Shimla, June 7 State Congress president Pratibha Singh today said that the Congress winning four out of six Assembly by-elections show that the people of the state were standing firmly with the Congress despite the BJP wining all four...
Shimla, June 7 State Congress president Pratibha Singh today said that the Congress winning four out of six Assembly by-elections show that the people of the state were standing firmly with the Congress despite the BJP wining all four...
Vibha Sharma New Delhi, June 6 The support for a numerically challenged BJP appears to be coming at a price with allies demanding key Cabinet/ministerial berths, special status for respective states and, as sources indicate, also the post of...
Tarn Taran, June 6 The election from Khadoor Sahib Lok Sabha constituency was interesting from many angles. It was only Rana Gurjit Singh, Congress MLA from Kapurthala, who could manage more votes in favour of his party candidate Kulbir Singh...
Srinagar, June 6 Nearly 90 per cent of the candidates vying for the five Lok Sabha seats in Jammu and Kashmir lost their security deposits, unable to garner one-sixth of the votes polled in their respective constituencies. The voters gave...
Srinagar, June 6 Days after defeat from the Baramulla Lok Sabha seat, Peoples Conference chief Sajad Lone today said he would be taking a break to “step back, pause and reflect”. “I will be away for a few days....
Srinagar, June 6 Former CM and NC leader Omar Abdullah today hit out at Lt Governor Manoj Sinha, saying he had destroyed the BJP in his home constituency of Ghazipur. “What Sinha has done to J&K wasn’t enough for...
Srinagar, June 6 Leaders of Ghulam Nabi Azad-led Democratic Progressive Azad Party (DPAP) today visited the house of Engineer Rashid, the MP elect from the Baramulla constituency. Party leaders, including Taj Mohiuddin, Shoaib Lone and Salman Nizami, visited the jailed...
Srinagar, June 6 Former Chief Minister and National Conference vice-president today kicked off a political storm when he quoted a news report that described his rival Engineer Rashid’s victory from the Baramulla constituency as a win that “will empower...
Ravi Dhaliwal Gurdaspur, June 6 Reverses suffered by Congress candidate Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa in the three BJP strongholds of the Pathankot constituency are on the expected lines, but what proved to be a revelation was the huge leads Congress MLAs...
Mukesh Tandon Sonepat, June 6 With the victory of Satpal Brahamchari, the Congress wrested the Sonepat seat from the BJP after a gap of 10 years and registered a victory from here for the fifth time. Brahamchari is the first...
Sirsa, June 6 Congress MP for the Sirsa Lok Sabha seat, Kumari Selja, stated that the recent Lok Sabha election results indicated that the next state government would be formed by the Congress. She said the public’s support for...
Parveen Arora Karnal, June 6 Despite securing a significant victory, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) witnessed a notable dip in its victory margin in the Karnal constituency, with a decrease of 15.25 per cent compared to the 2019 elections. Former...
Ravinder Saini Rohtak, June 6 The defeat of the BJP candidate, especially in Rohtak and Kosli Assembly segments of the Rohtak parliamentary constituency, has come as a bolt from the blue for local leaders of the saffron party. They were...
Geetanjali Gayatri Chandigarh, June 6 It takes a lot of nerve to be a woman who stands her ground in Haryana’s male-dominated society and more so in a riven party as the state unit of the Congress, but Sirsa’s newest...
Chandigarh, June 6 Newly-elected MP Manish Tewari today said INDIA bloc would prove very good for the people in the coming days and appealed to the Congress and the AAP leadership to continue this alliance effectively. “INDIA bloc got...
Chandigarh, June 6 The city BJP today said it had improved its vote share by a big margin of 18.44 per cent in this Lok Sabha election compared to previous city MC poll. In a press statement, it said the...
Amritsar, June 6 Sarabjeet Singh Khalsa, who has successfully contested the poll from Faridkot as an Independent, said he was getting offers from the NDA and INDIA bloc. He said he could never make a decision on his own. “I...
Saurabh Malik Chandigarh, June 6 Jailed candidates can take oath after winning the parliamentary elections, but only with the permission of the court concerned. The issue has surfaced as two candidates, currently behind bars, including “Waris Punjab De” head Amritpal...
Jupinderjit Singh & Pawan K Jaiswar Tribune News Service Chandigarh, June 6 Newly elected MP and National Security Act (NSA) detainee Amritpal Singh can be released from the Dibrugarh jail only if the state government and the Centre recommend his...
Aditi Tandon New Delhi, June 6 The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Thursday ruled out supporting the Congress-led INDIA bloc and said there was no question of them joining any grouping having the Congress’ presence. “We can never be part...
New Delhi, June 6 About 105, or 19 per cent, winning candidates declared their educational qualification to be between class 5 pass and 12, while 420, or 77 per cent, such candidates declared having a graduate degree or above, according...
Mumbai, June 6 Shiv Sena spokesperson Sanjay Shirsat on Thursday claimed that changes made based on surveys over seat-sharing and overconfidence due to it caused losses to them in the Lok Sabha polls. The ruling Mahayuti in Maharashtra, comprising the...
Neeraj Bagga Amritsar, June 5 CPI nominee from the Amritsar Lok Sabha seat, Daswinder Kaur, garnered a paltry 141 votes from the Amritsar West segment, once a stronghold of the Communist Party in the holy city. In all, she had...
GS Paul Amritsar, June 5 A day after losing the Lok Sabha polls, former diplomat-turned-BJP leader Taranjit Singh Sandhu declared that he would be committed to the overall development and boosting the economy of Amritsar. Giving reference to “Viksit Amritsar”...
Amritsar, June 5 Two years after the Aam Aadmi Party gave a stellar performance in the 2022 Assembly elections when it won nine of the 11 Assembly segments in the district, its support base has considerably dwindled with the...
Amritsar, June 5 After conclusion of polling, all candidates of major political parties paid obeisance at religious shrines today. Congress’ Gurjeet Singh Aujla paid obeisance at Durgiana Mandir and Bhagwan Valmiki Tirath Sthal today morning. He paid obeisance at...
Tarn Taran, June 5 ‘Waris Punjab De’ chief Amritpal Singh has not only won the Lok Sabha election from Khadoor Sahib constituency with a big margin of 1,97,120 votes defeating his nearest rival Kulbir Singh Zira of the Congress,...
Ludhiana, June 5 The state government has verbally asked the authorities concerned to not release the salaries of teachers, following which resentment prevails among the cadre. Daljit singh Samrala, president of Democratic Teachers Union, alleged that the government failed to...
Avneet Kaur Jalandhar, June 5 Despite winning the Lok Sabha bypoll last year by a significant margin, the ruling AAP government in the state has now lost the Jalandhar seat, finishing third behind the BJP, which struggled in rural segments....
Mandi Ahmedgarh, June 5 Office-bearers and activists of various social organisations vowed to bring this year’s World Environment Day theme —”Land’Restoration, Desertification and Drought Resilience’ — to practice. A seminar was organised by Shreyans Industrial Limited here on Wednesday to...