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  'CM Channi didn't pick phone': Nadda blasts Congress after security lapse during Modi's Punjab visit

  Elections | January 05, 2022 16:09 IST

  Nadda alleged that the state police was instructed to prevent people from attending Modi's rally and a large number of buses were stranded because of the high-handedness of the police in connivance with the protesters.

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  PM Modi stuck on flyover for 20 mins, Centre seeks report from Punjab govt over major security lapse

  Elections | January 05, 2022 18:57 IST

  PM Narendra Modi was slated to visit Punjab's Ferozepur today to lay the foundation stone of multiple development projects worth more than Rs 42,750 crore.

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  Abki Baar Kiski Sarkar: PM Modi to meet farmers on March 15, What is his agenda?

  News | January 05, 2022 13:20 IST

  PM Modi is all set to meet the farmers on March 15. The same was announced in a letter to Charanjit Singh Channi ahead of PM Modi's Punjab visit on Wednesday.

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  PM Modi on his tour to Punjab today, to lay foundation stone for projects worth 42,750 crores

  News | January 05, 2022 8:20 IST

  PM Modi is on his tour to Punjab today where he will be laying foundation stone for developmental projects worth 42,750 crores. He will also be addressing a rally in Ferozepur.

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  PM Modi to lay foundation stone of multiple development projects in Punjab today

  Elections | January 05, 2022 7:37 IST

  The consistent endeavour of the Prime Minister to improve connectivity all across the country has led to multiple national highway development initiatives being taken up in the state of Punjab, the PMO said.

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  Punjab: Anti-drone team, around 10,000 security personnel deployed ahead of PM's visit

  Elections | January 04, 2022 20:40 IST

  Modi is visiting Punjab after a gap of two years and set to lay foundation stones of projects worth Rs 42,750 crore.

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  Poll dates for assembly elections in 5 states likely to be announced between January 10-13: Sources

  Elections | January 04, 2022 13:00 IST

  The assembly elections are due to be held in five states including Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Goa and Manipur.

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  Punjab imposes night curfew from 10 pm to 5 am; bars, cinemas halls, malls to work at 50% capacity

  India | January 04, 2022 11:16 IST

  Punjab government has imposed night curfew from 10 pm to 5 am amid concern over the third Covid wave following the omicron outbreak.

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  Rift widens in Punjab Congress: Randhawa says Sidhu 'upset with me ever since I became minister'

  Elections | January 03, 2022 17:28 IST

  "Sidhu has some problem. I share old relations with his family. But ever since I have become the home minister of Punjab, he is upset with me", Punjab HM Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa said.

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  Sidhu woos women voters, promises cash rewards to students, monthly stipend to homemakers

  Elections | January 03, 2022 16:42 IST

  The state Congress chief also promised two-wheelers to girls taking admission in colleges for further studies, Rs 20,000 to those passing 12th class, Rs 15,000 to the ones passing 10th standard and Rs 5,000 to the others passing fifth grade.

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  Punjab MLA Balwinder Laddi, who joined BJP last week, rejoins Congress

  Elections | January 03, 2022 13:23 IST

  Laddi on Monday said he returned to the Congress fold here on Sunday night in the presence of AICC in-charge of Punjab affairs Harish Chaudhary and Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi.

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  Punjab polls: AAP announces 5 more candidates

  Elections | January 03, 2022 10:54 IST

  The total number of candidates announced by Punjab's main opposition party has now reached 101. Punjab has 117 assembly seats.  

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  Punjab polls: BJP using central agencies to trigger defections, says Navjot Sidhu

  Elections | January 03, 2022 10:29 IST

  Navjot Singh Sidhu said that the BJP is resorting to bad politics of vote polarisation and using the Enforcement Directorate and other agencies for browbeating opponents to trigger defections.

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  'Factually incorrect': Punjab Governor on CM Channi's allegations

  Elections | January 02, 2022 21:27 IST

  The Governor, in a statement, said the file regarding regularisation of the services of contractual employees was sent back to the office of Chief Minister with six queries that need to be clarified by the state government. The copy of the queries raised on the said file is released to the media.

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  Channi govt does not have courage to arrest Majithia, says AAP leader Kejriwal

  Elections | January 01, 2022 19:53 IST

  Majithia has been booked under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act on the basis of a 2018 report of a probe into a drug racket in the state.

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  Navjot Singh Sidhu attacks formers CMs Parkash Badal, Amarinder Singh for 'looting' Punjab

  Elections | December 31, 2021 8:46 IST

  The state does not generate enough revenue to be able to meet its total expenditure of Rs 1.40 lakh crore. It pays Rs 30,000 crore as interest on debt, Sidhu claimed.

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  Punjab: Amarinder's Rana Gurmit Singh Sodhi accorded Z category security days after joining BJP

  Elections | December 30, 2021 11:48 IST

  Sodhi, who joined BJP on Dec 21, will be getting this security cover both in Delhi and Punjab, to be provided by CRPF, sources in security set up said on Wednesday.

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  Centre sanctions Z category VIP cover to new BJP entrant in Punjab

  Elections | December 29, 2021 18:24 IST

  Sources said Sodhi has been accorded Z category security on the recommendation of the Union home ministry and he will have an armed cover of the CRPF commandos every time he travels in Punjab and in Delhi.

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  Punjab Elections 2022: CM Channi inducts cavalcade of 58 new buses

  Elections | December 29, 2021 16:53 IST

  Thanking the Chief Minister for his prompt action, the Transport Minister said in the last three months the department has seen an increase in daily revenue to the tune of Rs 1.50 crore already.

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  BJP ready for virtual election rallies: Union minister Shekhawat

  Elections | December 29, 2021 16:22 IST

  Major political parties in UP have urged the poll body not to delay the 2022 assembly polls in the state, following concerns over the new variant.