblige him (Badal), I told...
06:46 AM, Jan 17, 2012
Chandigarh: Election fever has arrived in Punjab and politics is clearly a family affair judging by the number of relatives of politicians who've got tickets. It's a phenomenon that cuts across party lines " Congress, BJP and Akali Dal. While parties insist they give tickets to candidates who are mostly likely to win, a roll call of candidates reveals that in Punjab, it simply pays to have family in politics....
09:18 PM, Jan 12, 2012
Anti-incumbency is once again the buzzword with a twist in Punjab. As the state makes its run up to the Assembly polls on January 30, the phenomenon that has alternately brought the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) and its partner BJP, and the Congress to power is this time applicable to both. The ruling SAD-BJP combine will be battling anti-incumbency in the state, while the Congress will be fighting a central...
01:23 PM, Jan 10, 2012
Chandigarh: For someone who is said to be perhaps fighting his last election, Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal would definitely not have expected to be fighting it against his own brothers. The three Badals are pitted against each other for the Lambi Assembly constituency in Punjab, which goes to the polls on January 30. As Punjab gears up for polls, all eyes are on the fight for the Lambi...
07:49 AM, Jan 09, 2012
It's the first snowfall in Punjab in the recent past. Heavy snowfall was reported from Dhar block in Pathankot on Saturday. This is the first time in recent memory that Punjab has reported snowfall. Ecstatic children took to the snow, making snow balls and enjoying the freeze. ...
10:17 AM, Jan 08, 2012
Chandigarh: The election fever is heating up in Punjab with BJP MP Navjot Singh Sidhu leading the campaign in his usual flamboyant style, hitting out at what he calls a corrupt Congress government at the centre. Adding star power to his campaign was Bollywood actor Vinod Khanna. "Sonia Gandhi and the Congress are more 'badnaam' than Munni and Sheila," Sidhu said referring to the song 'Munni badnaam hui'. His target...
08:42 AM, Jan 05, 2012
Chandigarh: Ahead of the Assembly elections in Punjab, the war of words between Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal and the Chief Election Commissioner heated up, with the Chief Minister saying that the Election Commission is over stepping its Constitutional mandate. The Chief Minister accused the election officers of creating a confusion and interfering in governance matters. The Election Commission retorted by saying that it was only acting within its limits....
08:02 AM, Jan 04, 2012
Ambala: Ten children on their way to school were killed and 23 others were injured when the bus carrying them collided head-on with a truck amid heavy fog on Saha-Shahabad road near here this morning. Police said visibility was poor due to a thick blanket of fog in the area and the two vehicles collided head-on. The victims were in the age group of 5 to 8 years and were...
12:55 PM, Jan 02, 2012
Chandigarh: The Shiromani Akali Dal sarpanch who slapped a lady teacher was arrested on Tuesday, but was out on bail shortly after that on a bond of Rs 50,000. Teachers refuse to relent until satisfactory action is taken. Angry teachers took to streets after Varinder Kaur, a teacher from Gidderbaha, was assaulted in public by Shiromani Akali Dal sarpanch Balwinder Singh. Kaur was slapped and manhandled when she and other...
07:07 PM, Dec 06, 2011
A sarpanch belonging to the Shiromani Akali Dal repeatedly slapped and manhandled a woman teacher in Gidderbaha in Punjab. ...
07:36 PM, Dec 05, 2011
New Delhi: In a shocking incident, a Shiromani Akali Dal Sarpanch Balwinder Singh of Gidderbaha in Punjab slapped and manhandled a woman teacher during the public visit program of Harsimrat Kaur Badal who is Member of Parliament and wife of Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal. A group of teachers from the education guarantee scheme teachers union had gone to the venue to put forth their demands for jobs....
01:25 PM, Dec 05, 2011
Ludhiana: In the midst of the political cross fire over the impact of retail foreign direct investment (FDI) on small traders, the question is will FDI in retail benefit farmers who would be the back bone for the supply chain to hyper markets. CNN-IBN traveled across villages in Punjab where Bharti Wal-Mart has been involved in sourcing directly from farmers. Far from the raging retail debate, about 130 farmers from...
09:44 PM, Dec 01, 2011
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