A court in Hoshiarpur has summoned former Punjab Chief Minister and SAD patriarch Parkash Singh Badal to respond to an allegation that he submitted a false undertaking to the Election Commission of India to seek SAD’s recognition as a political party. Hoshiarpur’s Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Rupinder Singh issued summons to Badal directing him to … Read more
SAD chief Sukhbir Singh Badal on Saturday said if voted to power in the Punjab Assembly polls next year, his government will launch a scheme named after BSP founder Kanshi Ram, under which a special grant will be given to villages dominated by the SC population. The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) has tied up with … Read more
Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu and Shiromani Akali Dal’s (SAD) Harsimrat Kaur Badal on Friday separately met the families of the farmers killed in the Lakhimpur Kheri violence. Sharing the photos of his meeting with one of the families on Twitter, Sidhu said, “Justice Delayed-Justice Denied.” Sidhu consoled the family members of Lovepreet Singh, one … Read more
The SAD on Monday announced its candidates for 64 assembly seats for the upcoming polls in Punjab. While Shiromani Akali Dal chief Sukhbir Singh Badal will fight from Jalalabad, former ministers Tota Singh, Janmeja Singh Sekhon, Daljit Singh Cheema and Sharanjit Singh Dhillon will contest from Dharamkot, Zira, Rupnagar, and Sahnewal, respectively. Though the party … Read more
The Shiromani Akali Dal on Wednesday announced candidates for six assembly seats for the 2022 Punjab Assembly polls. The party fielded Jagmeet Singh Brar from the Maur assembly seat and named Jeet Mohinder Singh as its candidate from Talwandi Sabo. Suba Singh has been fielded from Jaitu, Mantar Singh Brar from Kotkapura, Kanwarjit Singh Rosy … Read more
Shiromani Akali Dal (Sanyukt) leader and former Punjab minister Sewa Singh Sekhwan joined the Aam Aadmi Party on Thursday in the presence of party’s national convenor Arvind Kejriwal. Sekhwan was a minister in the Parkash Singh Badal-led Akali government. After reaching the Amritsar airport in the afternoon, Kejriwal travelled to the residence of Sekhwan at … Read more
With Punjab slated to go to the polls early next year, Shiromani Akali Dal chief Sukhbir Singh Badal has said that his party is open for pre-poll alliance with parties other than Congress, Bharatiya Janata Party and Aam Aadmi Party. Badal, whose party was part of ruling NDA at the Centre before pulling out over … Read more
Chandigarh: An all-party meeting convened by Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Tuesday demanded immediate withdrawal of the three farm laws while holding the BJP-led central government responsible for the “substantial delay” in resolving the crisis. Terming the violence during the tractor rally on Republic Day in Delhi as “sponsored”, the meeting also demanded a … Read more
For the first since April the UK has recorded more than 1,000 daily Covid-related deaths – one of the highest figures of the pandemic. Right now, London is at the epicentre of this crisis. Hospitals now have more Covid patients being admitted every day than they did at the peak in April. Many doctors and … Read more
NEW DELHI: Farmers’ protests against the agriculture legislations are set to intensify over the next week with the Congress and Shiromani Akali Dal determined to scale up this controversy. Though the Opposition parties have opposed the new Bills, the protests have largely been centred around Punjab, Haryana and western Uttar Pradesh. Uncertainty over the minimum … Read more