Chandigarh, May 25 (IANS) Less than 10 months before Punjab goes in for the Assembly elections, 7,555 candidates will contest the municipal elections in the state on Tuesday. The voting will be held on ballot papers, with the counting on May 29. A total of 1,801 candidates are from the state ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), 1,550 candidates from the main opposition Congress, 1,316 candidates from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), 1,251 candidates from the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), 96 candidates fr…
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Chandigarh, Feb 12 (IANS) The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Thursday announced to start a mass contact programme from February 17 in Qadian town in Gurdaspur district to launch the first phase of an election campaign comprising 40 rallies in nearly one month for the Assembly polls slated early next year.A decision to this effect was taken by party President Sukhbir Singh Badal after consultation with the senior party leadership.Speaking on the issue, Badal said, “We will take up all the burning i…
New Delhi, Jan 22 (IANS) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday conducted a series of searches at multiple locations in three border districts of Punjab as part of its ongoing probe in the 2025 Amritsar temple grenade terror attack case. A host of incriminating materials, including mobiles, digital devices and documents, were seized during the searches carried out at 10 locations in Amritsar, Tarn Taran and Gurdaspur districts. An explosion had occurred outside the Thakur Dwara Sana…