Politics

  CHANDIGARH: Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Monday allocated portfolios to newly-appointed ministers while keeping the Home department with himself. The chief minister, who took the oath of office on March 16, has given the Finance portfolio to Harpal Cheema, Education to Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer, and the Health department to Dr Vijay Singhla. […]

  NEW DELHI: Drawing an analogy between the functioning style of missile systems and BJP activists, North East Delhi BJP MP Manoj Tiwari on Friday said that the party workers follow the instructions of Prime Minister Narendra Modi like a “disciplined soldier” and gave him credit for the party’s victory in recently-held assembly elections.  Speaking to […]

  PATNA: Senior leader Sharad Yadav has announced to merge his Loktantrik Janata Dal (LJD), which he floated after leaving JD(U) almost five years back, with Lalu Prasad Yadav-led Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), the main Opposition party in Bihar. In a tweet, Sharad Yadav said the merge is part of his efforts to unite various […]

  NEW DELHI/CHANDIGARH: A day after cricketer turned politician Navjot Singh Sidhu resigned as Punjab Congress chief on the directions of party interim chief Sonia Gandhi, he humiliated his party, yet once again, by endorsing Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) which decimated his own party in the state in the recently concluded assembly polls. Sidhu congratulated […]

  KHATKAR KALAN: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) parliamentarian Sanjay Singh on Wednesday said that the party’s massive victory in Punjab will boost its strength in the Rajya Sabha and party MPs would not have to beg the chair for “a minute” to raise issues of public importance. At present, the AAP has three members, Sanjay […]