Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Monday announced increasing the price of sugarcane to Rs 380 per quintal from the existing Rs 360 per quintal. He announced a hike in SAP (state agreed price) of sugarcane on the floor of the Punjab Assembly on the concluding day of its brief session. In August 2021, the … Read more
Dubbed ‘Budda Jarnail’ by some of his critics, 77-year-old Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) president and former IPS officer Simranjit Singh Mann had recently insisted that he may have grown old but couldn’t be written off just yet. His assertion proved prophetic on Sunday as he wrested the Sangrur Lok Sabha seat from the Aam Aadmi … Read more
AAP has bagged a historic win in Punjab Assembly polls by winning a three-fourths majority with 92 seats – the highest number of seats won by any party in the state in over four decades. It is AAP’s maiden victory in the state and a vast improvement from its performance in the 2017 elections when … Read more
Prime Minister Narendra Modi hosted a number of prominent Sikhs at his residence on Friday and highlighted the works done by his government for the community. The meeting came two days before the Punjab Assembly polls, with the BJP going all out to woo the Sikh community as it seeks to put up a strong … Read more
After the Model Code of Conduct came into force in the state for Punjab Assembly elections, various enforcement teams have seized valuables worth Rs 316.66 crore in violation of the code till February 2, said a press release. Giving details in this regard, Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Punjab Dr S Karuna Raju today said that … Read more
The Aam Aadmi Party on Sunday declared 15 more candidates for next year’s Punjab Assembly polls. It is the fourth list of the party and with this the total number of candidates announced by it so far reached 73. Punjab has 117 Assembly seats The announcement was made by party leader Raghav Chadha on his … Read more
Around 22 farmer unions have formed a new political party named ‘Samyukt Samaj Morcha‘ which will make its electoral debut in the upcoming Punjab Assembly elections. Addressing a press conference in Chandigarh, farmer leader Balbir Singh Rajewal said that there is a need to change the system and we want to appeal to people to … Read more
Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi met former Congress president Rahul Gandhi here on Thursday and the two leaders are learnt to have discussed the political situation in the state and the party’s prospects in next year’s Assembly polls. Channi is also learnt to have apprised Gandhi of the pro-people measures taken by his government … Read more
The Punjab Cabinet on Wednesday approved summoning of the special session of the state assembly on November 8 to oppose the Centre’s notification extending the jurisdiction of the BSF from 15 km to 50 km along the International Border. A demand will also be made during the session to repeal the three farm laws. The … Read more
Punjab’s Deputy Chief Minister Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa has said a probe would be carried out to ascertain whether Aroosa Alam, a Pakistani journalist who has been visiting former chief minister Amarinder Singh for several years, has links with the ISI. Singh hit back at the Congress leader, saying Randhawa is now resorting to personal attacks. … Read more