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Kejriwal to visit Punjab from Dec 30 to Jan 1 ahead of assembly polls

Aam Aadmi Party national convener and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will be on a three-day visit to poll-bound Punjab from December 30 to January 1, informed AAP.He will lead AAP's 'Victory March' in Chandigarh on December 30 to celebrate his party bagging the maximum number of seats in the civic polls.New entrant AAP put up a spectacular show in Chandigarh Municipal Corporation polls and won 14 of 35 wards while pushing the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to second place.On December 31, Kejriwal will start his trip in Patiala by garlanding the statue of Mahatma Gandhi at 2 pm, he will then go to Shri Kali Devi temple to offer his prayers.After that, the AAP convenor will lead a "Shanti March" (Peace rally), which will be joined by the party's senior leader Bhagwant Mann.Kejriwal will then pay his obeisance at Gurdwara Sri Dukhvaran Sahib.On his final day of the visit, Kejriwal will visit Ram Tirath Temple in Amritsar at 12 noon.The Delhi Chief Minister has been making frequent ...

Aam Aadmi Party to take out Shanti March in Punjab's Patiala on Dec 31

Charged up after winning the Chandigarh local body polls, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) will take out 'Shanti March' (peace rally) in Patiala on December 31.According to the party, Delhi CM and AAP National Convener Arvind Kejriwal will lead the March and senior leader Bhagwant Mann will also be present in the rally.This comes days after several incidences of violence were reported, including the lynching of a man for attempting to desecrate Guru Granth Sahib at Golden Temple and a bomb blast in Ludhiana District court.

Modi likely to address rally in Punjab on Jan 5, share stage with Amarinder

The rally will be the first to be addressed by the Prime Minister in Punjab after the repeal of three contentious farm laws of the Centre

Punjab Assembly elections: AAP announces 15 more candidates

The Aam Aadmi Party on Tuesday announced 15 more candidates for the next year's Punjab assembly polls

BJP, Amarinder and Dhindsa's party to jointly contest Punjab polls

Gajendra Shekhawat, the BJP's poll in-charge for Punjab, said a joint committee will be formed comprising two leaders from each party to finalise a seat sharing agreement

BJP likely to contest from urban and semi-urban Assembly seats in Punjab

The BJP is expected to contest the urban Assembly seats in Punjab in alliance with former Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh's Punjab Lok Congress (PCL).

Chandigarh MC polls: Sitting mayor of BJP loses to AAP candidate

Counting of votes is underway for the election held here on Friday

Punjab bankrupt due to unethical policies of SAD, Congress: BJP

BJP leader Gajendra Singh Shekhawat said the state has turned bankrupt due to wrong policies by both Congress and Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD)

LIVE: Maharashtra reports 31 new Omicron cases; state tally reaches 141

Of these, Mumbai saw 27 cases, which raised the city's count of such cases to 73. Stay tuned for LIVE updates

FIR not enough, won't rest till Majithia is arrested: Navjot Singh Sidhu

Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu on Sunday said he will not rest till senior Akali leader Bikram Singh Majithia, who has been booked under the NDPS Act, is arrested

Punjab elections: Rahul Gandhi to launch poll campaign from Jan 3 in Moga

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will start campaigning for the Punjab assembly election from January 3, according to sources

22 farm bodies in Punjab announce political front, to contest state polls

These 22 farm bodies were among 32 farmer organisations in Punjab that participated in the over-a-year-long protest against the three Central farm laws

Punjab approves State General Category Commission for unreserved classes

Punjab Cabinet approved setting up of State General Category Commission for unreserved classes, informed Chief Minister Charanjit Channi on Thursday.This Commission will safeguard interests of the unreserved classes besides effective implementation of various welfare schemes, he added."The Cabinet approved to set up Punjab State General Category Commission for unreserved classes. This Commission will safeguard the interests of the unreserved classes besides effective implementation of various welfare schemes," tweeted Channi.A decision to this effect was taken during a Cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi here at Punjab Bhawan, this evening.According to a spokesperson of the Chief Minister's Office, this Commission would go a long way to safeguard the interests of the unreserved classes besides effective implementation of various welfare schemes for the benefit of the poor belonging to unreserved classes.Notably, this decision has been taken by the Cabinet .

Punjab Assembly Polls: Congress to give ticket to only 1 member of a family

Ahead of the Punjab Assembly polls, Congress on Wednesday decided to give the party ticket to only one member from a family.The decision was taken at the Screening Committee meeting of the party held at 15 GRG in the national capitalThe meeting lasted for around 3 hours.Speaking to ANI, Punjab Congress Incharge Harish Choudhary said, "The Screening Committee discussed candidature on 117 Assembly seats today and a strategy has been made. A decision has been taken that the ticket will be given to only one member of a family. Not more than one ticket will be given to the members in a family."Talking about the second committee meeting, Choudhary said that the meeting will be held soon where all the members of the committee will be present."The next meeting will be held soon. All the members of the Screening Committee will be present in the next meeting," he said.According to sources, the next screening committee meeting will be held the day after tomorrow.Congress leader Ajay Maken while .

Poll-bound Punjab: A rich agrarian state hits a low for failing to adapt

Straddled with high debt, huge internal security outlay, excessive agrarian focus that choked industrialisation, Punjab is now also vulnerable to a host of problems brought on by poor social spending

Every word of AAP leadership is a lie: Punjab CM Charanjit Channi

The Chief Minister said the AAP leaders are clamouring for power

BJP announces alliance with Amarinder Singh for Punjab Assembly polls

The BJP Friday formally announced that it will contest the upcoming assembly elections in Punjab in alliance with Amarinder Singh's Punjab Lok Congress. Singh on Friday called on the BJP's Punjab incharge and Union minister Gajendra Shekhawat at his residence here. After the meeting, they officially announced the alliance between the two parties. "Today, I want to make it clear that the BJP and Amarinder Singh will contest assembly elections in Punjab together and we are working together," Shekhawat told the media, Singh by his side. Shekhawat said the details of seat-sharing will be announced at an "appropriate time". Singh said, "The alliance will definitely, 101 per cent win the elections. And winnability will be the main criterion in finalising seats." Singh formed his own party Punjab Lok Congress days after he resigned as the chief minister and quit the Congress. Earlier, the BJP had also broken its alliance with longstanding partner Shiromani Akali Dal over the issue of fa

SAD promises Rs 50,000 compensation for crop damage, old pension scheme

SAD chief Sukhbir Singh Badal promised Rs 50,000 per acre compensation for crop damage, restoration of old pension scheme for government employees if it comes to power

Punjab CM Channi starts loan waiver scheme for SC, backward classes

Charanjit Singh Channi started a loan waiver scheme under which an amount up to Rs 50,000 borrowed from the ab Scheduled Castes and Backward Classes Land Development Finance Corporation will be waived

BJP to return to power in UP with significant drop in seats: Survey

BJP and its alliance partners are likely to get seats in a range of 212 to 224 in the 403-member UP Assembly, says ABP News-CVoter survey