The SAD-BJP combine today took a march over Congress as per the early trends in Punjab polls with ruling combine winning five seats while Congress bagging another five. In the trends available for the remaining 107 seats so far, SAD-BJP combine is ahead in 61 seats, while Congress is leading in 43 seats. Independents are leading in three seats As per the results, Punjab Congress President Capt Amarinder... 

AMRITSAR: Akali Dal 1920 led by former Punjab Assembly Speaker Ravi Inder Singh here today slapped notice to the SGPC president Avtar Singh to call session of old house of 2004 to pass the annual budget of SGPC. Talking to media, senior vice president of Akali Dal 1920 Ragubir Singh Rajasansi said today he along with 15 members of old House of 2004 through SGPC superintendent Harvinder Singh served... 

Chandigarh: Captain Amarinder Singh of the Congress party says his 42 years in politics allow him to disregard what the exit polls say. “I told the Congress president on Day One that we will get 70 seats,” he told NDTV this morning. The Punjab Assembly has a total of 117 seats. The Captain has already been named his party’s candidate for chief minister in Punjab. He said his opponents’... 

Bikram Singh will be next Army chief Second Sikh to head the Indian army after Gen. J J Singh New Delhi: Lt. Gen. Bikram Singh will be the next Indian Army chief, it was announced Saturday thus ending months of a bitter succession row originating from the disputed age of incumbent General V.K. Singh. Bikram Singh, 59, will be the first army chief who joined the 1.13-million strong force after the 1971... 

NEW DELHI: Congress leader Harish Rawat on Monday said the party would form the government in Uttarakhand and Punjab after votes are counted and results are known on Tuesday. ” See, we are going to form the government in Uttarakhand and Punjab. We will win with a majority in these two states,” Rawat told media here. Commenting on the polls in Uttar Pradesh, Rawat said: “Rahul (Rahul... 

Almost two-and-a-half years after he was arrested, SAD (Panch Pardhani) chief Daljit Singh Bittu was on Tuesday released from the Central Jail here. Bittu, along with four others, was arrested under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act in Ludhiana on August 28, 2009. Talking to mediapersons, he said various cases were registered against him in Ludhiana, Mansa, Ropar and Sardulgarh after his arrest... 

If you want to visit Sikhs’ five sacred ‘takhts’ in Punjab, Bihar and Maharashtra in one go, board a special pilgrimage train from Amritsar on Baisakhi, April 13. After showing the first ‘takht’ at the Golden Temple in Amritsar, the 12-day spiritual journey in a 244-passenger Rajdhani-style train will take the pilgrims to four other ‘takhts’ — Anandpur Sahib (near Ropar, Punjab), Damdama... 

JALANDHAR: A US-based human rights group has approached US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urging her the exclusion of Congress president Sondia Gandhi from the US. The group wants the same yardstick to be applied that was used for Gujarat chief minister Narendera Modi while denying him a US visa. The groups claims she was involved in covering up and protecting the leaders of her party, the Congress,... 

Chandigarh: In about 40 years of Assembly elections in Punjab, no ruling party has ever returned to power for a second term. Punjab has always voted for change and the strong anti-incumbency has kept political parties on their toes. Historically, the fortunes have swung between the Shiromani Akali Dal and the Congress and this time, it seems, will not be any different. Like clockwork, 2012 is Akali... 

Chandigarh: Politicians in Punjab seem to be enjoying a five-week holiday thanks to the Election Commission (EC) of India. From relaxing to lobbying to literally doing the math of government formation, everyone is keeping oneself busy with something even as the state government seems to be in sleep mode. With the election to the 117 assembly seats having been held on Jan 30 and counting and results...