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Faridkot MP Sarabjit Singh Khalsa told the media on Wednesday that he met President Om Birla at his residence in Delhi on Wednesday morning and agreed to take oath to Amritpal Singh in his Parliament chamber.Both Amritpal Singh and Khalsa won the Lok Sabha polls as independents.MP-elect...

CHANDIGARH: Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Saturday asked AAP leaders and workers to work hard on the ground as his party won only three Lok Sabha seats in the state against the target of 13.Mann held a meeting with Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders, including the party's Lok Sabha...

Chandigarh: Radical Sikh preacher Amritpal Singh and Sarabjit Singh Khalsa, son of one of Indira Gandhi's assassins, have entered Parliament for the first time.Singh won in Khadur Sahib by a margin of 1,97,120 votes over his nearest rival and Congress candidate Kulbir Singh Zira, while...

Chandigarh: According to the Election Commission, independent candidate Sarabjit Singh Khalsa won the Faridkot seat of Punjab by defeating AAP's Karamjit Singh Anmol.Khalsa defeated Anmol by 70,053 votes.Khalsa is the son of one of the two assassins of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi...

Voting was held for 13 Lok Sabha seats in the state on June 1.In Punjab, where the BJP and its former ally SAD contested the elections alone this time, all 13 parliamentary seats witnessed a four-cornered contest with 328 candidates in the fray.On seats like Khadur Sahib and Faridkot...

Chandigarh, Punjab BJP chief Sunil Jakhar on Friday lodged a complaint with the state Chief Electoral Officer against the alleged forced removal of his party's booths in two villages in Faridkot and Sangrur districts.He requested the CEO to ensure security of his party's booths, especially in...

The heat wave in Chandigarh, Haryana and Punjab continued unabated on Thursday and the temperature in Sirsa and Faridkot stood at 49.1 degrees Celsius and 48. degrees Celsius respectively.The heat also increased in Chandigarh, the common capital of the two states, where the maximum temperature...

Faridkot (Punjab), Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Tuesday criticized Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying he has "nothing" to do except "abusing" the opposition party on a daily basis.Addressing an election rally here for the party's Faridkot candidate Amarjeet Kaur Sahoke Kharge, he...

Great Sufi singer-turned-politician Hansraj Hans, who represented Delhi's North-West constituency in the outgoing Lok Sabha, is currently touring his constituency Faridkot, a reserved parliamentary constituency spread across nine assembly constituencies.Like the BJP candidates on the other 12...

Chandigarh, Aam Aadmi Party candidate and Punjabi actor Karamjit Singh Anmol has declared his total assets, including residential property in Canada, at Rs 14.8 crore, according to his election affidavit.Politically known Anmol (52) filed his nomination papers from Faridkot reserved...

Chandigarh, BJP candidate from Faridkot seat Hans Raj Hans and Congress candidate from Khadur Sahib Lok Sabha seat Kulbir Singh Zira filed their nominations on Thursday.Punjab Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) President Jasvir Singh Garhi also filed nomination papers from Anandpur Sahib parliamentary...

Chandigarh, BJP candidate from Faridkot Lok Sabha seat in Punjab, Hans Ra Hans, declared his total assets at Rs 16.33 crore as per his election affidavit on Thursday.Hans filed his nomination papers from Faridkot (reserved) constituency.According to his affidavit, the 62-year-old...

Chandigarh, BJP candidate from Faridkot seat Hans Raj Hans and Congress candidate from Khadur Sahib Lok Sabha seat Kulbir Singh Zira filed their nominations on Thursday.Hans, who filed his nomination in Faridkot district, was accompanied by Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat.Hans, the...

Chandigarh: In an effort to reach out to people to seek votes for the Lok Sabha elections, BJP candidate from Faridkot Lok Sabha constituency Hans Raj Han danced with a group of morning walkers at a park in Moga district on Sunday.He danced with a group of men to the tune of his own popular...

They were Gurbaksh Singh Chauhan from Faridkot (reserved) and Raj Kumar Janotra from Gurdaspur seat. This announcement was made by the party's state in-charge Randhir S. Beniwal did it.The party has announced candidates for seven out of 13 seats in the state.The party has already fielded...

Hoshiarpur (Punjab), BSP on Saturday announced its candidates for Faridko and Gurdaspur seats in Punjab.Party central coordinator Vipul Kumar said Gurbaksh Singh Chauhan will contest from Faridkot while Raj Kumar Janotra is the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) candidate from Gurdaspur.He said that...

Chandigarh, BJP candidate from Faridkot Lok Sabha seat Hans Raj Hans urged the protesting farmers to 'bless' him in the elections and assured them that he would become their 'advocate'.Bharatiya Janata Party candidates including Hans, Taranjit Singh Sandhu from Amritsar and Preneet Kaur from...

Chandigarh, The son of one of the assassins of late Prime Minister Indira Gandhi on Thursday said he will contest the upcoming Lok Sabha elections from Faridkot Sagar in Punjab.Sarabjit Singh, 45, said that many people from Faridkot asked him to contest the elections, adding that he would...