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Navjot Sidhu walks out of Patiala jail with swagger intact

After serving a one-year sentence for a three-decade-old road rage case, Navjot Singh Sidhu, a former cricketer turned politician, was released from Patiala Jail on Saturday. He walked out of jail sporting a bright blue jacket and a smile. He dived straight into making comments about the political scenario in Punjab and India in quintessential […]

Q&A – Sidhu Sought CM Face From Rahul, He Must Respect Decision In His Or Other’s Favour: Channi

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 […]

After Kejriwal, It’s Sidhu’s Turn To Woo The Women Voters Of Punjab

CHANDIGARH: There appears to be a mad scramble among political parties to beat each other in making poll promises to their prospective voters ahead of assembly elections in Punjab. After Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convenor and chief minister of Delhi Arvind Kejriwal made an announcement to give Rs 1,000 per month to women, Punjab […]

Gambhir Gets Second ISIS Threat After Cops Launch Probe

Gautam Gambhir has written to Delhi Police accusing ISIS Kashmir of threatening him of his life over an email. In July this year, security forces had nabbed three accused of ISIS connection in Anantnag in Kashmir.

Navjot Sidhu Calls Imran Khan ‘Bada Bhai’ At Kartarpur Corridor, Gets Lambasted By Both BJP & Congress

NEW DELHI: The BJP on Saturday launched a scathing attack on Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu for reportedly calling Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan his “elder brother” during a trip to Kartarpur Sahib. Sidhu made the remarks while interacting with a Pakistani official at the Kartarpur project in Pakistan. Sidhu was accompanied by several […]

Punjab Netas Amarinder, Sidhu Welcome Modi’s Move On Farm Laws

CHANDIGARH: On the occasion of Guru Parv and just before Punjab Assembly elections, the Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced repealing of three contentious farm laws. “We have decided to repeal three farm laws. We will finish the constitutional process to repeal the law in upcoming Parliament session”, Prime Minister Modi said in a special address […]

Sidhu Prevails In Fight With Punjab CM Channi As AG Resigns; New Row On Dy CM’s Kin

CHANDIGARH: Ahead of the 2022 Punjab elections, it was advantage Sidhu as Punjab chief minister, Charanjit Singh Channi formally announced the acceptance of resignation of APS Deol, Advocate General (AG) post a cabinet meeting at Punjab Bhawan in Chandigarh on Tuesday. With the acceptance of Deol’s resignation, speculations doing the rounds point towards the end […]