Akali, BJP councillors trade charges in Patiala MC

Wednesday 8 July '09

The Patiala Municipal Corporation is headed for a crisis with BJP and Akali councillors trading charges against each other.

In Patiala, ruling SAD-BJP councillors boycott House

Tuesday 7 July '09

A majority of councillors of the ruling Akali-BJP alliance in the Patiala Municipal Corporation on Monday revolted against the mayor and boycotted the proceedings of the MC General House.

BJP leaders resign over ‘outsider’ as NIT chairman

Friday 3 July '09

The appointment of Bhupesh Aggarwal, a BJP leader from Patiala, as chairman of the Nabha Improvement Trust (NIT) has triggered a virtual revolt within the party fold here.

Patiala civic body employees gherao visiting vigilance team

Friday 12 June '09

The Patiala Municipal Corporation (MC) saw high drama on Thursday as the MC employees gheraoed a team of the Vigilance department (for local civic bodies), that had gone to procure documents of certain ‘illegal’ buildings.

Sarita suicide: DSP escapes, surrenders

Wednesday 10 June '09

A Haryana Police officer accused in the Sarita suicide case was on Tuesday arrested for assaulting a CBI inspector....

Residents wait for clean water as MC supply fails tests

Friday 5 June '09

As the nation celebrates World Environment Day on Friday to create awareness among the public about clean environment, the local civic body itself, is yet to learn lessons on the concerned issue.

SAD chief supports Mayor, says resignation not solution

Friday 22 May '09

Reacting to the resignations tendered by SAD-BJP councillors yesterday, president of SAD Patiala urban Inder Mohan Singh Bajaj said there was no need for the workers to put in their papers following the party’s poor show in the Lok Sabha polls in Patiala.

Victim’s cellphone led cops to abductors

Friday 22 May '09

It was Shelja’s mobile phone that helped the Punjab Police successfully locate the abductors to village Kauli, near Rajpura.

Councillors put in papers, pressure mounts on Mayor

Thursday 21 May '09

Owing moral responsibility for the party’s humiliating defeat in the Lok Sabha polls, as many as 13 municipal councillors of Shiromani Akali Dal and BJP tendered their resignations to their respective party presidents on Wednesday.

Woman attempts ‘suicide’ inside SP office

Tuesday 12 May '09

A woman allegedly attempted suicide on Monday after consuming some poisonous substance inside the office of Superintendent of Police (Detective) Gurdeep Singh Pannu.

Capt all praise for Punjab cops for ensuring fair poll

Friday 8 May '09

As the polling for four seats was held in Punjab today, former chief minister Capt Amarinder Singh said the SAD-BJP government in the state will soon fall.

66 pc polling in Patiala, Sangrur records 70 pc

Friday 8 May '09

Expect for few minor incidents of violence, polling for Patiala and Sangrur seats concluded peacefully. More than 66 per cent votes were polled, higher than 2004.

This election, Cong flaunts Tohra legacy, Akalis cry foul

Friday 8 May '09

Gurucharan Singh Tohra dominated the Akali political scene for several decades and remained the president of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee...

Manmohan will be PM thrice: Rahul

Wednesday 6 May '09

Taking on the Opposition for its criticism of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Rahul Gandhi on Monday said he was yet to find a weak Sikh in his life....

Rahul woos Sikhs, farmers

Wednesday 6 May '09

Taking on the opposition for its labelling of Manmohan Singh as a “weak” prime minister, Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi today said that he is yet to meet a Sikh who could be termed weak.

From village boys to civil servants

Wednesday 6 May '09

It has been a long journey for Virender Kumar Sharma. The topper among boys in the Civil Services examinations conducted by the Union Public Service Commission...

Sukhbir plays pro-farmer card to rope in voters

Saturday 2 May '09

Playing the pro-farmer card, Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal today urged voters to help the NDA come to power in the Centre, saying they would favourably decide on the rates of crops and farm inputs.

‘Bathinda result to decide who people want in power’

Thursday 30 April '09

“The poll result of Bathinda Lok Sabha seat will decide who the people of Punjab want in power,” said Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal here today.

5 die, 2 injured in shell blast in Patiala

Tuesday 28 April '09

Five people died and two sustained serious injuries when a ragpicker tried to extract copper from a live shell and it exploded.

SAD manifesto to push for independence of CBI: Badal

Saturday 18 April '09

Former Union minister Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa today filed his nomination papers for the Sangrur Lok Sabha seat.

Singla files papers amid show of strength

Tuesday 14 April '09

The Punjab Congress put up a show of strength at the filing of nomination papers of Vijay Inder Singla from Sangrur.

Working hard for a hat-trick

Tuesday 7 April '09

Two-time Congress MP from Patiala Preneet Kaur is working hard to make a hat-trick. Wife of former chief minister Capt Amarinder Singh...

Badal woos Tohra loyalists

Thursday 2 April '09

On the fifth death anniversary of former SGPC chief Gurcharan Singh Tohra today, the SAD leadership tried to woo his loyalists.

Rebels may rain on Preneet, Chandumajra’s parade

Thursday 26 March '09

Dissidence within their respective parties has become a major cause of worry for Congress nominee from the Patiala Lok Sabha seat Preneet Kaur and Akali’s Prem Singh Chandumajra.

Boy shot dead by ‘inebriated’man at wedding

Monday 23 March '09

A 14-year-old boy was shot dead as a drunken baraati opened fire at a wedding in Banur on Sunday evening.