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...
01 Jun, 2024, 12.52 AM IST
Four-cornered contest builds up in Darbar Sahib city AmritsarThe Congress, which has secured the seat in the last two terms, is represented by incumbent MP Gurjeet Singh Aujla. The Aam Aadmi Party (AA...
31 May, 2024, 11.36 AM IST
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...
31 May, 2024, 01.22 AM IST
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, ...
30 May, 2024, 01.20 PM IST
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...
28 Mar, 2024, 12.43 AM IST
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...
16 Jan, 2024, 12.42 AM IST
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 -...
12 Mar, 2022, 11.26 PM IST
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...
11 Mar, 2022, 06.27 AM IST
BJP is preparing for a tough stint alone in Punjab after having made no effort to reach out to SADBJP needs to build its cadre in the state’s rural areas where it is facing strong opposition from farmers. It has been largely an urban-cen...
28 Sep, 2020, 10.01 AM IST
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.
16 Mar, 2019, 08.45 AM IST
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...
15 Mar, 2019, 05.17 PM IST
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...
31 Jan, 2017, 01.13 AM IST
For the Congress, a comeback in Majha is key to its fortunesAmarinder Singh, the Congress's de facto chief ministerial face, was the MP from Amritsar until he resigned two months ago.
24 Jan, 2017, 11.20 AM IST
Sidhu our insurance, race horse in Punjab: Pratap Singh BajwaIf few people are dissenting, party should overcome that dissent. Party shouldn’t look at interest of individuals.
25 Oct, 2016, 12.51 AM IST
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.
03 Jul, 2016, 04.24 PM IST
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.
15 Oct, 2014, 05.20 AM IST
- Political parties are trying to woo deras ahead of Punjab polls
Parties are trying their best to woo them in a state where one in every three voters falls in the scheduled caste category.
27 Dec, 2011, 04.05 AM IST