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Cong takes the cake, spoils AAP's party

Chandigarh, June 6 -- When the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) stormed to power with a historic mandate two years ago, it won assembly seats across Punjab, leaving the state awash in yellow, the dominant colour... Read More


Punjab: Congress bounces back with resounding win on 7 seats, 3 for AAP

Chandigarh, June 5 -- A resurgent Congress bounced back in Punjab on Tuesday by winning seven of the 13 seats in the Lok Sabha elections, ahead of the state's ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), after a dis... Read More


With 5 bypolls, Punjab heads into another electoral battle

Chandigarh, June 5 -- With four sitting MLAs, including a cabinet minister, winning the Lok Sabha elections, Punjab will see bypolls to five assembly constituencies. The MLAs, who emerged victorious ... Read More


Punjab electors cut turncoats to size

Chandigarh, June 5 -- A majority of turncoats failed to secure seats for their new parties in Punjab on Tuesday. Of the 14 turncoats who joined four major parties in the past two-and-a-half years and... Read More


Cong bounces back with resounding win on 7 seats, 3 for AAP

Chandigarh, June 5 -- A resurgent Congress bounced back in Punjab on Tuesday by winning seven of the 13 seats in the Lok Sabha elections, ahead of the state's ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), after a dis... Read More


Punjab government misses 2023-24 capex target by 53%

Chandigarh, May 25 -- The Punjab government missed its capital expenditure (capex) target by 53% during the financial year 2023-24. Against a capital expenditure of Rs.10,354 crore proposed in budget... Read More


LS polls: Of 52 Punjab candidates, mainstream parties field only six women

Chandigarh, May 21 -- Women make up less than 12% of the candidates announced by the mainstream political parties for the 13 Lok Sabha seats in Punjab. Of the 52 candidates named by the Congress, Aam... Read More


Every 4th Lok Sabha candidate in Punjab a turncoat

Chandigarh, May 11 -- One in four candidates of major political parties locked in a four-way fight in Punjab for the June 1 Lok Sabha election is a defector. Of the total 52 candidates declared by th... Read More


In a first, 12 sitting Punjab MLAs in race for Lok Sabha berth

Chandigarh, May 4 -- With 12 MLAs in the fray for the Lok Sabha elections in the state, Punjab appears set for another major electoral battle after the parliamentary polls are over. These incumbent M... Read More


Lok Sabha polls: AAP fields turncoat Pawan Kumar Tinu,three MLAs in its final list

Chandigarh, April 17 -- The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Tuesday announced the names of party candidates for the remaining four Lok Sabha seats in Punjab, replacing its turncoat MP, who left the party hig... Read More