NEW DELHI: In the wake of rising COVID cases in the state the Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) has decided to shut down restaurants and Pubs in Delhi. DDMA has also decided that all the private offices should work from home. DDMA said that, ”DDMA is satisfied that the NCT of Delhi has taken effective […]
NEW DELHI: Hours after Prime Minister Narendra Modi cancelled his programme in Punjab after his convoy was stuck in a traffic jam, the Congress hit back at the ruling BJP saying all arrangements were made in tandem with Special Pritection Group (SPG) and other agencies and route was carved for all buses. The Congress also […]
CHANDIGARH: Just before the Punjab assembly election early next year, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) bagged 14 seats out of 35 in Chandigarh Municipal Corporation, pushing BJP to second number. AAP won 14 of 35 municipal seats, with the BJP close behind at 12 seats. The Congress won eight seats and the Akali Dal stayed […]
NEW DELHI: If pre-poll surveys are to be believed, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is all set to retain its power in the Hindi heartland in the upcoming assembly polls, scheduled to be held early next year. Jan Ki Baat Opinion Poll has predicted the return of Yogi Adityanath-led BJP government in politically significant Uttar Pradesh. […]
NEW DELHI: Amid infighting in Uttarakhand Congress, former Chief Minister Harish Rawat and AICC in-charge for the state Devender Yadav on Friday met former party chief Rahul Gandhi at his residence. The two leaders were called for a meeting with the senior leadership after Rawat on Wednesday sent out cryptic tweets over the handling of […]
CHANDIGARH/NEW DELHI: Eight years after the then wrestler-turned-druglord Jagdish Bhola, who was arrested in a Rs 6500-crore synthetic drug scam, had accused Shiromani Akali Dal chief Sukhbir Badal’s brother-in-law Bikram Majithia of him as a kingpin leading to the summons served by ED on him, Punjab Police has booked the key Akali Dal man on […]
CHANDIGARH: In a major development on Monday, a senior Congress leader and minister for Technical Education Rana Gurjeet Singh lashed out at Punjab Congress committee president Navjot Singh Sidhu for trying to create divisions within the party and questioning the loyalty of the true and traditional Congressmen. Rana took a dig at Sidhu’s flip-flops in […]
CHANDIGARH: Ending speculations, the former Chief Minister of Punjab Capt Amarinder Singh on Friday formally announced that the party will contest upcoming Punjab election with Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on a seat sharing basis. Capt Amarinder Singh announced its alliance with the BJP on his verified Twitter account and wrote that “Met union minister & […]
CHANDIGARH: Soon after former chief minister of Punjab Capt Amarinder Singh inaugurated his new political party office on Tuesday, he met Punjab BJP election in-charge Gajendra Shekhawat at his farm house in Mohali. The closed door meeting continued for more than half an hour. According to the sources, Capt Amarinder and Shekhawat talked about sharing […]
CHANDIGARH: Slow but steady, Captain Amarinder Singh is moving closer to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in preparation for the upcoming elections next year. The former Punjab chief minister on Tuesday met the current Haryana chief minister, Manohar Lal Khattar, at his residence here in Chandigarh. To keep the onlookers hanging, however, he termed the […]