Sukhbir Singh Badal resigns as Shiromani Akali Dal president ahead of leadership elections

Chandigarh: Sukhbir Singh Badal resigned as the president of the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Saturday, former Punjab Education Minister Daljit S. Cheema announced in a tweet.

Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann asserts senior officers went to Delhi on his orders

Jalandhar/UNI: Slamming the Opposition for making undue hue and cry over the issue of senior officers' meeting with AAP supremo and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in the national capital recently, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann said a few days ago senior officers of the state government had gone for training in New Delhi on his orders.

Sidhu writes to Sonia Gandhi to implement 13 points agenda in Punjab

New Delhi/UNI: Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC) chief Navjot Singh Sidhu has written a letter to Congress president Sonia Gandhi seeking a meeting to present "13 points agenda" as part of election manifesto for the upcoming assembly election in Punjab.

Senior Congress leader Sukhjinder Randhawa likely to be the next Punjab CM

Chandigarh: Senior Congress leader Sukhjinder Randhawa likely to be the next Punjab CM. 

Amarinder Singh: Ex-soldier, politician, military historian

Chandigarh/UNI: A politician and a military historian, Captain Amarinder Singh, who has had a political career of over half a century, has been a close friend of the Gandhi family, and was brought into Congress by Rajiv Gandhi.

Thank you Punjab for placing a trust on us, says Amarinder Singh on Lok Sabha polls

Chandigarh, may 25 (IBNS): At a time when Congress could not put up a strong show in the Lok Sabha polls, Punjab CM Amarinder Singh thanked people of his state after the party registered a much noticeable performance in the north Indian state in the general elections.