Chandigarh: The lone Member of Parliament (MP) from the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in the Lok Sabha, Sushil Rinku, along with AAP Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) Sheetal Angural, joined the BJP Wednesday. Rinku, the sitting MP in the Jalandhar Lok Sabha constituency, was announced as the AAP candidate from Jalandhar for the upcoming parliamentary … Read more
Chandigarh: Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann has come under fire from the Opposition after the death toll in the spurious liquor incident in a village in Sangrur climbed to eight Thursday. His critics allege that he is busy “singing” instead of dealing with the tragedy. Initially, three deaths were reported Wednesday morning in Sangrur district’s Gujran … Read more
Chandigarh: Punjab BJP chief Sunil Kumar Jakhar said Sunday that former chief minister Parkash Singh Badal’s “historic move” of stitching an alliance between the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) and the BJP was not a political move. It was a move to heal a terror-torn state and ensure that Punjab never returned to the dark abyss of … Read more
Chandigarh: Jai Inder Kaur, the daughter of former Punjab chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh, is ready to take up his political mantle. Involved with Patiala’s municipal politics for many years, she is now believed to be eyeing a bigger role at the national level. Last month, when she accompanied her father to meet Prime Minister … Read more