A 360-foot high flag post, said to be the country’s tallest, was on Sunday inaugurated at the Indo-Pak Attari Border, just a stone’s throw from Pakistan. Punjab Minister Anil Joshi inaugurated the country’s largest tricolour on the tallest flag post – measuring 110 metres in length, 24 metres in width and 55 tons in weight.
Category: Amritsar, India
Slip in voter turnout in Punjab
Chandigarh, Feb. 4: A Congress supporter in Tarn Taran’s Lalu Ghuman village was hit in the leg by a bullet allegedly fired by an Akali Dal sarpanch on polling day in Punjab where voter turnout slipped, in contrast with Goa where it touched a new high. “Stray incidents of violence were reported from some parts.
Punjab Polls: Voting begins across 22, 615 polling stations for 117 constituencies5 min ago
Patiala [India], Feb. 4 : Polling began in Punjab amid heavy security on Saturday morning, with 1,145 candidates contesting across 117 seats, and will conclude at 5 p.m. Key contests today feature a direct fight between chief ministerial aspirants Parkash Singh Badal, 89, and Captain Amarinder Singh, 75, of the Congress in Lambi and a mega battle in Jalalabad between Sukhbir Badal and Bhagwant Singh Mann, seen as AAP’s leading contender for chief minister if the party wins. It will be a three-cornered contest this time around.
Voting begins in Punjab amid tight security
Chandigarh, Feb 4 – Voting began in all 117 assembly constituencies in Punjab on Saturday to decide the next government in the state. Voting commenced at 8 a.m. and will continue till evening.
Pakistan hopes to host postponed Saarc summit soon
Amritsar: Pakistan Prime Minister’s Advisor on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz at the inauguration of the 6th Heart of Asia Conference in Amritsar on Sunday. PTI Photo by Kamal Kishore Pakistan has expressed the hope that the Saarc summit, scheduled to be held in Islamabad in November last year and postponed due to the boycott by India, will be organised soon.
Arvind Kejriwal storms Captain Amarinder Singh bastion of Patiala with huge road show
On a day when Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi announced Punjab Congress president Captain Amarinder Singh as the chief ministerial candidate of the party in Punjab, Delhi Chief Minister and AAP chief stormed Amarinder’s bastion of Patiala by putting up an impressive road show despite the rain. Starting from the bus station, the road show with Kejriwal atop an open vehicle, accompanied by party MP Bhagwant Mann and Patiala candidate Dr Balbir Singh, painted the town in party’s colour as countless flags, buntings and AAP’s signature caps and bunches of brooms were seen on the road.
Simarjit Singh v. Sally Yates
Simarjit Singh is a native and citizen of India who entered the United States in 2010 without inspection. He applied, unsuccessfully, for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture .
Amritsar unfortunate to have had ‘absentee MP’ Navjot Sidhu: Arun Jaitley10 min ago
Amritsar [India], Jan. 21: Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Saturday fired a salvo at cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu, who recently quit the Bharatiya Janata Party and joined the Congress, and said the city of Amritsar has had the misfortune of having an ‘absentee MP’ for the last 12-and-a-half years. “Amritsar has had the misfortune of having an absentee MP for the last 12-and-a-half years.
Navjot Singh Sidhu says a ita s my ghar wapsia as he formally joins Congress 53 mins ago
Navjot Singh Sidhu says ‘it’s my ghar wapsi’ as he formally joins Congress, refuses to speak on Narendra Modi New Delhi, Jan 16: Former Bharatiya Janata Party MP Navjot Singh Sidhu on Monday formally joined Congress. Addressing a press conference along with Congress leader Ajay Maken and Asha Kumari, Navjot Singh Sidhu said he is a born Congressman.
Twitter war! Capt. Amarinder Singh calls Arvind Kejriwal ‘sneaky little fellow’
Amritsar MP Captain Amarinder Singh called Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal indulged in a Twitter duel on Thursday with the former calling the latter a ‘sneaky little fellow’. It started with Kejriwal attacking Captain Amarinder’s constituency and giving his ‘verdict’ that the Captain will lose his own election.
CAT 2016 Results: How to check results at CAT official website iimcat.ac.in3 min ago
The results of CAT 2016 are just around the corner for the aspirants who appeared for the exam on December 4, 2016. There have been speculations that the results of CAT 2016 will be out by January 10, 2017 or latest by January 15, 2017.