Predicting a hung assembly in Punjab, People’s Party of Punjab supremo Manpreet Singh Badal today claimed no political outfit would be able to form a government in the state without his party’s support. Manpreet along with his father Gurdas Singh Badal was here to express grief over the demise of PPP’s Bathinda (Urban) constituency candidate Sukhdeep Singh Bhinder’s father... 

CHANDIGARH/DEHRADUN: Brisk polling was today witnessed in the elections to the assemblies of Punjab and Uttarakhand that were by and large peaceful. While Punjab registered voting at around 65 per cent, polling in Uttarakhand was put at nearly 70 per cent, officials quoting initial reports from various constituencies in the two states said. The key elections in Punjab and Uttarakhand, which were being... 

The Punjab Election Watch, which has analysed the list of candidates for the forthcoming assembly elections, has found that a total of 92 candidates (23 percent) out of 408 candidates have declared that they have never filed income tax returns. PEW has also revealed that Sukbhir Singh Badal of the Shiromani Akali Dal [ Images ] Punjab has the highest annual income of Rs 4.58 crore. He is followed by... 

With the Election Commission keeping a strict vigil on expenditure in the Assembly polls, many candidates have roped in tax experts like Chartered Accountants to ensure that their spending remains within the maximum limit. The CAs are not only helping election candidates in avoiding the “nitty-gritty” of maintaining books of accounts, but also providing them ample time to concentrate on... 

Ludhiana: The Shiromani Akali Dal has on Sunday finally released its manifesto for the upcoming Assembly elections, scheduled to be held on January 30. Development remains the key focus area, with the party promising to make Punjab power-surplus in a year and making Malwa the textile hub. The manifesto interestingly promises a laptop for all class XI and XII students. Party president and Deputy Chief... 

Amritsar: Flaring up the political heat in poll-bound Punjab, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Arun Jaitley has slammed the Congress party by saying that the party brought only terrorism to Punjab. “Congress brought terrorism to Punjab, the Akali-BJP government has brought development back to Punjab, the Akali-BJP government has brought back to Punjab social harmony, which the Congress had... 

Patiala: Adding colour to the glitz of polls in Punjab are the nicknames most politicians here are known by even in public life. Raninder Singh, son of Congress leader and former chief minister Amarinder Singh, is better known in political circles as well in the sports fraternity as ‘Tikku’. Given his erstwhile royal status as the 13th descendant of the Patiala royal family and his father’s... 

With the assembly elections in Punjab only a fortnight away, the Muslim-dominated Malerkotla constituency is heading for an interesting poll battle where a former DGP and a serving ADGP are slugging it out through proxy candidates. Two-time Congress MLA Razia Sultana is pitted against SAD candidate Farzana Alam. While Razia is the wife of ADGP Mohammad Mustafa, Farzana is the better half of former... 

Kapurthala: Congress candidate Rana Gurjit Singh from Kapurthala constituency has been served a show cause notice for violating the model code of conduct during a road show on January 10. The Returning Officer has asked the Congress candidate to reply within 48 hours, failing which action would be taken against him, Assistant Returning officer Arvinder Singh said on Thursday. He said a video recording... 

Chandigarh, Jan 11 (PTI) In a boast to the Congress in Punjab, the Sehajdhari Sikh Party today extended its support to it and announced withdrawal of all its 21 candidates. The decision to this effect was taken at a meeting held here, in which a delegation of Sehajdhari Sikh Party under the leadership of its national president P S Ranu and Punjab Congress Chief Amarinder Singh participated. SAD(Badal)...