Chandigarh: One leader refers to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh as a "Pappu PM" while another talks of doing a "qattal-e-aam" (massacre) of party rebels. Punjab may be going without posters and flags to keep poll expenses in check but colourful language is in full flow. As campaigning for the Jan 30 elections to 117 assembly seats gets into its last phase, the tone of leaders is getting sharper. Addressing an...
01:37 PM, Jan 28, 2012
Chandigarh: With just five more days to go, the countdown to the Punjab Assembly Elections has begun and campaigning has hit a new low. State Congress Chief Captain Amarinder Singh has told his cadres not to be cowed down by alleged Akali violence, instead give the Akalis a thrashing. Addressing a rally in Gurdaspur, Sonia Gandhi has said the Akali government will not be spared and that the corruption charges...
06:36 AM, Jan 25, 2012
Lucknow: BJP has chalked out a massive campaign strategy focusing on issues like crime, corruption and inflation, to improve its performance in the upcoming Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, party vice president Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said on Monday. Senior BJP leaders and Chief Ministers of the party-ruled states would also expose "shadow-boxing between SP, BSP and Congress", Naqvi, who is also convener of party's election management committee, told reporters. While...
09:42 AM, Jan 16, 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
New Delhi: The Congress on Wednesday took a dig at the BJP MP and former cricketer Navjot Singh Sidhu, who assaulted a security guard at a toll gate in Andhra Pradesh's Nellore district, saying elected representatives should not take law into their hands. "I don't think that elected legislators or parliamentarians who are supposed to be law makers should really be taking law into their own hands," Congress spokesman Manish...
01:48 AM, Dec 08, 2011
New Delhi: Former cricketer and MP Navjot Singh Sidhu got into a scuffle at a highway toll gate near Nellore in Andhra Pradesh after guards hurl a stone at his car for refusing to stop and pay toll. Siddu was going from Chennai to Venkatachalam in Nellore district to participate in a function organised by senior BJP leader M Venkaiah Naidu. The security guards manning the highway toll gate signalled...
09:58 AM, Dec 07, 2011
New Delhi: There's some good and bad news. The good news is legendary boxer Mike Tyson will appear on the new season of popular reality television show Bigg Boss that forces celebrity guests to stay in confinement for a period of time for prize money. But here's the bad news. With cricketer-turned-commentator-turned-actor-turned-comedy show host Navjot Singh Sidhu joining Tyson in the house, the decibel level inside the house is likely...
04:25 PM, Sep 21, 2011
BJP leader apologetic to his supporters and electorate. ...
09:40 PM, Oct 03, 2009
BJP General Secretary Arun Jaitley said the matter would be sorted out. ...
09:18 PM, Jul 17, 2009
Sidhu was was re-elected by a dangerously slender margin. ...
10:24 PM, May 17, 2009
Vinod Khanna could not retain the Gurdaspur seat for the fourth time. ...
10:37 PM, May 16, 2009
Akali Dal candidates were leading in five seats while BJP led in one seat. ...
10:19 AM, May 16, 2009
BJP's Amritsar candidate Navjot Singh Sidhu seeking re-election from the seat. ...
10:03 AM, May 13, 2009
The BJP candidate from Amritsar has assets worth Rs 14.52 crore. ...
10:21 AM, May 11, 2009
Cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu filed his nomination for Amritsar. ...
04:26 PM, Apr 22, 2009
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