Sources said Congress would try to get all party leaders on board in Gurdaspur to give a fight to Sunny Deol. “A divided Congress would lose the battle beforehand,” said a party leader.

This time, with Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) out of the race, both Sena and BJP are trying to attract Marathi voters. In 2014, MNS’s Bala Nandgaonkar had secured more than 84,000 votes, mostly Marathi ones.

Rajendra Patil was found guilty of cheating, forgery and criminal conspiracy. Then manager of the bank, Bandlamudi Mahipal, who had allegedly colluded with 38-year old Patil, was also sentenced to 10-years’ imprisonment.

Advocate for the accused, Yug Chaudhry, argued before the high court bench that the “procedural errors in the trial which has resulted in serious prejudice to accused which has necessitated de novo trial”.

In October 2018, doctors pumped 8 ml of diluted umbilical cord stem cells into the baby’s lungs, through a pipe inserted in his mouth. The stem cells regenerated the underdeveloped lung muscles, vessels and alveolar lining in the lungs.

After scrutinising CCTV footage from the cameras in the building, the police came to suspect two men who were recorded entering the society while wearing a cap. The police questioned the employees and former employees who have worked at Joshi’s apartment.

Chaudhari took over as the director last week, succeeding Devang Khakhar, who served in the post for two consecutive terms. He has been a professor and artificial intelligence researcher in IIT-B’s department of electrical engineering for the past 29 years.

Coming together of the two senior leaders has also helped strengthen the Congress in Himachal Pradesh, which has been trying to portray a united face to challenge the BJP which had won all four Lok Sabha seats in the state in the 2014 Lok Sabha polls.

The incident was reported at 1.37 pm and a fire engine and an ambulance were rushed to the spot. The injured were rushed to Sion Hospital. “All are in stable condition,” said Dr Navin, chief medical officer.

"There were two little girls playing in the garden with their mother but fortunately, they escaped and no one was injured in this accident,” said Arvind Moudgil, an advocate. Moudgil said it was an old tree.

On a suit filed by PepsiCo India Holdings Pvt Ltd, the Ahmedabad city civil court earlier this month had barred four farmers of Sabarkantha district — Bipin Patel, Chhabil Patel, Vinod Patel and Haribhai Patel — from growing and selling potatoes till April 26.

Ravinder has declared that his main motive of contesting Lok Sabha polls is to fight against the “school fee mafia” being run by private schools and stop parents who cannot afford expensive education for their children from being looted.

Sunil Jakhar had defeated BJP candidate Swaran Salaria by a whopping margin of 1,93,219 votes. On Wednesday, Salaria first avoided answering and then disconnected the phone when asked if he welcomed the ticket to Sunny Deol.

Unlike Arun Jaitley, Hardeep Puri, a former bureaucrat who had joined BJP in 2017, isn’t new to the city. Since he joined BJP, he has been visiting very frequently.

Satti also spoke against senior Congress leader and former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh calling him a “sher (lion) of Punjab”, and referring to former UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi as “Maa (Goddess)”.

Vijay Sampla is the first Dalit BJP MP of Punjab as well as the first BJP Dalit sarpanch of Doaba. An RSS activist, he had also remained the chairman of the state khadi board and vice-chairman of the state forest department.

Jakhar says he respects his opponent Sunny Deol as an actor, but wants an open public debate with him so that people can make a decision.

In a recent interview with The Indian Express, Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur had said that the party will ask for votes on the basis of “performance of the Modi government, (and) performance of the state government”.

“They (the Badals) have simply managed to delay the probe for some time, but they will eventually have to pay,” said the Chief Minister, vowing to ensure that nobody found guilty of the crime escapes punishment.

Attacking the BJP, Amarinder Singh said, “We have hired one helicopter for touring in the state during elections. However, it is still in Udaipur. BJP people are not letting it come in Punjab for one or other reason. Let them keep it, I will still reach in every corner of Punjab.”

The case pertains to the alleged fake encounter of Gurpartap Singh, a  resident of Valipur village in Tarn Taran district in 1993 in Barnala district.

Farmers and officials are fearing huge glut of crop in coming days. Punjab is expecting 18 million tonnes arrival of wheat crop.

Arrested accused Surinder Singh, who is on police remand till April 27, has identified both the vehicles and told SIT that these were used in the crime.

Alleging that the BJP has failed on all its promises, including the one on construction of Ram Temple, Krishnam said Rajnath Singh is not talking about the progress on the promises made in 2014.