In Ludhiana, the oldest form of Ramlila is held every year at Daresi Grounds. The dolas or chariot in which Ram, Sita and Lakshman sit together pass through several places in the interior parts of the city before finally reaching...
In Ludhiana, the oldest form of Ramlila is held every year at Daresi Grounds. The dolas or chariot in which Ram, Sita and Lakshman sit together pass through several places in the interior parts of the city before finally reaching...
Former CM and Leader of Opposition Bhupinder Singh Hooda says the three Ps of polarisation, propaganda and police best define the BJP government in Haryana, and the public has already made up its mind to oust the party from...
Nitin Jain Ludhiana, June 10 Call it a bad selection of candidates or disenchantment with political parties, the count of NOTA (none of the above) votes outnumbered the vote share of 36 candidates in polling held to the 18th General...
Rajmeet Singh Chandigarh, June 10 The elevation of Ravneet Bittu as Union minister is a disrespect to voters who had not sent him to Parliament, said Punjab’s Leader of the Opposition Partap Singh Bajwa on Monday. “It is a matter...
Archit Watts Lambi/Muktsar, June 10 AAP Bathinda candidate and Agriculture Minister Gurmeet Singh Khuddian, who lost to SAD nominee Harsimrat Kaur Badal by a margin of 49,656 votes, was able to maintain lead in just six out of 70 villages...
Deepkamal Kaur Jalandhar, June 10 Even as it has been just eight days since the Lok Sabha elections were held in the state, the residents of Jalandhar are set to see another high-pitched political battle from its urban reserved Assembly...
Chandigarh, June 10 The Mamata Banerjee-led All India Trinamool Congress (TMC) has expressed solidarity with farmers protesting on Punjab-Haryana borders for nearly four months. A delegation of TMC MPs comprising Derek O’Brien, Mohammed Nadimul Haque, Dola Sen, Sagarika Ghose...
Faridkot, June 9 Days after the completion of parliamentary election in the state, the State Election Commission has issued directions to all Deputy Commissioners-cum-District Election Officers for the revision of electoral rolls for purpose of use in the coming gram...
Ruchika M Khanna Chandigarh, June 9 Finally, the stage is set for the panchayat and zila parishad elections, which need to be conducted before August. These elections come at a time when the Congress and BJP are on a resurgence...
Sukhmeet Bhasin Bathinda, June 9 The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) candidate from the Faridkot parliamentary constituency, Rajwinder Singh, stood at the fifth spot in the Rampura Phul Assembly segment, which is the home turf of former minister Sikander Singh Maluka....
Rajmeet Singh Chandigarh, June 9 The wrong choice of candidates or unavailability of suitable candidates after a series of defections is the main reason for the Congress defeat on four seats — Anandpur Sahib, Hoshiarpur, Sangrur and Faridkot. On the...
The Tribune Interview: Ravneet Singh Bittu, Union Minister Ravneet Singh Bittu, now Union Minister, says he is humbled by the opportunity given to him by the BJP despite his losing the election from Ludhiana. He will act as a bridge...
Neeraj Bagga Amritsar, June 9 When it came to choosing a Jat Sikh face from Punjab in the PM Narendra Modi-led Union Cabinet, a former diplomat, Taranjit Singh Sandhu, has lost the ministerial berth to Ravneet Bittu. Both were defeated...
Parveen Arora Karnal, June 9 The city of Karnal is abuzz with excitement as former Chief Minister and Karnal MP Manohar Lal Khattar has been inducted into the Cabinet of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government for its third term. Former...
Ravinder Saini Rohtak, June 9 Having lost the Rohtak Lok Sabha seat, not only has the BJP leadership begun zeroing in on winnable candidates for the upcoming Assembly elections, but ticket aspirants, too, have started lobbying for themselves. In a...
Rohtak, June 9 Former minister and the BJP state spokesman Krishan Murti Hooda who is also a strong contender for the BJP ticket from the Garhi Sampla- Kiloi Assembly segment, will conduct the ‘Jan-Jagran’ campaign in Dattaur village here...
Anil Kakkar Sirsa, June 9 Congress leader Kumari Selja, having won her way to the Lok Sabha from the Sirsa parliamentary constituency, has established a new record. She has become the woman with the highest number of Lok Sabha election...
Kurukshetra, June 9 Newly elected MP from Kurukshetra Naveen Jindal today gave the credit of his victory to the BJP workers and said the victory in the Lok Sabha election was possible due to the hard work of the...
Bijendra Ahlawat Faridabad, June 9 Krishan Pal Gurjar, who made a hat-trick by getting elected as Lok Sabha MP from Faridabad in the recently concluded elections, came out successful in making it to the Modi Council of Ministers for the...
Sumedha Sharma Gurugram, June 9 Rao Inderjit Singh, who has become the first Haryana politician to reach Parliament for the sixth time, has made it to the Modi Council of Ministers for third consecutive term. Rao, a veteran Ahir leader...
Parveen Arora Karnal, June 9 Known as the fourth “Lal” of Haryana politics, former Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar has once again made headlines with his inclusion in the PM Narendra Modi’s cabinet. The inclusion marks Khattar’s remarkable rise from...
Geetanjali Gayatri Chandigarh, June 9 With three of the five newly elected Members of Parliament from Haryana being accommodated as ministers in PM Narendra Modi-led NDA government at the Centre, the BJP clearly has an eye on the state Assembly...
Nitin Jain Ludhiana, June 8 Ludhiana district remained on the top in the state in receipt of poll code violation complaints with a record 100 per cent of them acted upon and resolved within stipulated time period, the Election Commission...
New Delhi, June 8 A Delhi-based lawyer on Saturday wrote to President Droupadi Murmu seeking disqualification of 99 newly elected Congress MPs for committing an offence under Section 123(1) of the Representation of People Act (RPA). He alleged that the...
Aksheev Thakur New Delhi, June 8 The NDA has performed better in Bihar winning 31 of the 40 seats in the state, but its vote share has dipped significantly, while the RJD, which won only four seats, has improved its...
Jammu, June 7 NC’s Jammu provincial president Rattan Lal Gupta on Friday said the decline in BJP’s vote share in the recently concluded Lok Sabha elections in Jammu signalled a “major” shift in the region’s political landscape. The saffron...
Arjun Sharma Jammu, June 7 Ladakh MP-elect Haji Hanifa Jan, who won with a margin of nearly 28,000 votes in the recently concluded General Election, is adopting a “wait-and-watch” approach on extending support to any alliance at the Centre. He...
Shimla, June 7 Rural Development and Panchayati Raj Minister Anirudh Singh on Friday said the Congress-led government in state has emerged stronger after winning the four Assembly bypolls. He said, “The voters have rejected the BJP’s horse-trading attempts. They...
Subhash Rajta Shimla, June 7 The decision of the Sanyukt Kisan Manch (SKM) to oppose the BJP in the Lok Sabha elections has yielded mixed results. The SKM, a group of 27 fruit growers, may not have tasted as much...
Dharamsala, June 7 The Congress government in the state has lost mandate to rule. It has trailed in 61 out of 68 Assembly constituencies in state in the Lok Sabha elections. Even Chief Minister Sukhvinder Sukhu trailed his Assembly...