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Women display their election identity cards as they stand in a queue to cast their votes outside a polling station in Punjab. (Photo: AP)

Assembly polls: Parties’ fate sealed amid high Punjab, Goa turnout

Saturday’s polling was the first round in a 5-state election process that ends with the results on March 11.

05 Feb 2017 1:22 AM

Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal (Photo: PTI)

Punjab polls: Higher voter turnout likely to help Akalis

In the 1997 Assembly elections in Punjab, the voting per centage was 68.73 while in 2002 polls it was 65.14.

01 Feb 2017 1:27 AM

Shiromani Akali Dal president and Punjab deputy CM Sukhbir Singh Badal addresses a gathering at Rampura Phool Assembly constituency near Bathinda. (Photo: PTI)

Sukhbir Singh Badal faces tough fight in his pocket borough

Jalalabad is small border town where one of the biggest electoral battles of Punjab is taking place.

01 Feb 2017 1:27 AM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is offered a sword by Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal at the Vijay Sankalp Yatra rally for Punjab Assembly elections in Jalandhar

SAD-BJP's agenda is peace, Congress' 'divide and rule': Badal

Urging the electorate to vote for his party, Badal said bringing the SAD-BJP alliance back to power will secure the state's interests.

28 Jan 2017 7:03 PM

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. (Photo: PTI)

Badals have looted Punjab, will pay for their misdeeds: Arvind Kejriwal

On the river water issue, Kejriwal said if AAP government is formed, it will strongly defend the rights of Punjab.

17 Jan 2017 3:46 PM

Punjab deputy chief minister Sukhbir Singh Badal campaigns in Chandigarh on Friday. (Photo: PTI)

Sukhbir Singh Badal: Third time lucky?

He has also been accused of having a hand in the cartelisation of businesses, especially in the transport sector.

15 Jan 2017 7:39 AM

Elections push ISCE, ISC exams to March

The dates have been postponed due to the Assembly elections in five states, including Punjab and Uttar Pradesh.

14 Jan 2017 1:08 AM

Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal. (Photo: PTI)

Shoe hurled at Punjab CM in Lambi; one detained

A similar incident had taken place in 2014 when Prakash Badal was at a ceremony in Isru of Khanna, when a man threw a shoe at him.

11 Jan 2017 3:20 PM

AAP taunts Sukhbir Singh Badal: Afraid to pick seat?

The AAP leaders said that Sukhbir Badal had “secretly approached” PPCC president Capt Amarinder Singh.

03 Jan 2017 7:07 AM

The issue has taken away some sheen from the cadre and even some senior officers disapprove of the demand.

Elite officers’ feet of clay

The Punjab government, particularly Mr Badal, is trying to divert the attention of people through its false propaganda of development.

26 Dec 2016 3:56 AM

The awards were broiled in a controversy earlier this year when the Allahabad high court asked the state government to explain the criteria for selection and process.

Of awards, villas & sulking neta

This year the Akhilesh Yadav government conferred the honour on 46 “eminent persons” in March.

05 Dec 2016 1:48 AM

Punjab’s Deputy CM Sukhbir Singh Badal interacts with senior police officers after Nabha jailbreak near Patiala in Punjab. (Photo: PTI)

Gunmen storm Punjab jail, free top militant, 5 others

Aide held from UP; top official suspended, 2 others sacked.

28 Nov 2016 1:39 AM

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