Punjab Assembly Election 2017

Mr Narang was elected from the Abohar Assembly seat after defeating Congress candidate Sunil Jakhar during the state 2017 elections.

Cricketer-turned politician Navjot Sidhu today said that his crossing over to the Congress happened after around 60 visits by election strategist Prashant Kishor, who was helping craft the party's campaign ahead of the 2017 state elections.

Dera Sacha Sauda head Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh - serving a life term for the murder of his manager in 2002 and also convicted for the rape of two women in 2017 - is expected to walk out of jail this evening after being given furlough for 21 days.

Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi has indicated that the Congress is considering roping in election strategist Prashant Kishor again to craft next year's election campaign.

Punjab's ruling Congress celebrated an early Diwali today as it dislodged the BJP from its stronghold of Gurdaspur in the Lok Sabha by-elections. With the main opposition party AAP also in the running, the triangular contest was seen as a prestige battle for the ruling party, which won the assembly elections in the state six months ago.

Aam Aadmi Party's HS Phoolka was the only MLA in the 117-member Punjab Assembly not to cast his vote for the presidential election today while in Haryana all the 90 legislators exercised their franchise.

For the Aam Aadmi Party which is coping with loss in Rajouri Garden by-poll and assembly polls in Punjab and Goa, the MCD election on April 23 is crucial. It will be seen as a report card for Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's government that he formed two years ago after winning 67 out of 70 assembly seats.

Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party, which held west Delhi's Rajouri Garden assembly constituency, has lost Delhi, placing a faraway number three in by-elections held to the state on Sunday.

The Election Commission or EC yesterday hit out at the AAP for levelling "unfair" allegations of EVM-tampering and asked it to introspect on the reasons for its defeat in the Punjab polls, a response described as "unfortunate" by the party.

The Uttar Pradesh elections saw a total of over Rs 5,500 crore spent on campaign by various parties, including about Rs 1,000 crore towards 'note for vote', with nearly one-third voters admitting to cash or liquor offer, a survey claimed. According to the CMS pre-post poll study, more than Rs 5,500 crore were spent by major political parties in the...

After AAP's defeat in Punjab in the assembly elections, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said that winning or losing is part of the "political adventure". He told AAP volunteers there was no reason for the party to give up.

Punjab, the Congress' only consolation in the recent assembly elections in which it lost four other states including Uttar Pradesh to the BJP, will get Captain Amarinder Singh, 77, as its Chief Minister today. This will be the second stint of the Captain, as the Congress' Chief Minister-designate is also called, in the state's top job and marks the...

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today alleged there has been rigging in the assembly polls in Punjab, saying the number of votes polled by his party were far less in some areas than the number of volunteers the party had. The party, he said, was expected to win the elections and even some exit polls had predicted it. "What then, went wrong?" h...

Congress candidate Gurjit Singh Aujla won the Amritsar Lok Sabha seat on Saturday with a huge margin of 1,99,189 votes over nearest rival Rajinder Mohan Singh Chhina of the BJP. The by-poll was held simultaneously with the Punjab Assembly elections.

Only six of the 81 contesting women candidates managed to secure a place in the 117-member Punjab Assembly.

Mr Narang was elected from the Abohar Assembly seat after defeating Congress candidate Sunil Jakhar during the state 2017 elections.

Cricketer-turned politician Navjot Sidhu today said that his crossing over to the Congress happened after around 60 visits by election strategist Prashant Kishor, who was helping craft the party's campaign ahead of the 2017 state elections.

Dera Sacha Sauda head Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh - serving a life term for the murder of his manager in 2002 and also convicted for the rape of two women in 2017 - is expected to walk out of jail this evening after being given furlough for 21 days.

Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi has indicated that the Congress is considering roping in election strategist Prashant Kishor again to craft next year's election campaign.

Punjab's ruling Congress celebrated an early Diwali today as it dislodged the BJP from its stronghold of Gurdaspur in the Lok Sabha by-elections. With the main opposition party AAP also in the running, the triangular contest was seen as a prestige battle for the ruling party, which won the assembly elections in the state six months ago.

Aam Aadmi Party's HS Phoolka was the only MLA in the 117-member Punjab Assembly not to cast his vote for the presidential election today while in Haryana all the 90 legislators exercised their franchise.

For the Aam Aadmi Party which is coping with loss in Rajouri Garden by-poll and assembly polls in Punjab and Goa, the MCD election on April 23 is crucial. It will be seen as a report card for Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's government that he formed two years ago after winning 67 out of 70 assembly seats.

Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party, which held west Delhi's Rajouri Garden assembly constituency, has lost Delhi, placing a faraway number three in by-elections held to the state on Sunday.

The Election Commission or EC yesterday hit out at the AAP for levelling "unfair" allegations of EVM-tampering and asked it to introspect on the reasons for its defeat in the Punjab polls, a response described as "unfortunate" by the party.

The Uttar Pradesh elections saw a total of over Rs 5,500 crore spent on campaign by various parties, including about Rs 1,000 crore towards 'note for vote', with nearly one-third voters admitting to cash or liquor offer, a survey claimed. According to the CMS pre-post poll study, more than Rs 5,500 crore were spent by major political parties in the...

After AAP's defeat in Punjab in the assembly elections, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said that winning or losing is part of the "political adventure". He told AAP volunteers there was no reason for the party to give up.

Punjab, the Congress' only consolation in the recent assembly elections in which it lost four other states including Uttar Pradesh to the BJP, will get Captain Amarinder Singh, 77, as its Chief Minister today. This will be the second stint of the Captain, as the Congress' Chief Minister-designate is also called, in the state's top job and marks the...

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today alleged there has been rigging in the assembly polls in Punjab, saying the number of votes polled by his party were far less in some areas than the number of volunteers the party had. The party, he said, was expected to win the elections and even some exit polls had predicted it. "What then, went wrong?" h...

Congress candidate Gurjit Singh Aujla won the Amritsar Lok Sabha seat on Saturday with a huge margin of 1,99,189 votes over nearest rival Rajinder Mohan Singh Chhina of the BJP. The by-poll was held simultaneously with the Punjab Assembly elections.

Only six of the 81 contesting women candidates managed to secure a place in the 117-member Punjab Assembly.