Birender Singh joins Cong; Says, not just his 'ghar wapsi' but also 'vichar wapsi'

Birender Singh joins Cong; Says, not just his 'ghar wapsi' but also 'vichar wapsi'

Wednesday, 10 April 2024 | PNS | New Delhi/Chandigarh

A day after quitting the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the former Union Minister Birender Singh on Tuesday joined the Congress along with his ex-MLA wife Prem Lata.  Brijendra Singh, the son of Birender Singh, resigned from the Lok Sabha and the BJP and joined the Congress last month. Birender Singh was...

BSP fields AAP MLA’s father from Ferozepur, SAD (Amritsar-Mann) father of slain gangster

Tuesday, 09 April 2024 | Monika Malik | Chandigarh

Punjab’s electoral landscape is undergoing a fascinating transformation, brimming with intrigue and excitement. In a significant development, the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) on Monday announced that Surinder Kamboj — the father of Jalalabad’s MLA from the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) — will be its candidate from the Ferozepur Lok...

AAP leaders' stage collective hunger strike at Khatkar Kalan, district HQs against Kejriwal’s arrest

Monday, 08 April 2024 | PNS | Chandigarh

In a poignant display of resistance against what they perceive as an ‘assault on democracy’, top leaders of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Sunday convened at Khatkar Kalan — the native town of martyr Bhagat Singh — for a day-long hunger strike. Led by Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann,...

Farmer protests Rock BJP in Punjab; Candidates faces black flags in campaign trail

Monday, 08 April 2024 | Monika Malik | Chandigarh

Two years after the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders and workers faced widespread protests across Punjab in the aftermath of the now-repealed farm laws, the reverberations of those tumultuous events still echo loudly in the State, and that too in the run up to the crucial Lok Sabha polls, slated...

BJP Govt handed over everything from jobs to village development to contractors: Hooda

Monday, 08 April 2024 | PNS | Jhajjar/Chandigarh

Hitting out at the Bharatiya Janata Party, Haryana’s former Chief Minister and Leader of Opposition in Vidhan Sabha Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Sunday alleged that the state is not run by the Government but by contractors, as the incumbent BJP-led Government has handed over everything from jobs to village development...

Priyanka expresses confidence ahead of HP polls: “Truth Will Prevail”

Monday, 08 April 2024 | PNS | Shimla

Ahead of June 1 Lok Sabha elections and assembly by-polls to be held simultaneously in Himachal Pradesh, Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Sunday expressed confidence that people of the State will support her party and truth will prevail.   “On one hand, there is the BJP’s pursuit of power by...

Himachal CM faces twin defamation suits from former Cong MLAs

Monday, 08 April 2024 | PNS | Shimla

Himachal Pradesh’s former Congress legislators — Sudhir Sharma and Rajinder Rana — have initiated legal action against the Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu for alleged defamation, following his “MLA sold for Rs 15 crore” remarks during recent political rallies. The two MLAs, who have now joined the BJP and are...

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Monday, 08 April 2024 | PNS

Hry ACB arrests SI, constable for demanding, accepting bribe Chandigarh: A team of Haryana Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Sunday arrested Sub-Inspector Surender and Head Constable Birpal, posted at Dial-112 Ferozepur Jhirka police station in Nuh district, while taking a bribe of Rs 5,000. A government official spokesperson said that the ACB team...

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