CHANDIGARH: The appointment of senior Congress leader Kamal Nath as Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh has flayed the political tempers in Punjab and also the Sikh organisations blamed the Congress party for 'rewarding' the Congress leader for his alleged role in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots in Delhi.

CHANDIGARH: Aam Aadmi Party  slammed Congress for  putting forth the name of 1984 Delhi Sikh genocide accused Kamal Nath as CM  Madhya Pardesh  and  termed it as rubbing salt on the wounds of  sikh victims instead of providing justice.

CHANDIGARH: The Punjab Vidhan Sabha on Thursday paid homage to 58 persons died in a tragic rail incident at Amritsar and 3 persons killed in bomb blast at Nirankari Bhawan at village Adliwal in Amritsar besides remembering several eminent personalities from different walks of life, who had passed since

NEW DELHI: The results in the Hindi heartland states of Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan came as a major shock for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which has won all the major states barring Delhi, Bihar, Punjab and Karnataka in elections held after the sweeping 2014 Lok Sabha victory.

BHOPAL: Madhya Pradesh Congress chief Kamal Nath met Governor Anandiben Patel on Wednesday and staked his party's claim to form the next government in the state.

CHANDIGARH: In a bid to preserve the depleting ground water level in the state, the Punjab Water Resources Minister Mr. Sukhbinder Singh Sarkaria on Tuesday urged the International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage (ICID) to share technical expertise to augment state's efforts in this direction.

BHOPAL: The path for the formation of a Congress government in Madhya Pradesh was cleared with Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan resigning from the post on Wednesday declaring that the BJP was not going to stake claim.

JAIPUR: Former Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Tuesday expressed confidence that the Congress would take power in the state and said it was ready to ally with independents.