New Delhi: Terming it a “highly misconceived” plea, Delhi High Court Wednesday dismissed a PIL seeking a direction to the Election Commission (EC) to deregister Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and disqualify its chief Arvind Kejriwal and others from contesting elections for boycotting HC proceedings in the liquor policy case.A bench of Chief Justice D K…
Chandigarh: The Punjab govt has defended its fiscal management amid fierce political opposition, revealing that it has paid out more in debt servicing over the past 50 days than it has raised in new market loans.The fiscal breakdown from the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) follows allegations from opposition sides that a fresh ₹2,500 crore loan…
Bathinda: The May 26 elections to 105 urban local bodies in Punjab will see 7,623 candidates in the fray, but the contest has been overshadowed by opposition’s allegations of arbitrary rejection of nomination papers.The controversy intensified in Barnala on Wednesday, where the town’s three main markets — Sadar Bazar, Pharwahi Bazar, and Handiaya Bazar—remained shut…
Dairy owners had said they would organise a demonstration on Hambran Road along with their cattle on Wednesday to flag the failure of the effluent treatment plant, which was unable to handle the load of wastewater from all dairies. Ludhiana: Dairy owners from Haibowal Dairy Complex deferred the protest they had planned over the next…
Ludhiana: Terming it a political conspiracy, AAP Jagraon MLA Sarvjit Kaur Manuke on Wednesday denied that her husband attempted to contest the Municipal Corporation elections from a ward strictly reserved for female candidates. The legislator revealed that an unauthorised nomination file was sneakily submitted under her husband’s name, prompting her to demand immediate legal action…
New Delhi: A new bench of Delhi High Court on Tuesday asked CBI to inform former chief minister Arvind Kejriwal and AAP functionaries Manish Sisodia and Durgesh Pathak that the liquor policy case stood transferred to it and they should appear.“Ideal scenario would be if everyone is here and everyone is heard… Let them be…
3 min readChandigarhMay 20, 2026 10:11 AM IST Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann Tuesday, launched an underground electricity wiring project on a pilot basis in his native Satoj village. Laying the foundation stone of the Rs 8-crore project, Mann said Satoj would become Punjab’s first village to completely transition from an overhead electricity wiring system to…
Chandigarh: Signs of unease within the Punjab Congress surfaced again on Monday, with Punjab Congress president Amrinder Singh Raja Warring questioning the party’s decision to replace former chief minister Amarinder Singh with the party’s Dalit face Charanjit Singh Channi ahead of the 2022 Punjab assembly elections, saying the move did not yield the expected results.Speaking…
New Delhi: Both cases relating to the Delhi excise policy — CBI’s revision and criminal contempt proceedings — will now be heard by different judges of Delhi High Court instead of Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma.While Justice Manoj Jain is likely to take up CBI’s plea on Tuesday, a division bench headed by a senior judge…
Image used for representational purposes. File | Photo Credit: PTI The Enforcement Directorate on Monday (May 18, 2026) conducted searches at premises linked to AAP Delhi politician Deepak Singla and some others in an alleged bank loan fraud-linked money laundering case, officials said. They said the raids are being undertaken at locations in Delhi and…
