Punjab Ministers Swearing In

The AAP registered a landslide victory in recently concluded Punjab Assembly polls, winning 92 seats, pushing most of its rivals to the margins. Congress won 18 seats in the 117-member Assembly.

Congress MP Manish Tewari thanked Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann for inviting him to his swearing-in ceremony. However, the Lok Sabha MP from Punjab's Anandpur Sahib said he could not attend the ceremony due to Parliament being in session.

The swearing-in ceremony of Aam Admi Party (AAP) leader Bhagwant Mann as Punjab Chief Minister on March 16 will be a low-profile event with the absence of big political leaders.

Mr Mann, AAP's lone MP, contested the state polls from Dhuri, an assembly segment in his Sangrur parliamentary constituency, winning by a margin of over 58,000 against Dalvir Singh Goldy from Congress.

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)'s Bhagwant Mann has not stopped drinking despite swearing off alcohol publicly a few years ago, Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi alleged today in an interview to NDTV.

The launch of the Kartarpur corridor between India and Pakistan was packed with controversy on Monday as a credit war erupted between the Akali Dal, an ally of the ruling BJP at the centre, and Punjab's ruling Congress. The proposed corridor has also seeded a new point of conflict between Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh and one of his ministe...

Punjab Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu said he has no regrets about going to Pakistan and hugging the army chief. "My hug is not a conspiracy, it's no Rafale deal," Navjot Singh Sidhu told NDTV. He denied union minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal's claim that he had been "reprimanded" by foreign minister Sushma Swaraj.

The BJP on Saturday attacked Punjab Minister and Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu for hugging Pakistan's Army Chief Qamar Javed Bajwa and for sitting beside the President of Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir (PoK) at the swearing in ceremony of new Prime Minister Imran Khan and demanded his suspension from the party immediately.

Punjab minister and former cricketer Navjot Singh Sidhu today met officials of Pakistan High Commission regarding his proposed visit to the neighbouring country for attending the swearing-in of Imran Khan as its prime minister.

After 10 years, Punjab has a Congress government. Captain Amarinder Singh, 75, took oath as Chief Minister this morning. Third on the list of nine ministers who was sworn in was Navjot Singh Sidhu, the cricketer-turned-politician who quit the BJP last year. The positioning is seen to suggest that Mr Sidhu is unlikely to be Deputy Chief Minister, a...

Captain Amarinder Singh, who led the Congress to victory in Punjab after a decade, will take oath as the state's 26th Chief Minister here tomorrow morning in a simple ceremony. Party Vice-President Rahul Gandhi is also expected to attend the swearing-in ceremony.

Among Prime Minister Narendra Modi's new ministers is a man whose dramatic rise to power from humble origins mirrors his own story. Vijay Sampla, a 53-year-old leader from Punjab, worked as a plumber not too long ago.

After putting the Congress in an embarrassing position by reportedly committing to go to the swearing-in ceremonies of Parkash Singh Badal and Akhilesh Yadav, West Bengal Chief Minister and UPA's most troublesome ally at the Centre, Mamata Banerjee, today changed her mind. The Trinamool Congress was reportedly "keen to attend" the swearing-in cerem...

In what might be seen as a snub to the Congress, West Bengal Chief Minister and the UPA's most troublesome ally at the Centre, Mamata Banerjee, will attend the swearing-in ceremonies of the chief ministers of Punjab and Uttar Pradesh. Reports earlier on Saturday suggested that Mamata would decline the invitation from Akali Dal to attend Parkash Sin...

Shiromani Akali Dal's (SAD) Parkash Singh Badal, who will take oath as the Chief Minister of Punjab for a fifth time on March 14, has invited UPA allies - Mamata Banerjee, Sharad Pawar, Faooq and Omar Abdullah - to attend the swearing in ceremony.

The AAP registered a landslide victory in recently concluded Punjab Assembly polls, winning 92 seats, pushing most of its rivals to the margins. Congress won 18 seats in the 117-member Assembly.

Congress MP Manish Tewari thanked Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann for inviting him to his swearing-in ceremony. However, the Lok Sabha MP from Punjab's Anandpur Sahib said he could not attend the ceremony due to Parliament being in session.

The swearing-in ceremony of Aam Admi Party (AAP) leader Bhagwant Mann as Punjab Chief Minister on March 16 will be a low-profile event with the absence of big political leaders.

Mr Mann, AAP's lone MP, contested the state polls from Dhuri, an assembly segment in his Sangrur parliamentary constituency, winning by a margin of over 58,000 against Dalvir Singh Goldy from Congress.

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)'s Bhagwant Mann has not stopped drinking despite swearing off alcohol publicly a few years ago, Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi alleged today in an interview to NDTV.

The launch of the Kartarpur corridor between India and Pakistan was packed with controversy on Monday as a credit war erupted between the Akali Dal, an ally of the ruling BJP at the centre, and Punjab's ruling Congress. The proposed corridor has also seeded a new point of conflict between Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh and one of his ministe...

Punjab Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu said he has no regrets about going to Pakistan and hugging the army chief. "My hug is not a conspiracy, it's no Rafale deal," Navjot Singh Sidhu told NDTV. He denied union minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal's claim that he had been "reprimanded" by foreign minister Sushma Swaraj.

The BJP on Saturday attacked Punjab Minister and Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu for hugging Pakistan's Army Chief Qamar Javed Bajwa and for sitting beside the President of Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir (PoK) at the swearing in ceremony of new Prime Minister Imran Khan and demanded his suspension from the party immediately.

Punjab minister and former cricketer Navjot Singh Sidhu today met officials of Pakistan High Commission regarding his proposed visit to the neighbouring country for attending the swearing-in of Imran Khan as its prime minister.

After 10 years, Punjab has a Congress government. Captain Amarinder Singh, 75, took oath as Chief Minister this morning. Third on the list of nine ministers who was sworn in was Navjot Singh Sidhu, the cricketer-turned-politician who quit the BJP last year. The positioning is seen to suggest that Mr Sidhu is unlikely to be Deputy Chief Minister, a...

Captain Amarinder Singh, who led the Congress to victory in Punjab after a decade, will take oath as the state's 26th Chief Minister here tomorrow morning in a simple ceremony. Party Vice-President Rahul Gandhi is also expected to attend the swearing-in ceremony.

Among Prime Minister Narendra Modi's new ministers is a man whose dramatic rise to power from humble origins mirrors his own story. Vijay Sampla, a 53-year-old leader from Punjab, worked as a plumber not too long ago.

After putting the Congress in an embarrassing position by reportedly committing to go to the swearing-in ceremonies of Parkash Singh Badal and Akhilesh Yadav, West Bengal Chief Minister and UPA's most troublesome ally at the Centre, Mamata Banerjee, today changed her mind. The Trinamool Congress was reportedly "keen to attend" the swearing-in cerem...

In what might be seen as a snub to the Congress, West Bengal Chief Minister and the UPA's most troublesome ally at the Centre, Mamata Banerjee, will attend the swearing-in ceremonies of the chief ministers of Punjab and Uttar Pradesh. Reports earlier on Saturday suggested that Mamata would decline the invitation from Akali Dal to attend Parkash Sin...

Shiromani Akali Dal's (SAD) Parkash Singh Badal, who will take oath as the Chief Minister of Punjab for a fifth time on March 14, has invited UPA allies - Mamata Banerjee, Sharad Pawar, Faooq and Omar Abdullah - to attend the swearing in ceremony.