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Amarinder-Rahul faceoff is not new, it only turned full circle today

Amarinder Singh said he has been humiliated not once, or twice but thrice, which turned out to be a breaking point for him and the team led by Rahul Gandhi

Amarinder Singh: The man who put Congress back on saddle in Punjab

Amarinder Singh was the leader who put the party back in the saddle in Punjab after an intensely fought poll battle that decimated the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD)

Congress veteran Sunil Jakhar seen as frontrunner for Punjab CM replacement

Former Punjab President Sunil Jakhar is frontrunner for the post of Chief Minister, sources said as party wants to project non Sikh face ahead of polls to counter AAP

Aghast at 'humiliation', Amarinder decides to quit as Punjab CM: Report

Sources said the decision was taken at a meeting of legislators close to him at his official residence in Chandigarh a little after 2 pm on Saturday

Trouble brewing in Punjab after MLAs seek CM Amarinder's replacement

Over 50 Congress legislators from Punjab have written to party president Sonia Gandhi seeking that Amarinder Singh be replaced as chief minister, highly placed party sources said on Saturday

Punjab govt waives loans worth Rs 41.48 crore of over 10,000 SC youths

The Punjab government has waived loans worth Rs 41.48 crore of 10,151 Scheduled Caste youths after they found it difficult to repay the money due to various reasons

Punjab CM Amarinder Singh extends Covid-19 restrictions till September 30

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Friday ordered extension of the existing Covid-19 restrictions till September 30, in view of the upcoming festival season

Unvaccinated Punjab govt employees to be sent on forced leave after Sept 15

The state government employees failing to take even the first dose of Covid vaccine for any reason other than medical will be compulsorily sent on leave after September 15.

Punjab reports 32 new coronavirus cases, death toll at 16,437

Two more Covid-related fatalities were recorded on Friday in Punjab that took the death toll to 16,437, while 32 new cases pushed the infection tally to 6,00,745, according to a medical bulletin.

Amid tussle in Punjab, Harish Rawat says some issues still being resolved

Amid the ongoing tussle in ruling Congress' Punjab unit, the party affairs' state in-charge Harish Rawat on Thursday admitted that there were still some issues which are being resolved.

Punjab Cong crisis: Harish Rawat conveys party leaders' 'resentment' to CM

AICC general secretary Harish Rawat Wednesday conveyed the "resentment" of party's dissenting leaders to Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh and said it is his "duty" to address them.

Day-long assembly session can't solve Punjab people's problems: Sidhu

Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu on Monday sought the extension of the state's special assembly session, saying a day-long session can't solve people's problems.

Punjab Congress dispute runs deep ahead of the Assembly elections

There is an element of creative tension in all this that was missing in the party so far

Sidhu's team flags key issues' before Amarinder, told govt already on it

Punjab Congress president Navjot Singh Sidhu and the four working presidents met Chief Minister Amarinder Singh Tuesday demanding action on five key issues

Amarinder won't meet Sidhu till he apologises, says Punjab CM's team

Toughening his stance, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Tuesday clarified that he won't meet new state party chief Navjot Singh Sidhu till he publicly apologises to him.

Journey has just begun, will work with every member of Cong family: Sidhu

My journey has just begun, Punjab Congress' new president Navjot Singh Sidhu said on Monday, a day after being appointed to the key post

Punjab waives off of Rs 590 cr of loans of labourers, landless farmers

The Punjab government on Wednesday announced waiver of Rs 590 crore worth of loans under the farm debt waiver scheme for labourers and the landless farming community.

AAP always recognised my vision, work for Punjab: Navjot Singh Sidhu

Amid attempts by the Congress high command to resolve the infighting in the party's Punjab unit, party leader Navjot Singh Sidhu on Tuesday said the opposition Aam Aadmi Party has always recognised his vision and work for Punjab. His remarks came a day after AAP Punjab unit chief Bhagwant Mann took a dig at the cricketer-turned-politician and asked him to tweet about the "funds" allegedly accepted by the ruling Congress from private power companies in the state. "Our opposition AAP has always recognised my vision & work for Punjab. Be it Before 2017- Beadbi, Drugs, Farmers Issues, Corruption & Power Crisis faced by People of Punjab raised by me or today as I present 'Punjab Model', it is clear they know - who is really fighting for Punjab," Sidhu said in a series of tweets. He said, "If the Opposition dares to question me, yet they can't escape my Pro-People Agenda ... This means they have resigned to their fate!!" Sidhu also shared old videos of AAP leaders praising him for ..

Sidhu mocks Punjab govt, asks it to follow AAP's Delhi electricity model

Facing severe electricity crisis, the Punjab government curtailed timings of government offices from Friday, and cut down power supply to high energy consuming industries with immediate effect

Punjab government not allowing Kejriwal to hold press meet: AAP

Chief Minister Amarinder Singh has denied the charge