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In the middle of election campaigning, and at a time, when he has locked horns with his bete noire within Congress — in another sign of growing fissures and internal wrangling in the party leadership in Punjab, The New Indian’s Executive Editor Rohan Dua caught up with CM Charanjit Channi at his maternal home Makrauna […]

CHANDIGARH: In what could spell fresh trouble for Congress and one of its chief ministerial faces ahead of February 20 Punjab assembly elections, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has arrested Bhupinder Honey, the nephew of Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi in connection with a money laundering case related to illegal mining case. According to financial probe […]

MOGA (PUNJAB): It is 5 p.m. in Punjab’s Moga and Bollywood actor Sonu Sood, who grabbed the limelight during the COVID pandemic in 2020, is still canvassing for his sister Malvika Sood, who is contesting Punjab assembly polls as a Congress candidate. The elders in the dusty lanes of the small town describe Sonu Sood […]

NEW DELHI/CHANDIGARH: Punjab, India’s most important border state, will be voting on February 20, 2022 to elect its new government. It’s witnessing a quadrangular contest with ruling Congress trying to retain power. Its main challenger Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), Shiromani Akali Dal (Badal), Bharatiya Janata Party led coalition of former Chief Minister Captain Amrinder Singh […]

MOGA (PUNJAB): Malvika Sood, sister of Bollywood actor Sonu Sood, is contesting Punjab assembly elections 2022 from Moga assembly constituency as a Congress candidate. She says she entered politics as many issues of the people haven’t been addressed and she intends to improve health and education sector once voted to power. The New Indian caught […]

BHATINDA: Jagroop Singh Gill, who was once considered a close associate of Congress leader and Punjab’s finance Minister Manpreet Singh Badal is now contesting against him in 2022 assembly election on Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) ticket. Accusing the Congress of not fulfilling the promise of eradicating the drug menace and unemployment in the constituency, Gill […]

NEW DELHI: It appears the Congress is not taking chances with its CM candidate probable in Punjab. The Congress on Sunday released its third list of eight candidates, including Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi from the second seat of Bhadaur assembly constituency. Earlier Congress had announced that Channi would be fighting from Chamkaur Sahib assembly […]

CHANDIGARH:  On Saturday, the Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu filed his nomination from the Amritsar East constituency ahead of the assembly polls in the state. The firebrand leader has been in news due to his ongoing tussle with the Chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi. It is no secret that Sidhu wants to be CM candidate […]

KAIRANA (UTTAR PRADESH): On Monday, Samajwadi Party (SP) nominated Nahid Hasan as their candidate from Kairana for the upcoming Uttar Pradesh assembly polls. The sitting MLA from this constituency, Nahid was arrested by the UP Police under Gangster Act on January 16. SP’s decision to give him a ticket to contest the poll has drawn […]

NEW DELHI: Former Congress minister and Jharkhand Congress in-charge Ratanjit Pratap Singh (RPN Singh), a Doon school alumnus whose career in the Grand Old Party spans across three decades, on Tuesday joined the BJP, with likely indications that he will be fielded from the saffron party in Uttar Pradesh in the upcoming polls. This is […]