Rajouri (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], March 28 (ANI): As many as 56 people were injured while one person succumbed to injuries in a bus accident that occurred en route to Nowshera in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri district, said Additional Deputy Commissioner on Monday.

Ranchi Jan 28 PTI A day after a criminal was gunned down in a shootout at high-security zone Morhabadi area here Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Friday directed officials to ensure that the law and order situation was not compromised under any circumstances The criminal Kalu Lama was killed in a shootout in Morhabadi area while two persons were seriously injured in the incident Chief Minister Hemant Soren Governor Ramesh Bais and several senior officials reside in the vicinity of Morhabadi area Chairing a high-level review meeting on law and order attended by senior police and administrative officials including Director General of Police Neeraj Sinha Soren asked for strict action against criminals involved in the incident The chief minister directed the officers that the police should identify the criminals and deal with them strictlyThe chief minister said that maintaining law and order is an important responsibility of the state government a statement said Expressing concern over the firing at Morhabadi Ground where government functions are held from time to time Soren directed the police officers that the criminals involved in the incident should not be spared under any circumstances and the strictest possible legal action should be taken against them Chief Secretary Sukhdev Singh DGP Sinha Principal Secretary of Home Department Rajiv Arun Ekka Municipal Commissioner Mukesh Kumar SSP Ranchi Surendra Kumar Jha and other officers were present in the meeting Police had said that two scooty-borne miscreants opened fire in front of the residence of Jharkhand Mukti Morcha leader and former chief minister Shibu Soren injuring Kalu Lama his brother and another associate Lama later succumbed to his injuries PTI NAM MM MM

New Delhi Jan 24 PTI The BJP in Punjab will contest on 65 assembly seats the Punjab Lok Congress on 37 seats and the SAD Sanyukt on 17 seats BJP chief J P Nadda said on Monday as he announced the seat-sharing agreement between his party and its allies for the February 20 state polls Nadda said Punjab is a border state and security is a very important issue as far as assembly elections are concerned Hailing Punjab as a leader especially in defence and food security of the country he said Today Punjab needs special attention it needs a double engine government and a better coordination between the Centre and the state Nadda announced the seat-sharing agreement at a press conference here at the BJP headquarters in the presence of Punjab Lok Congress supremo Amarinder Singh and Shiromani Akali Dal Sanyukt Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa I am announcing a broader seat sharing agreement BJP will contest on 65 seats PLC on 37 seats and SAD Sanyukt on 15 seats Nadda said Speaking at the same conference Singh said for the sake of national security and welfare of the state all three parties have come together Expressing concern about the threat to the hard earned peace of Punjab Singh said a large number of weapons for carrying out nefarious activities are coming into Punjab During the course of my last four-and-half-years as Punjab chief minister at least 1000 rifles 500 pistols RDX lakhs of rounds of ammunition were caught at the borders The weapons were also dropped using drones They were meant for carrying out some nefarious activity Singh said Taking on his bete-noire and Congress Punjab unit chief Navjot Sidhu Singh said Our bravehearts are fighting Pakistan at the borders Yet Sidhu wants to hug it out with the enemy Singh was referring to Sidhu hugging Pakistan Army Chief General Bajwa during the oath taking ceremony of Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan After resigning from Punjab chief ministership Singh quit the Congress and floated his own party Punjab Lok Congress and forged alliance with the BJP and SAD Sanyukt The BJPs is paying the role of senior partner in the alliance in Punjab where it had always played second fiddle in its more than two-decade long alliance with the Shiromani Akali Dal Elections for 117 seats in Punjab will be held in single phase on February 20 Punjab is likely to see a five-cornered contest this election between the farmers political outfit the BJP and its allies Congress AAP and SAD PTI JTR RHL

New Delhi Jan 24 PTI The BJP in Punjab will contest on 65 assembly seats the Punjab Lok Congress on 37 seats and the SAD Sanyukt on 17 seats BJP chief JP Nadda said on Monday as he announced the seat sharing agreement between his party and its allies for the February 20 state pollsHailing Punjab as a leader especially in defence and food security of the country he said Today Punjab needs special attention it needs a double engine government and a better coordination between the Centre and the state Nadda announced the seat sharing agreement at a press conference here at the BJP headquarters in the presence of Punjab Lok Congress supremo Amarinder Singh and Shiromani Akali Dal Sanyukt Sukhdev Singh DhindsaI am announcing a broader seat sharing agreement BJP will contest on 65 seats PLC on 37 seats and SAD Sanyukt on 15 seats Nadda said Speaking at the same conference Singh said for the sake of national security and welfare of the state all three parties have come togetherNadda said Punjab is a border state and security is a very important issue as far as assembly elections are concerned PTI JTR ANB ANB

New Delhi [India], January 22 (ANI): BJP Punjab unit chief Ashwani Kumar Sharma will contest election in Punjab from Pathankot seat, said the party on Friday.

New Delhi Dec 28 PTI Ahead of the Punjab Assembly election former India cricketer Dinesh Mongia and sitting Congress MLA Fateh Singh Bajwa joined the BJP here on Tuesday in the presence of Union minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat Bajwa MLA from Qadian is the brother of senior Congress leader Pratap Singh Bajwa Besides Bajwa Balwinder Singh Laddi sitting MLA of Congress from Punjab also joined the BJP on Tuesday These joinings came a day after former Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh and former Union minister Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa met the BJP top brass after which an announcement for a formal alliance was made between the BJP and the parties of these two leaders Welcoming the leaders into his party fold Shekhawat said leaders from other parties are joining the BJP as it is gaining ground in Punjab From the past several days the BJP has been roping in leaders and renowned personalities from Punjab to strengthen its position in the state where it has always been a junior partner in the alliance PTI JTR CK

New Delhi Dec 27 PTI The BJP will contest the assembly polls in Punjab in alliance with Amarinder Singhs Punjab Lok Congress and Sukhdev Singh Dhindsas SAD Sanyukt Union minister Gajendra Shekhawat said on MondayBoth Singh and Dhindsa a Rajya Sabha MP met with the BJP top brass including president J P Nadda and Union Home Minister Amit Shah at Shahs residence here to chalk out a strategy for the pollsIt was decided at the meeting that the BJP Singhs party and Dhindsas party will jointly contest the polls in PunjabAddressing the media after the meeting Shekhawat said Today it is being officially announced that the BJP Amarinder Singhs party and Dhindsas party will jointly contest the upcoming assembly polls in Punjab Shekhawat the BJPs poll in-charge for Punjab said to finalise the seat sharing agreement a joint committee will be formed comprising two leaders from each partyHe also announced that the three-party alliance will come up with a joint manifesto PTI JTR IJT

New Delhi [India], December 27 (ANI): Ahead of Assembly elections, Bharatiya Janata Party, Shiromani Akali Dal (Sanyukt) and Amarinder Singh-led Punjab Lok Congress have formed a six member-Committee to decide on seat sharing, informed Punjab BJP in charge Gajendra Singh Shekhawat.

Ranchi Sep 29 PTI Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Wednesday paid homage to the deputy commandant rank official of Jharkhand Jaguar an anti-Naxalite force of the state police who was killed in an encounter with extremistsSoren visited the Jaguar Headquarters at Sukarhuttu in Ranchi where the body of the official was keptThe 41-year-old deputy commandant was killed at Salayya forest in Latehar district in an encounter between security forces and extremists of banned Naxalite outfit Jharkhand Jan Mukti Parishad JJMP on TuesdayAfter paying floral tributes to the body of Kumar the chief minister interacted with his wife and son and consoled themChief Secretary Sukhdev Singh DGP Neeraj Sinha and other senior officers accompanied Soren to the Jaguar headquartersWhen the Jaguar team went near the spot inside the forest where the JJMP members were the ultras started firing injuring Deputy Commandant KumarThe police personnel also returned the fire killing one of the NaxalitesKumar was brought in a helicopter to a Ranchi hospital but he did not survive PTI NAM NN NN