New Delhi: Ahead of the meeting on National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC), to be held on Saturday, Chief Ministers from across the states will be arriving in the Capital on Friday. However, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who has raised reservations about the act, is already in the Capital. Whereas, both Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi and his Tamil Nadu counterpart Jayalalithaa, who had slammed the Centre for its...
11:12 AM, May 04, 2012
Chandigarh: While farmers in Bundelkhand are worried about poor produce, Punjab is experiencing a problem of plenty. The state has recorded a bumper harvest and has once again run out of space to store the grain. Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal has blamed the Centre for the grain storage problem. He says the state godowns are stocked to full capacity. "Grain storage is a huge problem. It is a...
11:20 AM, May 02, 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
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
Chandigarh: Parkash Singh Badal will take oath as Chief Minister of Punjab on Wednesday for a record fifth time at the head of an 18-member cabinet, including his son Sukhbir who will continue as his deputy for the second successive term of the SAD-BJP alliance ministry. The state, with a 117-member assembly, can have under the Constitution, an 18-member cabinet, including the Chief Minister. 85-year-old Badal senior had headed two...
08:20 PM, Mar 13, 2012
Chandigarh: Putting at rest all speculation, Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Thursday declared that Parkash Singh Badal will remain the Chief Minister of Punjab, a post he would be holding for a record fifth time. "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 residence in Chandigarh. Sukhbir said that the swearing-in ceremony...
07:40 PM, Mar 08, 2012
Chandigarh: Despite attaining absolute majority in Punjab, the Shiromani Akali Dal and its ally BJP lost its vote share in comparison to Congress which failed to leave up to its expectations in the poll results of the 117 member Assembly. The father-son duo of Parkash Singh Badal and Sukhbir Singh Badal succeeded in convincing the Punjab electorate to give 56 seats to the SAD, but they failed to raise the...
07:36 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
New Delhi: The Congress and the Shiromani Akal Dal(SAD)-Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP) alliance were neck and neck during the early trends of the vote count in Punjab. The counting for the 117-seat Punjab Assembly began at 8 am on Tuesday. The early trends were somewhat similar to the post-poll survey that projected a close contest between the Congress and the SAD-BJP alliance. Congress is contesting all 117 seats, while SAD 94...
07:40 AM, Mar 06, 2012
Ludhiana: The Shiromani Akali Dal on Sunday released its election manifesto promising free laptops with data cards for class 12 students in govenment schools and 10 lakh jobs for youths while demanding more financial powers for the state from the Centre. The ruling party in Punjab also promised free education to all girl students up to graduation-level and government jobs to all sportsperson winning medals at the international level. The...
09:03 PM, Jan 22, 2012
Chandigarh: Problems for senior Akali Dal leader Sukhir Singh Badal ahead of the Assembly elections. An IAS officer has alleged that Badal tried to frame him in a corruption case in 2009 for not paying him Rs 1 crore as bribe. IAS officer V K Janjua says he has also filed a case against Badal and others in a Chandigarh court in this connection. Addressing a press conference in Chandigarh...
04:38 PM, Jan 16, 2012
Chandigarh: As many as 900 aspirants on Thursday entered the fray for the Punjab Assembly election on the last day of filing nominations, taking the total number of contestants to 1880. The scrutiny of nominations for 117 Assembly seats will take place on Friday and the last date of withdrawals is January 16. Prominent among those in the fray were Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal from Lambi and Punjab Congress...
01:35 AM, Jan 13, 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
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
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