Sarabjit Singh will be given a state funeral today at 2PM in his native village, Bhikiwind, in Punjab. His body was brought in from Pakistan's Jinnah hospital yesterday. A second postmortem was conducted on his body, which revealed several injury marks. The pr...
Politics has inevitably taken centre-stage in Delhi, moments after Sarabjit Singh died in Pakistan early this morning. BJP leaders have attacked the government and the Congress for keeping the next of kin of Sarabjit away from Opposition leaders to contain the...
Sarabjit Singh's sister Dalbir Kaur has reached the family's hometown in Bhikhiwind in Punjab. His body will be flown from Lahore to India and will be handed over to the Indian officials. He will be later flown to Amritsar, where he will be honoured with a sta...
Sarabjit Singh's body is being flown back to India by an Air India special aircraft. His body will be handed over to Indian officials shortly and then will be sent to his native village in Punjab. A state funeral will be held at 2 PM tomorrow in the Bhikhiwind...
Punjab CM Parkash Singh Badal has declared Sarabjit Singh a martyr and will be awarding him a state funeral. His body is being flown in from Lahore through a special plane and his funeral will be held at his native village Bhikhiwind, tomorrow. A decision is t...
The Chief Minister of Punjab, Parkash Singh Badal in an address to the media said that Sarabjit Singh's death was indeed sad and the main reason for his death was the inability of the Congress government to free him from Pakistan. Badal said that if the centra...
Punjab CM Parkash Singh Badal says that Sarabjit Singh's death is a result of diplomatic failure by Indian government. He says that steps taken by central government to secure Sarabjit's release were weak and totally inadequate. Badal has demanded an independe...
The Akali Dal government in Punjab is seeking clemency for convicted terrorist Devender Pal Singh Bhullar. Punjab CM Parkash Singh Badal met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to plead mercy for Bhullar, who is convicted for the 1993 car bombing case. Ironically, t...
Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal has met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, seeking clemency for militant Devinder Pal Singh Bhullar on health grounds. Badal pushed for clemency claiming that if Bhullar is hanged, the law and order situation in the state ...
Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today to fight for militant Devender Pal Singh Bhullar. The former says he should be given clemency and that it is not right to hang the militant especially since no one has been given...
Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal meets Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, seeking clemency for Punjab militant Devinder Pal Singh Bhullar amid rumors that the militant is likely to be executed secretly.
After Supreme Court rejected the mercy petition of Punjab militant Devender Pal Singh Bhullar, Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal has termed the verdict unfortunate. Senior leaders of the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) are set to meet Prime Minister Manmohan...
The Punjab policemen who were caught on camera, beating up a young girl and her father, have been suspended following the widespread outrage. However, this is not the first time the atrocities of Punjab cops are exposed. Will the Parkash Singh Badal-led Punjab...
The Shiromani Gurudwara Prabandhak Committee in Punjab has honoured the assassins of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. At a time when Pakistan is trying to push terrorism in Punjab, why is the Badal government or the Centre not stepping in? Can the Punjab g...
Gujarat is all set to welcome Narendra Modi as its Chief Minister for the fourth time in a row. Modi will take the oath at Sardar Patel Stadium in Ahemdabad. Around 40,000 people are expected to gather to watch the ceremony. The security in and around the stad...
After the massive landslide victory, Modi is all set to take up his fourth tenure as the Chief Minister of Gujarat. Apart from the top brass of BJP the other major names who will attend the oath taking ceremony include Chief Ministers of Punjab, Parkash Singh ...
A massive row is threatening to disturb political peace in Punjab once again. Congress has expressed unhappiness over the appointment of Justice Jai Singh Sekhon as the Punjab Lokayukta, as he is the brother of Cabinet Minister Janmeja Singh Sekhon. CM Parkash...
Rubbishing allegations that the ruling Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) is appeasing Sikh radicals for political gains, Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal said that retired Lt Gen KS Brar, who was attacked by alleged Khalistani radicals in London on September ...
While the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee's (SGPC) are busy honouring terrorists who killed late Lt Gen Arun Vaidya, the Badals feign ignorance. The Badals have even gone ahead and said that they do not know that the SGPC is up to. Can they be believed...
UK Foreign Secretary, William Hague, writes to External Affairs Minister, SM Krishna, on Operation Blue Star commander Brar's attack in London. Hague has assured India of a detailed investigation and has said that the perpetrators of this attack would be broug...
With the Operation Blue Star commander ex-Lt Gen Brar getting assaulted in London, the families of other police officers, involved in fighting terrorists, are in panic mode. IPS officer, Avninder Singh Brar, SSP Patiala, was killed by Khalistani terrorists in ...
Operation Blue Star commander ex-Lt Gen Brar had earlier alleged that he was attacked in London, because the Punjab government went easy on the terrorists in the country. The Congress supported the allegations and said that there is widespread disorder in Punj...
Breaking his silence over the attack on Lt General (retd) Kuldeep Singh Brar and his explosive allegations against Akali Dal, Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal remarks that the Akali Dal itself has been a victim of terrorism. Brar had alleged that the ...
Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal has asked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to take up the matter of shootout at Wisconsin gurdwara, in which six people have been killed, at highest levels. Minister of state for External Affairs Preneet Kaur has asked th...
The Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal slams the Centre's decision of shifting water subject to the concurrent list. He accuses the Centre of infringing on the State's rights and calling it a very 'sinister' move. He has also demanded direct interventio...
NDA's Presidential candidate PA Sangma files his nomination for the Presidential polls in the presence of his supporters including Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar, BJP preside...
Shiromani Akali Dal states that the party is a disciplined ally of the NDA and that they will support NDA's Presidential candidate. They also placed on record that Parkash Singh Badal is not a Vice Presidential candidate.
Congress hits out at the Badal government for attempting to endorse the Operation Bluestar memorial. The party remarks that there is no need to provoke the sentiments again.
Is an anti-Congress alliance brewing over the NCTC row? If yes, then will such an alliance be able to last long enough to take on the UPA at the Centre?
Making critical observations about Punjab government's efforts in saving former CM Beant Singh's killer Balwant Singh Rajoana from being hanged, the Supreme Court said it was a drama.
Giving in to the pressure from the Punjab government and the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee in Amritsar, the Centre stays hanging of former Punjab CM Beant Singh's killer on hold.
The pressure to stop the hanging of Balwant Singh Rajoana is building up on the Punjab government. Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal is expected to meet President Pratibha Patil in Delhi.
A near total bandh disrupted normal life in Punjab as shops and commercial establishments remained closed to protest the proposed execution of Balwant Singh Rajoana.
Punjab deputy chief minister Sukhbir Singh Badal says Beant Singh killer Balwant Singh Rajoana cannot be hanged as his clemency plea is pending with the President.
The day-long bandh called by various Sikh organizations to protest the scheduled execution of Balwant Singh Rajoana, disrupted normal life in parts of Punjab.
After Balwant Singh Rajoana refuses clemency and mocks the 'politics' behind his death row, Punjab CM Parkash Singh Badal, rushes to meet the President and seek revocation of the death sentence.
Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal is slated to meet Pratibha Patil and Mabnmohan Singh to appeal for clemency to Balwant Singh Rajoana, the killer of former CM Beant Singh.
Punjab Chief Minister Prakash Singh Badal arrived in New Delhi and is scheduled to meet President and Prime Minister to discuss the Rajoana clemency case.
With four days left for his scheduled hanging, death row convict Balwant Singh Rajoana snubs the ruling Akali leadership asking them not to save him from the gallows.
Balwant Singh Rajoana, on the death row for assasinating ex-CM of Punjab, Beant Singh, criticises SAD for playing 'pure politics' with the clemency row.
Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal remarks that the hanging of Balwant Singh Rajoana, who is facing death sentence for assassinating former Chief Minister Beant Singh, won't be hanged on Saturday.
Balwant Singh Rajoana, on the death row for assasinating ex-CM of Punjab Beant Singh, writes to his sister stating that there was no need for anyone to seek clemency for him.
Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal will make a statement in the Assembly on Balwant Singh Rajoana, who faces the death row in the Beant Singh's assasination case.
Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal is expected to make a statement in the Assembly on the clemency call for former CM Beant Singh's killer, Balwant Singh Rajoana.
Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) requests the Punjab Government to pardon Balwant Singh Rajoana, who faces the death row in the former CM Beant Singh's assasination case.
Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) requests the Punjab Government to pardon Balwant Singh Rajoana, who faces the death row in the Beant Singh's assasination case.
Even though Parkash Singh Badal will remain CM in Punjab, the credit largely goes to Sukhbir Singh Badal who carefully scripted the Akali dal's victory.
Crediting the people of Punjab for the SAD-BJP combine's good show, Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal says the development in the state during the past five years helped them.
The Shiromani Akali Dal says the assembly poll results are not surprising, as the Badals have so much work in the state, which is acknowledged by the voters.