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J&K Polls: SAD to extend 'unconditional support' to BJP in Jammu & Kashmir

National | Dec 15, 2014, 07:06 PM IST

Jammu: Giving boost to BJP ahead of the final phase of the Assembly polls, the Shiromani Akali Dal has decided to extended “unconditional support” to the party in the elections and appealed to the Sikh

B'day Special: Prakash Singh Badal, Chief Minister of Punjab

National | Dec 08, 2014, 08:19 AM IST

Parkash Singh Badal is the incumbent and longest-serving Chief Minister of Punjab with over 15 years in office. He is also one of the wealthiest politicians of India. He has also served as the former

Time for Modi govt to handover Chandigarh to Punjab: Parkash Singh Badal

National | Nov 16, 2014, 05:19 PM IST

Tarn Taran : Charging successive Congress-led governments at the Centre for depriving Punjab of it's capital, Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today said time has come for Narendra Modi-led government to make Chandigarh the capital

Arun Jaitley meets Badals, says no question of snapping alliance with SAD

National | Nov 06, 2014, 11:41 PM IST

New Delhi: Seeking to assuage the feelings of a peeved Shiromani Akali Dal, BJP today reached out to one of its oldest allies saying there is no rift between them and there is no question

President dissolves Delhi Assembly

National | Nov 05, 2014, 01:57 PM IST

New Delhi: The Delhi Assembly was today dissolved, paving the way for fresh elections that will end the political hibernation since the AAP government fell in February.A notification issued by the Home Ministry said that

Haryana Polls: INLD, SAD share inseparable bond: Sukhbir

National | Oct 09, 2014, 09:33 PM IST

Nilokheri (Haryana): SAD president Sukhbir Singh Badal today said the bond that his party shares with ally INLD was unbreakable and the same would pave the wave for prosperity in Haryana.While campaigning in Nilokheri in

Former SGPC chief Talwandi is dead

National | Sep 19, 2014, 10:56 AM IST

Chandigarh: Former Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) president and veteran Shiromani Akali Dal leader Jagdev Singh Talwandi died in Ludhiana Friday, hospital sources said. He was 85.Talwandi was ailing for the past few days and

Want to quit as SAD youth wing chief: Majithia

National | Aug 29, 2014, 08:38 PM IST

Chandigarh: Punjab Minister Bikram Singh Majithia today said he is ready to quit the post of Shiromani Akali Dal youth wing chief as he did not want to hold too many positions.“The post of the

SAD, Congress register win in Punjab by-polls

India | Aug 25, 2014, 05:58 PM IST

Chandigarh: Ruling Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) and Congress won one seat each in the by-polls to Patiala (urban) and Talwandi Sabo Assembly seats today but the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) finished a poor third. It

AAP loses way, deposit in Punjab

India | Aug 25, 2014, 05:41 PM IST

Chandigarh: When almost the entire country rejected the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in the parliamentary elections, Punjab went against the tide and gave the new-born party its electoral debut in the Lok Sabha with four

Polling begins in Punjab assembly seats

National | Aug 21, 2014, 11:49 AM IST

Chandigarh: Voters could be seen queuing up to exercise their franchise as polling began for the by-election in two assembly seats of Patiala and Talwandi Sabo in Punjab Thursday. The fate of 15 candidates will

HSGPC row: Warring Sikh groups agree on panel to resolve issue

National | Aug 05, 2014, 11:23 AM IST

Chandigarh: Senior leaders of the Shiromani Akali Dal and the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) on one side and the newly-created Haryana Sikh Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (HSGPC) Monday evening agreed to set up a panel

HSGPC supporters continue to sit on dharna, SAD meets Governor

National | Aug 03, 2014, 03:23 PM IST

Chandigarh: The supporters and leaders of separate Gurudwara body continued to sit on a dharna at Kurukshetra for the second day today remaining adamant to wrest control of the Gurudwaras from Amritsar-based SGPC, even as

Don't take Sikh religious matters to court: Akal Takht chief

National | Jul 30, 2014, 01:22 PM IST

Amritsar: Amid the controversy over the creation of the Haryana Sikh Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (HSGPC) and the stand-off between Sikh leaders in Punjab and those in Haryana, the Jathedar (chief) of the Akal Takht, Gurbachan

Let not competitive politics get constitutional sanctity

National | Jul 27, 2014, 12:30 PM IST

Sikh politics is on the boil in Punjab and Haryana. Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal is insisting that Haryana roll back the Haryana Sikh Gurdwaras (Management) Act, 2014, creating a separate body to manage

HSGPC to start functioning soon: Minister

National | Jul 21, 2014, 11:36 AM IST

Chandigarh: A 40-member committee of the newly created Haryana Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Comittee (HSGPC) would soon start functioning from its state-level office at Kurukshetra, a Haryana minister said Sunday.Haryana Education Minister Geeta Bhukkal said the

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