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Congress announces 23 more candidates for Punjab Assembly elections

Congress released its second list of 23 candidates for Punjab assembly elections, fielding former CM Harcharan Singh Brar's daughter-in-law Karan Brar from Muktsar.

Punjab polls: Cong candidates to accompany Rahul Gandhi to Golden Temple

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and all 117 party candidates in Punjab will pay obeisance at the Golden Temple and sit down for a langar on Thursday.

Punjab Assembly elections: Rahul Gandhi to visit state on January 27

Ahead of the Assembly elections, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will be visiting Punjab on January 27, informed state party chief Navjot Singh Sidhu on Tuesday.

Punjab polls: BJP to contest on 65 seats, PLC on 37, SAD (Sanyukt) on 15

The BJP in Punjab will contest on 65 assembly seats, the Punjab Lok Congress on 37 seats and the SAD (Sanyukt) on 17 seats, BJP chief J P Nadda said

Punjab Assembly polls: 'Amarinder spent cartridge,' says Sidhu

Amarinder Singh said he was told that Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan will be grateful if he can keep Sidhu in the govt

Sidhu calls AAP's drive to select CM face 'scam', urges EC to lodge case

Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu on Monday dubbed AAP's survey to select its CM face for the state Assembly polls a "scam" and "a deceptive scheme"

State polls: Plane charters lose out to FB, Google as campaigns go digital

Flight charter companies have been badly hit by bans on physical rallies even as Big Tech eyes greater footfalls from digital political campaigns

Punjab polls: CM Channi is losing from Chamkaur Sahib, claims Kejriwal

AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal on Friday said Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi will face defeat from his Chamkaur Sahib seat in the next month state assembly polls

Punjab Assembly polls: BSP releases list of 14 candidates

The Mayawati-led party has tied up with the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) for the Punjab assembly elections

AAP's Punjab CM candidate Bhagwant Mann likely to contest from Dhuri

Aam Aadmi Party's (AAP) chief ministerial candidate Bhagwant Mann will contest from Dhuri assembly constituency in the upcoming Punjab assembly elections, informed sources on Thursday.

Punjab minister Brahm Mohindra bats for Channi as CM face

The local bodies minister said the Congress Party had set the tradition of declaring its chief ministerial candidate ahead of the elections in 2012 and 2017

Ahead of Punjab polls, SAD's Parkash Singh Badal tests Covid-19 positive

Just ahead of the assembly polls, the grand old man of Punjab politics and Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) patriarch, Parkash Singh Badal, 94, on Wednesday tested positive for the Covid-19.

Illegal mining case: ED recovers Rs 6cr in cash during raids in Punjab

ED recovered Rs 6 crore in cash during the raids there were carried out in Punjab in connection with a illegal mining case.

Former Army chief J J Singh joins BJP ahead of the Punjab Assembly polls

The former army chief had left the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) in 2018

Politics no laughing matter for former comedian: AAP's Bhagwant Mann

Earlier, when people saw his face, they laughed. Now, AAP's Punjab unit president Bhagwant Singh Mann says, they weep when they see him and narrate the problems they face. The Punjab president of Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party made the observation at a press meet Tuesday, soon after his party declared him its CM face for next month's assembly polls. Mann was contrasting his past as a comedian with his present role. Mann,48, remains a crowd-puller even as a politician, winning twice from the Sangrur Lok Sabha seat. In the AAP poll to pick the party's chief ministerial candidate, 93 per cent of those who called or sent messages to a party number chose him. Born in Sangrur's Satoj village in October, 1973, Mann enrolled for a BCom degree from Shaheed Udham Singh government college in Sunam in the same district. He didn't complete the course, but took part in several youth festivals. Later, he brought out comedy videos and music albums. He went on to perform in Punjabi movies, ...

Bhagwant Mann is AAP's chief minister candidate for Punjab assembly polls

AAP is the only outfit among major parties contesting the polls, which has announced its chief ministerial face

AAP announces eleventh list of candidates for Punjab Assembly polls

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) released another list of candidates to field in the upcoming Punjab Assembly polls, scheduled to be held in February.

BJP, allies yet to reach on final conclusion over seat-sharing in Punjab

BJP would be seen in the role of 'elder brother' in an alliance and it is certain that Amarinder Singh and Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa's party will contest the assembly elections in alliance with the BJP

Punjab seeks deployment of 1,050 CAPF companies for assembly polls

Punjab's chief electoral officer S Karuna Raju said the state has urged the Election Commission to deploy 1,050 companies of CAPF for the February 20 polls

Congress leader Luv Kumar Goldy joins Capt Amarinder's Punjab Lok Congress

Senior Congress leader and two-time MLA from Garhshankar, Luv Kumar Goldy joined the Punjab Lok Congress (PLC)