The miffed former Congress leader had stepped down from the position earlier this year over alleged "repeat humiliations" and floated his own party.

Sources aware of the development claim that a youth leader from Punjab, Parminder Singh Brar, who recently joined the BJP, will also get security cover. According to a senior official, the step has been taken after analysing the law and order situation in…

The court has asked the state government whether any study has been commissioned to determine the cause and effect of drug addiction in Punjab.

The decision has been taken in view of the birth anniversary celebration of Guru Ravidas.

Punjab CM Charanjit Singh Channi hit out at the BJP government at the Centre for the raids ahead of Punjab polls scheduled on February 20. Voting for 117 assembly seats of Punjab will take place in a single phase.

Ugoke (35), owns a two-wheeler, as mentioned in his election affidavit. His father is a driver and his mother works as a sweeper in a government school.

The Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), allies within the INDIA bloc, ran individual campaigns, while the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) each contested the Lok Sabha elections independently for the first time since 1996.