CHANDIGARH: Punjab’s governing AAP won 958 (48.4%) wards as municipal poll results were declared on Friday. Of 8 municipal corporations that went to polls, AAP won 5 – Mohali, Bathinda, Barnala, Moga and Batala – BJP won Abohar and Pathankot, Congress won Kapurthala.Congress was a distant second, winning 390 wards, followed by SAD with 191…
Bathinda: In a setback for Punjab Congress president Amrinder Singh Raja Warring, Congress could win only two of the total 19 wards in Gidderbaha municipal council, results of which were declared on Friday. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) won 17 seats, while the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) failed to open its account. Till 2012, Gidderbaha…
CHANDIGARH: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday appointed former Congress MLA and industrialist Kewal Singh Dhillon as its Punjab president, marking a shift from the party’s earlier practice of appointing a Hindu leader in the Sikh-majority state. By picking Dhillon, a Jat Sikh, the BJP has made a significant political move less than a…
Newly appointed Haryana BJP State President, Archana Gupta CHANDIGARH: The Haryana BJP on Thursday appointed Archana Gupta as the new president of its state unit, making her only the second woman to head the party in Haryana in more than four decades.Gupta, a doctor by profession (radiologist), is at present the party state general secretary.Kamla…
Bathinda: A Moga court has issued a notice to Rajya Sabha member Swati Maliwal requiring her to appear in court in person or through her counsel on June 10, while providing the parliamentarian an opportunity to be heard under the proviso of Section 223(1) of the BNSS in a defamation case filed by Aam Aadmi…
SANGRUR: Over 70 people, including women and children, fell ill after consuming food at a wedding ceremony in Moonak area of Sangrur district, officials said on Wednesday.The affected people were admitted to both government and private hospitals, where they are currently undergoing treatment.Punjab cabinet minister Barinder Kumar Goyal visited the Civil Hospital in Moonak and…
Chandigarh: Three persons were arrested for allegedly attempting to rob a man at knifepoint near Sector 55.According to police, complainant Kuldeep Chand Bhardwaj, a resident of Badheri (Sector 41-A), alleged that Abhay alias Abu, Abhishek and Ashok — all residents of Badheri — tried to snatch his mobile phone.The accused were reportedly riding an Activa…
Mohali: In a major crackdown on drug trafficking and illegal arms smuggling, the Anti-Narcotics Task Force (ANTF) of the Punjab Police seized a large quantity of heroin and illegal weapons during a raid conducted in Mohali. However, the accused managed to flee before the police team reached the location.The accused has been identified as Ishanpreet…
CHANDIGARH: The Haryana government on Tuesday released the controversial Dera Sacha Sauda (DSS) chief and a convict in rape cases, Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh on 30 days parole. He will be returning back to jail barracks on June 24.It is for the second time that the controversial preacher has been released by the state government…
A man allegedly bludgeoned three neighbours to death with an iron rod and a sharp-edged weapon following a dispute reportedly linked to an illicit relationship in Haryana’s Sonipat SONIPAT: A man allegedly bludgeoned three neighbours to death with an iron rod and a sharp-edged weapon following a dispute reportedly linked to an illicit relationship.The gruesome…
