TNN | |Family members of two policemen, who were arrested after a farmer had consumed poison inside a police post, assembled at the residence of Barnala senior superintendent of police (SSP) on Thursday and alleged that both were falsely implicated, and the murder case against them be withdrawn.
TNN | |Reacting to the results of five state assemblies on Thursday, Punjab Congress president Amarinder Singh said: "Congress may be down, but it is certainly not out," adding that the party gracefully accepted the people's verdict.
Vibhor Mohan | |The possible coming together of two former senior Congress leaders Jagmeet Singh Brar and Bir Devinder Singh has failed to materialize for now, with the latter deciding not to be a part of Brar's 'half-baked initiative'. The realignment of ex-Congress dissidents had been a cause of concern for the party's strategist Prashant Kishor, and there were reports of efforts to bring the two back in the party fold.
TNN | |Three people died and two were injured near Jhattipur village of Panipat district on the National Highway-1 (NH-1) on Thursday when a mini-truck rammed their bike.
Vibhor Mohan | |Taking a lead in finalizing its manifesto, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) will have its national convener Arvind Kejriwal releasing the 'Youth Manifesto' for the 2017 Punjab assembly election in Ludhiana next month.
TNN | |Punjab Congress president Captain Amarinder Singh on Friday asked chief minister Parkash Singh Badal and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) to stop worrying about Congress and mind their own business.
TNN | |Taking note of the 'forged' posters appearing in parts of Mohali, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Friday filed a complaint with SSP G S Bhullar. The posters pasted on the public places on Thursday night, allegedly showed AAP chief and Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal in bad light, holding him responsible for demolishing a water kiosk at Gurdwara Sisganj Sahib in Delhi.
TNN | |Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal dared the Congress to approach the court if it had concrete evidence against the state government for misappropriating food grains worth Rs 12,000 crore. On Friday, the CM asked Congress to desist from its misleading propaganda in the name of wheat scam, which had never taken place.
Ajay Sura | |In an embarrassment to the Manohar Lal Khattar-led BJP government in Haryana for its decision to remove the chairperson and vice-chairperson of the state commission for women, the Punjab and Haryana high court held that the government's decision was persuaded by the "advice of law officers using extraordinarily strong words, rather than a mature legal thought."
TNN | |The 30-odd frontal organisations of Punjab Congress, some of which are virtually unheard of, could soon play a more active role in the election campaign in not just mobilising voters, but also helping the party run its various campaigns next month.