Tag: Akali Dal
Mamata Wants Meet On EVMs
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday suggested the "possibility" of EVM tampering and urged the Election Commission to call an all-party meeting to discuss the issue.....
56% Polling In Gurdaspur LS Bypoll
A total of 56 per cent of registered voters exercised their franchise on Wednesday in the by-election to the Gurdaspur Lok Sabha constituency, election officials said.....
Close Shave For Actor Sunny Deol While Campaigning
It was a close shave for actor-turned politician Sunny Deol on Monday, when one of the tyres of the sport utility vehicle he was travelling in burst on the Amritsar-Gurdaspur national highway, police said.....
Sukhbir Badal Meets Shah, Demands Inquiry Into Operation Bluestar
Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader Sukhbir Badal on Thursday met Union Home Minister Amit Shah and demanded a inquiry into Operation Bluestar - a code name of military operation carried out between June 1 and 8 in 1984 to remove Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale and his followers holed up inside the Golden Temple in Amritsar.....
BJP's Oldest Ally SAD Quits NDA Following Differences Over Farm Bills
Ahead of the 2022 Assembly elections in Punjab, the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), one of the oldest allies of the BJP, quit the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) on Saturday after differences over the three 'controversial' farm sector Bills passed by the Parliament. ....
Akali Patron Parkash Badal Returns Padma Award, Says Govt Betrayed Farmers
Expressing solidarity with the agitating farmers over the Centre's farm laws, Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) patron Parkash Singh Badal on Thursday returned his Padma Vibhushan award in protest against "the betrayal of the farmers by the government". ....
Amarinder Singh To Form 'Punjab Vikas Party': Sources
Former Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh is soon going to announce a new party. According to sources, the name of Captain's new party will be 'Punjab Vikas Party'. ....
Bhagwant Mann To Meet Arvind Kejriwal In Delhi, Invite Him For Oath Ceremony
Of the 117-member Assembly, the AAP won 92 seats. The party is prepping up to make the victory celebration a memorable event. ....
After AAP's Massive Punjab Victory Bhagwant Mann Meets Arvind Kejriwal In Delhi, Touches His Feet
A day after the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chalked a humongous victory in the Punjab Assembly elections, the party's chief ministerial candidate for Punjab, Bhagwant Mann, met party's national convener Arvind Kejriwal at the latter's Delhi residence on Friday, 11 March. ....
Five States To Vote Between February 4 And March 8
Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Goa, Punjab and Manipur will be held between February 4 and March 8, Chief Election Commissioner Nasim Zaidi announced on Wednesday.....
