Neither his age nor his financial constraints prevent an 80-year-old cobbler in Punjab’s Hoshiarpur from contesting elections. As Punjab goes to the polls on February 20, he will be fighting his 20th election. Om Prakash Jakhu, who mends and cleans shoes for a living at a small shop near the Hoshiarpur Clock Tower, says it is his "junoon" (passion) that keeps him going. He is
Hoshiarpur: The district police have arrested four smugglers and seized huge quantity of intoxicants. The police arrested Jagdeep Singh alias Jangi and seized 12 grams of heroin from him. The Bullowal
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Jalandhar: Failing to bag a single seat in the Jalandhar, Kapurthala, Sultanpur Lodhi and Nawanshahr civic bodies, the Aam Aadmi Party lost big in the elections, the results of which were declared on Wednesday. The party could manage just five seats in Banga, four in Dasuya and two in Hoshiarpur. Across Doaba, it won mere 11 seats. In Nawanshahr and Rahon, too, it failed to open its account, while in Hoshiarpur district, the party won no seat across Garhdiwala, Garhshankar, Hariana, Mahilpur, Mukerian, Shamchaurasi, Tanda Urmar and Talwara. In Nawanshahr, the party was relegated to single digit votes only in many seats. Notably, the AAP has also been under criticism in Punjab for sending Delhi leaders or ‘outsiders’ to handle the election campaign. Raghav Chadha, Punjab co-in-charge had also been posed this question in Jalandhar during one of his press conferences addressed in the state ahead of the elections. Ahead of the 2017 Assembly elections, the party had faced s
Activists of political parties clash at Samana in Patiala district
CHANDIGARH: Over 71% voters in Punjab exercised their franchise on Sunday, amid incidents of violence at few places and allegations of rigging as well as booth capturing, to elect 400 members for eight municipal corporations and 1,902 for 109 municipal councils and nagar panchayats.
The counting of votes polled in 4,102 polling booths of total 2,302 wards across 22 districts of the state would be held on February 17.
The fate of a total number of 9,222 candidates in the fray was sealed in nearly 7,000 EVMs, with Mansa district recording the highest 82.99% polling, followed by Bathinda (79%) and Sangrur (77.39%). Mohali district recorded the lowest polling at 60.08%. Total 39,15,280 voters, including 20,49,777 males, 18,65,354 females, and 149 transgenders were eligible for voting in municipal bodies elections.