Chandigarh Mar 24 PTI Shiromani Akali Dal SAD chief Sukhbir Singh Badal set up a 12-member committee on Thursday to introspect on the results of the recently-held Punjab Assembly polls and take feedback from the grassroots level on steps needed to strengthen the partyThe SAD registered its worst-ever poll performance as it could win only three seats The Aam Aadmi Party AAP stormed to power in Punjab for the first time by winning 92 of the 117 Assembly seats in the stateBesides recommending sweeping changes to safeguard the core principles of the SAD the committee would suggest changes needed at the organisational level according to a statement issued by the partyThe panel has been set up after taking feedback from different levels in the party including its core committee MLAs candidates district presidents and Youth Akali Dal YAD and Student Organisation of India SOI members the statement saidThe committee comprises senior leaders Balwinder Singh Bhundur Charanjit Singh Atwal Bibi Jagir Kaur Prem Singh Chandumajra Maheshinder Singh Grewal Daljit Singh Cheema Sikander Singh Maluka Hira Singh Gabria Gulzar Singh Ranike Sharanjit Singh Dhillon Janmeja Singh Sekhon and Surjit Singh RakhraCheema said It seems that some big changes are required to safeguard the unique character of the SAD Many suggestions have been made in this context during the ongoing introspection exercise being conducted by the party All these suggestions as well as the feedback from the grassroots level will be taken into account while recommending changes needed to rejuvenate the party PTI CHS VSD RC

Ferozepur (Punjab) [India], January 6 (ANI): Bhartiya Kisan Union (Krantikari) chief Surjit Singh Phool on Thursday said that when the Senior Superintendent of Police Ferozepur asked them to vacate the road saying that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was on his way to a rally by road, they thought that the officer was "bluffing".

Chandigarh Oct 30 PTI Surjit Singh the current head of the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education Researchs department of pediatrics has been given the charge of officiating director of the institution effect November 1Singh has been given the charge for a period of six months or till the regular director is appointed said a PGIMER release hereJagat Ram on Saturday retired as the Director of the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and ResearchRam served a tenure of four years and seven months as Director and had spent 38 years in various other capacities at the prestigious instituteHe joined PGIMER in the Department of Ophthalmology in 1979 as a resident doctor and then became a prominent faculty in 1994 head of the department in 2015 and finally the director of PGIMER in March 2017 PTI CHS VSD TIR TIR

Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], October 10 (ANI): National Conference leader and former minister Surjit Singh Slathia on Sunday resigned from the primary membership of the party.