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Chandigarh: Two months after she was expelled from Punjab Congress, former MLA Navjot Kaur Sidhu has floated own political outfit named ''Bharatiya Rashtrawadi Party''. Her husband Navjot Singh Sidhu, ex-cricketer and former Punjab Congress president, is still with the party, and still has Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi on the cover photo of his X handle. Kaur was first suspended for her ''Rs 500 crore for chief minister's chair'' remark and later expelled from the party for her criticism of ...Read More >
Chandigarh, April 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) President Sukhbir Badal on Tuesday said the party would chart out a programme to help distressed farmers whose standing crop had been damaged across 1.25 lakh acres as they had been completely abandoned by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government in Punjab. Addressing a rally in Budhlada town as part of the party's Punjab Bachao campaign, the SAD President said, "We are making a programme to provide wheat as well as green and dry fodder ...Read More >
Patiala, Apr 5 (PTI) SAD chief Sukhbir Singh Badal on Sunday attacked Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, warning that he and his officers will not be allowed to escape from the state after the 2027 Assembly elections and will be held accountable for their "corrupt actions." Addressing a gathering during a 'Punjab Bachao' rally here, the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president said, "These corrupt persons think they can run abroad to Canada and Australia and other countries where they have stashed ...Read More >
A blast outside the Punjab Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) headquarters in Chandigarh on Wednesday evening triggered panic in the area, with police confirming that a "crude explosive device" appears to have been hurled at the site. No casualties were reported. Terror group Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) has taken responsibility for the blast which occurred around 5 pm. A team of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has started investigation. The Punjab BJP headquarters is located in Sector ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Once a trusted aide of former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal and a key figure in the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), Raghav Chadha has recently appeared sidelined, with his absence from public events and silence on key issues fuelling speculation about his role in the party.Chadha, who previously served as the party's national spokesperson, has not been seen at several recent appearances alongside Kejriwal. His silence on issues raised by senior leaders has also drawn attention.The first ...Read More >
CHANDIGARH: Punjab Congress president Amarinder Singh Raja Warring on Thursday said that the removal of AAP leader Raghav Chadha as the party's Deputy Leader in the Rajya Sabha indicates that he has been sidelined within the party. "It is now clear that Raghav Chadha is separate from the Aam Aadmi Party. People realised this long ago, when he went to London while Kejriwal was arrested. Public perception now is that Chadha will leave or be removed from the party and join elsewhere," Amarinder Sin ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], April 2 (ANI): Punjab Congress President Amarinder Singh Raja Warring on Thursday said that the removal of AAP's Raghav Chadha as AAP's Deputy Leader in the Rajya Sabha has made it clear that the latter is separate from the party. "It is now clear that Raghav Chadha is separate from the Aam Aadmi Party. People realised this long ago, when he went to London while Kejriwal was arrested. Public perception now is that Chadha will leave or be removed from the party and join elsewh ...Read More >
Chandigarh: Punjab BJP working president Ashwani Sharma who visited the site of the blast outside the party office here on Thursday said that the BJP will not allow communal harmony in Punjab to be disturbed at any cost. It may be recalled that a low intensity blast had taken place outside the BJP office on Wednesday evening when a suspected crude explosive device was hurled near the party office. Addressing newspersons, Sharma referred to a series of grenade attacks which took place in the st ...Read More >
New Delhi, April 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) A political row erupted on Thursday after Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) replaced MP Raghav Chadha as its current Deputy Leader in the Upper House. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress hit out at AAP Convenor Arvind Kejriwal, saying he "should rethink" about the decision and that "all is not well" between the party and the Rajya Sabha MP. BJP MP Ramvir Singh Bidhuri told IANS, "I totally condemn the decision taken by the AAP leadership. Arvind Kejriwal sh ...Read More >
CHANDIGARH: Two men lobbed a hand grenade at the Punjab BJP office in Chandigarh's Sector 37 on Wednesday evening, sparking panic in the area and a security alert.Thankfully, no one was hurt as the grenade detonated in a parking lot, falling short of the boundary wall of the BJP office. Police said CCTV cameras have captured the faces of two suspects and they are being identified.The blast took place around 4.50pm, sending shockwaves across the city. UT SSP Kanwardeep Kaur described it as a 'low ...Read More >
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], April 2 (ANI): An explosion took place outside the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) office in Punjab's Chandigarh Sector 37 on Wednesday evening. Chandigarh Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Kanwardeep Kaur said that the blast occurred at around 5 pm, adding that preliminary findings suggest the use of a "crude" explosive device. Also Read | CBSE Rolls Out Curriculum on Computational Thinking, AI for Classes 3-8 From 2026-27 Academic Session. "At around 5 PM, we g ...Read More >
CHANDIGARH, April 1: A blast outside the Punjab BJP headquarters in Chandigarh on Wednesday evening triggered panic, though no casualties were reported. Police said a "crude" device appeared to have been hurled at the party office around 5 pm. A team from the National Investigation Agency (NIA) was dispatched to investigate. An unverified social media video showed two individuals, one allegedly throwing a grenade-like object while the other recorded the act, though their identities and the aut ...Read More >
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], April 2 (ANI): An explosion took place outside the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) office in Punjab's Chandigarh Sector 37 on Wednesday evening. Chandigarh Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Kanwardeep Kaur said that the blast occurred at around 5 pm, adding that preliminary findings suggest the use of a "crude" explosive device. "At around 5 PM, we got information that an explosion was heard near the BJP Office in Sector 37. Our teams reached here, and prima facie ...Read More >
Chandigarh, Apr 1 (PTI): A blast outside the Punjab BJP headquarters here Wednesday sent people panicking, with a social media post claiming that the "grenade attack" was a reprisal for the killing of "Sikh youths." Police suspected the object hurled was a "crude" device. No casualties were reported in the blast. A team of the National Investigation Agency visited the site to investigate the explosion, which occurred at around 5 pm, a police officer said. The BJP's state unit chief Sunil Jakha ...Read More >
New Delhi, April 1 (SocialNews.XYZ) The face behind justice for victims of 1984 anti-Sikh riots, human rights lawyer and former AAP lawmaker H.S. Phoolka, on Wednesday joined the BJP. After joining the BJP here, Phoolka said, "I've been a strong supporter of the BJP since my childhood. From 2014 to 2017, I was in the Aam Aadmi Party. We thought that we had come to this party to end all the corruption that existed under the Congress government at that time, but later, we saw that the situation w ...Read More >
Chandigarh: The Punjab Congress has accused Bhagwant Mann's state govt of putting the state's education system is in a "deep crisis" despite official publicity of an "education revolution".Dismissing the Aam Aadmi Party's (AAP) rhetoric as mere "groundless advertising", state Congress president Amrinder Singh Raja Warring presented data suggesting a steady exodus of students from govt schools, chronic teacher shortages, and stalled infrastructure projects. The Congress member targeted the CM's h ...Read More >
The Punjab Vidhan Sabha on Tuesday passed a resolution condemning Congress legislator Sukhpal Singh Khaira for his alleged "derogatory" comments on social media about women celebrating the ₹1,000 monthly financial assistance announced by the AAP government under the "Mukh Mantri Mawan Dhiyan Satikar Yojna" in its fifth and final budget two days ago. The condemnation resolution was moved by AAP MLA Saravjit Kaur Manuke and seconded by finance minister Harpal Singh Cheema during zero hour, follo ...Read More >
Elections were held to elect members of 347 zones of 22 zila parishads and 2,838 zones of 153 panchayat samitis, for which more than 9,000 candidates are in the fray, officials said. A voter turnout of 48.40 per cent was recorded in the zila parishad and panchayat samiti elections in Punjab Sunday, amid reports of violence, booth capturing, and clashes, which prompted the State Election Commission (SEC) to order repoll at 15 polling booths on December 16. Elections were held to elect members of ...Read More >
The PIL does not challenge any specific election result but seeks preventive measures to enhance accountability and deter malpractices. With the counting of votes for Punjab's Zila Parishad and Panchayat Samiti elections scheduled for December 17, Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC) president and Ludhiana MP Amarinder Singh Raja Warring has approached the Punjab and Haryana High Court through a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) demanding compulsory videography of the entire counting process ...Read More >
Chandigarh: State Election Commission (SEC) late Sunday evening ordered re-poll at several places after minor skirmishes were reported during the rural polls in Punjab on Sunday. An official statement said that the elections to elect the members from 347 zones of 22 Zila Parishads and from 2,838 zones of 153 Panchayat Samitis were conducted peacefully in the state with no reports of any major clash from anywhere in the state. However, the SEC ordered re-poll at the nine booths in different are ...Read More >
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], December 15 (ANI): Punjab Congress chief and Lok Sabha MP Amarinder Singh Raja Warring on Monday moved the Punjab and Haryana High Court, seeking mandatory videography of the counting of votes in recently held Zila Parishad and Panchayat Samiti elections in order to ensure "free, fair and transparent" elections at the grassroots level. In a public interest litigation, the Punjab Congress chief, through his counsel Nikhil Ghai, submitted that the petition was filed " ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], December 14 (ANI): Congress leader and former Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa on Sunday responded to BJP leader and former Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh's recent remarks on the functioning of the Congress party, saying the latter is a secular, straightforward administrator whose views hold weight. "One thing is obvious -- he (Captain Amarinder Singh) is secular, an administrator and straightforward. What he said is absolutely right. In C ...Read More >
Chandigarh, Dec 5 (SocialNews.XYZ) Punjab Congress President Amarinder Singh Raja Warring on Friday warned the Aam Aadmi Party government in Punjab against pushing the state towards anarchy and bloodshed, saying it is promoting and "patronising" the "gangsters" to win the elections. He said the government appeared to be following former Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia's diktat of 'saam, daam, dand, beid' in letter and spirit in Punjab. He also warned all those police officers who ha ...Read More >
Hyderabad, Oct 31 (PTI) Mohammad Azharuddin, who was included in the Telangana cabinet on Friday, became the second former top cricketer to be made minister in a Congress government, the first being Navjot Singh Sidhu. Congress is not the only party where cricketers flourished in politics. Parties like BJP and Trinamool Congress made cricketers MPs and even ministers. Congress leader and former cricketer Mohammad Azharuddin was sworn in as a minister in CM A Revanth Reddy's cabinet. Azharuddi ...Read More >
Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC) president Amarinder Singh Raja Warring made a scathing attack on the ruling AAP government in state saying that Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann was only interested in getting his posters pasted and was not sincere in serving the public. Raja Warring was in Tarn Taran today to address public meetings in favour of Karanbir Singh Burj, party candidate for the Tarn Taran Asembly by-election. In his address, Raja Warring said that the AAP has lost the faith of ...Read More >
Tarn Taran: Punjab Congress president Amarinder Singh Raja Warring appealed to the people of Tarn Taran to vote for the Congress for peace, progress, and prosperity in the state. Addressing a public meeting on Sunday in support of Karanbir Singh Burj, the party candidate for the Tarn Taran byelection, Warring cautioned people against any emotional exploitation. He pointed out that now the people of Punjab have seen the rule and working of all three govts: that of the Congress, the Akali-BJP, and ...Read More >
Former Punjab DGP Mohammad Mustafa has broken his silence following his son Aqil Akhtar's death, attributing it to an 18-year struggle with drug addiction and an overdose. He dismissed foul play allegations as "petty politics" and vowed to cooperate with the investigation, stating he has done nothing wrong. Former Punjab DGP Mohammad Mustafa has broken his silence over the death of his son, Aqil Akhtar, amidst allegations and an FIR registered against him, his wife, Razia Sultana, daughter, and ...Read More >
Chandigarh, Sep 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) A day after a day-long visit by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi to flood-hit Punjab, BJP leader Pritpal Singh Baliawal on Tuesday targeted Congress-ruled Karnataka for releasing Rs 5 crore to its party's government in Himachal Pradesh for flood relief and rehabilitation. Slamming Leader of Oppostion, Baliawal wrote on X, "For photo-ops it's Punjab and for financial assistance it's Himachal Pradesh." He said none of the eight state governments of the Congress an ...Read More >
AMRITSAR/GURDASPUR: Congress MP Rahul Gandhi toured several flood-ravaged villages in Amritsar and Gurdaspur districts Monday. His visit came six days after PM Modi dropped by flood-affected areas of Punjab.Rahul chose to keep the media at bay throughout. He later posted on X: "The floods have caused severe devastation in Punjab. I met villagers in Ghonewal where homes are ruined, fields destroyed and lives shattered. Both state & central govts must ensure relief packages and compensation reach ...Read More >
Chandigarh, Sep 12 (SocialNews.XYZ) Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, who was on a day-long visit to flood-hit areas of Punjab, was not allowed to travel to villages that fell across the Ravi river on Monday by local authorities, citing security concerns. The villages that he was planning to visit were located close to the India-Pakistan border fence in Gurdaspur district. Responding to the denial of permission, Congress MP and former Chief Minister Charanjit Channi said: "I ...Read More >
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