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NEW DELHI: The Chhattisgarh Civil Society (CCS) has issued a Rs 850 crore notice to Navjot Kaur, wife of senior Congress leader and former cricketer Navjot Singh Sidhu, following controversial claims about her cancer treatment. Sidhu, during a press conference on November 21, asserted that his wife’s stage 4 cancer was cured through a diet […]

Extending support to protesting wrestlers, former cricketer said if justice is delayed, it will be denied

  NEW DELHI: In a major setback to the cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu, the Supreme Court on Thursday sentenced him to one-year rigorous imprisonment with a fine of Rs 1000 in a three-decade-old road rage case. Sidhu who till recently was the president of the Punjab Congress Committee was acquitted by the apex court in […]

NEW DELHI: Hours after Prashant Kishor turned down Congress’ offer to join the party, cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu met the poll strategist and shared a selfie of them on Twitter. Showing enthusiasm about meeting his old friend, the former Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee president tweeted, “Had a wonderful meeting with my old friend PK… Old […]

NEW DELHI: Almost a month after it was snubbed badly in Punjab, the Congress on Saturday appointed Amarinder Singh Raja Warring, a close aide of former party chief Rahul Gandhi as the president of Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee, replacing cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu. Sidhu had resigned last month following the party’s dismal show in the […]

  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 […]

CHANDIGARH: Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) sprang a surprise by registering a landslide victory in the Punjab assembly elections on Thursday, ousting the Congress party from yet another state. As per the Election Commission of India (ECI), the AAP was set to win 92 seats in the 117-member Punjab legislative assembly. AAP leader Bhagwant Mann, […]

Qadian, which ones witnessed the insurgency in 1983 despite one of the historic places across the globe as the headquarter of Ahmadiyya Muslim community in the small town in Punjab’s Gurdaspur district has now returned to peace with people of every religion living with brotherhood and harmony. Near the Shivala Chowk of the town lies […]

AMRITSAR: With only less than 30 hours left for campaigning for the Punjab assembly polls to end, Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader and former state minister Bikram Singh Majithia is leaving no stone unturned in pushing his case against his political rival cricketer-turned politician and Congress candidate Navjot Singh Sidhu at one of the hotly […]

Amritsar: As the poll dates draw closer in Punjab, the voter expectation of the next government and the issues that they wish for it to tackle is gaining strength. In Amritsar’s Golden Temple area, locals are divided on the development and are keen to choose a party that will bring about the desired change. Having […]