Punjab Civic Polls

Ten Congress councillors from Jalandhar joined the AAP, with Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann formally inducting and welcoming them into the party fold, it said on Saturday.

Riding on the massive victory of the Aam Aadmi Party in the Delhi civic polls, Punjab Chief Minister today claimed that the exit polls which predicted the party's loss in Gujarat will prove to be wrong.

Expanding its footprint at the national level after the party's massive victory in the Punjab Assembly elections, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has set its sights on the northeast.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal posted a celebratory tweet today, hailing the party's big debut in the Chandigarh Civic polls ahead of the state elections in Punjab.

Just ahead of the Punjab election, Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) made a stellar debut in Chandigarh today, winning the most number of seats in the city municipal elections and pushing the BJP to second place. Arvind Kejriwal said the Chand

Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Thursday said that it would be "inappropriate" to link the results of the municipal corporation elections in Punjab with the ongoing farmers'' protests.

Polling was held for over hundred civic bodies in Punjab on Sunday amid stray incidents of skirmishes at some places.

All the arrangements are in place for the civic body elections in Punjab, an official spokesperson of the State Election Commission said on Saturday.

Two persons were killed while as many sustained minor injuries following a clash between Congress and Akali workers campaigning for civic polls in Punjab's Moga district, police said today.

A "farmer riding a tractor" remained the most in-demand symbol among independent candidates for the February 14 civic body polls in Punjab, according to officials.

The Congress swept the Ludhiana Municipal Corporation election by winning 62 out of 95 wards, the results of which were declared today.

The Congress, which came to power in Punjab earlier this year, continued its winning streak, sweeping the civic elections in Jalandhar, Patiala and Amritsar that were conducted today.

Polling is underway in three municipal corporations in Punjab - Amritsar, Jalandhar and Patiala - and 29 municipal councils and nagar panchayats today amid tight security.

In a rash of resignations after Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)'s latest election defeat, in the Delhi civic polls, top leader Sanjay Singh has quit as the Punjab in-charge.

As counting for the Delhi civic polls on Wednesday gave an decisive edge to the BJP, its Delhi chief Manoj Tiwari took a dig at Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) saying it had "already conceded defeat".

Ten Congress councillors from Jalandhar joined the AAP, with Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann formally inducting and welcoming them into the party fold, it said on Saturday.

Riding on the massive victory of the Aam Aadmi Party in the Delhi civic polls, Punjab Chief Minister today claimed that the exit polls which predicted the party's loss in Gujarat will prove to be wrong.

Expanding its footprint at the national level after the party's massive victory in the Punjab Assembly elections, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has set its sights on the northeast.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal posted a celebratory tweet today, hailing the party's big debut in the Chandigarh Civic polls ahead of the state elections in Punjab.

Just ahead of the Punjab election, Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) made a stellar debut in Chandigarh today, winning the most number of seats in the city municipal elections and pushing the BJP to second place. Arvind Kejriwal said the Chand

Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Thursday said that it would be "inappropriate" to link the results of the municipal corporation elections in Punjab with the ongoing farmers'' protests.

Polling was held for over hundred civic bodies in Punjab on Sunday amid stray incidents of skirmishes at some places.

All the arrangements are in place for the civic body elections in Punjab, an official spokesperson of the State Election Commission said on Saturday.

Two persons were killed while as many sustained minor injuries following a clash between Congress and Akali workers campaigning for civic polls in Punjab's Moga district, police said today.

A "farmer riding a tractor" remained the most in-demand symbol among independent candidates for the February 14 civic body polls in Punjab, according to officials.

The Congress swept the Ludhiana Municipal Corporation election by winning 62 out of 95 wards, the results of which were declared today.

The Congress, which came to power in Punjab earlier this year, continued its winning streak, sweeping the civic elections in Jalandhar, Patiala and Amritsar that were conducted today.

Polling is underway in three municipal corporations in Punjab - Amritsar, Jalandhar and Patiala - and 29 municipal councils and nagar panchayats today amid tight security.

In a rash of resignations after Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)'s latest election defeat, in the Delhi civic polls, top leader Sanjay Singh has quit as the Punjab in-charge.

As counting for the Delhi civic polls on Wednesday gave an decisive edge to the BJP, its Delhi chief Manoj Tiwari took a dig at Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) saying it had "already conceded defeat".