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Punjab polls: Kejriwal promises to end 'inspector raj', red-tapism

The Delhi CM promised to improve infrastructure in focal points and industrial zones in Punjab to facilitate the industry if voted to power in the state.

Identity politics in Punjab stretched thin with too many actors in the fray

While BJP is going it alone, and Akali Dal and BSP have forged an alliance, there is no clarity yet whether Captain will float his own party or not

Time for farmers' movement to launch a political party

In more than a year of the mass mobilisation of farmers, new cadre and organisational leadership has emerged. It should crystallise into a political party while the movement's energy is still peaking.

This Punjab government is of Aam Aadmi, says new CM Charanjit Channi

Chief Minister and Congress leader Charanjit Singh Channi, the first Dalit who is at the helm in Punjab now, on Monday said his government is of Aam Aadmi (the common man)

Free water, smaller power bills: Channi takes charge in poll-bound Punjab

Charanjit Singh Channi on Monday took charge as Punjab's first Dalit chief minister, promising free water supply to smaller homes, a reduction in power tariff and a transparent government

AAP emerging as single largest party in Punjab elections: Opinion Poll

Punjab is likely to witness a hung Assembly, with AAP emerging as the single largest party in the state in the 2022 state polls, as per the ABP-CVoter-IANS opinion poll.

Punjab govt fulfilled 90% poll promises, says CM Amarinder Singh

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Tuesday said his government has fulfilled 90 per cent of the promises made before the 2017 assembly elections.

2022 Punjab polls: BSP's Punjab unit chief to contest from Phagwara seat

The BSP, an ally of the SAD in Punjab, on Sunday declared its state unit chief Jasvir Singh Garhi as the candidate from Phagwara (reserved) assembly seat for the 2022 state polls

2022 Punjab polls to be fought under Amarinder's helm: Harish Rawat

Punjab affairs in charge and AICC general secretary Harish Rawat, on Wednesday clarified that the 2022 Punjab Assembly election would be fought under the leadership of Amarinder Singh

Punjab Congress dispute runs deep ahead of the Assembly elections

There is an element of creative tension in all this that was missing in the party so far

AAP will not forge alliance with any party for 2022 Punjab polls: Chadha

The Aam Aadmi Party will not forge an electoral alliance with any political party for the 2022 Punjab assembly polls, party's senior leader Raghav Chadha said here on Monday

Navjot Singh Sidhu pitches for 300 units of free power in Punjab

Toeing on AAP lines before Punjab Elections announcing pre-poll sops subsidised electricity , Congress leader Navjot Sidhu advocated for a 24-hour supply with no power cuts, free power up to 300 units

AAP CM candidate for Punjab will be from Sikh community, announces Kejriwal

Ahead of the 2022 Punjab Assembly polls, Aam Aadmi Party supremo Kejriwal announced that the party's chief ministerial candidate for Punjab will be from the Sikh community

How Punjab's latest Muslim majority district will encourage Hindutva forces

The Amarinder government declared Malerkotla, where more than half the population is Muslim, the newest district of Punjab on Eid as a symbolic gesture to the community

Arvind Kejriwal sets stage for Punjab elections battle with Kisan rally

Setting stage for his party's campaign in the Punjab Assembly elections due next year, Aam Aadmi Party national convener Kejriwal addressed a "Kisan Maha Panchayat" in the state's Moga district

Arvind Kejriwal makes pitch for 2022 Punjab Assembly poll campaign

The AAP convener also urged the people of Punjab to support the AAP in the next Assembly elections

Sukhbir Badal to contest Punjab Assembly elections from Jalalabad

Seeking to galvanise support for his party ahead of the next year's Assembly polls in Punjab, Shiromani Akali Dal chief Sukhbir Singh Badal on Sunday said he will contest the elections from Jalalabad.

Punjab civic body polls LIVE: Congress wins all 7 municipal corporations

Congress won all the seven municipal corporations in Punjab that went to the polls on February 14. Stay tuned for the latest news of the day.

LIVE: Major terror plan averted in Jammu on Pulwama anniversary, 4 held

A major terrorist plan to set off an explosion at a crowded place in Jammu on the second anniversary of the Pulwam

Punjab: Voting begins for 117 urban local bodies at over 4,000 booths

The state election commission has appointed a total of 145 Returning Officers and 145 Assistant Returning Officers for conducting the elections