In a survey conducted by CNN-IBN, 38 per cent people want Parkash Singh Badal as the Punjab CM followed by Amarinder Singh with 33 per cent. ...
07:16 PM, Mar 03, 2012
The Congress hopes to achieve its target of 70 seats in the 117-seat Punjab Assembly, said the former chief minister. ...
02:17 PM, Jan 30, 2012
Around 1.76 crore voters will seal the fate of 1,078 candidates in fray for 117 Assembly seats in Punjab on Monday. ...
02:18 PM, Jan 29, 2012
As Manipur kicks off the battle for the states, here's the big picture from the states of Punjab, Manipur and Uttarakhand. ...
11:32 PM, Jan 27, 2012
A bus driver ran amok in Pune on Wednesday morning, killing nine people and injuring 27. ...
10:30 PM, Jan 25, 2012
Mansa SSP Pradeep Yadav said that the police are investigating the incident, promising action against the guilty. ...
08:24 AM, Jan 23, 2012
In Punjab, the PM will hit the campaign trail on January 21 addressing poll rallies in Amritsar and Ludhiana. ...
11:35 PM, Jan 12, 2012
Former Punjab chief minister Capt Amarinder Singh has been accused of promoting family raj in elections. ...
10:40 PM, Jan 12, 2012
Baba Ramdev will hit the campaign trail from January 14 in all the 5 poll-bound states. ...
10:50 PM, 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
The Congress seems to have an edge in Punjab with Chief Minister Parkash Badal's nephew Manpreet floating a third front. ...
09:54 PM, Dec 24, 2011
Agra was the coldest in UP with a temperature of 2.5 degrees, and in Delhi, the mercury dipped 4 degrees below the normal. ...
08:31 AM, Dec 18, 2011
New Delhi: The Assembly elections in five states including the politically crucial Uttar Pradesh and Punjab are likely to be held in February. The other states which will be holding Assembly elections are Uttarakhand, Manipur and Goa. Uttar Pradesh is likely to see elections in five phases and the entire process will be completed within one month as school and college examinations start from March. The elections are the first ...
05:22 PM, Dec 12, 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
Chandigarh: Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal has written to President Pratibha Patil to re-examine Davinder Pal Singh Bhullar's mercy plea. The letter has been written under pressure from Sikh groups, who have taken a cue from Tamil Nadu Assembly's resolution seeking clemency for Rajiv Gandhi's killers. Badal has written to the President asking for review of the he death sentence of Bhullar, who is on the death row after ...
12:09 PM, Sep 01, 2011
The Supreme Court refused to hear Prakash Jha's petition challenging the ban movie 'Aarakshan' by three States. ...
09:57 PM, Aug 12, 2011
Delhi witnessed heavy rains for the third consecutive day, leading to water logging in many areas. ...
09:22 PM, Aug 12, 2011
New Delhi: Former Punjab DGP KPS Gill has hit out at attempts to politicise the mercy plea of Khalistani terrorist Devinder Pal Singh Bhullar ahead of elections in the Punjab. Gill said, "There should be no clemency for Bhullar and that politics is being played over it as elections are due in Punjab." Gill also debunked the Akali Dal's claim that saving Bhullar from the death row would remove acrimony ...
01:38 PM, May 30, 2011
Chandigarh: After CNN-IBN reported how thousands of tons of rice were reduced to ashes after lying in the open for five years, the Punjab government said it will come out with a new grain storage policy to deal with storage and wastage problems. The story, showing thousands of tons of paddy on fire, has found an echo in the Supreme Court. When special commissioners to the Supreme Court brought it ...
10:02 AM, May 11, 2011
New Delhi/ Chandigarh: Biraj Patnaik, a special advisor to the Supreme Court, will bring the case of rice being burnt at a godown in Punjab to the court's attention. Patnaik will take up the cause just a day after CNN-IBN reported how thousands of tonnes of rice in Punjab was burnt to ashes after lying in the open for five years. "Hundred children die of malnutrition every hour. We have ...
11:44 AM, May 10, 2011
