Veteran Akali Dal leader Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa passes awaySukhdev Singh Dhindsa, a veteran Shiromani Akali Dal leader and former Union Minister, passed away at 89. A key figure in Punjab politics, ...
28 May, 2025, 06.44 PM IST
SAD Chief Sukhbir Badal bows to party pressure, quits postSukhbir Singh Badal resigned as the leader of the Shiromani Akali Dal following the party's poor showing in recent elections. Badal's resig...
16 Nov, 2024, 09.14 PM IST
Sukhbir Singh Badal resigns as Shiromani Akali Dal presidentSukhbir Singh Badal resigned as the president of the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Saturday, as announced by party leader Daljit Cheema. Thi...
16 Nov, 2024, 03.04 PM 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
Ex-MP Jagmeet Brar to join Akali DalBrar, who had been the permanent invitee to the Congress Working Committee (CWC) for 10 years, was expelled from the party in 2016.
18 Apr, 2019, 01.28 PM IST
Shiromani Akali Dal dissolves Delhi, UP, Rajasthan unitsThe decision, aimed at overhauling the state units, was taken based on suggestions by party observers for the two states and the national c...
13 Dec, 2018, 05.41 PM IST
69% polling till 5 pm in Shahkot Assembly constituencyVoting continued till 6 pm. The state's ruling Congress is hoping to maintain its winning momentum while the opposition Akali Dal is trying...
28 May, 2018, 06.40 PM IST
Akali leader Sucha Singh Langah surrendersThe victim claimed that she had been sexually exploited and raped by Langah since 2009. The woman, a widow, said she was a classmate of Lan...
03 Oct, 2017, 12.26 AM IST
AAP novelty fading; Akalis burdened by anti-incumbency: Kamal Nath, CongressKamal Nath says that “the novelty” factor of AAP is fast fading in Punjab’s electoral fields and Akali Dal “is hopelessly loaded with anti-...
14 Jun, 2016, 05.21 AM IST
Hardliners slam Punjab government on CBI probeDal Khalsa's Kanwarpal Singh said it was strange that the Deputy CM had recently announced that the case had been cracked and had even trac...
02 Nov, 2015, 04.17 PM IST
Akali Dal leader Balwant Singh Ramoowalia quits party to become Uttar Pradesh MinisterThe sudden decision of Ramoowalia, who has had stint with different parties during his long political career, took the Akalis by surprise.
31 Oct, 2015, 03.48 PM IST
Delhi Elections 2015: BJP declares remaining 4 candidates for assembly pollBJP has left Rajouri Garden, Hari Nagar, Kalkaji and Shahdara for Akali Dal which also announced its candidates today.
20 Jan, 2015, 11.05 PM IST
Any new Akali Dal formed in Punjab has no future: CM Parkash Singh Badal"The newly formed United Akali Dal will prove to be a total non-entity in Punjab politics as the people will completely reject it," Badal s...
24 Nov, 2014, 06.33 PM IST
No question of stepping down: Partap Singh BajwaAmid demands for his resignation over Congress' performance in Punjab in LS polls, state unit chief Partap Singh Bajwa says he is not stepp...
01 Sep, 2014, 12.05 PM IST
Don't want BJP-SAD alliance broken at any cost, says HarshvardhanVardhan said that the relationship will continue and that both parties will work with the sole aim of defeating the Congress in the polls.
02 Nov, 2013, 12.31 PM IST
- Congress, Akali Dal clash over Rahul Gandhi's drug remark in Punjab
The Akali Dal on its part termed as "immature" Rahul's remark yesterday that seven out of 10 youths in Punjab have a drug problem,
12 Oct, 2012, 09.32 PM IST
- Sant Chatwal says WikiLeaks allegations baseless
Noted hotelier Sant Chatwal today termed as baseless allegations that he was involved in the cash-for-vote scam dating back to the 2008 tru...
18 Mar, 2011, 10.38 AM IST