Page 12 - Punjab Elections

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)

EC accepts parties' demand, defers Punjab Assembly polls by 6 days

Earlier date of February 14 clashed with Guru Ravidas Jayanti celebrations

AAP's CM face for Punjab polls to be announced on Tuesday: Kejriwal

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has received over 15 lakh responses under its campaign to elect its CM face

Top headlines: India's billionaire count now 142; Punjab polls rescheduled

Business Standard brings you the top headlines on Monday

Assembly polls in Punjab now on Feb 20 in view of Guru Ravidas Jayanti

Several political parties had approached the EC to postpone the polls in the state in view of Ravidas Jayanti on February 16

Plea in SC to deregister parties not divulging criminal cases of candidates

The plea argued that the consequences of permitting criminals to contest, become legislators are extremely serious for democracy and secularism

Punjab elections: It's Majithia versus Majithia versus Majithia, literally!

A high-profile Majitha Assembly constituency in Punjab's Majha region has gained prominence for the February 14 poll owing to Majithia versus Majithia versus Majithia

AAP's CM candidate for Punjab polls to be announced on Tuesday: Kejriwal

Arvind Kejriwal said that his party's chief ministerial candidate for Punjab assembly polls will be announced on Tuesday

EC to discuss Punjab parties' demand to postpone polls amid Ravidas Jayanti

The Election Commission is meeting on Monday morning to discuss demands by various political parties to defer the February 14 assembly polls in Punjab in view of Guru Ravidas Jayanti

Punjab Assembly Polls: BJP to hold meeting to decide seat-sharing today

The Bharatiya Janata Party will hold an important meeting at the party headquarters on the Punjab Assembly polls to discuss seat sharing with its allies

Punjab polls: Here're average assets of candidates, elected MLAs since 2004

Interestingly, the average assets of male and female candidates and elected representatives vary widely

Punjab CM writes to Election Commission, demands polling be postponed

Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi has urged the Election Commission of India to postpone the February 14 assembly polls by six days in view of Guru Ravidas Jayanti

Punjab polls: Cong CEC finalises candidates, first list to be out soon

Chief Minister Charanjeeet Singh Channi, who is currently representing the Chamkaur Sahib seat in Punjab Assembly, is likely to contest from two seats

Congress finalises names of candidates for Punjab assembly elections

The congress will release the list of the candidates for Punjab assembly polls in a day or two, the sources said

EC changing rules to register new party at BJP's behest, claims AAP

There was no immediate reaction either from the EC or the BJP on the AAP's accusation

Punjab polls: Arvind Kejriwal says public should decide CM's name

Kejriwal said his party will be asking the general public as to who should be the party's chief ministerial face in the Punjab polls

Kejriwal a political tourist, his 'Punjab Model' a copycat one: Sidhu

Hours after AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal unveiled his party's "Punjab Model" of governance after the Feb 14 polls, state Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu attacked him dubbing him a "political tourist" and his model a Copy-Cat Model". "Political Tourist @Arvind Kejriwal who was absent in Punjab for the last 4.5 years claims to have a Punjab Model. AAP's campaign & agenda is a joke on the people of Punjab. A list of 10 pointers written by people sitting in Delhi with zero knowledge of Punjab can never be Punjab Model!, Sidhu tweeted. Besides dubbing Kejriwal's post-poll governance template for Punjab as a "Copy-Cat Model", Sidhu went on to describe it also as I am very insecure Model, Liquor Mafia Model, Ticket for Money Model, I am very sorry Majithia Ji: the Cowardice Model, Writing free cheques model, Electricity to Ambani's Model and 450 jobs in five years Model. Sidhu, who had earlier shared his roadmap for ruling the state after polls, said the resurrection of Punjab is a ...

Kejriwal comes out with 'Punjab Model', promises justice in sacrilege cases

'If voted to power, we will wipe out the drug syndicate from Punjab, ensure justice in all cases of sacrilege, and end corruption,' says AAP chief

Ex-judge Indu Malhotra to head SC panel to probe PM's security breach

IG of NIA, DGP Chandigarh, Registrar General of Punjab and Haryana HC, and Additional DGP (Security) of Punjab have been appointed as members to the Justice Malhotra panel