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Navjot Singh Sidhu. (Photo: ANI | Twitter)

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Sidhu is Cong wild card for Punjab’s 2022 polls

Apparently, neither Mr Gandhi nor the Congress high command really liked the idea of a state leader who was on his own

22 Jul 2021 12:10 AM

Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee has announced that it will not be inviting Prime Minister Narendra Modi for Sikh centenary events in protest against the Centre’s 'anti-farmer' stand. (Photo:PTI).

Anita Katyal | Divide and win Sikh farmers; artist’s mighty snub to govt

It would seem that the BJP is playing a cat-and-mouse game with former Congress leader Jyotiraditya Scindia, who joined the BJP last March

10 Jan 2021 8:40 AM

File photo of Union food processing industries minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal Parliament House in New Delhi. Badal resigned from Narendra Modi's cabinet on Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020, over the farm sector bills. (PTI)

Harsimrat is SAD but speaks tenderly about NDA

Post-resignation remarks by Akali Dal minister hint at room for appeasement

18 Sep 2020 6:36 PM

Saif Ali Khan in Sacred Games 2. (Photo: YouTube)

Akali Dal leader urges to remove Saif Ali Khan's scene from Sacred Games 2; read why

Sirsa also urged Information and Broadcasting minister Prakash Javadekar to take legal action against Netflix and Sacred Games 2.

20 Aug 2019 4:49 PM

A video of the incident, that has now gone viral on social media, shows a group of men brutally thrashing two women and hurling abuses at them. (Photo: ANI)

Akali Dal supporters thrash women, vandalise their shops in Punjab's Kotakpura

The women have alleged that the accused were supporters of Akali Dal, and came to vandalise their shops in Kotakpura.

06 Jul 2019 1:05 PM

Badals are dividing Punjabis: Amarinder Singh

Punjab chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Thursday accused the Badals of trying to divide the people and polarise communities in Punjab.

26 Apr 2019 3:22 AM

Akalis protest ‘distortion’ of Sikh history

Senior leaders taken into custody after clash with police.

06 Nov 2018 12:25 AM

'STF has made it clear that there is a substantial evidence of the role of Bikram Majithia in drug peddling which needs to be probed. Punjab government cannot ignore these facts,' Sidhu told reporters on Friday. (Photo: File)

Navjot Singh Sidhu seeks arrest of Majithia over drug charges

On Thursday, the Punjab government in the Punjab and Haryana High Court had said that two member panel would examine the STF report.

17 Mar 2018 10:44 AM

'We have a sting of Jagdish Tytler in which he is admitting his role in 1984 killings. We are handing over all proofs to the CBI and it should arrest him immediately,' Manjit Singh JK said. (Photo: ANI)

1984 anti-Sikh riots: Akali Dal claims of having evidence against Tytler

Akali Dal leader Manjit Singh JK threatened to stage protests and raise voice in the Parliament if the CBI did not arrest Tytler.

05 Feb 2018 6:44 PM

AAP on back foot over drug taint on leader

As many as six AAP MLAs, out of a total of 20, favour that Mr Kahira should resign as Leader of the Opposition.

13 Nov 2017 1:33 AM

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh with party MP from Amritsar, Gurjit Singh Aujla (R), after a meeting. (Photo: PTI)

Badals suffering from selective ‘hearing and amnesia’: Amarinder Singh

Punjab CM said that Badals had a propensity for ‘misleading’ the people with their ‘senseless and baseless’ statements.

24 Mar 2017 6:25 PM

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