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The Congress swept to victory in Punjab, while in Goa, the Congress was close to regaining power from the BJP. (Photo: File)

Assembly elections 2017: Why did BJP face defeat in Punjab, Goa?

While the Congress soared to a landslide win in Punjab, it was ahead of the ruling BJP in Goa with leads for most seats...

11 March 2017 3:29 PM IST

Congress candidate from Amritsar East assembly constituency Navjot Singh Sidhu with his wife posing with victory signs. (Photo: PTI)

From BJP man to Congressman, how Sidhu changed his political fortune

'The previous government considered Punjab's wealth as their own and looted our treasures,' Sidhu said.

11 March 2017 2:47 PM IST

BJP MP Varun Gandhi. (Photo: PTI)

Youths can make India a superpower: Varun Gandhi

The BJP leader was interacting with the students and staff of Desh Bhagat University when he made the remark.

7 March 2017 7:27 PM IST

The Rs 4.5-lakh flag that was ordered from Dubai for the second tallest flag pole in the country at Sanjeevaiah Park is covered with black marks on the white portion of the Tricolour. (Representational image)

Punjab: Country's largest tricolour hoisted near Attari border

The flag post, which stands 110 metres tall, now outflanks the 91.44 metres (300-foot) high tricolour in Ranchi.

6 March 2017 4:32 PM IST

Representational Image. (Photo: File)

India's tallest tricolour hoisted at Attari border

The flag measures 120 feet in length, 80 feet in breadth and is hosted on a pole which is 360 feet high.

6 March 2017 10:17 AM IST

The trio soon found it difficult to stay afloat and drowned, police said.

Punjab: Parents drug daughters, throw them into canal for having...

The parents also had tried to strangulate one of the sisters who died after she was taken to the hospital.

1 March 2017 3:21 PM IST

The couple, whose close friends attended the wedding, said they would register their marriage in Maharashtra. (Representational image)

Pakistan man marries Indian love, now set for deportation

31-year-old Akbar Durani is not sure whether his wife and 2-yr-old son would be issued visa to visit him in Pakistan.

1 March 2017 10:15 AM IST

Police said Vijay alias Vijaya Kumar, 40, from Gandhi Colony was reading newspaper in a public place, when the gang members surrounded and hacked him to death using sickles and knife at around 9 am.

IAF man kills colleague, cuts body into pieces; stores it in polythene...

The accused and his wife Anuradha hatched a plan to kill their colleague after he refused to marry the woman.

22 Feb 2017 10:33 AM IST

A Border Security Force (BSF) person during a night patrol near the fence at the India-Pakistan International Border at the outpost of Akhnoor sector, about 40 km from Jammu. (Photo: PTI)

BSF seizes 7 kg heroin worth Rs 35 crore near Indo-Pak border

During the operation, seven packets of the drug wrapped in yellow plastic insulation tape were seized, an official said.

18 Feb 2017 4:29 PM IST

Harbhajan Singh and his mother after casting their votes at a polling station in Jalandhar. (Photo: PTI)

Harbhajan Singh considering joining politics after retirement

After casting his vote, Harbhajan Singh wants a government which will focus on the youth of Punjab.

5 Feb 2017 11:03 AM IST

Capt. Amarinder Singh, the Punjab Congress president

Amarinder Singh confident of Congress' clean sweep across Punjab

The Punjab Congress chief claimed both SAD and Aam Aadmi Party do not pose a threat to Congress in the polls.

4 Feb 2017 6:58 PM IST

The victim alleged that Abdul would take her to different cities to participate in handball events and rape her in hotel rooms. (Photo: Representational Image)

Punjab: Minor girl drugged, abducted and gangraped for 25 days

The minor was taken from Rohtak in Haryana to Punjab where she was raped by two men for several days.

4 Feb 2017 4:15 PM IST