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ABVP's Ankit Bidhan wins Panjab University students' council president post by 2,879 votes
India | Aug 31, 2026, 08:33 PM ISTABVP's Ankit Bidhan won the presidential election. ABVP students celebrated enthusiastically on the university campus, distributing sweets and congratulating each other.
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Signal for Punjab polls? BJP, Akali Dal students' wing join hands for Panjab University elections
India | Aug 31, 2026, 08:03 PM ISTSOI, the student wing of Shiromani Akali Dal, has extended unconditional support to ABVP’s presidential candidate Ankit Bidhan in the Panjab University elections, a move seen as a significant political signal ahead of the 2027 Punjab Assembly polls.
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Sukhbir Singh Badal, Akali Dal chief and ex-Punjab Deputy CM, attacked in Maharashtra; hospitalised
India | Aug 13, 2026, 04:33 PM ISTAkali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal was attacked in Maharashtra's Nanded at the Mata Sahib Gurdwara. He has been hospitalised and receiving treatment.
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Abohar Municipal Corporation Election Results 2026: BJP and AAP locked in close contest
India | May 29, 2026, 04:32 PM ISTCounting of votes for the Abohar Municipal Corporation elections is underway as political parties await results in one of Punjab’s most closely watched civic contests. The 50-ward corporation will witness a fierce battle between AAP, BJP, Congress and Shiromani Akali Dal.
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Vice Presidential Election: Which Sikh leader was the only candidate to contest the VP polls?
India | Sep 09, 2025, 12:52 PM ISTVice President Election: The stage is set for a direct contest today between NDA's CP Radhakrishnan and the Opposition's B Sudershan Reddy in the vice presidential election, following the sudden resignation of Jagdeep Dhankhar, which necessitated this poll.
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Punjab: Akali Dal councillor shot dead in Amritsar, family alleges drug peddlers behind attack
India | May 25, 2025, 07:29 PM ISTAkali Dal councillor Harjinder Singh was shot dead in Amritsar, with his family blaming previously reported drug-linked assailants amid political outrage over ignored threats.
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Akali Dal accepts Sukhbir Badal's resignation as party chief, following Aakal Takht intervention
India | Jan 10, 2025, 06:18 PM ISTThe Shiromani Akali Dal has accepted Sukhbir Singh Badal's resignation as party president and will launch a membership drive from January 20, 2025, aiming to enroll 25 lakh new members ahead of the presidential election on March 1, 2025.
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Mumbai local train's ticket inspector assaulted on board, Akali Dal demands action from govt
India | Aug 17, 2024, 11:53 PM ISTAfter a ticket checker was assaulted on a Mumbai Local train, the Shiromani Akali Dal has demanded action. The incident occurred when some individuals attacked the ticket checker during a ticket inspection. However, after receiving a written apology from the accused, no case was filed.
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Will seek transfer of Kartarpur Sahib from Pakistan through mutual land exchange: Akali Dal chief
India | May 18, 2024, 10:51 PM ISTShiromani Akali Dal released its manifesto for the Lok Sabha elections on Saturday. Punjab has 13 Lok Sabha seats, all of which will go to polls in the seventh and last phase of elections on June 1. The results will be declared on June 4.
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Lok Sabha elections: BJP to go solo in Punjab, no alliance with Akali Dal, says state chief Jakhar
India | Mar 26, 2024, 05:31 PM ISTIn 2019, both BJP and SAD, under the NDA, won two seats each. The announcement came amid a buzz over talks between the Shiromani Akali Dal and the BJP for re-stitching their alliance for the parliamentary polls.
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Former SGPC chief Jagir Kaur returns to Shiromani Akali Dal ahead of Lok Sabha elections
India | Mar 15, 2024, 09:29 AM ISTShe was expelled from the SAD in November 2022. Kaur, who was once considered a loyalist of the Badal family, had then assured of restoring autonomy of the SGPC, the apex gurdwara body. Kaur had always maintained that she had not left the SAD but it was the party which expelled her.
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Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa merges his party with Sukhbir Singh Badal's Akali Dal in Punjab
India | Mar 06, 2024, 12:23 AM ISTThe merger of Shiromani Akali Dal (Sanyukt) with the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) has come ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, which are due in few weeks.
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India TV-CNX Opinion Poll: AAP-Congress alliance leads in Punjab, BJP to sweep Delhi, Haryana
India | Oct 07, 2023, 06:06 AM ISTIndia TV-CNX Opinion Poll: India TV has conducted an opinion poll in order to analyse which party will have an edge if Lok Sabha elections 2024 are held today.
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I.N.D.I.A. bloc to get final shape in Mumbai, talks on with BRS, Akalis and others: Sources
India | Aug 28, 2023, 04:28 PM ISTSo far, the I.N.D.I.A. bloc has 26 parties and is eyeing to induct more regional parties. Sources said the BRS and the Akali Dal are also in touch with the alliance. The alliance will be strengthened in Telangana and Punjab if they come into the fold.
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'NDA stands for New India, Development, Aspiration': PM Modi at key meet in Delhi
India | Jul 18, 2023, 11:47 PM ISTNDA Meet LIVE UPDATES: The BJP-led National Democratic Alliance is holding a big show of strength in Delhi today in order to take on the challenge posed by the new opposition alliance.
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PM Modi pays homage to SAD founder leader Parkash Singh Badal in Chandigarh
India | Apr 26, 2023, 02:29 PM ISTParkash Singh Badal death: Vice President and Rajya Sabha chairperson Jagdeep Dhankhar said the passing of Badal is a great loss to Punjab and the nation.
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End of an era: 5-time Punjab CM, Akali Dal patriarch Parkash Singh Badal passes away at 95
India | Apr 26, 2023, 03:03 AM ISTBadal's political journey began in 1947 when he became the 'Sarpanch' (village head) of Badal village, then in Bathinda district.
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'Punjab saddled with debt due to previous governments', says CM Bhagwant Mann
India | Apr 18, 2022, 05:21 PM ISTAhead of the polls, senior AAP leader Raghav Chadha had accused the previous Akali-BJP and the then Congress government in Punjab of pushing the state into debt.
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Punjab election 2022: Akali Dal will win 80 seats, claims Sukhbir Singh Badal | Exclusive
Elections | Feb 04, 2022, 06:45 PM ISTPunjab assembly election will be held in one single phase on February 20 and results will be declared on March 10. It's going to be a multi-polar fight in the forthcoming elections between SAD-BSP, Congress, Captain Amarinder Singh's new-founded Punjab Lok Congress (PLC)-BJP and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).
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Parkash Singh Badal, 94, files nomination; becomes India's oldest candidate in fray
Elections | Jan 31, 2022, 05:16 PM ISTBadal, a five-time chief minister, broke former Kerala chief minister VS Achuthanandan's record of being the oldest candidate in the fray, the CPI(M) leader was 92 years old when he fought the Assembly polls in 2016.