New Delhi: Indian Air Force fighter pilot Group Captain Varun Singh, who was the lone survivor from Mi-17V5 helicopter crash near Coonoor in Tamil Nadu last week, succumbed to the injuries sustained in the accident in a Bengaluru military hospital on Wednesday morning. Group Captain Singh, 39, a Shaurya Chakra awardee, was undergoing treatment at Command Hospital, Bengaluru, after the …
Claiming that several Congress members were in touch with him, former Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Wednesday said he would launch his new party as soon as the Election Commission cleared the name and the symbol. Asked how many MLAs were in touch with him, he quipped: “If Rahul Gandhi needs to have back-to-back meetings with Punjab Congress MLAs, …
With former Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh announcing that he is set to float his own party and declaring that he is open to an alliance with the Bharatiya Janta Party, the 2022 Assembly election in the State is likely to see new political dynamics. Singh’s proposed new party and the possible alliance would be an early resolution of ongoing …
After the Congress high command ‘cornered’ Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh into resigning from his post and making it amply clear that the Assembly election due early next year would be contested under his detractor and party’s State president Navjot Singh Sidhu, the road ahead for the party in the run-up to the poll is likely to be bumpy. Even …