Chandigarh : The Election Commission (EC) today ordered two distilleries, including one owned by a Bathinda family close to the ruling Badals, and three bottling units in Punjab to shut operations till the Assembly elections on February 4. Varun Roojam, Excise and Taxation Commissioner, said the operations at BCL, Bathinda and Patiala Distilleries as well […]
Maur : Three persons were killed and 11 seriously injured in a car blast in Maur Mandi late this evening as soon as Congress candidate from Bathinda (Urban) Harminder Jassi had ended his election rally. Jassi, a relative of the controversial Sirsa-based dera chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, escaped with minor bruises. He was in […]
AMRITSAR : AAP State Legal Cell Head and party candidate from Majitha Himmat Singh Shergill released the photographs of Bikram Majithia with International Druglord Satpreet Singh Satta during a press conference held at Amritsar today. While interacting with the media persons, Shergill said that Aam Aadmi Party has always been vociferously speaking about the strong […]
Chandigarh : Assets and income details submitted to the Election Commission of India (ECI) by the candidates contesting state assembly elections clearly suggest that politics is fast becoming a game of crorepatis. A report by Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR), an Ahmedabad-based think-tank, showed that of the 1145 candidates contesting elections, 428 (37 per cent) […]
Ferozepur : Ahead of the upcoming Punjab Assembly Elections 2017, that are scheduled to take place on February 4, a video allegedly showing Ferozepur’s rebel Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) MP Sher Singh Ghubaya getting intimate with a woman took the internet by storm on Friday. Sher Singh Ghubaya’s son is contesting the assembly polls from […]