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 Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) MP Navjot Singh Sidhu, who is seeking an assembly ticket for his wife Dr Navjot Kaur from Amritsar (East) is facing tough competition from another strong contender, Chairman Punjab State Small Industries and Export Corporation (PSSIEC) Rajinder Mohan Singh Chhina. Chhina is close to BJP top brass and has good rapport with Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh... 

Chandigarh, Dec 29 (PTI) Punjab trade and industry today threatened to boycott the forthcoming Assembly elections if the Election Commission of India did not withdraw its direction of cash confiscation over Rs 1 lakh without proof, saying it was affecting its business transactions. “We can think of boycotting Assembly elections if Election Commission does not rollback the guidelines of cash seizure... 

Factionalism in Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) was on full display in the presence of (SAD) chief and Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Badal and Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal during the party’s conference on the occasion of Shaheedi Jor Mela here on Tuesday. As things unfolded, Sukhbir in his speech went on to acknowledge that there was “factionalism” within the party. “The factionalism in Akali... 

Not happy with the poor representation of youth in political parties, youngsters in Patiala district are feeling marginalised. The winds of change, they feel, will blow only if they have a greater say in the political system. To begin with, they want the ban on student elections in universities and colleges of Punjab to be lifted and the practice of promoting kith and kin of political heavyweights... 

Chandigarh, (IANS) Just hours before the full team of the Election Commission (EC) of India arrives in poll-bound Punjab Tuesday, authorities confiscated nearly Rs.85 lakh of unaccounted money in cash from various places in the state, state election officials said Monday. “On the guidelines of the EC, unaccounted money worth Rs.40 lakh was confiscated from various places in Patiala district. Besides... 

Chandigarh : Punjab’s ruling Shiromani Akali Dal Tuesday announced the names of 15 more candidates for the Jan 30 state polls, including that of party president and Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal. Badal will once again contest from Jalalabad. He had won the seat in a by-election in August 2009 by a margin of over 80,000 votes. It had last week announced the names of 48 candidates,... 

Ask them to list the development projects initiated by Surjit Singh Barnala in his home constituency as chief minister, and most Barnala residents draw a blank. Surjit Singh Barnala may have been an Akali heavyweight, but his failure to nurture his constituency has not helped his cause. The support base of the octogenarian leader is dwindling. Though his family members give him the credit for bringing... 

Chandigarh Putting to rest all speculations about the constituency from where he will contest the 2012 Assembly elections, Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal will be SAD’s candidate from Lambi in Muktsar district. The name of Badal, who will be the SAD’s chief ministerial candidate — figured in the list of 48 candidates whose names were announced by the party on Friday. Significantly, Deputy...