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Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh has said the power purchase agreements signed during the earlier Shiromani Akali Dal-BJP regime are under review and the government will soon announce its legal strategy to counter the agreements.

After a month-long fiercely fought election campaign, voting has wrapped up in five states - Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Goa, Manipur and Uttarakhand. Results will be declared on Saturday, March 11. In Uttar Pradesh, which voted in seven phases, there's an intense three-way battle between the Samajwadi Party-Congress alliance, the BJP and Mayawati's Bah...

Punjab votes on Saturday. The legislature in one of India's richest states has 117 seats, which means that to form the government, a party needs 59 seats. The contest is between the incumbent Akali Dal-BJP coalition, Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Admi Party or AAP, and the Congress. Allowing for the usual health warnings on election forecasts, the Congress...

The Congress is yesterday's news and now collapsing across the country, Prime Minister Narendra Modi told Punjab today, advising the state to stick with the time-tested Parkash Singh Badal, once the youngest chief minister and now the oldest. Punjab votes for a new government next week and PM Modi asked the state to return the Akali Dal-BJP for an ...

Vijay Sampla, the BJP's Punjab chief, has denied reports that he has resigned or threatened to, over selection of candidates for the assembly elections in the state. Mr Sampla, who is a union minister, had met BJP chief Amit Shah this morning, amid reports that he was upset at a candidate he wanted not being picked by the party's central selection ...

Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today accused the Akali Dal-BJP government of "unprecedented mismanagement" of Punjab and urged people to return the Congress to power under the leadership of Amarinder Singh, popularly known as "captain".

Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday accused the Akali Dal-BJP government of "unprecedented mismanagement" of Punjab.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today attributed the victory of Akali Dal-BJP combine in Chandigarh municipal polls to "good governance" and thanked people and workers of the two parties for it.

With assembly elections less than six months away, the Punjab government has decided to distribute utensils worth Rs 100 crore.

Amid reports of estranged relations between ruling Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) and BJP, Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today described the alliance as "firm and everlasting."

Punjab's ruling allies, the BJP and the Akali Dal, have called truce over the yoga day celebrations. The Akali Dal's decision came after PM Modi cancelled his proposed visit to the holy city of Anandpur Sahib. Sources said the cancellation had irked Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal. The government changed its mind after the BJP's conciliatory ...

The Akali Dal-BJP alliance has swept the civic polls in Punjab, winning more than half of the 2,037 wards. Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Wednesday said it was a mandate in favour of his government's "pro-people" and "development oriented policies."

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday launched a scathing on the Parkash Singh Badal-led Shiromani Akali Dal-BJP government in Punjab, saying the state which was once a frontrunner in all spheres had now fallen behind.

The Akali Dal-BJP government in Punjab, which propagates greater accountability of politicians, has some explaining about allotment of industrial plots in the state. Some industrialists have alleged foul play in allotment of over 70 industrial plots worth hundreds of crores through an off-the-shelf scheme of the government. The plots, as alleged by...

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh has said the power purchase agreements signed during the earlier Shiromani Akali Dal-BJP regime are under review and the government will soon announce its legal strategy to counter the agreements.

After a month-long fiercely fought election campaign, voting has wrapped up in five states - Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Goa, Manipur and Uttarakhand. Results will be declared on Saturday, March 11. In Uttar Pradesh, which voted in seven phases, there's an intense three-way battle between the Samajwadi Party-Congress alliance, the BJP and Mayawati's Bah...

Punjab votes on Saturday. The legislature in one of India's richest states has 117 seats, which means that to form the government, a party needs 59 seats. The contest is between the incumbent Akali Dal-BJP coalition, Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Admi Party or AAP, and the Congress. Allowing for the usual health warnings on election forecasts, the Congress...

The Congress is yesterday's news and now collapsing across the country, Prime Minister Narendra Modi told Punjab today, advising the state to stick with the time-tested Parkash Singh Badal, once the youngest chief minister and now the oldest. Punjab votes for a new government next week and PM Modi asked the state to return the Akali Dal-BJP for an ...

Vijay Sampla, the BJP's Punjab chief, has denied reports that he has resigned or threatened to, over selection of candidates for the assembly elections in the state. Mr Sampla, who is a union minister, had met BJP chief Amit Shah this morning, amid reports that he was upset at a candidate he wanted not being picked by the party's central selection ...

Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today accused the Akali Dal-BJP government of "unprecedented mismanagement" of Punjab and urged people to return the Congress to power under the leadership of Amarinder Singh, popularly known as "captain".

Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday accused the Akali Dal-BJP government of "unprecedented mismanagement" of Punjab.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today attributed the victory of Akali Dal-BJP combine in Chandigarh municipal polls to "good governance" and thanked people and workers of the two parties for it.

With assembly elections less than six months away, the Punjab government has decided to distribute utensils worth Rs 100 crore.

Amid reports of estranged relations between ruling Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) and BJP, Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today described the alliance as "firm and everlasting."

Punjab's ruling allies, the BJP and the Akali Dal, have called truce over the yoga day celebrations. The Akali Dal's decision came after PM Modi cancelled his proposed visit to the holy city of Anandpur Sahib. Sources said the cancellation had irked Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal. The government changed its mind after the BJP's conciliatory ...

The Akali Dal-BJP alliance has swept the civic polls in Punjab, winning more than half of the 2,037 wards. Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Wednesday said it was a mandate in favour of his government's "pro-people" and "development oriented policies."

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday launched a scathing on the Parkash Singh Badal-led Shiromani Akali Dal-BJP government in Punjab, saying the state which was once a frontrunner in all spheres had now fallen behind.

The Akali Dal-BJP government in Punjab, which propagates greater accountability of politicians, has some explaining about allotment of industrial plots in the state. Some industrialists have alleged foul play in allotment of over 70 industrial plots worth hundreds of crores through an off-the-shelf scheme of the government. The plots, as alleged by...