Anand Kumar Patel With Inputs From Agencies

The Aam Aadmi Party has announced that a Dalit leader will be the deputy chief minister of Punjab if the party comes to power in the assembly elections next year.

The BJP-led Haryana government has announced that it will disburse Rs 10,000 in cash in advance to its Group C and D employees.

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will address 21 rallies from November 20 to November 30 in Punjab to spruce up the party's campaign in the poll-bound state.

All Congress legislators today submitted their resignation to the Punjab Assembly Secretary today to protest the Supreme Court's ruling favouring Haryana on the Sutlej-Yamuna Link issue.

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today said that Pakistan must "close down the factory of terrorism" and that India could help it act against terrorists if Pakistan sought its assistance.

The Punjab Police have said they have "taken into custody" a pigeon that was found near the state's border with Pakistan, carrying a note with a threat message for Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

A day after India conducted surgical strikes targeting terrorist launch pads across the Line of Control, the army evacuated several villages along the India-Pakistan border in Punjab and Jammu and Kashmir. But thousands of villagers chose to remain fearing for their standing crops and property.

The Centre's plan to appoint BJP leader KJ Alphons the administrator of the union territory Chandigarh was put on hold this evening, sources said, following a fierce reaction not only from the opposition, but ally Akali Dal, which co-governs the state with the BJP. Punjab is headed for assembly elections next year.

A man from Punjab is among 14 people who are to be executed within hours, unless Indonesia changes its mind. Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj phoned his family this evening to reassure them that she is doing her best to save Gurdip Singh, 48, who belongs to Jalandhar.

Two people have been arrested allegedly for raping a 25-year-old Israeli tourist in Manali, Himachal Pradesh.

Amid outrage over a gang-rape survivor in Haryana being raped a second time, allegedly by the same men, a BJP leader assigned to protect women's rights in the state has said, "Rapes have been committed since this world was created."

A complaint filed by US-based Sikh right wing organisation Sikhs For Justice (SFJ) has forced Punjab Congress president captain Amarinder Singh to postponed his visit to Canada.

"There can be no repeat of last time", Prime Minister Narendra Modi has warned Home Minister Rajnath Singh and Haryana Chief Minister ML Khattar as the Jat community warned a new round of aggressive demonstrations demanding a quota of government jobs and places in state-run colleges.

A former Airforce personnel has been arrested in Punjab for allegedly spying for Pakistan's intelligence agency.

Six labourers were killed after a two-storey liquor store collapsed today in Chandigarh's Transport Nagar locality, police said, the latest deadly accident to highlight shoddy construction standards in the country.

The Aam Aadmi Party has announced that a Dalit leader will be the deputy chief minister of Punjab if the party comes to power in the assembly elections next year.

The BJP-led Haryana government has announced that it will disburse Rs 10,000 in cash in advance to its Group C and D employees.

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will address 21 rallies from November 20 to November 30 in Punjab to spruce up the party's campaign in the poll-bound state.

All Congress legislators today submitted their resignation to the Punjab Assembly Secretary today to protest the Supreme Court's ruling favouring Haryana on the Sutlej-Yamuna Link issue.

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today said that Pakistan must "close down the factory of terrorism" and that India could help it act against terrorists if Pakistan sought its assistance.

The Punjab Police have said they have "taken into custody" a pigeon that was found near the state's border with Pakistan, carrying a note with a threat message for Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

A day after India conducted surgical strikes targeting terrorist launch pads across the Line of Control, the army evacuated several villages along the India-Pakistan border in Punjab and Jammu and Kashmir. But thousands of villagers chose to remain fearing for their standing crops and property.

The Centre's plan to appoint BJP leader KJ Alphons the administrator of the union territory Chandigarh was put on hold this evening, sources said, following a fierce reaction not only from the opposition, but ally Akali Dal, which co-governs the state with the BJP. Punjab is headed for assembly elections next year.

A man from Punjab is among 14 people who are to be executed within hours, unless Indonesia changes its mind. Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj phoned his family this evening to reassure them that she is doing her best to save Gurdip Singh, 48, who belongs to Jalandhar.

Two people have been arrested allegedly for raping a 25-year-old Israeli tourist in Manali, Himachal Pradesh.

Amid outrage over a gang-rape survivor in Haryana being raped a second time, allegedly by the same men, a BJP leader assigned to protect women's rights in the state has said, "Rapes have been committed since this world was created."

A complaint filed by US-based Sikh right wing organisation Sikhs For Justice (SFJ) has forced Punjab Congress president captain Amarinder Singh to postponed his visit to Canada.

"There can be no repeat of last time", Prime Minister Narendra Modi has warned Home Minister Rajnath Singh and Haryana Chief Minister ML Khattar as the Jat community warned a new round of aggressive demonstrations demanding a quota of government jobs and places in state-run colleges.

A former Airforce personnel has been arrested in Punjab for allegedly spying for Pakistan's intelligence agency.

Six labourers were killed after a two-storey liquor store collapsed today in Chandigarh's Transport Nagar locality, police said, the latest deadly accident to highlight shoddy construction standards in the country.