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Former Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh has strongly condemned Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's unsubstantiated allegations about Indian involvement in the killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, a Khalistani extremist and wanted terrorist, in Canada. In an opinion article for The Indian Express (behind paywall), Singh highlighted the Indian government's ...

Every single time, I interviewed Amarinder Singh when he was chief minister of Punjab, he came back, again and again, to the same point. There was, he said, a concerted attempt to revive the Khalistan movement. The campaign had very little to do ...

A look at the top headlines of the day:Queen Elizabeth II accorded state funeral at London’s Westminster Abbey: The former monarch of the United Kingdom will be buried at St George’s Chapel next to her late husband, Prince Philip, who died last year.Indian High Commission singles out attack on ...

Former Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh, who had resigned from the Congress following a bitter power tussle with Navjot Singh Sidhu last year, has joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday. He has also merged his newly formed party Lok Punjab Congress with the BJP.Addressing a press conference ...

Punjab Congress leaders led by state Congress chief Amrinder Singh Raja Warring Tuesday passed a resolution to seek “formal expulsion” of Preneet Kaur, Patiala MP and wife of former chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh, from the party by the high command. “Preneet Kaur is no longer in the Congress ...

The Congress’s tenure in Punjab has been long-drawn and dramatic, with many unresolved problems. As recently as a few months ago, the interests of the party’s key leaders clashed, resulting in very public mudslinging. At the end of the party’s last act, a staunch rival – the Aam Aadmi ...

Amarinder Singh, who was accompanied by BJP leader Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, has filed his papers from Patiala Urban seat in Patiala Punjab Lok Congress president Amarinder Singh on Monday trashed CM Charanjit Singh Channi’s claims over welfare works, claiming that the ruling Congress government is taking credit of the ...

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will contest 65 seats in the 117- member Punjab assembly, while its two allies, the Punjab Lok Congress and the Shiromani Akali Dal (Sanyukt), will contest 37 and 15 seats, respectively. It is the first time since the 1997 assembly elections that the BJP ...

NEW DELHI: Even as BJP has played second fiddle to its former ally Akali Dal in previous polls in Punjab, the party is set to field candidates across the state in the changed political equations after forming an alliance with the political outfits of former CM Captain Amarinder Singh ...

Amarinder Singh, Former Punjab Chief MinisterFormer Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh talks about his “legacy” of fulfilling his 2017 manifesto promises, lays out plans for his new party, says he believes Rahul, Priyanka Gandhi have grown into their Cong role, and repeats his fears for Punjab security. This session ...