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Switch by Raghav Chadha, others no surprise as BJP targets new voter blocs in PunjabSeveral Aam Aadmi Party leaders have joined the Bharatiya Janata Party. This move is seen as a strategic preparation for the upcoming Punja...- Harjinder Singh Dhami re-elected as SGPC president for fifth consecutive termHarjinder Singh Dhami has been re-elected as the president of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee for a fifth consecutive term. He ...
- Amid row over jathedars' removal, Giani Kuldeep Singh Gargaj takes charge of Takht Kesgarh SahibGiani Kuldeep Singh Gargaj took charge as jathedar of Takht Sri Kesgarh Sahib in Punjab. Various Nihang groups opposed his installation, ci...
- Pro-Khalistan separatists Amritpal and Sarabjeet lead over rivalsJailed radical Khalistani preachers Amritpal Singh Khalsa and Sarabjeet Singh Khalsa, both contesting as independents, are leading in the L...
- Panthic politics heats up in Punjab in the absence of strong leadersFour candidates are in the fray who have added to the ongoing churn in the state's politics.In the post-Amrinder Singh and Parkash Singh Ba...
- Punjab Lok Sabha elections: End of BJP-SAD alliance, farmers protest & panthic vote split defining electionElections to the 13 parliamentary constituencies of Punjab are marked by many firsts, the biggest being that this is the first time in almo...
- Khadoor Sahib Lok Sabha Polls: Radical Amritpal Singh's kin, supporters keep drug fight narrative goingJailed Sikh preacher Amritpal Singh's entry into the Khadoor Sahib Lok Sabha seat as an Independent candidate, campaigning on a pro-Panth, ...
- Lok Sabha election: Preneet Kaur, Taranjit Singh Sandhu, Ravneet Singh Bittu provide BJP familiar Jat Sikh faces, political space in PunjabThe party is in touch with many Sikh leaders from various parties to join its fold as part of its efforts to rely on faces outside the part...
- BJP has Captain but no team in Punjab as talks turn SADThe farmer protests have affected alliance talks between the BJP and its long-time ally, the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD). The SAD, vital in P...
- For Panthic votes, Sukhbir Singh Badal-led Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) prefers Left to BJPLast month, on Akali Dal's 103rd anniversary, Badal apologised for his government's "administrative failures" in the 2015 sacrilege cases a...
- Lack of alternative, money clout to help Badals keep SAD reinsThe SAD has been reduced to three seats, its worst-ever tally. What has added insult to injury is the fact that the entire top leadership -...
- AAP eats into Congress vote of economically backward classes and Panthic vote of SADThis is the first time in 25 years that any political party in Punjab has crossed the 90-seat mark. The last time, Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD...
- Shiromani Akali Dal bucks NDA trend in PunjabThe Congress bagged the lion’s share of eight seats out of the total 13 seats in the state.
- Kartarpur and Indo-Pak tension major poll issues in Punjab border seatsCongress and the BJP-Shiromani Akali Dal alliance are treading carefully on picking their candidates for 2019 Lok Sabha polls.
- Poll battle set to be fierce along Pakistan Border in PunjabThe BJP is on the lookout for a prominent Sikh face for the prestigious Amritsar seat that it had lost to chief minister Amarinder Singh in...
- AAP is new Akali Dal, goes all out to woo panthic votersAs the parties enter the last leg of campaigning before February 4 elections, AAP is openly taking up the traditional issues of panth (or r...
- Three-way tie: No clear leader has emerged in PunjabAs of now, the AAP is the party with the biggest ongoing field campaign in the state and many concede it still to be ahead in the race
- We have more Hindu MLAs than the Congress does: Naresh GujralTo channelise the energy of young people in a positive direction, we have propagated kabaddi in Punjab, which is now a very popular game.
- One more going? BJP-Dera Sachcha Sauda link may see Shiromani Akali Dal break up tiesThe support, however, will complicate BJP’s already knotty relationship with the Shiromani Akali Dal in Punjab and could lead to a parting.
- Assembly Election 2012: Three scares for Congress in PunjabPunjab Congress that began with a clear advantage of anti-incumbency riding ended up contending with three challenges in particular.
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