CHANDIGARH: The Congress on Monday fielded its Punjab unit chief Amarinder Singh Raja Warring against rebel MP Ravneet Bittu from Ludhiana.

CHANDIGARH: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in Punjab got a major boost ahead of the parliamentary elections on Saturday as BJP’s Other Backward Class wing secretary Kuldeep Singh Shanty and Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) Scheduled Caste wing general secretary Gurdarshan Lal joined it.

Hyderabad: The CPI(M) on Saturday took no decision to withdraw from the contest in Bhongir Lok Sabha constituency but agreed to support the Congress in the remaining 16 constituencies in Telangana.

CHANDIGARH: Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee President Amarinder Singh Raja Warring on Friday challenged the BJP to nominate its state unit chief Sunil Jakhar to contest from any constituency and he would contest against him.

CHANDIGARH: Gangster Charanjit Singh, alias Raju Shooter, who escaped from Tarn Taran, and his 10 aides have been arrested from Punjab and Jammu and Kashmir, said Punjab Director General of Police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav on Friday.

Aonla (Uttar Pradesh):Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday that he wanted 400 seats so that he could thwart the attempts being made by Congress and Samajwadi Party to curtail the reservation quota for OBC, SC/ST and give it on a religious basis.

Gidderbaha (Punjab): Saying the party gives everyone opportunities, Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee President Amarinder Singh Raja Warring on Wednesday inaugurated the electoral campaign of Congress MP candidate from Faridkot (reserved), Amarjit Kaur Sahoke.