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Punjab: Mann hints at stepping down from AAP’s state prez post

CM Bhagwant Mann hinted at a potential leadership change in AAP Punjab, expressing the need for a new state president to share responsibilities.

Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann at an election meeting for AAP’s Dera Baba Nanak candidate Gurdeep Singh Randhawa on Sunday. (HT Photo)
Updated on Oct 28, 2024 07:36 AM IST
By, Hoshiarpur

Punjab: Former SAD minister Thandal joins BJP, likely to contest Chabbewal bypoll

BJP Punjab affairs in-charge Vijay Rupani welcomes Thandal into party fold on eve of last date of filing nomination papers for the November 13 byelection. 

Punjab BJP affairs in-charge and former Gujarat chief minister Vijay Rupani welcoming former Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) minister Sohan Singh Thandal into the party in Hoshiarpur on Thursday. (HT Photo)
Published on Oct 24, 2024 03:32 PM IST

Punjab: Second successive win for migrant woman from UP as sarpanch

Ram Bai was re-elected sarpanch of Dagana Khurd village, securing 47 votes. Villagers cite her lack of contributions but support her for future projects.

Ram Bai who was elected the sarpanch of Dagana Khurad village in Hoshiarpur. (HT Photo)
Updated on Oct 17, 2024 08:04 AM IST
By, Hoshiarpur

4 injured in cracker blast during Dussehra festivities in Punjab’s Hoshiarpur

Procession was being taken out by followers of Lord Hanuman when spark from firecracker burst by a devotee fell on a bag full of crackers, leading to loud explosion. 

Four persons were injured, two of them seriously, and several buildings were damaged when an explosion took place during a religious procession in Hoshiarpur on Thursday. (Representational photo)
Published on Oct 10, 2024 04:36 PM IST

Mann announces to fill all vacant posts of Punjabi teachers in schools

Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Thursday announced to fill all the vacant posts of Punjabi teachers in the government schools across the state on a priority basis to promote the language.

Punjab chief minister presenting awards to teachers at state level function in Hoshiarpur on Thursday. (Harpreet Kaur/HT Photo)
Published on Sep 05, 2024 10:18 PM IST
By, Hoshiarpur

Punjab: Former Hoshiarpur MLA Sunder Sham Arora quits BJP, back in Congress

Speculation of his returning to the Congress fold gained ground when senior party leaders Partap Singh Bajwa and Charanjit Singh Channi called on him at his residence recently.

Former minister Sunder Sham Arora (left) with Punjab Congress in-charge Devender Yadav after joining the party. (HT Photo)
Updated on Aug 28, 2024 04:14 PM IST

Punjab: 16 injured as speeding bus overturns in Hoshiarpur

Accident occurred near Dasuya near Hoshiarpur on the Jalandhar-Pathankot highway on Monday morning, bus driver absconding.

The private bus that met with the accident near Dasuya on the Jalandhar-Pathankot highway on Monday, leaving 25 passengers injured. (HT Photo)
Updated on Aug 20, 2024 06:36 AM IST

Mistakes could be forgiven, not sins: Mann on Sukhbir’s apology

CM Bhagwant Mann says those responsible for desecration of Guru Granth Sahib would be given exemplary punishment

Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Tuesday said that those responsible for the desecration of Guru Granth Sahib would be given exemplary punishment.
Updated on Aug 07, 2024 08:00 AM IST

Punjab CM assures exemplary punishment in sacrilege cases

A day after Shiromani Akali Dal chief Sukhbir Singh Badal’s apology to Akal Takht, Bhagwant Mann says mistakes could be forgiven, not sins; claims Akali leadership already guilty in ‘court of public’ and now it’s time to punish legally.

Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann addressed a gathering after inaugurating the state-level Van Mahotsav by planting a sapling at the community centre in Hoshiarpur on Tuesday. (HT file photo)
Published on Aug 06, 2024 02:27 PM IST

Will lead Jalandhar bypoll campaign, camp in constituency, says Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann

According to the plan, Mann was to join the campaign only in the last leg. Twenty-three senior leaders, including two MPs, four ministers and MLAs, are camping in Jalandhar as a part of the campaign for the bypoll. Pathak himself has been meeting senior leaders in the city for the last two days

Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann paying tributes to Sant Kabir during a state-level function in Hoshiarpur on Saturday. (HT Photo)
Updated on Jun 23, 2024 07:32 AM IST
By, , Jalandhar/hoshiarpur

Hat-trick at Centre, PM Modi tells unjab, wraps up 2024 campaign

Addressing his last rally of this general election in Hoshiarpur, Modi expresses confidence that the BJP will be back to fulfil the ‘Viksit Bharat’ vision

Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a rally in Hoshiarpur district of Punjab on Thursday. (PTI)
Published on May 30, 2024 10:33 PM IST

Hat-trick at Centre, says PM Modi, wraps up LS campaign in Punjab

Addressing his last rally of this general election in Punjab’s Hoshiarpur, Modi expressed confidence that BJP will be back to fulfil the Viksit Bharat vision

Prime Minister Narendra Modi holding up a mace at a public meeting in Hoshiarpur on Thursday, the last day for campaigning for the last phase of the Lok Sabha elections. (PTI Photo)
Published on May 30, 2024 03:21 PM IST

Sukhbir targets BJP for ‘divisive’ politics, Cong for Op Bluestar

Sukhbir has accused the Aam Aadmi Party-led state government of terminating all welfare schemes started by the erstwhile SAD government.

Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal during an election rally in Tanda, Hoshiarpur, on Thursday. (HT photo)
Published on May 23, 2024 10:55 PM IST
By, Hoshiarpur

Former diplomat Sanjiv Arora joins Congress

Asked why he chose the Congress over any other political party, Sanjiv Arora says he is impressed by the party’s ideology.

Sanjiv Arora.
Updated on May 23, 2024 05:52 AM IST
By, Hoshiarpur

Hoshiarpur constituency watch: AAP nominee aims to make inroads into BJP stronghold

For the Congress, it is now a struggle to stay afloat, particularly in the Hoshiarpur and Chabbewal segments, in the absence of prominent leaders who have defected to other parties.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has fielded incumbent MP Som Parkash’s wife Anita Som Parkash. (HT File)
Updated on May 18, 2024 08:14 AM IST
By, Hoshiarpur

Ex-MLA Sukhjit Kaur Sahi quits SAD, joins BJP

Her son Harsimrat Singh Sahi too has joined the saffron party. Sukhjit is the wife of late two-time MLA Amarjit Singh Sahi. Two years ago, she had quit the BJP to join the Shiromani Akali Dal.

Around two years ago, Sukhjit Kaur Sahi had quit the Bharatiya Janata Party to join the Shiromani Akali Dal.
Updated on May 10, 2024 08:20 AM IST
By, Dasuya (hoshiarpur)

AAP forcing realtors to fund its poll campaign: Sukhbir

Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal accused the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) of forcing real estate developers to fund its election campaign in the state

Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal accused the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) of forcing real estate developers to fund its election campaign in the state.
Updated on May 07, 2024 08:28 AM IST

Punjab LS poll: Vijay Sampla breaks silence, says will stay loyal to BJP

Sampla says he sought clarification from the party leadership on his fault as he was asked to quit the National Commission for Scheduled Castes and promised a ticket in the Lok Sabha elections

Punjab BJP affairs in-charge and former Gujarat chief minister Vijay Rupani and state unit president Sunil Jakhar meeting party leader and former MP Vijay Sampla at his residence in Hoshiarpur on Wednesday. (HT Photo)
Updated on Apr 24, 2024 04:53 PM IST

Hoshiarpur LS seat: Differences sorted, claims Jakhar; Sampla mum

Jakhar held a closed-door meeting with Sampla for nearly two hours, after which the BJP state chief claimed that everything had been sorted out

On Thursday, Sampla had met BJP president JP Nadda in Delhi, but the talks had failed. (HT Photo)
Updated on Apr 21, 2024 05:30 AM IST
By, Hoshiarpur

BJP relying on ‘divisive’ tactics to seek votes: Punjab CM Mann

Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann accuses BJP of divisive tactics, neglecting duty. AAP set for big win, claims Mann, criticizing BJP's failure in progress and development.

Mann, who was addressing an election rally in Bahowal in favour of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) candidate from Hoshiarpur, Raj Kumar Chabbewal, said that his party was set to make a clean sweep in the state and the results would bolster AAP’s position at the Centre. (HT Photo)
Updated on Apr 21, 2024 05:28 AM IST
By, Hoshiarpur

Hoshiarpur LS seat: Denied ticket, BJP leader Vijay Sampla likely to join SAD

Sampla, who headed the National Commission for Scheduled Castes from 2021 to 2023 and remained a minister of state for social justice and empowerment from 2014 to 2019, claims to have a huge following in Hoshiarpur, an SC reserved constituency, which he represented from 2014 to 2019

Vijay Sampla
Updated on Apr 18, 2024 08:46 AM IST

Punjab: Cop’s killer shot dead in Mukerian encounter

A day after he killed a constable during a raid, hardcore criminal Sukhwinder Singh, alias Rana, was shot dead in an encounter with the police on the Jalandhar-Pathankot national highway at Bhangala town of Mukerian on Monday

Constable Amritpal Singh was shot dead on Sunday.
Updated on Mar 19, 2024 06:40 AM IST

Punjab has secured 70,000 cr investment so far, says CM Bhagwant Mann at Sarkar-Vyapaar Milni

The CM urged the traders to become a partner in the ongoing revolution to usher in a new era of economic prosperity for the state

CM Bhagwant Mann during an event in Mukerian (Photo: X)
Updated on Feb 25, 2024 09:00 AM IST
By, Hoshiarpur

Nitin Gadkari lays foundation stones of 29 projects worth 4,000 cr in Punjab

The projects will help cut travel time between Hoshiarpur-Phagwara by 50% and Ludhiana-Ropar by 30 min

Union minister Nitin Gadkari announcing projects during a function in Hoshiarpur on Wednesday. (HT )
Updated on Jan 11, 2024 08:46 AM IST
By, Hoshiarpur

Punjab: Sidhu holds another rally in Hoshiarpur, targets detractors

Unfazed by the opposition from a section of his party leaders, former Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu on Tuesday addressed another rally in Hoshiarpur where he attacked his detractors in the party

Former Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu addressing a rally in Hoshiarpur on Tuesday.Harpreet Kaur/HT Photo
Updated on Jan 10, 2024 06:10 AM IST

Hoshiarpur jail superintendent suspended for beating up prisoner

Inmate had filed writ petition in high court, alleging he was beaten up on October 31, first in the open and then in the superintendent’s room after which he was put in solitary confinement for two days. He claimed he was harassed for not fulfilling ‘illegal’ demands of jail officials.

Inmate had filed writ petition in high court, alleging he was beaten up on October 31, first in the open and then in the superintendent’s room after which he was put in solitary confinement for two days. He claimed he was harassed for not fulfilling ‘illegal’ demands of jail officials. (Representational image)
Updated on Dec 23, 2023 09:04 AM IST
By, Hoshiarpur

Kejriwal checks in for vipassana course in Punjab’s Hoshiarpur

Vipassana is an ancient meditation technique which is taught in the 10-day residential course during which the participants are not allowed any sort of communication with the outside world

Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal (HT File)
Updated on Dec 21, 2023 07:24 AM IST
By, Hoshiarpur

Centre can’t hamper Punjab’s devp by stopping grants: Mann

Chief minister Bhagwant Mann said that Punjabis were an affluent community and just a call away when funds are needed for a good cause

Centre can’t hamper Punjab’s devp by stopping grants: Mann
Updated on Dec 15, 2023 06:32 AM IST
By, Hoshiarpur

Police evict farmers from Jalandhar-Pathankot highway, take leaders into custody

Sources say police had information that farmers could march towards Gurdaspur to obstruct AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal and CM Bhagwant Mann’s rally.

Farmers protesting on the Jalandhar-Pathankot highway in front of Mukerian sugar mill on Friday, demanding operation of sugar mills. (HT Photo)
Published on Dec 02, 2023 04:35 PM IST

Hoshiarpur rally: Punjab CM, Arvind Kejriwal launch 867-cr development projects

Both the leaders laid the foundation stones of projects including government medical college to come up at a cost of ₹550 crore

Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann with Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal during ‘Vikas Kranti’ rally in Hoshiarpur on Saturday. (PTI)
Updated on Nov 19, 2023 07:40 AM IST
By, Hoshiarpur
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