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11:48 AM, Mar 28, 2012
Chandigarh: A day-long bandh called by radical Sikh outfits to protest the proposed execution of Balwant Singh Rajoana, convicted in the Beant Singh killing case, disrupted normal life in parts of Punjab on Tuesday. A report from Patiala said the call for bandh evoked a total response in the city where Rajoana is lodged in the local Central Jail awaiting his execution on March 31 as per the orders of...
10:43 AM, Mar 28, 2012
The government asked 15 paramilitary companies to be deployed ahead of Balwant Singh Rajoana's hanging on March 31. ...
02:52 PM, Mar 27, 2012
Chandigarh: Former Punjab chief minister Beant Singh's co-assassin Balwant Singh Rajaona has hit out at the Shiromani Akali Dal. In a letter written from his jail cell addressed to the Sikh community, Rajoana has refused help from the ruling party, saying it is trying to score political brownie points by supporting his clemency plea. Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal will meet the Prime Minister and the President to seek...
10:24 AM, Mar 27, 2012
Chandigarh: The Akali Dal-backed Shiromani Gurudwara Prabandhak Committee has decided to file a clemency plea before the President for Beant Singh's co-assassin Balwant Singh Rajoana. Rajoana is on death row for assassinating then Punjab chief minister Beant Singh in 1995. The decision was taken at the SGPC meeting on Sunday and welcomed by Beant's family. While the campaign seeking support for clemency to Rajoana gained more support, the Patiala Central...
10:13 AM, Mar 26, 2012
Chandigarh: Punjab's ruling Shiromani Akali Dal on Sunday asked the state government and the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) to take all possible legal and other steps to secure clemency for Balwant Singh Rajoana, a Babbar Khalsa International terrorist, facing death sentence for former chief minister Beant Singh's assassination. At an emergency meeting here of the party's core committee, chaired by party president and Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal,...
10:13 PM, Mar 25, 2012
London: Pretty Woman may have made Richard Gere a Hollywood heartthrob but the actor has dismissed his 1990 hit as 'a silly romcom'. The film, co-starring Julia Roberts, also remains one of his most famous movie roles but Gere says he has forgotten about it, the Daily Mail reported quoting Australian magazine Woman's Day. "People ask me about that movie but I've forgotten it. That was a silly romantic comedy,"...
07:15 PM, Mar 20, 2012
New Delhi: Eighty seven-year-old Parkash Singh Badal on Wednesday took oath as Punjab Chief Minister. This is Badal's fifth term as the Chief Minister. Badal's son Sukhbir will remain his deputy. Badal's 18-member cabinet includes 14 colleagues from his party, the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD). The remaining four are from its ally, the BJP. All the seventeen ministers are of cabinet rank, including Sukhbir. The Badal family has four members...
11:31 AM, Mar 14, 2012
New Delhi: A host of leaders across party lines are expected to descend in Chandigarh on Wednesday to attend Parkash Singh Badal's swearing-in ceremony. But Mamata Banerjee will not be among them. The Trinamool Chief had initially accepted Badal's invitation but changed her mind on Tuesday. This will be 87-year-old Badal's fifth term as Chief Minister. His son Sukhbir will remain his deputy. Badal's 18-member cabinet will include 14 colleagues...
06:16 AM, Mar 14, 2012
New York: EL James' 'Fifty Shades of Grey' trilogy, a word-of-mouth romance smash so erotic it's sometimes labeled 'mommy porn', has been signed up by a paperback division of Random House Inc. Vintage Books announced Saturday that it had acquired the three books - 'Fifty Shades of Grey', 'Fifty Shades Darker' and 'Fifty Shades Freed'. E-book editions will be out Monday and paperbacks are expected in early April. The novels...
06:16 PM, Mar 11, 2012
Chandigarh: Akali stalwart Parkash Singh Badal will be sworn in as Punjab Chief Minister on March 14 for a record fifth time with Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) electing him as its Legislature party leader unanimously on Thursday, ending all speculation over the leadership issue. "I had declared it well in advance that Badal will be the Chief Minister," SAD President Sukhbir Singh Badal told reporters at the chief minister's official...
04:45 PM, Mar 08, 2012
Chandigarh: With SAD-BJP alliance retaining power in Punjab, Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal has called a meeting of the party's newly-elected legislators on March 8. The newly-elected MLAs of the party would meet at 10 am in Chandigarh on March 8 while the party's core committee would meet at 6 pm on the same day, SAD spokesman Daljit Singh Cheema said. Bucking the anti-incumbency trend, the SAD (Badal)...
06:21 PM, Mar 06, 2012
Chandigarh: The ruling Shiromani Akal Dal(SAD)-Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP) created history in the Punjab Assembly by retaining power in Punjab belying history which has not seen the incumbent returning to power in the last 46 years. The SAD-BJP alliance won 68 seats, while Congress won 46 seats. The Others won three seats as results were declared for all 117 seats in Punjab Assembly. Following are the prominent winners and losers in...
05:50 PM, Mar 06, 2012
Chandigarh: Shiromani Akali Dal created history on Tuesday to become the first party ever to retain power in Punjab bucking the anti-incumbency factor with Parkash Singh Badal, the grand old man of the state politics, and his son Sukhbir Singh leading the charge. And Parkash Singh Badal, who his party says is 84 while his opponents put him on the wrong side of the nineties, will have another feather on...
04:58 PM, Mar 06, 2012
Chandigarh: Any hopes for a third front in Punjab's electoral politics were shattered as results to the 117 assembly seats were declared on Tuesday. Former finance minister and People's Party of Punjab (PPP) president Manpreet Singh Badal, who broke away from his uncle, Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, in October 2010 to chart his own political course, was comprehensively decimated. The PPP even failed to open its account in the...
04:15 PM, Mar 06, 2012
New Delhi: The Shiromani Akali Dal-Bharatiya Janata Party alliance created history in Punjab by retaining power with a comfortable majority. Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal thanked the people of Punjab and appreciated his party's performance in the state. Reacting to the victory, Parkash Singh Badal said, "One of the two reasons we won is that the BJP gave its full fledged support to us. And the other reason which...
03:50 PM, Mar 06, 2012
London: Chelsea playmaker Juan Mata believes that the west London side "have to start again" following the dismissal of Andre Villas-Boas in order to salvage their season. The Portuguese manager was shown the door with just nine months at Stamford Bridge under his belt after Saturdays 1-0 defeat against West Brom. With former assistant Roberto Di Matteo being promoted into the 34-year-olds position, Mata now believes that it is time...
03:13 PM, Mar 06, 2012
New Delhi: Punjab Congress chief and former chief minister Amarinder Singh said that he was ready to step down taking full responsibility for the party's loss in Punjab assembly elections. "This is my fight and my loss. I take full responsibility of this battle. All workers and party members worked very well. We will do an introspection of the loss," said Amarinder while addressing a press conference after it became...
03:10 PM, Mar 06, 2012
New Delhi: The ruling Shiromani Akal Dal(SAD)-Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP) created history in the Punjab Assembly by retaining power in Punjab, defying history which has not seen the incumbent returning to power in the last 46 years. The SAD-BJP alliance won 68 seats, while Congress won 46 seats. The Others won three seats as results were declared for all 117 seats in Punjab Assembly. Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal and...
02:40 PM, Mar 06, 2012
New Delhi: The Congress that was confident of winning in Punjab Assembly polls was disappointed with the vote count trends in the state. The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD)-Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP) combine seemed to be headed for a majority according to trends. "I am extremely disappointed with Punjab. I will be baffled if we don't win Punjab," Congress spokesperson Abhishek Manu Singhvi said. "Punjab requires deep introspection and inquiry," he added....
01:24 PM, Mar 06, 2012
