Manish Tewari takes on SAD-BJP leaders for protest outside his house

Last Updated: Monday, January 20, 2014, 17:47

Union minister Manish Tewari took a dig at Akali Dal and BJP leaders for staging a demonstration in front of his house here on Monday over the extension of special industrial package to neighbouring hill states.

Sanja Morcha calls for strengthening third alternative in Punjab

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 14, 2014, 15:47

Sanjha Morcha, conglomeration of various political outfits, today called for the strengthening of the third alternative to defeat the SAD-BJP combine in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.

NRI Sammelan by SAD-BJP government proved farce: Cong

Last Updated: Monday, January 13, 2014, 00:46

Describing the two-day NRI Sammelan organised by the state government as a "farce", the Punjab Congress on Sunday accused the SAD-BJP alliance of "befooling" the Punjabi diaspora.

Punjab farmers will continue to get free power: Sukhbir

Last Updated: Monday, December 2, 2013, 21:01

Farmers in Punjab will continue to get free electricity supply and the government has no plans to discontinue it, Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal on Monday said.

Industrialists apprehensive of investing in Punjab: Tewari

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 23, 2013, 22:25

Manish Tewari on Wednesday hit out at the SAD-BJP government over its investment policy, alleging that industrialists who came to the state were asked to provide a "share" to those in power here.

Farmers in Punjab at receiving end: Partap Singh Bajwa

Last Updated: Sunday, October 20, 2013, 23:47

Congress lashed out at SAD-BJP govt for slow procurement of paddy and delay in payment of Minimum Support Price (MSP) to farmers for their crops.

SAD-BJP coalition has ignored industries in Punjab: Tewari

Last Updated: Tuesday, October 15, 2013, 20:22

Accusing the SAD-BJP coalition of "ignoring" industries, Union Minister Manish Tewari on Tuesday said Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal was Union Minister of State for Industry when the NDA government accorded concessions to hill states while sidelining Punjab in 1998.

Delhi polls: SAD to forge alliance with BJP, says Badal

Last Updated: Sunday, October 6, 2013, 19:56

Punjab Chief Minister and Shiromani Akali Dal patriarch Parkash Singh Badal today said his party would contest the forthcoming assembly elections in Delhi in alliance with the BJP.

SAD-BJP should be thrown out from Punjab: Cong

Last Updated: Tuesday, September 24, 2013, 21:15

Congress on Tuesday called upon people of Punjab to "throw out" the SAD-BJP led regime from the state and said the coalition government had failed in initiating development projects and providing basic amenities.

I am peeved with Navjot Singh Sidhu: Punjab CM

Last Updated: Wednesday, September 18, 2013, 23:57

Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Wednesday described BJP MP Navjot Singh Sidhu`s recent outbursts against the state government as a "wrong move" and said he was peeved with the cricketer-turned-politician.

Congress holds protest against SAD-BJP govt

Last Updated: Monday, September 9, 2013, 21:07

Opposition Congress in Punjab on Monday held a protest against the SAD-BJP government move to auction Municipal Corporation building in Bhawanigarh here.

SAD-BJP alliance opportunistic and communal: Congress

Last Updated: Wednesday, August 21, 2013, 23:31

Congress on Wednesday said the political alliance between SAD and BJP in Punjab was "opportunistic and communal" and was not in the interest of peace, prosperity and economic stability of the state.