SAD to contest UP assembly polls, announces list of 21 candidates

PATIALA : The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) which is opposing Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) being outsider in Punjab has now decided to contest assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh. The SAD has announced the first list of SAD candidates. Another list may be issued soon, party sources said. The move may create bitterness between the SAD […]

Kejriwal escapes unhurt as car is involved in accident

Jalandhar : On day two of his Punjab tour, the car of AAP chief and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in which he was travelling from Ludhiana to Amritsar met with a minor accident near Chugitti ahead of PAP Chowk this morning.The Innova car bearing the number CH-01-AB-9595, in which he was seated along with […]

High drama as Punjab Speaker tells MLA Bains to leave House

Chandigarh : There was high drama at the Punjab Assembly session here on Friday as the Speaker asked Independent MLA Simarjit Singh Bains to leave the House.Bains had apparently got aggressive over not being allowed to speak on the issue of Punjab not demanding the bill for releasing water to Rajasthan and defied the Speaker’s […]

Kejriwal told me not to contest polls, Sidhu raises Awaaz

Chandigarh : Cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu, who recently floated the fourth front, Awaaz-e-Punjab, here on Thursday alleged that Aam Aadmi Party convener Arvind Kejriwal during their recent meeting had categorically told him not to contest the Punjab polls and only campaign for the party; and in lieu of that his wife Navjot Kaur Sidhu was […]