New Delhi [India], September 16 (ANI): The Central government has upgraded Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Manjinder Singh Sirsa's 'Z' category Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) security from three states to across India, sources said on Friday.
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], July 30 (ANI): The Punjab government on Friday freed 2,828 acres of illegally encroached land in the foothills of the Shivalik Mountains from the possession of various influential people including the son of Shiromani Akali Dal's MP Simranjit Singh Mann.
Chandigarh [India], July 1 (ANI): Shiromani Akali Dal, which has been an ally of the BJP, on Friday announced that it will support NDA candidate Droupadi Murmu in the presidential elections.
New Delhi [India], April 29 (ANI): Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha on Friday termed the violent clash in Punjab's Patiala as 'unfortunate', and said that the "masterminds" of these political parties--Shiv Sena, Congress and Shiromani Akali Dal, will not be spared.
New Delhi [India], April 11 (ANI): Supreme Court on Monday posted a plea filed by Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader Bikram Singh Majithia seeking the quashing of cases registered against him by the Punjab Police under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 for hearing on April 21.
Chandigarh Mar 19 PTI Ten AAP MLAs including a woman were inducted in the Bhagwant Mann-led Cabinet in Punjab here on SaturdayGovernor Banwarilal Purohit administered the oath of office and secrecy to the ministers at Punjab Bhawan hereAmong the 10 eight are first-time MLAs All of them took the oath in PunjabiHarpal Singh Cheema Harbhajan Singh Dr Vijay Singla Lal Chand Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal Laljit Singh Bhullar Bram Shanker Jimpa Harjot Singh Bains and Dr Baljit Kaur the lone woman in the cabinet were administered the oathThere are 18 berths in the cabinet including the chief ministerPunjab Governor had on Wednesday administered the oath of office and secrecy to Bhagwant Mann who was sworn in as chief minister at Khatkar Kalan the ancestral village of freedom fighter Bhagat SinghThe AAP bagged 92 seats in the 117-member Punjab assembly decimating the Congress the Shiromani Akali Dal-Bahujan Samaj Party combine and the BJP-Punjab Lok Congress-SAD Sanyukt alliance PTI CHS SUN VSD NSD NSD NSD
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], March 10 (ANI): As the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) registered a historic win in Punjab Assembly polls by winning a three-fourths majority with 92 seats - the highest number of seats won by any party in the state in over four decades, former Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Thursday said that Punjabis have shown the true spirit of Punjabiyat by rising and voting above sectarian and caste lines, and congratulated AAP and its chief ministerial candidate Bhagwant Mann.
Chandigarh [India], March 9 (ANI): Punjab Chief Electoral Officer, S Karuna Raju, on Wednesday informed that thousands of workers have been given round wise training for the counting of votes in the state as the real task is the declaration of results of Assembly elections.
Moga (Punjab) [India], February 22 (ANI): The Moga police has registered a case against Bollywood actor Sonu Sood under Section 188 for violation of Model Code of Conduct on the day of assembly polls in Punjab, informed local police.
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], February 20 (ANI): With Punjab reporting a low voters' turnout in Assembly elections held on Sunday, Congress MP Gurjeet Singh Aujla said that it is the indication of the grand old party retaining power in the state.