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  Former Punjab CM Parkash Singh Badal consigned to flames with full state honours

  India | April 27, 2023 15:07 IST

  Parkash Singh Badal last rites: The Punjab government declared a holiday today in honour of the five-time Punjab chief minister who died on Tuesday (April 25) aged 95. All government offices, departments, boards, corporations and educational institutions in the state will remain shut today.

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  PM Modi pays homage to SAD founder leader Parkash Singh Badal in Chandigarh

  India | April 26, 2023 14:29 IST

  Parkash 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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  PM hits out at ‘outsider’ AAP, slams Congress for defaming Punjab

  Politics | January 29, 2017 21:56 IST

  Going all out against his political rivals, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today launched scathing attacks on both Indian National Congress and Aam Aadmi Party as he backed the Akali Dal-BJP alliance in Punjab to provide

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  Sukhbir an icon of corruption, Rahul Gandhi’s swipe on Badals

  Politics | January 28, 2017 16:40 IST

  Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi today continued his frontal attack on Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal's family, saying that his son and Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal was an "icon of corruption". "Sukhbir

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  Punjab polls: Political battle heats up as PM Modi, Rahul Gandhi engage in war of words

  Politics | January 27, 2017 21:20 IST

  The poll day in the state of Punjab is less than a week away and Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi have gone all out convince the common man. Modi led the

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  Amarinder Singh keen to contest Punjab polls against CM Badal

  Politics | January 14, 2017 18:24 IST

  Giving an interesting turn to Punjab's politics, state Congress president Amarinder Singh has sought the Congress high command's permission to fight next month's assembly elections against Chief Minister and Shiromani Akali Dal patron Parkash Singh

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  AAP will vanish from political arena before 2017 assembly polls in Punjab, says CM Parkash Badal

  Politics | September 17, 2016 18:27 IST

  Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today came down hard on the Aam Aadmi Party, dubbing it as "bunch of unprincipled leaders". He said the Arvind Kejriwal-led party will “vanish” from the political arena of

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  Noted Punjabi writer Gurdial Singh passes away at 83; Punjab CM mourns his death

  India | August 17, 2016 14:40 IST

  Gurdial Singh, eminent Punjabi writer and novelist, died in Bathinda after a brief spell of illness.

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  Rahul Gandhi is carrying 'anti-Sikh' family legacy: Punjab CM

  Politics | June 14, 2016 18:57 IST

  India TV Politics Desk Bhaagsar (Muktsar): Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today launched a scathing attack on Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi and accused him of carrying the Nehru-Gandhi family’s notorious legacy of “anti-Punjab

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  World's biggest rooftop solar plant inaugurated in Punjab

  India | May 17, 2016 18:09 IST

  Touted to be the biggest one of its kind in the world, the 11.5 MW rooftop solar energy plant was inaugurated on Tuesday by Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal

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  Excluding Sikh Regiment from R-Day parade regrettable: Badal to PM Modi

  Politics | January 31, 2016 23:37 IST

  Chandigarh: The controversy over the exclusion of the Sikh Regiment from the Republic Day parade in Delhi refuses to settle down, with Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Sunday describing the episode as "sad

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  AAP a 'disarrayed force', lacks pro-people ideology: Punjab CM

  Politics | December 12, 2015 21:24 IST

  Tarn Taran: In a scathing attack on the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and its leaders, Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today said that the Arvind Kejriwal-led party was a "disarrayed force", one that lacked

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  VHP plans big show in Ayodhya

  India | December 06, 2015 10:29 IST

  VHP plans big show in AyodhyaLucknow: The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) is all set to make December 6 in Ayodhya a 'big show' to mark the demolition of the disputed site in 1992. It has

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  Holy book row: Congress seeks resignation of Badal, Sukhbir

  Politics | October 21, 2015 17:14 IST

  Chandigarh: Congress today sought imposition of President's Rule in Punjab and resignation of Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, owning moral responsibility for "complete breakdown of constitutional machinery" in the state witnessing tension over incidents of

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  Sikh protests continue over Granth Sahib's desecration

  India | October 18, 2015 14:31 IST

  Chandigarh: Sikh protesters continued to block roads in Punjab's Malwa region on Sunday to protest against the desecration of Guru Granth Sahib, the holy scripture of Sikh religion.The blockade, however, was reduced to one location in each district

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  Previous Congress governments at Centre of ignored farmers: Parkash Singh Badal

  Politics | September 24, 2015 18:18 IST

  Chandigarh: Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today accused previous Congress governments at the Centre of ignoring issues of farmers struggling under huge debts.During a debate in the assembly on a resolution on "rising financial

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  Punjab CM Parkash Singh Badal meets slain police officer's family

  Politics | July 29, 2015 12:37 IST

  Kapurthala (Punjab):  Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Wednesday met the family of police officer Baljit Singh who died fighting terrorists -- and also praised the Punjab Police.Badal assured all possible help to the

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  Punjab CM calls off meeting with Pakistan envoy Abdul Basit

  Politics | July 28, 2015 9:32 IST

  Chandigarh: Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Monday called off his meeting with Pakistan High Commissioner Abdul Basit scheduled for July 29 here in the wake of Gurdaspur terror attack.Advisor to Chief Minister on National Affairs and Media Harcharan Bains

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  Gurdaspur terror attack: Rajnath Singh speaks to Parkash Singh Badal

  India | July 27, 2015 15:06 IST

  New Delhi: In the wake of attack by suspected terrorists in Gurudaspur today, Home Minister Rajnath Singh spoke to Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal and assured him full central assistance to tackle the situation.  “I

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  All Three Badal Brothers Locked In Poll Combat In Punjab

  India | January 28, 2012 18:03 IST

  Lambi (Punjab), Jan 28: They share the common wall of their ancestral house, the family name and even the village name. But in the cut and thrust of politics, a common inheritance seems to matter