Jeevan Jyot is the Aam Aadmi Party candidate from Amritsar East where she is pitted against Punjab Congress president and sitting MLA Navjot Singh Sidhu and former minister and senior Shiromani Akali Dal leader Bikram Singh Majithia.

The unusual mixture of three languages — fluent English, decent Hindi and broken Punjabi — is a giveaway that 'Biba ji' doesn't have her roots in Punjab.

"My agricultural land is in village Malana, on the other side of the river. I cross the river by boat almost daily," says Gurpreet, loading his two-wheeler on the rickety boat.

Anger against sacrilege and Arabian horses that cost a fortune -- these are the two sides of Behbal Kalan, a prosperous village on the national highway in Jaito Assembly constituency of Faridkot that’s been in the thick of Punjab politics since October 2015.

Raghav Chadha, AAP's Punjab in-charge, tweeted, “Malicious, unfounded, fabricated, inflammatory insinuations made by Mr. Vishwas are not only demonstrably defamatory but redolent of promoting hatred ill-will, hostility in society and in particular against AAP, as well as supporters as also intending to create a situation of unrest.”

The constituency of 154 villages has around 2.11 voters and is represented by Congress's Raminder Singh Awla, who won the bypoll in 2019 after SAD chief Sukhbir Badal vacated the seat he had won in 2017 Assembly polls.

After finding Dhananjay’s alleged involvement in Ajit murder case, the Lucknow police had obtained an arrest warrant against him in February last year.

Prof Dinesh Prasad Saklani, who has taken charge as the director of the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT), said implementing the National Education Policy and ensuring the smooth completion of the National Curriculum Framework (NCF) revision exercise are among his priorities.

Two of Kerala CPI(M)’s young faces, who have known each other from their days in Balasangam, the party’s outfit for children, and bonded over the party’s ideology, have now decided to tie the knot.

While campaigning for the BJP in neighbouring Uttarakhand on Saturday, Adityanath said the brother-sister duo were enough to ruin the Congress.

These agitations have been mostly seen in Bokaro and Dhanbad districts — where protesters say Bhojpuri and Magahi are spoken by a minuscule proportion — but are now spreading to Giridih and Ranchi as well.

Mohammad Mehboob, who saw Sneha get stuck under the train, slid onto the tracks past the wheels to reach her and ensure, with a hand on her head, that she stayed down without hitting the 28 wagons that rolled past above.

Obligations have been imposed on power distribution companies to purchase energy from renewable sources based on each state’s varying renewable energy potential.

Police said, according to the locals, on Saturday night, there was a dispute at the bridegroom’s house over a musical event held as part of wedding celebrations. The victim, Jishnu and a few others clashed with another group of people.

Not only was Ahirwar's house pelted with stones, a tent erected for the wedding was torn apart and food prepared for the guests was thrown away by those who attacked the house.

Police said the woman’s family felt stigmatised as the couple belong to the same caste. Upset, the family decided to eliminate victim Ram Pravesh Paswan and his son Markandey Prasad (23), police added.

Tamil Nadu, Chennai Lockdown News: Relaxations were increased on the number of people who can attend public events — up from 100 to 200 at wedding functions and 100 at funerals.

For ruling BJP, first state poll without Parrikar; up against Cong, AAP, TMC

The bulletin stated that 1,361 patients recovered from the disease on Friday, taking its discharge rate to 98.25 per cent. So far, 19,74,568 Covid-19 patients have recovered in the state.

Toeing the Opposition line, a leader from the Trinamool’s youth brigade even posted on social media on the need for the ruling party to shun violence and bring in central forces for the upcoming civic elections.

In a letter to the secretary general of Rajya Sabha Secretariat, Ray claimed that Dhankhar is “interfering with day-to-day administration of the state government and publicly criticising the state's constitutional authorities by issuing statements/bytes/tweets in print, electronic, and social media.”

The accused allegedly tried to procure arms and ammunition in Kolkata and several incriminating materials like a map of Sealdah Railway Station, Howrah Bridge and information about explosives and making bombs.

The development comes two days after the special Ahmedabad court pronounced the verdict in the 2008 serial bomb blast cases convicting 49 and acquitting 28.

The Maoists had earlier threatened to stop work at the site, police said