Politics

It's the final stretch of campaigning before Punjab goes to poll on February 4 and all parties are pulling out the big guns.

CPI(M) on Wednesday attacked the Chief Ministers' panel for advocating levying the tax on cash withdrawals of Rs 50,000 and above in banks, likening the recommendation to coercing people to pay heavy costs for turning digital.

The Election Commission on Monday cleared the decks for the central government to present the Budget 2017 on February 1, but barred it from announcing any schemes for the five poll-bound states.

Rajya Sabha MP Amar Singh alleged on Sunday that an open death threat has been issued to him by a "supporter" of Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and said "I may be killed" in Uttar Pradesh.

The Congress on Sunday claimed that the Aam Aadmi Party was receiving funds from abroad in the run-up to the Punjab Assembly polls and accused one of the AAP MLAs of sharing stage with "separatists and terror elements" in London.

In her a one-day visit to Punjab, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo and former Uttar Pardesh chief Minister Mayawati will address election rallies at Phagwara and Mehil Kalan in Barnala area on January 30.

In a veiled attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his 'achchey din' promise, Samajwadi Party National President Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday pilloried him saying instead of getting good days, they were handed over 'jhadu' (broom) or asked to perform yoga...

Over Rs 83 crore cash, 7 lakh litres of liquor worth Rs 12.65 crore and narcotics valued at Rs 10.30 crore have been seized, maximum from Uttar Pradesh and Punjab, by EC-appointed surveillance and expenditure monitoring teams in the five poll-bound states...

Ruling Samajwadi Party on Sunday released its manifesto for Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections promising a bunch of schemes for all round development of the state at a function which SP patron Mulayam Singh Yadav and his brother Shivpal gave a miss.

Punjab Congress chief Amarinder Singh on Wednesday filed his nomination papers from Lambi assembly constituency, the home turf of Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal.

Bhangar, known for its history of political violence, is on the boil since last week over what villagers call "forced" acquisition of 16 acres of farmland -- spread over the villages of Khamarait, Machhi Bhanga, Tona and Padmapukur -- by the state governm...

Vishwas also does not feature in the star campaigners list of AAP in Punjab. Instead of him, Satyendra Jain, Bhagwant Maan and Delhi Deputy CM Manish Sisodia features in the list.

It is said that Tiwari is now seeking a ticket for Rohit from a seat in Uttarakhand where BJP hasn't yet declared a candidate.

The announcement of tickets by BJP has led to discontent among a section of its workers who burnt the effigy of a central minister in Bareilly.

Patiala: Punjab Congress president Amarinder Singh on Tuesday filed his nomination papers from the Patiala constituency for the February 4 state assembly election.

Days after announcing that she will make a declaration on her political entry on the birth centenary of AIADMK founder MGR today, she merely said she was all set for the political plunge.