Unlike in the past, the Congress in Punjab has been able to put up a united front so far in the poll-bound state. Notorious for its factionalism, which always surges when elections are round the corner, the Congress is not witnessing any serious factionalism this time.

Considered to be tough and formidable, former top cops of the Punjab police have become ticket aspirants in the forthcoming Assembly elections in the state.
As many as three former director-generals of the Punjab police had shown their

If not Nobel Peace Prize as suggested by one of his Cabinet colleagues recently Punjab chief minister on Monday got “Faquar-e-Quam” (Jewel of the religion) award. The highest Sikh temporal body Sri Akal Takht Sahib on Monday presented the award to the chief minister at Amritsar.

Lambasting the Shiromani Akali Dal on the issue of FDI in retail, Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee president Amarinder Singh on Sunday charged that the Akalis had disappointed farmers by backing out

Congress party on Sunday captured one out of two seats in the Asse-mbly byelections in Hary-ana, it captured Ratia seat from INLD when Congress’s Jarnail Singh defeated Sarfi Devi by margin over 12,00

The Punjab government is going all out and doing everything to woo voters before reaching the finishing line of its term. The state is raining sops for government employees, religious monuments are being dedicated to public and mega-industrial project are being approved like never before.

Unlike other parts of the country where they get cold shoulder and contempt, migrant labourers from Bihar, UP and Jharkhand are keenly awaited in Punjab due to serious labour shortage in the state thi

Reacting to the merger of Lok Bhalhi Party into SAD former Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh has described it as desperation on the part of chief minister Parkash Singh Badal. Terming Balwant Singh Ramoowalia and his party Lok Bhalai Party as a non-entity in Punjab politics PCCC president compared SAD to a sinking ship.

Acknowledging the significant influence of deras over the electorate, all political parties are eyeing for the support of about dozen such deras in Punjab. With the Assembly elections due in February there is a beeline of leaders outside the gates of these deras (sects).

Politics has always made strange bed fellows and even stranger adversaries. Punjab may witness one such fight this time: chief minister Parkash Singh Badal could face his younger brother and long-time political associate Gurdas Singh Badal in the forthcoming Assembly elections.