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PM Modi congratulates Bhagwant Mann on becoming new Punjab CM

Mar 16, 2022, at 08:50 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has congratulated Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Bhagwant Mann on becoming the new Chief Minister of Punjab.

Bhagwant Mann takes oath as Punjab CM in Bhagat Singh's village days after AAP's landslide victory

Mar 16, 2022, at 07:48 pm

Within a week after Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) scripted a resounding victory in Punjab, comedian-turned politician Bhagwant Mann took oath as the new Chief Minister of the state at Indian revolutionary Bhagat Singh's village in the Nawanshahr district on Wednesday.

Bhagwant Mann takes oath as Punjab CM

Mar 16, 2022, at 07:03 pm

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and MLA Bhagwant Mann took oath as the Punjab Chief Minister on Wednesday. 

Punjab govt removes all Covid-19 curbs

Mar 15, 2022, at 11:06 pm

Amritsar: The Punjab government on Tuesday removed all Covid-19 restrictions imposed in the state with immediate effect in view of a sharp drop in cases.

Punjab CM-elect Bhagwant Mann resigns as MP a day before oath

Mar 15, 2022, at 02:01 am

New Delhi/IBNS: Punjab Chief Minister-elect Bhagwant Mann Monday resigned as the MP of Lok Sabha, a day before his swearing-in ceremony.

Punjab: Engineering students designs solar-powered e-rickshaw

Mar 13, 2022, at 10:37 pm

Amritsar: Students of the Mechanical Engineering Department of Global Group of Institutes have designed a solar-powered e-rickshaw.

Arvind Kejriwal, Bhagwant Mann visit Golden Temple, to hold roadshow in Punjab

Mar 13, 2022, at 06:35 pm

Amritsar/IBNS: Punjab chief minister-elect Bhagwant Mann and Aam Aadmi Party supremo Arvind Kejriwal will hold a roadshow in Amritsar on Sunday to celebrate the party's landslide victory in the Punjab assembly polls.

Congress internal election likely to be advanced at CWC meet after poll disaster

Mar 13, 2022, at 04:19 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: After being decimated in five state elections, the Congress's top decision-making body, the Congress Working Committee or CWC, will meet at 4 pm Sunday and is expected to advance internal elections scheduled in September amid renewed questions about its leadership, reports said.

Assembly Polls disaster: Congress Working Committee to meet tomorrow

Mar 12, 2022, at 11:33 pm

New Delhi: The Congress Working Committee (CWC) will meet here on Sunday, days after the party put up a poor show in the Assembly polls held in several Indian states in recent days, sources told UNI.

'Spend maximum time in your constituencies': Bhagwant Mann tells AAP MLAs in Punjab

Mar 12, 2022, at 05:03 am

Chandigarh/IBNS: In his first directions to the newly elected MLA's in Punjab, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief minister-elect Bhagwant Mann said on Friday asked them to spend maximum time in their constituencies instead of being in the capital Chandigarh and not to hanker for cabinet berths.

Change is unavoidable if we need to succeed: Shashi Tharoor on Congress poll debacle

Mar 11, 2022, at 04:49 am

New Delhi/IBNS: After the miserable performance of Congress in the five states which went for assembly polls, senior leader Shashi Tharoor on Thursday said the party cannot avoid change if it wants to revive its fortunes, joining the voices of dissent within the party blaming the leadership.

AAP Punjab win: Bhagwant Mann to take oath in Bhagat Singh's ancestral village

Mar 11, 2022, at 03:37 am

Dhuri/IBNS: After the landslide win of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in Punjab, Chief Minister-elect Bhagwant Mann Thursday announced that he will take the oath of the office not at the Raj Bhawan but the ceremony will be held at Khatkarkalan in Nawanshahr district, the ancestral village of freedom fighter Bhagat Singh.

BJP workers fulfilled early Holi promise, results decided 2024 outcome: PM Modi after big win

Mar 11, 2022, at 02:21 am

New Delhi/IBNS: After a spectacular victory of the Bharatiya Janata Party in the crucial states of Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Goa and Manipur in the Assembly polls, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who as per the party leaders is the sole reason for such mandates, said BJP workers fulfilled early Holi promise this year and excluded confidence that 2022 results have decided the outcome of 2024 general elections.

Humbly accept people's verdict: Rahul Gandhi after Congress' defeat in all states

Mar 10, 2022, at 11:37 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: Congress MP Rahul Gandhi has "humbly accepted" the verdict of all five states where his party failed miserably in the Feb-Mar elections.

BJP retains Uttar Pradesh and two other states, AAP wave in Congress bastion Punjab

Mar 10, 2022, at 10:53 pm

Riding on the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) created a history on Thursday by becoming the first incumbent to return to power in three decades surviving the challenge thrown by the Samajwadi Party (SP), which has improved its performance but failed to match to the saffron camp's might.

Punjab results: Heavyweights CM Channi, Navjot Sidhu, Amarinder Singh trailing

Mar 10, 2022, at 07:42 pm

Congress heavyweights Charanjit Singh Channi and Navjot Singh Sidhu along with former Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh are all heading towards defeats in the face of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)'s triumph in the northern state which went to polls last month.

Navjot Sidhu accepts Punjab defeat, says 'voice of people is voice of God'

Mar 10, 2022, at 06:19 pm

Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee president Navjot Singh Sidhu, who was instrumental in appointing his trusted man Charanjit Singh Channi as the Chief Minister last year, has accepted his party's crushing defeat in the hands of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in the northern state which went to polls last month.

BJP set to retain Uttar Pradesh, AAP sweeps Punjab

Mar 10, 2022, at 04:47 pm

As predicted by the exit polls, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is looking set for a second consecutive assembly win in Uttar Pradesh but with a reduced margin while the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has swept the northern state of Punjab inflicting a crushing defeat on the Congress.

Arvind Kejriwal's AAP set for landslide win in Punjab

Mar 10, 2022, at 04:03 pm

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is all set for a landslide victory in the northern state of Punjab where voting took place on Feb 20.

Assembly Polls: AAP marching towards victory in Punjab

Mar 10, 2022, at 03:23 pm

Amritsar: Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party is putting up a strong show in Punjab as it is leading in 82 seats as counting of vote for the Assembly polls is currently underway, slowly inching towards coming to power in the state.

Counting of Votes: BJP leads in UP, Punjab witnesses Cong Vs AAP close fight

Mar 10, 2022, at 02:49 pm

Lucknow,Chandigarh: IBNS/UNI: Counting of votes for 690 Assembly constituencies across five states -- Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Manipur, Goa and Punjab -- has begun. According to early trends, BJP is leading in UP so far while the Congress and AAP are in a close fight in Punjab as per early trends.

Assembly elections 2022: AAP to sweep Punjab, BJP likely to retain UP, Exit Polls say

Mar 08, 2022, at 02:31 am

New Delhi/IBNS: Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is all set to sweep Punjab polls while the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will retain Uttar Pradesh, exit polls predicted on Monday as voting for assembly elections in five states concluded, which is seen as the semi-final ahead of the 2024 national polls.

Govt blocks apps, website and social media accounts of SFJ linked Punjab Politics TV

Feb 22, 2022, at 07:14 pm

New Delhi/UNI: The Centre on Tuesday ordered blocking of apps, website, and social media accounts of foreign-based Punjab Politics TV reportedly having close links with banned outfit Sikhs For Justice (SFJ), a GoI statement said.

Punjab: Polling for 117 assembly seats begins

Feb 20, 2022, at 02:24 pm

Chandigarh/UNI: Punjab began voting to elect representatives for all the 117 Assembly constituencies in this border state on Sunday morning.

Will examine AAP's alleged ties with separatists, Amit Shah assures Punjab CM Channi

Feb 19, 2022, at 07:20 pm

New Delhi/UNI: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday assured Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi that he himself will get the matter of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) having alleged links with pro Khalistan outfit SFJ examined and that no one will be allowed to play with the unity and integrity of the country.

PM Modi hosts Sikh leaders ahead of Punjab polls

Feb 18, 2022, at 10:54 pm

New Delhi: Two days ahead of the Punjab assembly elections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday met some Sikh leaders from across the country who praised him for taking action on the 1984 anti-Sikh riots and for building the Kartarpur corridor with Pakistan.

Modi, Congress, Akali Dal got united to defeat AAP in Punjab: Arvind Kejriwal on 'terrorist' allegation

Feb 18, 2022, at 06:37 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: In an unsparing attack on all rival parties, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday said all opposition leaders including the arch rivals Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress' Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra have united to defeat his Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in the Punjab assembly election, which will be held on Sunday.

Propaganda: AAP's Raghav Chadha slams Kumar Vishwas over his allegations against Kejriwal

Feb 17, 2022, at 10:04 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Raghav Chadha on Thursday slammed his former party colleague Kumar Vishwas, who has alleged that Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal wanted to become either the Punjab Chief Minister or the Prime Minister of an independent nation named Khalistan.

Propaganda: AAP's Raghav Chadha slams Kumar Vishwas over his allegations against Kejriwal

Feb 17, 2022, at 10:04 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Raghav Chadha on Thursday slammed his former party colleague Kumar Vishwas, who has alleged that Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal wanted to become either the Punjab Chief Minister or the Prime Minister of an independent nation named Khalistan.

PM Modi hits out at Congress in Punjab over Channi's 'UP, Bihar, Delhi bhaiya' remark

Feb 17, 2022, at 07:34 pm

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday slammed Punjab Chief Minister and Congress' Chief Ministerial candidate Charanjit Singh Channi, who a day ago controversially urged the voters to keep people from Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Delhi out of the state, which will be polled on Feb 20.