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Citizens undergo thermal screening as they wait to cast their votes a polling station during Punjab Assembly elections, in Jalandhar, Sunday, Feb 20, 2022. Polling is underway for all 117 seats in Punjab. (PTI)

Punjab Assembly elections: 17.77 percent voting till 11 am

A total of 1,304 candidates, including 93 women and two transgenders, are in the fray for the high-stake electoral...

20 Feb 2022 4:25 AM

Aam Aadmi Party convener & Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. (Photo: PTI)

Kejriwal vows action against Sikh holy book desecration

An audio message to this effect, where Kejriwal is heard speaking chaste Punjabi, has been issued by the AAP across...

25 Jan 2017 1:08 PM

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Punjab Congress chief Amarinder Singh. (Photo: PTI/File)

Party-hoppers, turncoats worry political parties ahead of Punjab polls

Congress is facing a grave situation with 30 candidates going independent; while AAP is facing a tough battle from...

23 Jan 2017 2:20 PM

Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal. (Photo: File)

Kejriwal self-proclaimed Chief Justice of Indian politics: BJP

By asking voters to accept bribe, Kejriwal is instigating the people towards corruption, BJP spokesman Sambit Patra...

23 Jan 2017 1:40 PM

President Pranab Mukherjee (Photo: PTI)

Pranab's photos on Cong posters, Rashtrapati Bhavan writes to EC

Mukherjee's pictures were displayed on Congress hoardings and these were under the EC scanner.

22 Jan 2017 5:09 AM

Delhi Chief Minister and AAP convener Arvind Kejriwal addresses during the partys Rally at Ramlila Maidan in Jaipur. (Photo: PTI)

Punjab polls: I do not need security, deploy it for the state, says...

Kejriwal also mentioned in the letter that AAP candidates had said that they did not require security in the wake of the...

21 Jan 2017 11:24 AM

Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal. (Photo: PTI)

Punjab has rejected Congress many times, BJP-SAD will win: Parkash...

Captain Amarinder had said the people of Punjab are fed up with the SAD and want to dethrone the government.

19 Jan 2017 9:28 AM

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. (Photo: PTI)

AAP will make Punjab the '1st graft-free state': Kejriwal

Addressing a meeting of the members of the district bar association here, he alleged that the state's law and order is...

18 Jan 2017 11:07 AM

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EC teams recover most liquor from UP, drugs from Punjab

There has been no cash and illicit liquor seizure in Goa and Uttarakhand till now.

18 Jan 2017 7:09 AM

Navjot Singh Sidhu at a press conference a day after joining the Congress party at AICC headquarters in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

Sidhu attacks Badals, says 'evil souls have to be rooted out from...

Sidhu said there is need to bring some concrete policy to generate employment and root out the drug menace.

17 Jan 2017 3:31 PM

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. (Photo: PTI)

Badals have looted Punjab, will pay for their misdeeds: Arvind...

On the river water issue, Kejriwal said if AAP government is formed, it will strongly defend the rights of Punjab.

17 Jan 2017 10:16 AM

Rahul Gandhi welcomes Navjot Singh Sidhu into the Congress at his residence in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

Sidhu finally joins Congress, party gets Punjab boost

Tipped to contest from Amritsar East.

15 Jan 2017 9:05 PM