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Punjab will take oath to fulfil dreams of Bhagat Singh, Babasaheb: Mann

Ahead of being sworn-in as Punjab chief minister on Wednesday, AAP leader Bhagwant Mann said the entire state will be taking oath to fulfil the dreams of Bhagat Singh and Babasaheb Ambedkar

HC dismisses plea for probe on AAP, Kejriwal over alleged Khalistani links

The Delhi High Court TuesdaA bench of Acting Chief Justice Vipin Sanghi and Justice Navin Chawla also asked the counsel for the petitioner not to file such frivolous petitions

Several BJP, Congress leaders and social activists from Haryana join AAP

Several leaders from Haryana including former MLAs, ministers, and social activists from the state joined the Aam Aadmi Party in Delhi on Monday in the presence of Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain

Delhi model, Punjab's problems

AAP's political platform will face a new reality test

Arrangements underway on 100 acres of land for swearing-in ceremony of Mann

As the day nears for swearing-in ceremony of AAP leader Bhagwant Mann as Punjab Chief Minister, preparations are underway in full swing with the involvement of all officials

Punjab CM-designate Bhagwant Mann to resign as Sangrur MP today

Punjab chief minister-designate Bhagwant Mann on Monday said he will submit his resignation as a member of parliament. He is a two-time Lok Sabha MP from Sangrur parliamentary constituency in the state. I will resign as Sangrur MP after going to Delhi today. The people of Sangrur have showered me with so much love for many years, many thanks for this. Now I have got an opportunity to serve the whole of Punjab. I promise to the people of Sangrur that in a few months, their voice will be heard again in the Lok Sabha, Mann said in a tweet in Punjabi. The 48-year-old AAP leader will be sworn in as the chief minister of Punjab on March 16. The ceremony will be held at Khatkar Kalan, the ancestral village of legendary freedom fighter Bhagat Singh, in Nawanshahr district. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) romped home by winning 92 seats in the 117-member Punjab assembly. It decimated the Congress and the SAD-BSP combine. Mann won from Dhuri assembly seat after defeating Congress candidate Dalvir

Bhagwant Mann to resign as MP on Monday, say sources

Punjab chief minister-designate Bhagwant Mann will submit his resignation as a member of parliament on Monday, party sources said here.

AAP to gherao BJP headquarters tomorrow against delay in Delhi civic polls

The AAP will on Monday stage a protest against the BJP for allegedly forcing the State Election Commission to defer the conduct of municipal polls in the national capital, the party said

BJP faces anti-incumbency, three-pronged contests in HP and Gujarat

Himachal Pradesh has seen bipolar contests between the Congress and the BJP since 1990

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Live news updates: Troops launch missile attack on a large Ukrainian military facility near the Polish border.

Punjab polls:13 doctors make it to assembly; vow to strengthen health infra

Punjab's health system could go under the knife with 13 doctors making it to the state assembly this election, including 10 from the AAP which is set to form the next government. "I feel the way the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) worked in Delhi in various sectors, particularly health, instilled confidence among doctors. The doctors were excited and wanted this (Delhi) system in Punjab too. "We felt if we have proper infrastructure here, we can deliver better. I was doing a government job and saw the shortcomings there, which we will rectify now," Baljit Kaur (46), an eye surgeon, commented on most of the winning AAP candidates coming from the medical background. Kaur, the AAP candidate from Malout, had defeated SAD's Harpreet Singh by a margin of 40,261 votes. The entrance of qualified doctors into the political space has got a thumbs-up from various quarters who have called it a "sign of positive change". Among the 13 doctors elected to the state assembly, two are women practitioners --

'AAP no alternative to BJP,' says Union Minister Jitendra Singh

'The vote AAP has secured in Punjab is not pro-AAP party and it is an anti-establishment vote and incidentally the BJP was not part of the establishment in Punjab,' says Singh

Punjab: AAP govt to take oath on March 16 at Bhagat Singh's native village

Punjab CM-designate Bhagwant Mann on Saturday said that the swearing-in ceremony of the new government will be held on March 16 at the native village of legendary freedom fighter Bhagat Singh.

AAP's Bhagwant Mann meets governor, stakes claim to form gov in Punjab

"We staked claim to form the government and the governor sahib approved it," said Mann.

AAP to launch massive membership drive in southern states, take out marches

AAP has decided to launch a massive membership drive in the southern states to build on the momentum of its stupendous victory in the Punjab Assembly polls.

Stop making childish excuses, face Delhi civic polls: Sisodia to BJP

Senior AAP leader Manish Sisodia hit back and dared the saffron party to face the election instead of making "childish excuses".

Meet people in villages, cities and resolve their issues: Mann to AAP MLAs

Mann was on Friday unanimously elected as the leader of the AAP's legislature party in Punjab and he will meet the governor on Saturday to stake claim to form the government in the state

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Election results: BJP, AAP prepare for govt formation, Congress sulks

Some leaders from the 'Group of 23' of Congress that had questioned the party leadership met at the residence of Ghulam Nabi Azad

Kejriwal killing democracy by starving local bodies of funds: BJP

The BJP Friday took umbrage at AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal for "attacking" the Election Commission and electoral process over the delay in announcement of MCD poll dates