Punjab assembly elections 2022

Punjab Assembly polls: BJP workers allegedly attacked in Pathankot

The attack allegedly took place during an in-party poll gathering, which was to be addressed by State BJP chief and party candidate Ashwani Sharma.

Feb 03, 2022, 09:37 AM IST

Trouble for Navjot Singh Sidhu ahead of Punjab assembly polls? SC to consider plea for enhanced sentencing in 1988 road rage case

The apex court had on May 15, 2018, set aside the Punjab and Haryana High Court order convicting him of culpable homicide and awarding him a three-year jail term in the case, but had held him guilty of causing hurt to a senior citizen.

Feb 03, 2022, 09:26 AM IST

SC directs Punjab police to not arrest SAD leader Bikram Singh Majithia till Feb 23 in view of assembly polls

A Bench of Chief Justice of India Nuthalapati Venkata Ramana and Justices AS Bopanna and Hima Kohli asked Majithia to surrender before the concerned trial court on February 23 and apply for regular bail.

Jan 31, 2022, 15:31 PM IST

Punjab Polls 2022: Capt Amarinder Singh, SAD's Sukhbir Singh Badal file nomination

Captain Amarinder Singh filed his nomination for the upcoming state assembly polls from the Patiala constituency while Badal will contest from Jalalabad.

Jan 31, 2022, 14:17 PM IST

Punjab Elections 2022: Will install cameras everywhere in Punjab - Arvind Kejriwal

Politics has heated up in Punjab before the assembly elections. In this sequence, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal made promises to the people by holding a press conference in Jalandhar, Punjab.

Jan 29, 2022, 17:30 PM IST

Punjab Elections 2022: Today 'Super Saturday' of nomination will be held in Punjab

Today big leaders will file their nomination in Punjab, Bhagwant Mann will file nomination from Dhuri and Navjot Singh Sidhu will file nomination from Amritsar East

Jan 29, 2022, 15:28 PM IST

Congress's Navjot Singh Sidhu files nomination from Amritsar East for Punjab Polls 2022

Sidhu is a sitting MLA from the Amritsar East seat. Shiromani Akali Dal has fielded former Punjab Minister Bikram Singh Majithia against him.

Jan 29, 2022, 11:51 AM IST

SAD leader Bikram Singh Majithia safe from arrest, SC asks Punjab not to take any coercive steps

SC orally asked the Punjab government not to take any coercive step against SAD leader Bikram Singh Majithia till January 31 when it hears his pre-arrest bail plea in a drugs case.

Jan 27, 2022, 11:55 AM IST

Nomination for Punjab Elections 2022 begins from today

The process of nomination will start from today for the assembly elections to be held in Punjab next month. Candidates will be able to file nominations till February 1. Only two people will be allowed to accompany the candidate who has filed the nomination papers.

Jan 25, 2022, 08:56 AM IST

SAD's Bikram Singh Majithia denied interim bail in drugs case ahead of Punjab polls

Earlier, Punjab and Haryana High Court awarded interim bail on January 10.

Jan 24, 2022, 17:42 PM IST

Punjab Polls 2022: Navjot Singh Sidhu's advisor Mohammad Mustafa booked for hate-speech

Mustafa is the former Director-General of Police (DGP) of Punjab and advisor to Congress Punjab President Navjot Singh Sidhu.

Jan 23, 2022, 15:42 PM IST

Punjab Polls: AAP's Bhagwant Mann visits Golden Temple, challenges Channi to face him in Dhuri

Aam Admi Party’s chief ministerial candidate Bhagwant Mann visited Punjab’s famous Shri Ram Tirath Mandir and Golden Temple in Amritsar on Saturday.

Jan 22, 2022, 18:39 PM IST

BJP releases first list of 34 candidates for Punjab assembly polls

Out of the 34 names, 12 candidates belong to farmers' families and 8 from the Scheduled Castes.

Jan 21, 2022, 17:56 PM IST

Charanjit Channi to file defamation case against Arvind Kejriwal for 'dishonest man' remark

 Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi said he would file a defamation suit against the Delhi CM for calling him a dishonest man.

Jan 21, 2022, 16:23 PM IST

Punjab opinion poll 2022: Charanjit Channi remains people's first CM choice, AAP's Mann is second

Over 35% of people in Punjab want to see Charanjit Singh Channi as the next Chief Minister of the northern state in 2022 while AAP’s Bhagwant Mann is being supported by 23% and 22% want to see SAD’s Sukhbir Singh Badal as the next CM, as per India’s biggest Opinion Poll conducted by Zee Media in the Majha region.

Jan 20, 2022, 19:34 PM IST

Bhagwant Mann, AAP's CM candidate, to contest Punjab assembly polls 2022 from Dhuri

Forty-eight-year-old Mann, a comedian-turned-politician, is a two-time Lok Sabha MP from the Sangrur parliamentary constituency. The Dhuri assembly seat is presently represented by Congress MLA Dalvir Singh Goldy.

Jan 20, 2022, 16:06 PM IST

Alliance between BJP and PLC for Punjab Vidhan Sabha Elections

For the Punjab Assembly elections, the BJP has decided to forge an alliance with the party of former CM Captain Amarinder Singh. Both parties have almost reached an agreement regarding the sharing of seats.

Jan 20, 2022, 11:00 AM IST

A comedian to a politician: 5 facts about Bhagwant Mann, AAP's CM candidate for Punjab

Bhagwant Mann had once won Punjab's heart with his comic timing. The man, who forayed into politics in 2011, will now be the face of Aam Aadmi Party in Punjab Assembly Polls 2022. Will this be his big political moment?

Jan 18, 2022, 13:19 PM IST

AAP will announce CM candidate in Punjab today

AAP will announce CM candidate in Punjab today. CM Kejriwal will announce. Assembly elections are due in Punjab next month.

Jan 18, 2022, 12:30 PM IST

Bhagwant Mann is AAP's CM face for Punjab Assembly elections, announces Arvind Kejriwal

Kejriwal said that Bhagwant Mann was chosen on the basis of responses they received under their campaign to elect AAP's CM face for the Assembly polls.

Jan 18, 2022, 12:26 PM IST