Chandigarh: In a change of stand, Punjab's ruling Shiromani Akali Dal on Thursday said there was a need to relook at FDI in retail sector, after having earlier favoured the Centre's move. A SAD release said that SAD President Sukhbir Singh Badal discussed the issue of FDI with members of the party's Core Committee which met this evening. "After considering various views expressed by senior members at the meeting, Badal...
11:38 PM, Dec 01, 2011
New Delhi: An all-party meet is set to take place on Tuesday after Parliament was stalled again on Monday over the Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in retail issue. But sources tell CNN-IBN that the government will stay firm on its decision of allowing FDI in retail. The decision to call the all-party meet was taken after a meeting between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Monday....
05:37 AM, Nov 29, 2011
New Delhi: The UPA government is standing firm on its decision to allow FDI in retail. The Opposition BJP, Left and even the government's own allies have opposed the move. The BJP continued to press for an adjournment motion on the issue failing which Parliament conducted no business for the fifth day. The government, however, is hoping to break the deadlock at the all-party meet on Tuesday. Senior BJP leader...
08:42 PM, Nov 28, 2011
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday will hear death row convict Devinder Pal Singh Bhullar's plea to convert his sentence into a life term. The Khalistani militant who had been sentenced to death for triggering the 1993 Delhi car bomb attack that killed 12 people, had filed a mercy petition before the President in January. President Pratibha Patil had rejected the mercy petition in May 2011. Bhullar's counsel had...
08:46 AM, Nov 09, 2011
New Delhi: A joint delegation of BJP and Shiromani Akali Dal leaders on Thursday called on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and sought punishment of the Congress men accused in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. BJP leader M Venkaiah Naidu and Delhi BJP President Vijender Gupta led the delegation of MPs and office-bearers of the two parties to the Prime Minister on the 27th anniversary of the anti-Sikh riots and submitted a...
01:38 AM, Nov 04, 2011
Chandigarh: The Shiromani Akali Dal on Saturday flayed the Centre for effecting "hefty and unwarranted" hike in fuel prices, saying it would have a crushing impact on the common masses. In a statement issued here, SAD President and Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal said the Congress-led UPA government "deliberately hastened the oil price hike as it feared that crashing crude price every day would leave no justification for...
09:37 AM, Jun 25, 2011
Chandigarh: All India Anti-Terrorist Front Chairman MS Bitta on Monday said political parties were indulging in votebank politics over rejection of mercy plea of death row convict and Khalistan militant Devinder Pal Singh Bhullar even as SGPC decided to file a review petition against capital punishment for Bhullar. "It is unfortunate that parties are indulging in votebank politics over such a sensitive issue. It is time that people of this...
06:41 PM, May 30, 2011
New Delhi: The Opposition Congress in Punjab has joined the ruling Shiromani Akali Dal to seek a pardon for Khalistani terrorist Devinder Pal Singh Bhullar after President Pratibha Patil rejected his mercy petition earlier this week. After Afzal Guru yet another man's death verdict is embroiled in the game of political one-upmanship. BJP's ally in Punjab Shiromani Akali Dal sought "direct and immediate intervention of the Prime Minister to save...
11:40 AM, May 29, 2011
Former Punjab deputy chief minister now can take up his post again. ...
01:30 PM, Aug 06, 2009
Both are taking on each other at public meetings in Punjab. ...
06:22 PM, May 04, 2009
Sukhbir Singh Badal says lakhs are feeling the same way as Jarnail Singh. ...
01:12 AM, Apr 09, 2009
People upset Congress gave tickets to anti-Sikh riots accused Tytler, Sajjan Kumar. ...
12:13 PM, Apr 05, 2009
Dal Khalsa feels Varun spreading hate, venom to get Hindu votes. ...
04:09 PM, Mar 24, 2009
SAD chief says Congress candidates will not be accepted by people. ...
10:06 PM, Mar 23, 2009
Shiromani Akali Dal accused of trying to woo hardliners in this election. ...
04:07 PM, Mar 22, 2009
Former Chairman of selectors Kris Srikkanth says that Yuvraj Singh is the best contender for No 6 slot. ...
08:16 PM, Jul 15, 2008
Amarinder Singh's chopper landed right in the middle of opposition Shiromani Akali Dal rally on a wet Sunday. ...
01:46 PM, Feb 12, 2007
A large number of Congress workers flaunted their guns and even fired a few rounds in the Beas Assembly segment. ...
08:09 PM, Jan 30, 2007
SAD President Parkash Singh Badal and his wife have declared total assets worth around Rs 8.5 crore. ...
11:54 PM, Jan 22, 2007
Congress retorts to SAD allegations that songs being used for the party's campaign are draining taxpayer's money. ...
07:22 PM, Jan 22, 2007
