Chandigarh: Former Indian hockey captain Pargat Singh has taken the plunge into active politics, with ruling Shiromani Akali Dal fielding him from the Jalandhar Cantt seat for the 30 January Punjab Assembly polls. His name figured in the list of eight other candidates which the SAD announced today in the fifth list of the party nominees for the upcoming polls. Hockey Former Indian hockey captain Pargat... 

New Delhi, Jan 2 (PTI) Congress today finalised its list of candidates for Assembly elections in Punjab, where the party is poised for keen contest with the ruling SAD-BJP combine. The names were decided by the Central Election Committee of the Congress headed by party chief Sonia Gandhi and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh as its permanent member. The candidates for Assembly polls in Uttarakhand have... 

The Shiromani Akali Dal has released its first list of 47 candidates for the Assembly elections. Former DGP P.S. Gill’s name figures on it,he has been fielded from the Moga seat. 1. Lambi- Parkash Singh Badal 2. Gurdaspur- Gurbachan Singh Babehali 3. Fatehpur Churian- Nirmal Singh Kahlon 4. Dera Baba Nanak- Sucha Singh Langeh 5. Majitha- Bikramjit Singh Majithia 6. Raja Sansi- Vir Singh Lopoke 7.... 

The Sanjha Morcha today released its first list of 41 candidates, with People’s Party of Punjab president Manpreet Singh Badal deciding to try his luck in his traditional Gidderbaha constituency. Former chief minister Surjit Singh Barnala’s son Gaganjeet of the Shiromani Akali Dal (Longowal) will contest from Dhuri. It’s official. It will be Gurdas Singh Badal versus elder brother Parkash Singh... 

Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal is probably facing the biggest challenge of his political career so far. Revolting against Sukhbir and the senior SAD leadership, several contenders who did not get the party ticket for the Punjab assembly polls have already announced their independent candidature. As soon the model code of code of conduct came into force after the announcement... 

International Panthic Dal commemorates Sikh’s Mahaan Shaheed Bhai Gurdev Singh Kaunke. Bhai Sahib was a Chardi Kala Gurmukh, Diamond of Damdami Taksal. Bhai Gurdev Singh Ji was appointed Working Jathedar of Akaal Takhat Sahib in January 1986 and he did this sewa till his Shaheedi. He was the one who went out in Rural Punjab in that dark period and awakened Sikh masses by doing Katha of Guru... 

The anxiety among Congress ticket contenders for the Punjab assembly elections is growing, and so is the rush at Punjab Bhawan, which has virtually turned into “Punjab Congress Bhawan” with leaders of all hues camping here in hordes in hope for ticket. While the SAD has already declared most of its candidates, the delay by the Congress in announcing the names has held up its election campaign,... 

JALANDHAR: Sacking of Bains brothers in Ludhiana following their rebellions does not seem to have made any difference to those rebelling against Shiromani Akali Dal candidates from Adampur and Garhshankar. The two candidates are rather appearing to be getting a taste of their own medicine which they had allegedly administered to the SAD candidates in SGPC election just a few months back. The SAD leaders... 

Former district Youth Akali Dal (urban) president Simarjit Singh Bains formally announced on Friday that he would contest the assembly election as an Independent candidate from Atam Nagar, where the SAD has fielded jail minister Hira Singh Gabria. Bains’s brother Balwinder Singh Bains will also contest as an Independent from Ludhiana South. Simarjit Bains said his supporters would also enter the... 

AMRITSAR: With his government having faced a tough year, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh wants to usher in the new year with prayers at the Harmandar Sahib, the holiest of Sikh shrines, popularly known as the Golden Temple. He is expected to arrive here Saturday evening with his wife Gursharan Kaur and will go to the Harmandar Sahib very early Sunday morning to offer prayers on New Year Day, a police...