Jalandhar, February 19 Otherwise a Panthic, secluded seat, Sultanpur Lodhi has emerged as one of the most happening constituencies in Doaba. Sitting Congress MLA Navtej Cheema was riding high on development works carried out for the historic occasion of 550th...
Ruchika M Khanna Chandigarh, February 19 As Covid-restricted campaigning drew to a close on Friday, the focus was back on social media as voters were flooded with messages seeking support for a particular party/candidate or spreading “misinformation” about nominees. The...
Aparna Banerji Dhaliwal/Boparai Kalan (Nakodar), February 19 Contrary to hectic activity in cities, with preparations on at polling booths on the eve of polling, village streets are empty and silent — like a holiday. At the sath of Dhaliwal village...
Kulwinder Sandhu Moga, February 19 A day before polling, politically influential Dera Sacha Sauda has decided to extend support to SAD and BJP candidates, barring a few seats where prominent personalities of other parties are contesting the elections. At places...
Archit Watts Muktsar, February 19 Kaka, Kikki, Sikki, Jassi, Babbi, Babbu, Bittu… These are not names of schoolchildren, but some key candidates in the poll fray. Their catchy nicknames will appear on EVMs. Nicknames of some of the other nominees...
Neeraj Bagga Amritsar, February 19 The political scenario in the Amritsar North constituency has further heated up just before the polling day, as political parties are not leaving any stone unturned to make their mark. Greenhorn in politics, former IG...
Archit Watts Muktsar, February 19 In the Badals’ home district Muktsar, no senior politician of the ruling Congress campaigned for the party nominees. The district has four constituencies — Lambi, Gidderbaha, Muktsar and Malout. CM Charanjit Singh Channi, Deputy CM...
Ravi Dhaliwal Batala, February 19 Batala and Pathankot have emerged as two seats where the competition is “extremely intense” even as seasoned pollsters claim things are sure to go to the wire at both these places. In Batala, Congress’ Ashwani...
Lambi (Muktsar), February 19 Lambi, the home turf of Badals, is set to witness a battle of pride on Sunday. Five-time former Chief Minister-cum-SAD patron Parkash Singh Badal is the country’s oldest candidate in the electoral fray against two...
Aman Sood Patiala, February 19 It is going to be an uphill battle for former Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh as he faces a stiff challenge from two former Mayors fielded by the AAP and Congress and a former councillor...
Chandigarh, February 19 Pick-up and drop facility will be provided to senior citizens and persons with disabilities to and from polling booths, Chief Electoral Officer S Karuna Raju said on Saturday, a day ahead of the elections to Punjab Assembly....
GS Paul Amritsar, February 19 On the election eve on Saturday, most leaders remained indoors, collecting information from campaign managers, attending innumerable calls and making desperate efforts to plug “loopholes”. At Pradesh Congress chief Navjot Sidhu’s residence, there was a...
Chandigarh, February 19 Punjab is all set for a multi-cornered contest in the Assembly polls as more than 2.14 crore voters would exercise their franchise to decide the fate of 1,304 candidates, including 93 women and two transgenders, across 117...
Aditi Tandon New Delhi, Feb 19 Punjab needs a government run from within the state and “not parties like AAP and SAD that succumb to pressures of the BJP”, Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said on Saturday. In an...
Mansa/Mohali, February 19 An FIR has been registered against Punjab CM Charanjit Singh Channi and Congress candidate Shubhdeep Singh, alias Sidhu Moosewala, for alleged violation of the code of conduct in Mansa on Friday, the last day of the...
Chandigarh, February 19 Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi and Congress candidate Sidhu Moosewala from Mansa seat have been booked for violating the model code of conduct. They were found campaigning in Mansa after the 6 pm electioneering deadline on...
Chandigarh, February 19 Punjab is all set for polls on Sunday with the Office of Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) making all arrangements to ensure free, fair and peaceful elections in the state. Briefing the media, Chief Electoral Officer S Karuna...
Jupinderjit Singh Tribune News Service Amritsar, February 19 In cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu’s den, his party’s CM face Charanjit Singh Channi echoes among voters, who are divided in criticism for Sidhu’s inaccessibility, rude and overbearing behaviour but praise for his...
Harshraj Singh Ludhiana, February 18 On the last day of the election campaign, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Punjab Chief Ministerial candidate and MP, Bhagwant Mann, campaigned in support of party candidates in six constituencies, including Khanna, Payal, Gill, Dakha,...
Chandigarh: Two sitting Congress MLAs Amrik Dhillon and Tarsem Singh DC were on Friday expelled from the party for “anti-party” activities. The orders of expulsion of the two leaders were released by state affairs incharge Harish Chaudhary. Another leader Kewal...
Moga/Mansa, February 18 The police have booked Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) candidate from Baghapurana constituency Amritpal Singh for violation of the model code of conduct and prohibitory orders issued by the district administration in the wake of the Covid...
Hoshiarpur, February 18 Union Minister Anurag Thakur addressed an election meeting in favour of BJP candidate Dr Dilbag Rai in Chabbewal Assembly constituency of Hoshiarpur district. Thakur said Kejriwal, who talks about making Punjab drug-free, had failed to check the...
Jupinderjit Singh Amritsar, February 18 Unlike other parts of the state, election fever is in full crescendo in the Amritsar East constituency. Political flags adorn housetops and cutouts of candidates dot roadsides as two titans try their luck from the...
New Delhi, February 18 Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday wrote to Punjab CM Charanjit Channi assuring him that he would “personally” look into the alleged support to AAP by the proscribed Sikhs for Justice (SFJ). In a letter...
Fazilka, February 18 Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal took out a huge roadshow in Jalalabad in support of AAP candidate Jagdeep ‘Goldy’ Kamboj, from where his bête noir SAD chief Sukhbir Singh Badal is in the fray. He lambasted the Opposition...
Abohar, February 18 Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal today said Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convener Arvind Kejriwal had admitted that his party was facing an imminent defeat and was now crying wolf about political parties ganging...
Vishav Bharti Chandigarh, February 18 The BJP, facing hostility till recently in Punjab, pushed its entire might, be it RSS cadre, CMs of neighbouring states, Union Ministers and support from some of the biggest deras, into its campaign. Also read:...
Jupinderjit Singh Chandigarh, February 18 Having started campaign much earlier than other parties, the SAD leadership is claiming it will get “comfortable majority” in the Assembly polls. “We have got an encouraging response all over the state,” says party spokesperson...
Ruchika M Khanna Chandigarh, Febraury 18 It is catch phrase coined by AAP poll strategists, “Ek mauka Mann te Kejriwal nu”, that seems to have caught the fancy of voters in many segments. The party, though initially rattled by the...
Rajmeet Singh Chandigarh, February 18 With just a day left for polling for the Assembly elections, the Congress is facing the double challenge of its leaders resolving differences and stiff competition from the AAP and BJP-led NDA trying to spoil...