AAP dithering on promise made to PTIs, says Bikram Majithia
SAD leader Bikram Singh Majithia today said his party would hold a protest march to Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann’s residence to remind him about the promise made by AAP convener Arvind Kejriwal to one of the protesters, Sippy Sharma, a year ago promising that the services of 646 physical training instructors (PTIs) would be regularised […]Read More
Fatehgarh Sahib: Akali workers demand Sukhbir Badal’s resignation
A large number of SAD (B) workers, led by former zila parishad chairman Baljit Singh Bhutta, former president of Sirhind-Fatehgarh Sahib municipal council Malkit Singh Matharu, and block president Capt Sewa Singh, today held a meeting at Gurudwara Sri Fatehgarh Sahib and demanded resignation of party president Sukhbir Singh Badal. Addressing mediapersons, the leaders alleged […]Read More
Sidhu Moosewala killing: SAD leader Nirmal Singh Kahlon’s nephew with Lawrence Bishnoi links goes into hiding
Former Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) minister Nirmal Singh Kahlon’s nephew Sandeep Singh Kahlon, who is wanted by the Ludhiana police in connection with the killing of singer Sidhu Moosewala, played a key role in the campaign of Akali leader’s son Ravi Karan Singh Kahlon during the Assembly elections earlier this year. Absent from duty Sandeep […]Read More
Sangrur Bypoll Results Highlights: SAD-A wins by 5,822 votes
Sangrur Lok Sabha By-election Results 2022 Highlights: The Sangrur Lok Sabha constituency fell vacant earlier this year following the resignation of chief minister Bhagwant Mann who was elected as an MLA from Dhuri in the state assembly elections. Shiromani Akali Dal-Amritsar (SAD-A) candidate Simranjit Singh Mann has won the Sangrur bypoll seat in Punjab, defeating […]Read More
AAP nominee loses to SAD (Amritsar)’s Simranjit Singh Mann in key Sangrur by-poll
Since 2014, Sangrur was considered a stronghold of AAP, and in the March 2022 assembly polls, the party had swept all nine segments of this Lok Sabha seat In a major blow for the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in Punjab, Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) president and Khalistan ideologue Simranjit Singh Mann defeated AAP nominee […]Read More
Punjab budget session: SAD flays AAP MLAs for opposing its resolutions
In a statement issued here, SAD legislature party leader Manpreet Singh Ayali said the Akali Dal MLAs had moved a resolution in the Punjab Vidhan Sabha on the demand of employees and contractual employees to get their grievances addressed. Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Saturday criticised chief minister Bhagwant Mann-led Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) legislators […]Read More
Ahead of Sangrur Bypoll, Dalit Agricultural Labourers Assert Their Demands
The protests in Punjab can be seen as an effort to make the government of Punjab accountable. The Sangrur parliamentary constituency, which goes to the polls on June 23, has become a key testing ground for the extent to which rural workers, and especially Dalits, can use the political process to press their demands. The […]Read More
Will auction Pearls Group’s properties to refund victims: Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann
In Thikriwal village, CM Mann said that freedom fighter Sewa Singh Thikriwala struggled his entire life for the common man and he was the guardian of the country and human rights. Attacking the opposition for allegedly patronising corruption and mafia, CM Bhagwant Mann on Sunday said that his Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government has taken historic decisions […]Read More
Former Punjab minister Tota Singh cremated with full state honours
Former Punjab minister Tota Singh, 80, died at a private hospital in Mohali on Saturday while undergoing treatment for a liver-related ailment. Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader and former Punjab education minister Tota Singh was cremated with full state honours at Moga on Tuesday. His sons, including SAD leader Barjinder Singh Makhan Brar, performed the […]Read More
Don’t befool farmers: SAD kisan wing chief to CM Mann
In a written statement, SAD kisan wing president Sikander Singh Maluka said “Punjab was set to produce 4.75 lakh metric tonnes of moong and the centre had agreed to procure only 4,585 metric tonnes. Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) kisan wing on Sunday asked CM Bhagwant Mann “not to befool farmers with grandiose announcements that their […]Read More
