NEW DELHI: The gates of 30 Prithviraj Road in Delhi on Sunday opened to welcome President Droupadi Murmu, Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, former Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu, and a host of other dignitaries to script a glorious chapter in the life and times of 96-year-old former Deputy Prime Minister, Lal Krishna Advani, by conferring the Bharat Ratna award on the BJP stalwart.

BENGALURU: The ruling Congress in Karnataka has fielded children of six state cabinet ministers in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.

MUMBAI: Bollywood actress Kangana Ranaut, who is currently gearing up for her upcoming political period film ‘Emergency’, has entered politics.

HOSHIARPUR: Dal Khalsa today asked SAD president Sukhbir Singh Badal to explain to the people of Punjab and Panth as to who is responsible for degradation in Sikh politics. The Sikh organisation is categorical in stating that Panth has lost all trust and hopes from the present day leadership of the Akali Dal under him.

CHANDIGARH: The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) Core Committee today unanimously spelt out the issues, policies and principles on which it will go to the people of Punjab to seek a mandate in the forthcoming Lok Sabha poll.

PANAJI: Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Wednesday said that Congress played revengeful politics and sent people to jail when they raised its voice against their multiple scams.

BADAL (Punjab): Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) President Sukhbir Singh Badal, on Sunday, gave a clarion call for “complete Panthic and Punjabi unity to secure social, economic and political justice for the state, and to take Punjabis to the next era of development, progress and prosperity.”

NEW DELHI: Women serve as heads of state and government in only 31 countries with less than one in four serving as cabinet ministers, and just 26.5 per cent of them as MPs in a 21st-century world that speaks of gender equality.

BENGALURU: Responding to the criticism by the BJP, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has said that he would retire from politics if it was proved that anyone had given him "a bribe of even five paise" during his government's previous tenure (2013-2018), and in his current term.

KOLKATA: West Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress and other opposition parties, including the BJP, expressed mixed opinions to the possibility of Calcutta High Court's Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay joining politics as he did not rule out such a course while announcing his decision on Sunday to resign from his post.

PUNE: A day after controversy erupted over the MahaYuti government not inviting NCP-SP President to an event being held in his hometown Baramati, another official invitation was sent out on Friday with Sharad Pawar's name featuring prominently on it.

HYDERABAD: Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel said on Monday that under Prime Minister Narendra Modi's leadership, a new history of development politics is being written in the country.

DINANAGAR: (Gurdaspur): Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann on Sunday sought fulsome support and cooperation of the people to strengthen ‘politics of work so that the state can become number one in the state.

NEW DELHI: The Ministry of Information & Broadcasting has ordered blocking of apps, website, and social media accounts of foreign-based “Punjab Politics TV” having close links with Sikhs For Justice (SFJ), an organization that has been declared unlawful under theUnlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967.

AMRITSAR: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national leader and Deputy Chief Minister of Delhi Manish Sisodia campaigned in favour of AAP candidate Jeevan Jyot Kaur from Amritsar East assembly constituency. Sisodia appealed to the people to press the button of ‘jharoo’ on Feb 20th to form an honest government of the Aam Aadmi Party.

MAJITHA(Amritsar): Former minister Bikram Singh Majithia today said Delhi had never given justice to Punjab and that people could not expect any justice from the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) which had not implemented a single one of the promises made to the people of Punjab in Delhi.

AMRITSAR: Former minister Bikram Singh Majithia today said people will teach a lesson to those who had indulged in vendetta politics even as he accused Pradesh Congress President Navjot Sidhu of cheating the people of Amritsar East and not doing anything for their welfare during his last eighteen year long stint in politics.

CHANDIGARH: Senior Congress leader and former Deputy Chief Minister of Rajasthan, Sachin Pilot has accused the Modi government of the Center of doing politics in the name of soldiers, Instead of fulfilling the promises made to them, it is working against them. Congress media in-charge Pawan Khera was also present with him for the Punjab Assembly elections.

CHANDIGARH: Regarding the stand of the union on elections in its press conference held here yesterday a news paper has published a news item, “ Bharti Kisan Union BKU (EKTA UGRAHAN) to Boycotts State Assembly Elections” . Today the Union has clarified its stand on the issue to make it crystal clear and to remove any ambiguity if at all. BKU EKTA UGRAHAN) has clarified that its declaration regarding assembly elections is , “ TO REMAIN ALOOF” , Nothing more nothing less.

MUMBAI: Actress and YouTuber Saloni Gaur will be soon seen in the upcoming web series 'Campus Diaries'.

CHANDIGARH: The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) today asked chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi to recognise his responsibility towards Punjabis and not resort to cheap politics of alluding recent spate of horrendous incidents to political rivals to hide his own failures.

SULTANPUR LODHI: Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) President Sukhbir Singh Badal today said the more the Congress government tried to suppress the party by employing vendetta politics, the more popular it would become even as he asserted that the people had seen through the Congress game and would never forgive it for wasting five years politicizing the sensitive issue of sacrilege.

JALALABAD (FEROZEPUR): Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) President Sukhbir Singh Badal today said the Congress government still wanted to play politics on the sensitive issue of sacrilege instead of bringing the perpetrators behind this heinous crime to book and this was why it had had not ordered a judicial inquiry into the recent incidents of sacrilege at Sri Harmandar Sahib.

AMRITSAR: Strongly condemning the tragic incident which took place inside Sri Darbar Sahib during Rahiras Sahib yesterday, Patron of Shiromani Akali Dal United Jathedar Ranjit Singh Brahmpura said that the ongoing incidents of indecency in different districts of India are the result of a deep conspiracy.

ITANAGAR:Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu on Saturday said that taking politics very seriously in every sphere of life hampers the developmental process and appealed to people to indulge in politics once only in five years.

CHANDIGARH: The Aam Aadmi Party launched its new election campaign 'Nawaan Ate Sunehra Punjab' for Mission 2022. AAP Supremo Arvind Kejriwal announced his new campaign by releasing a video on Friday. Kejriwal called upon the people of Punjab to come together in this mission for the progress and prosperity of the state and also issued a missed call number 7070 23 7070 to join the campaign.

NEW DELHI: Rajya Sabha MP and Congress leader Deepender Hooda feels that the party is the main opposition force in poll-bound Uttar Pradesh, which is raising people's issues under the leadership of Priyanka Gandhi.

MUMBAI:West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's two-day visit to Mumbai from Tuesday has generated immense political interest as she is scheduled to meet top Shiv Sena and Nationalist Congress Party leaders, besides leading industrialists.

NEW DELHI:Referring to the BJP's stunning performance in Tripura civic elections for which polling was held on November 25, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said the people of the state gave a clear message that they prefer politics of good governance.

AMRITSAR: Bibi Jagir Kaur, President of Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee, has strongly condemned the politics and misconceptions of some people regarding the stove of Guru Hargobind Ji, the sixth Patshah adorned at Gurdwara Nimsar Chola Sahib Ghudani Kalan.

NEW DELHI: Reacting to former Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh's meeting with Home Minister Amit Shah at the latter's residence, the Congress has said that the senior BJP leader's home has become the "centre of anti-Dalit politics".

NEW DELHI: Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan met BJP President J.P. Nadda on Wednesday evening to discuss governance and other issues related to the state.

CHANDIGARH:  The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) has asked senior farmer leader Balbir Singh Rajewal to keep the farmers' agitation above politics. It requested him to take concrete action against hooligans who had targeted Akali workers proceeding to Delhi to participate in the party's march to Parliament.

NEW DELHI: Actress Kangana Ranaut took the stage and grabbed all attention during the press conference for her upcoming movie 'Thalaivii' in the capital on Thursday. Kangana hinted she could even take the plunge in politics later, just like the protagonist of her latest movie.

 NEW DELHI:  Hitting out at Rahul Gandhi for sharing an old picture of farmers movement and describing it as present one, the BJP on Friday said that the Congress leader is doing politics by putting guns on other's shoulders.

AMRITSAR: Karnail Singh Peermohammad General Secretary Shiromani Akali Dal (United) said that Punjab wanted a third alternative and SAD-United was totally in favor of it. But the Aam Aadmi Party seems to think that it will manipulate and form a government in Punjab, which is a big mistake.

NEW DELHI: Politics on the caste census has escalated after the regional parties demanded that caste should be included in the census. Even the BJP ally, Janata Dal United is also pushing for the caste-based census in the country.

KOLKATA: Former Union minister and BJP Lok Sabha MP from Asansol, Babul Supriyo, on Saturday announced that he has decided to quit politics.

LUCKNOW:Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday slammed the opposition for questioning the government on the alleged Pegasus phone hack controversy and for disrupting the Parliament.

LUCKNOW:In the Nishad versus Nishad politics that is gaining ground in Uttar Pradesh, the BJP has started promoting its Rajya Sabha MP Jai Prakash Nishad.
Nishad has been appointed state convener of fishermen cell in the UP unit.

LUCKNOW: Bahujan Samaj Party's National President Kumari Mayawati ji has been keeping a close watch on every small development in Punjab politics.

By Asha Kuamri
Raja Virbhadra Singh a towering legend of Himachal politics passed away Thursday morning at 3.40am. The very name of Raja Sahib brought a smile on the faces of lakhs of people. He was admired, adored and people were awestruck in his presence.

NEW DELHI: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP chief J.P. Nadda and discussed governance as well as the political situation in the state.

CHANDIGARH: No political party in Himachal Pradesh had ever provided any space to the problem of oustees in their manifesto in any elections, but the fact remains that a generation has passed away in getting justice. It is a fact that dams have ruined the state and the hill states are all set to have one of the highest dam densities.

It was widely expected to be a crowning moment for the Aam Aadmi Party in Punjab this year, but it was the Congress which took top honours. The assembly election results in March clearly redefined the political space in the state.

Punjab News Express
CHANDIGARH : One is Canada's Defence Minister and the other is the Chief Minister of a state (Punjab) that has strong connections with the North American country.

Punjab News Express/Saeed Naqvi 
CHANDIGARH : The emerging consensus that there is a wave in favour of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in Punjab is terrible news for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress, not because they will have lost the election but because the road ahead will become that much more difficult.

By Jaideep Sarin 
CHANDIGARH: Whenever assembly elections are round the corner in Punjab, political fireworks are expected. This time is a little different with the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), a relatively new entrant in Punjab's political space, firing up the scene and promising to take the state's politics on a new trajectory.

NEW DELHI: Ahead of vaccination for those aged above 18 beginning next month, Health Ministers of Congress-ruled states on Sunday accused the Central government of "doing politics".

MUMBAI: Terming the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic as a health emergency of an unprecedented magnitude ever witnessed by India in the past century, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) President Raj Thackeray said that the healthcare system has caved-in and this is not the time to indulge in "petty politics".

LIMA: Peru's former President Martin Vizcarra has been banned from holding a public office for 10 years because he was vaccinated against coronavirus last year before he was eligible.

CHANDIGARH: BJP National General Secretary Tarun Chugh has said that the Punjab government has failed to discharge its duty of giving a push to the vaccination drive.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: On the eve of the crucial assembly election, things are getting hotter in the bastion of the CPI-M after the 'head' of a life size poster of Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan was cut in his home turf of Kannur.

LUCKNOW: Holi, in Lucknow, has lost much of its vibrancy and colour -- and it is not corona alone that is to blame.
The changing political scenario, hardening of lines in various political parties and increasing acrimony between leaders has robbed the festival of its festivity.

NEW DELHI: Several police officers including four former DGPs from Uttar Pradesh have raised serious concern over Trinamool Congress's objection over deployment of UP Police in West Bengal Assembly polls.

BENGALURU: Giving a clean chit to former minister Ramesh Jarakiholi, Janata Dal (S) leader and former Karnataka Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy said on Tuesday that Jarakiholi is innocent and none should stoop so low to make short term gains in politics.

CHENNAI: V.K. Sasikala, the former state general secretary of AIADMK and once closest aide of late Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa, who had earlier decided to stay away from politics, in a dramatic statement said she may stage a comeback if the ruling party in the state bites the dust.

CHANDIGARH: Hitting out at recent statements of some 'senior' party leaders, Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC) President Sunil Jakhar castigated them for indulging in politics of opportunities that too at a time when every Congress worker is fighting the grave battle to save and preserve the idea of India under assault from oppressive central regime.

PATNA: The directive by the government in Bihar about action against those who make undignified remarks on social media against ministers, public representatives and goverment officials is snowballing into a major political issue.

CHANDIGARH: Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Tuesday slammed the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) over their walk-out from the all-party meeting minutes before the Resolution in support of the agitating farmers was to be passed, saying this had once again exposed the double standards of Arvind Kejriwal’s party, which continued to put its vested political interests above those of the farmers.

GUWAHATI: The Congress on Sunday accused the BJP of trying to destroy the "liberal Assamese identity" through various designs and schemes, including the Citizenship Amendment Act and Hindutva politics.

NEW DELHI: On the occasion of Pongal, two prominent national leaders, BJP President J.P. Nadda and Rahul Gandhi were on tour in the state but the former Congress President Rahul Gandhi chose to target the BJP over an alleged invasion on Tamil Language and culture. Rahul said this after witnessing Jallikattu and set the ball rolling for the Congress Assembly campaign in the state.

CHANDIGARH: Minister for Cooperation and Jails Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa today lashed out at the Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal for playing politics over release of Balwant Singh Rajoana, convicted for the assassination of former Chief Minister Beant Singh.

CHANDIGARH: No political party in Himachal Pradesh had ever provided any space to the problem of oustees in their manifesto in any elections, but the fact remains that a generation has passed away in getting justice. It is a fact that dams have ruined the state and the hill states are all set to have one of the highest dam densities.

CHANDIGARH: The union government is using all kinds of tactics to abate ongoing Kisan Andolan and the raid of Income Tax at house of commission agent president Vijay Kalra is a part of vendetta politics.

CHANDIGARH: In a scathing response to his Delhi counterpart’s attack on him over the farmers’ issue, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Wednesday lashed out at Arvind Kejriwal for stooping to shamelessly low level of politics and indulging in brazen double-speak in a desperate bid to wriggle out of his own failure to protect the interests of the farming community.

MUMBAI: Hours after Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau raised concerns over the agitating farmers in India protesting the three farm laws passed recently, Shiv Sena leader Priyanka Chaturvedi said on Tuesday that she was touched by his concern but India's internal issue is not fodder for another nation's politics.

JAIPUR: Ahmed Patel is no more and his sudden demise has left a number of questions unanswered in Rajasthan politics.
The raging question being discussed by one and all in political circles is who will replace Patel in the 3-member committee formed to address the political crisis which erupted soon after the former deputy Chief Minister Sachin Pilot launched a rebellion against Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot in July.

CHANDIGARH:Citing the agency’s poor track record in the Bargari case, which it had closed without any investigation, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Saturday said his government will not allow the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) into his state without permission.

NEW YORK: As the US was preparing for the final approval of Covid-19 vaccines and distribution, the politics behind it reached a new level with President Donald Trump threatening to withhold them from New York state because Governor Andrew Cuomo had been a sceptic of his plan to speed up their availability.

PATNA: Amid the ongoing Bihar Assembly polls, questions are being raised over the demise of Union minister Ram Vilas Paswan. Hindustani Awam Morcha, a part of the National Democratic Alliance, has demanded a judicial probe into Paswan's death.

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday flayed certain opposition parties for "playing dirty politics" on last year's Pulwama terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir and urged all political parties "not to play in the hands of anti-national forces" trying to break the country.

CHANDIGARH:International wrestler Babita Phogat, who unsuccessfully contested the 2019 assembly polls, on Wednesday resigned as the Deputy Director in Haryana's Sports Department.

VARANASI:During a visit to Varanasi on Saturday, Union Minister for Women and Child Development Smriti Zubin Irani described the incident in Hathras as painful. "Chief Minister Yogi will do justice in this matter. But Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka going to Hathras is just playing politics."

CHANDIGARH: Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Monday lashed out at Akali president Sukhbir Singh Badal over his persistent and shameless politicization of the new Agriculture Laws, which his party was responsible for imposing on the hapless farmers in the first place.

LUCKNOW:  Two days after a civil suit was filed in a Mathura court, seeking ownership of the entire 13.37 acres of Krishna Janambhoomi land in the temple town and removal of the Shahi Idgah Masjid, politics has begun in right earnest on the issue.

CHANDIGARH:Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee President Mr. Sunil Jakhar said that
the letter-politics seeking change in the party reflects the insecurities
and political ambitions of the certain signatories.

CHANDIGARH: Hitting out at the Opposition for continuing to play dirty politics at a time when Punjab was going through a critical period in its Covid crisis, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Wednesday said the one-day Assembly session convened by his government was a Constitutional requirement, as clearly mentioned in the official announcement two days back.

CHANDIGARH: Reacting strongly to the Akali attack on his government on the CM Covid Relief Fund, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Saturday expressed shock at the petty politics being indulged by the Akalis in the state at a time when people were dying.

CHANDIGARH: Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Thursday rejected former DGP Sumedh Singh Saini’s allegation of political motivation in the registration of an FIR against him in a kidnapping case of 1991.

CHANDIGARH: Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Thursday made it clear that he was not interested in leaving Punjab for national politics, and added that Rahul Gandhi definitely had it in him to lead the party and revive its glory.

BENGALURU:The resounding victory of the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in the Delhi Assembly elections is a vote for development politics and rejection of divisive forces, said former Infosys Director and AAP member V. Balakrishnan, here on Tuesday.

NEW DELHI:After losing Delhi Assembly polls and forfeiting its deposit on most seats the Congress on Tuesday held the "communal" campaign of BJP responsible for the results.