A1985-batch former Tamil Nadu cadre IAS officer, Jagmohan Singh Raju (59), joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Punjab before the February 2022 Assembly polls after 35 years of service.
October 29, 2022Exuding confidence that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will come to power in Punjab, former Chief Minister and BJP leader Captain Amarinder Singh
October 1, 2022Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal demanded a free and fair inquiry against all AAP leaders including Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia and Member of Parliament (MP) Raghav Chadha as well as Punjab government officials who facilitated the scam.
August 25, 2022The alliance comes 27 years after the 1996 Lok Sabha elections when both had bagged 11 out of 13 seats in Punjab.
June 12, 2021'I would request everyone to reconsider their views on the farm bills. The two bills are historic and will bring a change in the lives of the farmers,' minister said.
September 20, 2020'Dushyant ji, Following Harsimrat Kaur Badal you should have resigned at least from the Dy CM post. You are more attached to your chair than farmers,' Congress said.
September 18, 2020Akali Dal chief Sukhbir Singh Badal had earlier on Thursday said in the Lok Sabha that Harsimrat Kaur Badal, the Minister for Food Processing, will resign in protest as the government tabled two more farm-sector related bills in the lower house amid widespread protests by farmers in Punjab and Haryana.
September 17, 2020According to police, the incident took place on Sunday evening at Chak Kulian village when victim Manjot Singh and his two friends tried to stop Joginder Singh from filling a pond with sand.
May 26, 2020Every year, nearly 30 lakh pilgrims visit the religious site located near Godavari river in Maharashtra.
May 1, 2020Punjab is already among the leading consumers of alcohol in the country. Its per capita annual consumption of 7.9 litres places it second in the country among all states.
February 21, 2020While the extent of the Congress party's commitment to secularism needs to be qualified, regional parties follow contrasting trajectories. For instance, regional heavyweights have oscillated between secular discourse and not-so-secular practices. Some of them left the BJP-led NDA coalition after violence erupted against Muslims and Christians, but these parties have rejoined the BJP alliance when it has suited them politically
February 14, 2020Kamal Nath was earlier was charged by the Nanavati Commission for his role in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, but he was absolved due to lack of evidence.
January 23, 2020The rickshaw-pullers only fault was that he reached the platform on the rickshaw to drop a passenger, who as per the social media was physically challenged.
August 1, 2019Singh said that voting in Punjab, where polling is being held in the seventh and last phase of the elections, has been peaceful so far.
May 19, 2019Ahead of Lok Sabha polls, the SAD is facing trouble due to the ongoing probe into cases of sacrilege during the Badal regime.
February 25, 2019If Modi is to save the day, the BJP needs a new narrative besides new allies.
January 13, 2019Introspection by the two national parties will have to revolve around the need to reinject some gentility into the political discourse, difficult as that may seem after the acrimony of recent weeks. Certainly, the default position of the BJP – to be divisive and to pander to the illiberal Hindu – will have to change.
December 12, 2018