Patiala (Punjab) [India], May 23 (ANI): Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu, who has been lodged in jail, has been taken to a Rajindra Hospital in Patiala for a medical check-up on Monday morning.

New Delhi [India], May 19 (ANI): Former Union Law Minister Ashwani Kumar on Thursday welcomed on Supreme Court's decision to impose one-year rigorous imprisonment on Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu in a three-decade-old road rage case and said that the cost of lives cannot be for just for merely a few rupees.

New Delhi [India], May 19 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Thursday said that 'hand can also be a weapon when a cricketer or extremely physically fit person inflicts the same' and remarked that a disproportionately light punishment humiliates and frustrates a victim of crime when the offender goes unpunished or is let off with a relatively minor punishment.

New Delhi [India], May 19 (ANI): In a major setback, Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu has been sentenced to one year of imprisonment by the Supreme Court in a road rage case that is three-decade-old.

New Delhi [India], May 18 (ANI): The Supreme Court will be delivering an order on the review petition in a three-decade-old road rage case filed by the family of the victim against Navjot Singh Sidhu on Thursday.

New Delhi [India], April 26 (ANI): Following Prashant Kishor declining the Congress' offer to join the party, former Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu met him on Tuesday and shared a picture with the caption "Old wine, Old gold and Old friends still the best".

Chandigarh Apr 26 PTI Shortly after the Congress disciplinary panel recommended his two-year suspension on Tuesday former Punjab unit chief Sunil Jakhar wished his party good luck while refusing to reveal his own plans I wish the Congress good luck Jakhar said when reporters sought his reaction to the disciplinary committees recommendation He refused to comment when asked what would be his next step The committee which met Tuesday morning in Delhi gave its recommendations to party president Sonia Gandhi who will take the necessary action Ahead of the panels meeting Jakhar had said those who still have a conscience will be punished Aaj sar kalam honge unke jinme abhi zameer baaki hai Today those with a conscience will be beheaded My apologies to Javed Akhtar Saheb the former MP said in a tweet earlier in the day The party disciplinary committee had on April 11 given a show-cause notice to Jakhar for alleged anti-party activities and sought a reply within a week But he chose not to reply Jakhar had criticised former Punjab chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi and termed him a liability for the party after the Congress lost the Punjab Assembly polls to the Aam Aadmi Party Some party leaders including former minister Raj Kumar Verka had also demanded action against Jakhar accusing him of using objectionable language against Channi and the Scheduled Caste community during a TV interview But Jakhar had rejected the charge saying his remarks were twisted out of context He had also expressed regret if anybody was hurt by his comments He had earlier created a flutter claiming that 42 MLAs wanted him to be the chief minister and only two backed Channi after the unceremonious exit of Amarinder Singh last year He was among the frontrunners for the CMs post after Amarinder Singh was unseated by the party Earlier Jakhar was replaced by Navjot Singh Sidhu as the Punjab Congress president His chances of becoming the CM were scuttled after party veteran Ambika Soni said the Congress should go with a Sikh face in Punjab The disciplinary panel also recommended the suspension of five Meghalaya MLAs who had supported the ruling Meghalaya Democratic Alliance MDA defying the party directives PTI CHS VSD DV ASH ASH

Chandigarh Apr 22 PTI Newly appointed Punjab Congress president Amrinder Singh Raja Warring on Friday assumed office here saying discipline dedication and dialogue are needed to strengthen the party While giving the 3-D formula Warring a former transport minister of Punjab also said disciplinary action will be taken against anyone trying to weaken the Congress Warring along with the working president of Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee Bharat Bhushan Ashu took charge at a low-key ceremony here in the presence of senior party leaders at Punjab Congress Bhavan Warring succeeds Navjot Singh Sidhu Congress leader Sidhu came to the party office but did not share the stage with other party leaders He later met Warring and congratulated him for taking over as the new Punjab Congress chief Former Punjab Congress chief Sunil Jakhar who was served notice by the disciplinary committee for alleged anti-party activities was conspicuous by his absence Addressing the gathering Warring said the Congress is a soch thought and vichar ideology which cannot wither away Warring said the party leaders need to follow the three Ds -- discipline dedication and dialogue Stressing that discipline was essential for strengthening the party the 44-year-old leader said no person or party can grow in absence of discipline We have to adopt three Ds in our lives if we want to move towards success said Warring adding that dedication towards shouldering responsibility was very important He urged party colleagues to work with dedication while seeking to assure them that he would take along everyone in his mission He said he would ensure dialogue and discussion within the party so that everyone is heard Seeking to emphasise the importance of dialogue and discussion he said even he cannot succeed as the PPCC chief if he keeps making his own strategy without consulting party colleagues Dialogue and discussions and teamwork are important for success in politics and business both he said Warring thanked the party leadership including Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi for making him the Punjab Congress president Asked about Navjot Sidhu meeting the Punjab governor without the partys state unit chief on Thursday Warring said Every person has a right to go anywhere and everybody has a right to raise his voice anywhere This is the Congress Warring however said nothing should be done to weaken the party If anybody works towards weakening the Congress the disciplinary action will surely be taken against him he said talking to the media later To a question about Sidhu not sharing the stage in the ceremony Warring said he met him and hugged him He congratulated me but you can ask him why he did not sit in the ceremony said Warring who won the Gidderbaha assembly seat in Punjabs Sri Muktsar Sahib district for the third time To another question he said discipline will be maintained in the Congress party Later in a tweet Warring said Discipline Dedication and Dialogue will be my 3-D mantra for strengthening the party Addressing the gathering PPCC working president Bharat Bhushan Ashu spoke about the challenge of uniting the partys demoralized workers He said in the Congress party there is no personal branding and the state leadership will reach out to the party workers Meanwhile without naming anyone AICC member and in-charge of Punjab affairs Harish Chaudhary said nobody is above the party He rued that utterances by certain party leaders gave the AAP a chance to come to power in the state Asked if he was referring to Navjot Singh Sidhu Chaudhary said I am not taking anybodys name You should not put words in my mouth On being told that Sidhu blamed mafia raj for the partys defeat in the state assembly polls Congress MP Manish Tewari said In the Congress there are some bhagidars stakeholders and some are kiraydars tenants This is the answer to your question Notably Sidhu has been meeting several party leaders for the past several days He had even met Surjit Dhiman and Kewal Dhillon who had been expelled from the party Prominent among those who were present at the ceremony included former chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi AICC in-charge of Punjab affairs Harish Chaudhary Punjab Congress Legislature Party leader Partap Singh Bajwa MLAs Sukhpal Khaira Tript Rajinder Bajwa Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa Sukhbinder Sarkaria MPs Manish Tewari and Jasbir Dimpa and other party leaders Aam Aadmi Party spokesperson Malvinder Singh Kang meanwhile took a dig at the Congress saying constructive opposition is hardly expected from a divided house of the Congress On his RajaBrar INC coronation as President PPCC we would expect Congress to play the role of Constructive opposition but its hardly expected from the Congress which is ridden in Infighting and Factionalism Warring Must also Add 4th D signifying a Divided House of Congress said Kang in a tweet The Congress had appointed Warring as the Punjab Congress chief in place of Navjot Singh Sidhu The party had also appointed former minister Bharat Bhushan Ashu as the working president of the Punjab Congress Following the partys drubbing in the five states that went to the polls recently Congress chief Sonia Gandhi had asked these state Congress chiefs to resign The AAP stormed to power in Punjab after winning 92 seats out of 117 while the Congress got just 18 PTI CHS VSD RAX RAX

Chandigarh Apr 22 PTI Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu on Friday said the party lost the Punjab elections because of the mafia raj that prevailed in the state and it now needed to reinvent itself while praising Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann as a younger brother and an honest man Without taking names he blamed Amarinder Singh and Charanjit Singh Channi - the two Congress chief ministers who ran the state in the past five years for failing to crack down on the mafia He said he will support Mann whose Aam Aadmi Party trounced the Congress in the recent assembly polls if he fights the mafia He is an honest man Sidhu told reporters at the sidelines of an event where Amrinder Singh Raja Warring took charge as the state Congress president Sidhu had resigned from the same post after the partys defeat in the Punjab elections I did not speak earlier but everybody has a right to speak and I say today that the Congress lost because of the five-year rule of the mafia raj he added Sidhu said he has always fought against the mafia Though he did not elaborate he has in the past criticised his own Congress government in the state over alleged mafias in sand-mining transport and cable TV sectors My fight was not against any individual It was against the system and against some persons who were eating into the state like termites he said His fight is for Punjabs existence and not for any post the former cricketer said Till the time politics remains a business it will not be respected he said When Punjab becomes mafia-free the state will rise he added Sidhu said he considered Mann his younger brother whom he will support in the fight against the mafia He is an honest man I have never raised a finger at him If he fights against it my support is with him even rising above party lines because it is a fight for Punjabs existence In a tweet later he said The Congress will have to reinvent to come back to power Honest faces with moral authority and integrity will be the propellers We are fighting a battle of existence for this great state Its either the Mafia or Honest people he tweeted Sidhu indirectly referred to Amarinder Singh claiming that the former CM had said it was his mistake to have not stopped the mafia Without naming him he alleged that the CM had patronised the mafia Sidhu said questions were also raised about those who came after him an indirect reference to Charanjit Singh Channi who was appointed CM next Ahead of the Punjab polls the opposition had targeted Channi after the Enforcement Directorate arrested his relative Bhupinder Singh Honey in an alleged money laundering case linked to illegal sand-mining Honey is a son of Channis sister-in-law For months before the elections Sidhu had been questioning the leadership of the then chief minister Amarinder Singh He also took swipes occasionally at Channi The AAP stormed to power in the state after winning 92 seats out of 117 while the Congress got just 18 Following the partys drubbing in the five states that went to polls earlier this year Congress chief Sonia Gandhi had asked the party chiefs there to resign PTI CHS SUN VSD ASH ASH

Chandigarh Apr 22 PTI Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu on Friday said the party lost the Punjab elections because of the mafia raj that prevailed in the state and it now needed to reinvent itself while praising Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann as a younger brother and an honest man He said he will support Mann whose Aam Aadmi Party trounced the Congress in the recent assembly polls if he fights against the mafia He is an honest man Sidhu told reporters at the sidelines of an event where Amrinder Singh Raja Warring took charge as the state Congress president Sidhu had resigned from the same post after the partys defeat in the Punjab elections The Congress has to reinvent itself the former cricketer said I did not speak earlier but everybody has a right to speak and I say today that the Congress lost because of the five-year rule of the mafia raj he added Sidhu said he has always fought against the mafia Though he did not elaborate Sidhu has in the past criticised his own Congress government in the state over alleged mafias in sand-mining transport and cable TV sectors My fight was not against any individual It was against the system and against some persons who were eating into the state like termites he said He said his fight is for Punjabs existence and not for any post Till the time politics remain a business it will not be respected he said When Punjab becomes mafia-free the state will rise Sidhu said he considered Mann his younger brother whom will support in the fight against the mafia He is an honest man I have never raised a finger at him If he fights against it my support is with him even rising above party lines because it is a fight for Punjabs existence In a tweet later he said The Congress will have to reinvent to come back to power Honest faces with moral authority and integrity will be the propellers We are fighting a battle of existence for this great state Its either the Mafia or Honest people he tweeted For months before the elections Sidhu had been questioning the leadership of the then chief minister Amarinder Singh He also directed barbs at Charanjit Singh Channi who took over as the CM ahead of the elections The AAP stormed to power after winning 92 seats out of 117 while the Congress got just 18 Following the partys drubbing in the five states that went to polls earlier this year Congress chief Sonia Gandhi had asked the party chiefs there to resign PTI CHS SUN VSD ASH ASH