Cong, BJP step up Lok Sabha Election campaigning in Chandigarh; focus on colonies

Cong, BJP step up Lok Sabha Election campaigning in Chandigarh; focus on colonies

Saturday, 20 April 2024 | MANOJ KUMAR | Chandigarh

With a heavy concentration of voters in colonies and villages, the focus of the campaign of both Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party is more in these areas rather than sectors in the first phase of campaigning for the Chandigarh seat in the Lok Sabha Elections.    The response that the campaign of...

Don't use martyr Beant Singh's pic for political gain: Warring to Bittu

Saturday, 20 April 2024 | PNS | Chandigarh

Punjab Congress President Amarinder Singh Raja Warring on Thursday expressed disapproval over BJP’s Ludhiana candidate Ravneet Bittu claiming the Congress never respected former chief minister Beant Singh, who was killed in a bomb blast in Chandigarh in 1995. Warring questioned the use of Beant Singh’s image in the BJP’s election propaganda...

Cong faces mounting dissent across several constituencies; Bathinda joins the list

Saturday, 20 April 2024 | Monika Malik | Chandigarh

As Punjab braces for the imminent Lok Sabha elections, the Congress party is finding itself entangled in a web of internal conflicts stretching across various constituencies. Recent developments have added Bathinda to the roster of regions marred by dissent, further complicating the grand old party’s electoral calculus. The nomination of...

INLD announces Abhay Chautala LS candidate from Kurukshetra, Sunaina from Hisar

Saturday, 20 April 2024 | PNS | Chandigarh

The Indian National Lok Dal on Thursday released a list of three candidates for the Lok Sabha polls from Haryana, fielding party’s senior leader Abhay Singh Chautala from Kurukshetra.  The INLD has also fielded its women wing leader Sunaina Chautala from Hisar while from the Ambala reserved constituency, the party...

9,812 Polling Stations set up for Lok Sabha Election at 10,363 locations in Haryana: CEO

Saturday, 20 April 2024 | PNS | Chandigarh

To conduct free and fair Lok Sabha Elections in the State, Haryana Chief Electoral Officer Anurag Agarwal on Thursday said that a total of 19,812 polling stations have been set up at 10,363 locations across the state, including 13,588 in rural areas and 6,224 in urban areas. There are polling...

Talk to Your CEO: Punjab CEO to go live on Facebook on Apr 19

Saturday, 20 April 2024 | PNS | Chandigarh

Set to conduct a live session on Facebook from 11 am to 11:30 am on Friday (April 19), Punjab’s Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Sibin C on Thursday called upon all electors to join the interactive session and be a part of shaping the future of democracy in Punjab. The unique...

Unease grows as Congress delays announcing candidates for Haryana’s nine Lok Sabha seats

Thursday, 18 April 2024 | MANOJ KUMAR | Chandigarh

Intense factionalism within the Haryana unit of the Congress party over the distribution of tickets has led to a delay in announcing the names of its candidates for nine out of the 10 Lok Sabha seats that it will be contesting in the State. This has also triggered restlessness among...

SAD faces dissent after denial of ticket a Dhindsa from Sangrur

Thursday, 18 April 2024 | Monika Malik | Chandigarh

Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) is finding itself embroiled in a storm of dissent following its decision to deny a ticket to a member of the Dhindsa family in their bastion — Sangrur — for the ensuing Lok Sabha elections. The unexpected move has triggered widespread discontent among SAD stalwart Sukhdev...

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