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Farmers uproot BJP workers’ tent in Fatehabad for fast backing farm laws
Haryana BJP announced a day’s fast and dharna at district headquarters to counter the farmers’ protest against the Centre’s new farm laws and to demand the construction of the SYL Canal in Punjab and its share of water.
Published on Dec 19, 2020 03:19 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Rohtak | HT Correspondent
HPCC issues notice to 12 Mandi Congress leaders for indiscipline
Among those asked to reply in 15 days are Champa Thakur, the daughter of former minister Kaul Singh Thakur and the Congress candidate in the 2017 Vidhan Sabha elections, and two former MLAs Sohan Lal and Mansa Ram.
Published on Dec 02, 2020 04:03 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Shimla | Gaurav Bisht
All party meet for DDC polls: Parties accuse EC of kowtowing to BJP
Dissatisfied over arrangements and alleging favouritism, the Panthers Party staged a walk out
Updated on Nov 12, 2020 01:26 AM IST
Hindustan Times/Jammu | Ravi Krishnan Khajuria, Jammu
A president who changed the party: Trump stamp on GOP will last long
Triumphant Trumpism will be a bane for a President Biden. Biden had hoped to work with mainstream Republicans and resurrect bipartisanship in Washington.
Updated on Nov 08, 2020 04:56 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Pramit Pal Chaudhari
SAD to hold 3-hour chakka jam on September 25, lead kisan march from three Takhts on October 1
SAD core committee presided over by party president Sukhbir Singh Badal decides to contact like-minded regional parties across the country to evolve a joint strategy and put up a united fight to get the farm bills revoked
Published on Sep 22, 2020 06:30 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | HT Correspondent
Sharad Pawar expresses concern over COEP jumbo facility
Pawar asked party workers from the city to help people get timely medical help
Published on Sep 05, 2020 04:34 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Pune | HT Correspondent, Pune
Ex BJP district chief Ravinder Arora, 126 others test positive for Covid-19, 2 die in Ludhiana
The highest single day spike of 164 cases and seven deaths was recorded on Saturday
Updated on Jul 26, 2020 11:41 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Ludhiana | HT Correspondent, Ludhiana
Coronavirus: Will ensure smooth supply of essentials, says Jai Ram
Control rooms in the state are monitoring the movement of vehicles round the clock to ensure that there was no shortage of essentials in the state.
Updated on Mar 28, 2020 08:42 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Shimla | HT Correspondent, Shimla
AAP to replicate Delhi model in Punjab, says Jarnail Singh
Newly appointed in-charge of state affairs holds meeting with party leaders in Amritsar
Published on Mar 05, 2020 09:34 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Amritsar | HT Correspondent, Amritsar
Mamata Banerjee to push anti-CAA resolution in assembly that TMC had opposed
Significantly, Banerjee’s statement comes two days after TMC Lok Sabha MP Saugata Roy said at an anti-CAA training programme for party leaders in North 24 Parganas district that Bengal was a step behind Kerala and Punjab in opposing CAA.
Updated on Aug 29, 2020 07:11 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Kolkata | HT Correspondent
Former Haryana Congress chief Shamsher Singh Surjewala passes away
Father of Congress national media in-charge and national spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala, Shamsher Singh died after a brief illness. Funeral at Narwana today
Updated on Jan 20, 2020 02:44 PM IST
Indo Asian News Service | Indo Asian News Service, Chandigarh
Delhi Polls: Haryana BJP leaders to campaign for party candidates on 37 seats
Haryana BJP state president Subhash Barala on Friday said senior leaders from the state will campaign for party candidates on 37 assembly seats in Delhi
Updated on Jan 17, 2020 11:12 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Rohtak | HT Correspondent, Rohtak
SAD to meet guv seeking probe into power purchase by govt
The core committee of the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Saturday resolved to meet Punjab governor VP Singh Badnore on January 15 to demand an independent inquiry into recent power purchases being made by the Congress government. The core committee said the Capt Amarinder Singh-led Congress government had shown deliberate laxity to give a benefit of ₹3,000 crore to private thermal plant managements and a coal company by putting up a weak defence in cases filed by them against Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL).
Published on Jan 11, 2020 10:23 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | HT Correspondent, Chandigarh
Bhagwant Mann leads Punjab AAP charge as state unit heads to campaign for Delhi elections
Leader of opposition in Punjab assembly Harpal Singh Cheema said the state contingent comprising MLAs, core committee members and district-level functionaries will head to Delhi next week.
Updated on Jan 07, 2020 11:21 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | HT Correspondent, Chandigarh
Punjab Cong protest against CAA today
Punjab Congress president Sunil Jakhar said chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh, Punjab affairs in-charge Asha Kumari, cabinet ministers and other party leaders of the state would participate in the protest
Published on Dec 29, 2019 10:54 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | HT Correspondent
JJP leadership to take call on action against MLA Gautam: Dushyant
Gautam had announced his resignation as party’s vice president, saying he was “upset with functioning of the JJP.”
Updated on Dec 27, 2019 07:01 AM IST
Hindustan Times, CHANDIGARH | HT Correspondent, Chandigarh
Fadnavis and the rumblings within Maharashtra BJP
Last week saw something that the BJP in Maharashtra had not witnessed in a long time: Two senior party leaders openly expressing their unhappiness with the state of the affairs in the party.
Updated on Dec 16, 2019 11:54 PM IST
Karnataka byelections: Here is why Congress lost
Out of the 15 seats for which by-elections were held on December 5, BJP won 12 while Congress secured two and the remaining one was bagged by an Independent.
Updated on Dec 10, 2019 02:03 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Aurangzeb Naqshbandi
An old age oasis for veterans of China’s Red Army
At least half-a-dozen of its inmates were part of the Red Army, the predecessor of the People’s Liberation Army, and fought during the civil war and the anti-Japanese war in the late 1930s and 1940s.
Published on Dec 02, 2019 03:37 PM IST
Yan’an (Shaanxi) | Sutirtho Patranobis
After poll debacle, HP Congress wants panel to take ‘inactive leaders’ to task
The Congress, which is bogged down with intraparty squabbles, had put up a spirited fight in the Pachhad assembly segment that was once the bastion of the grand old party. However, the Congress candidate lost his deposit in Dharamshala.
Updated on Oct 29, 2019 09:53 PM IST
Gaurav Bisht, Shimla
Apologise for arrest of Bal Thackeray in 2000: Shiv Sena to NCP
Recently, Sena president Uddhav Thackeray had recalled the arrest of his father and said Maharashtra doesn’t appreciate politics of revenge and vengeance.
Updated on Oct 13, 2019 07:09 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Mumbai | Faisal Malik
Congress boycotts BDC polls in Jammu and Kashmir, cites detention
Former chief ministers Farooq Abdullah, Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti are under detention since August when the Centre moved to revoke J&K’s special status and split the state into two Union territories.
Updated on Oct 10, 2019 04:12 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Jammu | Ravi Krishnan Khajuria
New chief’s election: BJP’s core committee meets in Himachal’s Bilaspur
The process of BJP organisational polls in the state began on September 11 and will conclude on Dec 15 with the election of new state president
Updated on Oct 08, 2019 10:57 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Shimla | HT Correspondent, Shimla
The Congress is failing in its democratic duty | HT editorial
The party’s job is to challenge the incumbent. But it seems to have given up
Updated on Oct 07, 2019 08:50 PM IST
Hindustan Times | HT Correspondent
Rahul Gandhi more than competent to lead party: Capt Amarinder
Before the 2017 polls, while I was aware that things were bad, I did not know the extent of the mess which the Akalis and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had left behind.
Updated on Sep 28, 2019 12:31 AM IST
Chandigarh | Vinod Sharma
Why should Aaditya Thackeray not be like Rahul Gandhi?
At a leadership conclave, Aaditya was asked if he would be contesting the upcoming elections in Maharashtra. He was polite about saying that the decision would have to be taken in consultation with party leaders.
Updated on Sep 24, 2019 11:40 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Sujata Anandan, Mumbai
Watch | Bhupinder Singh Hooda: Is Haryana Congress’ mission impossible? | On The Record
Ahead of the polls next month, we speak to Congress’ leader in Haryana Bhupinder Singh Hooda and ask whether the decision to change the leadership in the state came too late. Hooda also responds to questions about his cases and dynasty and how he plans to challenge Manohar Lal Khattar.
Updated on Sep 24, 2019 10:37 AM IST
Hindustan Times | HT Correspondent
Revocation of Article 370 has solved all of J-K’s problems: Nitin Gadkari
Gadkari was addressing a meeting of intellectuals from the city, organized by the state BJP under its Rashtriya Ekta Abhiyan.
Updated on Sep 23, 2019 10:29 PM IST
Jaipur | HT Correspondent
The political cost of Rajeev Kumar’s disappearance | Opinion
Most political watchers believe that Trinamool Congress chief will pay the price for the disappearance of Kumar who has virtually vanished since the Calcutta high court lifted his protection from arrest on September 13.
Updated on Sep 23, 2019 05:00 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Kolkata | Avijit Ghosal
Why the 2019 Maharashtra assembly polls matter to Pawar more than ever | Opinion
The NCP, formed by Pawar in 1999 after rebellion in the Congress, has spent 15 out of 20 years of its existence enjoying power. The party that enjoyed fruits of being in government at various levels – starting from major local bodies, state and centre – is now in uncharted territory.
Updated on Sep 21, 2019 10:48 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Mumbai | Yogesh Joshi