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Sukhmeet Bhasin Bathinda, May 20 With campaigning and heatwave picking up, politicians are finding the ways to cope with the rising mercury and reach out to the electorate in their constituencies. A change in campaign timings with afternoon breaks, regular...

Ruchika M Khanna Bathinda, May 19 A group of village elders, in spite of the sweltering heat, sits under a tree at Bhaini Bagha village, cracking jokes and discussing mundane things. Ask them about the political situation in the constituency...

Ruchika M Khanna & Sukhmeet Bhasin Tribune News Service Bathinda, May 18 Three decades ago Bathinda was considered as the hinterland of the state. Over the years, the topography of the area has changed completely… swanky new houses, shopping malls,...

Bathinda, May 16 Congress candidate from the Bathinda Lok Sabha constituency, Jeet Mohinder Singh Sidhu, today asked former Finance Minister Manpreet Badal to clarify on his allegiance to the BJP. In a statement released today, Sidhu referenced reports circulating...

Bathinda, May 16 Farmers today staged a protest and showed black flags to Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal at Mehma Sarja village in Bathinda district on Thursday. SAD has organised an election public meeting today at the focal...

Bathinda, May 16 A one-day training programme was held today for cotton farmers with emphasis on pink boll worm monitoring through pheromone-based traps by the Central Integrated Pest Management Centre, Jalandhar, at Chief Agriculture Officer’s office in Bathinda. In...

Sukhmeet Bhasin Bathinda, May 15 Call it a coincidence or a well-thought out strategy, a namesake is contesting against Agriculture Minister Gurmeet Khuddian, AAP candidate from Bathinda. Gurmeet Singh (49) of Gulab Khuddian village, who is a labourer, has filed...

Chandigarh, May 14 Counter-Intelligence, Bathinda and Bathinda Police have arrested three SFJ operatives for writing Pro-Khalistan slogans at various public places including in Bathinda in Punjab and Delhi. This was stated by the Punjab DGP in a post on X....

Bathinda, May 12 Tension mounted today as the police had to use mild force against farm activists, who were protesting against the BJP candidate near its meeting venue in the district. The police tried to disperse the farmers, but...

Bathinda, May 12 It seems that Dera Sacha Sauda has become active again ahead of the Lok Sabha elections. A satsang was held at its state headquarters at Salabatpura in Bathinda district today, which was attended by a large...

Ruchika M Khanna Chandigarh, May 7 In a fresh trouble for BJP’s Bathinda candidate Parampal Kaur, the Punjab Government has asked the IAS officer to resume duty immediately, saying she cannot be treated as “retired or relieved from service”. The...

Gidderbaha/Muktsar, May 7 Despite facing farmers’ protests during his election campaign, BJP’s Faridkot candidate Hans Raj Hans said today that even if they (protesters) take his life, he would not speak ill of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. After facing...

Sukhmeet Bhasin Bathinda, May 6 Two Lok Sabha constituencies — Bathinda and Ludhiana — have been declared as “expenditure sensitive” in Punjab for the forthcoming General Elections. In Bathinda, five Assembly segments — Mansa, Bathinda Rural, Lambi, Talwandi and Maur...

Bathinda, May 5 To beat the scorching heat and sustain their campaign till June 1, when the state goes to the polls, from traditional campaign methods like going door to door and holding corner sabhas, candidates are now visiting parks,...

Mansa, May 4 The family of late singer Shubdeep Singh Sidhu Moosewala has announced that it would support Congress candidate Jeet Mohinder Singh Sidhu in the Lok Sabha poll. Balkaur Singh, father of Sidhu Moosewala, while addressing a gathering at...

Chandigarh, May 2 The delay on part of the state government to appoint a VC of the Maharaja Ranjit Singh PTU, Bathinda, has forced a senior faculty member to move the Punjab and Haryana High Court. For the last...

Bathinda, May 1 Former Gujarat Chief Minister and BJP state in-charge Vijay Rupani on Wednesday exhorted party workers to leave no stone unturned to ensure the victory of candidates. Chairing a meeting of Bathinda workers here, Rupani said he...

Archit Watts Lambi (Muktsar), April 30 As AAP candidate Gurmeet Singh Khuddian and Congress nominee Jeet Mohinder Singh Sidhu are contesting the Bathinda parliamentary poll against SAD’s three-time MP Harsimrat Kaur Badal, their next generation has hit the ground in...

Bathinda, April 29 Intermittent rain exposed “ill-preparedness” of the district administration as farmers had to arrange tarpaulin sheets themselves to cover their wheat crop at grain markets. Lack of sheds at purchase centres in rural areas exposed heaps of wheat...

The Congress has fielded Jeet Mohinder Singh Sidhu from the Bathinda Lok Sabha seat. Sidhu contested his first and last Assembly poll on SAD ticket from Talwandi Sabo in 1997 and 2022, respectively, and lost. Earlier, he had joined the...

Sukhmeet Bhasin Bathinda, April 28 A scuffle broke out today between Youth Akali Dal workers at an event when SAD candidate from Bathinda Harsimrat Badal was giving speech, forcing her to stop the speech. Party leaders had to make an...

Sukhmeet Bhasin Bathinda, April 28 Scuffle broke out between the youth workers and party leaders when Shiromani Akali Dal candidate from Bathinda, Harsimrat Kaur Badal, was giving speech, forcing her to stop in between and appeal to the workers to...

Sukhmeet Bhasin Bathinda, April 26 Candidates and parties have become active on the social media to attract and directly connect with voters in Bathinda. Candidates are live-streaming their public meetings and often target their opponents in short reels. A social...

Bathinda, April 26 SAD president Sukhbir Badal today said Delhi-based parties were trying to “capture” Punjab and urged people to vote for SAD to ensure peace and communal harmony as well as development of the state. Sukhbir, who interacted with...

Bathinda, April 24 After his removal as party halqa in-charge from Maur, former Cabinet minister and senior SAD leader Sikandar Singh Maluka has stopped his political activities in his home Assembly segment Rampura Phul, which falls in the Faridkot LS...