India's oldest regional party faces an existential crisis

'The Badals have made the Akali Dal a family enterprise and undermined the Sikh faith. They have no right to call themselves Akalis. We have approached the Election Commission to register ourselves......

Why Dera Sacha Sauda draws followers

The backward classes and poor were left out of the prosperity ushered in by the Green Revolution.The need for a support system and to be part of a larger community was felt.It is this vacuum that......

Amarinder keeps home portfolio; Sidhu gets local govt, Manpreet finance

Captain Amarinder Singh, who took over as the chief minister of Punjab on Thursday, would hold the charge of home affairs and some other departments while senior minister Brahm Mohindra has been......

High-voltage Punjab assembly poll campaign ends

The high-voltage campaign for the February 4 assembly elections in Punjab came to an end on Thursday evening following hectic campaigning by various political parties. IMAGE: Prime Minster......