The Punjab government on Friday deferred civic body polls in 15 places—seven wards in Patiala municipal corporation and eight wards in Dharamkot municipal council in Moga scheduled for Saturday, after Punjab and Haryana court intervention. Punjab Civic body polls in 15 wards deferred after HC’s intervention As per state’s advocate general, Gurminder Singh eight wards of MC Patiala include Ward …
The Punjab and Haryana high court has declared the delimitation exercise in the municipal corporation, Phagwara, and municipal councils of Dera Baba Nanak and Dharamkot illegal and has set aside the state government notifications for the same. The respondents have completely departed from the procedure prescribed under the Rules of 1972 by creating tailor-made wards only suitable to a few …
With Punjab in its kitty, the Aam Aadmi Party is trying to test political waters in the uncharted territory of Himachal Pradesh where Assembly elections are due this year-end. AAP’s Delhi minister Satyender Jain said the focus will now be on HP, both for Shimla civic polls and later assembly polls. Speaking to News18.com, AAP Himachal Pradesh in-charge Ratnesh Gupta …
Tucked along a noisy street is a gurdwara with a unique name. PERPETUAL GRATITUDE FROM SINGLE CRY This cry dates back to 1705 when Malerkotla’s nawab, Sher Muhammad Khan, appealed against the Mughal order to execute the younger sons of Guru Gobind Singh at Sirhind. Regardless of Malerkotla’s political ties with Mughal, Afghan and British adversaries till 1947, the Sikhs …
