Punjab Assembly on Monday passed 16 bills, including Punjab Motor Vehicles Taxation (Amendment) Bill 2013 and Punjab Contract Farming Bill 2013 before the House was adjourned sine die. ...
04:16 AM, Mar 26, 2013
The Congress on Saturday accused the Parkash Singh Badal government in Punjab with misusing central funds. "I will give the example of my own constituency (Ludhiana) where three years back Rs 50 crore was released for cleaning of the Buddah Nullah. Where that money has vanished, no one knows," Information and Broadcasting Minister Manish Tewari told reporters in Chandigarh. ...
06:29 PM, Nov 24, 2012
Chandigarh: Factional feud in Congress in Punjab in the wake of party's debacle in assembly poll came to the fore on Wednesday as some senior leaders walked out of a meeting presided over by PCC President Amarinder Singh. Seventy one candidates who lost the state Assembly elections held recently in Punjab had been called to the meeting held in Chandigarh to discuss the party's poll defeat. Former MLA Sukhpal Khaira,...
07:23 PM, Apr 04, 2012
Chandigarh: The Congress is yet to announce its candidates for the January 30 Punjab Assembly polls, even as ruling Shiromani Akali Dal has already announced its first list of candidates. "We will announce the candidates' name in the next 3-4 days," Congress in-charge for Punjab, Gulchain Singh Charak said in Chandigarh on Sunday. When asked if the delay would give an edge to SAD, he said, "SAD is a regional...
03:30 PM, Dec 25, 2011
New Delhi: The Election Commission on Saturday announced that the elections for 117 seats in Punjab assembly will be held on January 30. The battle for Punjab is a straight fight with the alliance of the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) contesting elections against the Congress. It will be a direct face-off between Congress' Amarinder Singh and SAD's Sukhbir Singh Badal. The ruling SAD alliance...
06:10 PM, Dec 24, 2011
He allegedly used his position to appoint 900 panchayat secretaries. ...
01:23 AM, Dec 11, 2009
Akali Dal and Cong legislators got into a bitter fist fight amongst each other. ...
12:29 PM, Dec 08, 2009
Badal quit as he could not get himself elected to the Punjab Assembly. ...
07:31 PM, Jul 01, 2009
Taliban have claimed responsibility for Wednesday's car bomb blast. ...
04:10 PM, May 28, 2009
The wounded people would be released after investigations. ...
04:02 PM, May 27, 2009
Pakistan has witnessed some major terror strikes in the recent past. ...
12:19 PM, May 27, 2009
Amarinder was expelled from remaining term of the 13th Assembly Sabha. ...
02:32 PM, Sep 26, 2008
Amarinder Singh faces trial on corruption charges at the Ludhiana court. ...
10:29 AM, Sep 12, 2008
Former CM expelled from state assembly for three and a half years. ...
09:26 PM, Sep 10, 2008
Singh was indicted in a graft case and his seat has been declared vacant. ...
06:08 PM, Sep 10, 2008
Lalchand Rajput said that injuries to key players led to India giving away the match after good start. ...
08:42 AM, Feb 18, 2008
Pallekele: Paceman Tim Southee believes New Zealand has a chance to turn its World Cup wrongs into rights in the Group A match against Pakistan on Wednesday. New Zealand has had lopsided 10-wicket victories over Kenya and Zimbabwe, but lost to three-time defending champion Australia by seven wickets. "We've had two convincing wins but obviously you can't dwell on the loss to Australia," Southee said. "It's a tournament where you...
11:23 PM, Dec 26, 2007
