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Linking Narendra Modi with Afroz Fatta shows Congress` "desperation": Arun Jaitley

Last Updated: Tuesday, April 29, 2014, 19:34

A day ahead of polling in Amritsar Lok Sabha seat, senior BJP leader Arun Jaitley on Tuesday expressed confidence that his issue-centric campaign will succeed against the "rude and discourteous" campaign of his Congress rival Amarinder Singh.

Stakes high for SAD-BJP combine, Cong as Punjab goes to polls

Last Updated: Tuesday, April 29, 2014, 13:43

The single-phase polling for 13 Lok Sabha seats in Punjab would be held on Wednesday where the spotlight is firmly on the encounter in Amritsar between Congress` Amarinder Singh and BJP`s Arun Jaitley.

Amid tension over EC curbs, Punjab votes on Wednesday

Last Updated: Tuesday, April 29, 2014, 14:32

Over 1.95 crore voters in Punjab are eligible to cast ballot on Wednesday for the 13 Lok Sabha seats amid political tension after the poll panel banned Punjab minister Bikram Singh Majithia from moving anywhere in Amritsar city other than his own polling station.

Five women in fray in Faridkot

Last Updated: Tuesday, April 29, 2014, 12:50

In a state where only 19 women are contesting Lok Sabha polls as against 234 men candidates, the Faridkot (SC) seat can boast of five of them in the fray with the sitting SAD MP Paramjit Kaur Gulshan taking on, among others, two contestants who share her first name.

Fresh war of words between Amarinder, Jaitley

Last Updated: Monday, April 28, 2014, 21:52

Captain Amarinder Singh and BJP leader Arjun Singh were locked in a fresh war of words as campaign ended in this high-profile Lok Sabha constituency going to polls on Apr 30.

Manpreet calls Akali regime `snake`; vows to `crush it`

Last Updated: Monday, April 28, 2014, 17:14

Congress Lok Sabha candidate from Bathinda seat Manpreet Singh Badal today called the Akali regime in Punjab a "snake" and said its "head needs to be crushed" to end "corruption and nepotism" in the state.

Modi talks of women empowerment, but harasses them in Gujarat: Rahul Gandhi

Last Updated: Monday, April 28, 2014, 15:22

Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Monday said that on one hand Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi talks of women empowerment, and on the other, he taps their phones and stalks them with the help of the Gujarat Police.

BJP looks to wrest Hoshiarpur seat from Cong as keen contest unfolds

Last Updated: Monday, April 28, 2014, 12:51

It was by a narrow margin of 366 votes that Congress had snatched this seat from BJP in 2009 and now, five years later, candidates from the two parties are once again set for a tight contest here in this SC reserved constituency when polling takes place on April 30.

Sikh temporal authority declares Majithia `Tankhaiya" for religious misconduct

Last Updated: Monday, April 28, 2014, 12:43

One of the five seats of temporal authority in Sikhism, Takht Sri Hazur Sahib, in Maharashtra, has held Punjab Revenue Minister Bikram Singh Majithia guilty of religious misconduct for distorting words of compositions of the Sikh Gurus, `Gurbani`, during an election rally.

Punjab minister inserts Arun Jaitley`s name in `Gurbani`, triggers a row

Last Updated: Monday, April 28, 2014, 12:55

Punjab Minister for Revenue and Public Relations Bikramjit Singh Majithia has triggered a row by `allegedly` distorting the "Gurbani" while canvassing for BJP`s Amritsar candidate Arun Jaitley.