Punjab: AAP leader opposes Bhagwant Mann as state unit chief

Varanasi, Amritsar and Raebareli are among the 24 railway stations which will be given a facelift to boost tourism, the Lok Sabha was informed today.

The GST should not become "God Service Tax", a Congress MP from Punjab said in Lok Sabha today, demanding withdrwal of the newly introduced tax on community kitchen service at religious places including Gurdwaras. Raising the issue during the Zero Hour, ...

Only five of the 545 members clocked cent per cent attendance in three years of the current Lok Sabha during which Congress President Sonia Gandhi attended more sittings than her son Rahul. Bhairon Prasad Mishra, the MP from Banda, Uttar Pradesh, participated ...

Punjab minister Navjot Singh Sidhu and Finance Minister Manpreet Singh Badal conducted a special meeting here today on the development of 'Guru Ki Nagri'. The meeting took place at Municipal Corporation office where Lok Sabha MP Gurjeet Singh Aujla and some ...

After its defeat in the Punjab Assembly elections three months ago and the turmoil in the party that followed, the Aam Aadmi Party ( AAP ) is getting back on its feet in the state. The central leadership has decided to give autonomy to the state unit and ...

The families of the 39 Indians abducted in Iraq in 2014, on Wednesday accused the government of keeping them in the dark for three years, alleging that the Centre did not have any concrete information about their missing kin. The families said their hopes of getting any clue about the men who went missing in Iraq’s Mosul city were almost shattered after listening to the statement of External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj in Parliament on Wednesday. “The government has kept us in ...

In his first comments after his election, Kovind asserted that protecting the Constitution and maintaining its dignity would be his duty.  IMAGE: Firecrackers were burst and celebrations broke out as soon as it was reported that Kovind had won the election. Photograph: PTI Photo The rains in Delhi reminded him of his kachcha home in his paternal village, President-elect Ram Nath Kovind said on Thursday and sent out the emotive message that he represented all those getting ...

The Presidential election on 17 July saw close to 100 percent polling. A total of 771 members of Parliament and 4,109 legislators were eligible to cast votes. The two Presidential nominees - National Democratic Alliance's (NDA) Ram Nath Kovind and ...

It is being cited as a classic case of 'double jeopardy' and 'travesty of justice': five Sikhs already punished for hijacking an Indian Airlines plane are now to be tried for 'sedition' – 36 years on. The case has taken centrestage in Punjab where the ...