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Thursday, September 4, 2025
TopicCapt. Amarinder Singh

Topic: Capt. Amarinder Singh

End of the road for Captain Amarinder? Ex-CM receives shock defeat on home turf Patiala

Initial trends revive speculation in Punjab’s political circles about where Captain Amarinder goes from here, & whether this is where the curtains fall on his career as a politician.

‘Never lived for any post’ — Sidhu hails Channi’s elevation as Punjab chief minister

Sidhu said during his 17 years of political career he never lived for any post but always wanted Punjab's betterment and improvement in lives of its people.

Amarinder to fight on home turf Patiala Urban, ex-hockey captain Ajit Pal also in PLC 1st list

Punjab Lok Congress’ list of 22 candidates includes 8 Jat Sikhs, 4 Dalit Sikhs, 3 OBCs , and 5 Hindus. Ajit Pal Singh will fight the 20 Feb elections from Nakodar seat in Jalandhar.

Amarinder Singh, BJP announce pact to contest Punjab polls together

After officially announcing the alliance, Singh exuded confidence that they 'will 101% win the elections' and said winnability will be the main criterion in finalising seats.

In Rajasthan, Gandhis are repeating Punjab crisis. This time with Gehlot and Pilot

What happened in Punjab didn’t help Amarinder Singh, Navjot Singh Sidhu or Congress. Rajasthan is now seeing a repeat.

‘Aroosa’s been coming to India for 16 yrs’: Amarinder slams Punjab probe into friend’s ‘ISI link’

Punjab Deputy CM Randhawa said state DGP will probe Aroosa Alam’s 'possible connections to the ISI'. Aroosa, a Pakistani journalist, is a close friend of former Punjab CM Captain Amarinder Singh.  

Congress tried to push me out in ‘ignoble way’, don’t want to go as a failure: Amarinder Singh

In a conversation at ThePrint’s 'Off The Cuff'', Capt. Amarinder Singh says 'I have done everything in my power for 52 years for my country, I am not ready to go to pasture'.

Float own party, bring down govt — after Cong exit, what will former CM Amarinder Singh do next?

Captain Amarinder Singh has said he is not joining BJP. His game plan is crucial not just for coming 2022 Punjab assembly elections, but also the state's future political architecture.

Modi, Yogi, Amarinder — why economic underperformers remain popular with voters

There are instances — both from national and state elections — of economic underperformers being returned to power, and also of parties being thrown out despite good performance.

Spotlight’s on new Punjab ministers to resolve issues they raised when Amarinder was CM

CM Channi has 2 key tasks — ending illegal mining & reducing power charges for consumers. His deputy, Randhawa, was vocal against Amarinder for failure on sacrilege cases. Now he is in charge of home.

On Camera

On Arundhati Roy, mother-daughter conflicts, and the burden of being a ‘good mother’

When reading the book, one can see Roy’s mother as a 'fascist government' unto herself, the centre of her own cult. In Arundhati’s words, Mary Roy was ‘mother guru’.

A Rs 33,000 cr ‘banking fraud’: ED’s case against Arvind Dham, Amtek’s web of ‘500 shell companies’

ED has accused Amtek promoter Arvind Dham of controlling web of nearly 500 shell companies operating as a layered structure, with up to 15 levels of indirect ownership, to divert funds.

‘Loyal wingman’ to full ICBM triad & air defence, China’s show of power at Victory Day parade

China flaunted military might & modernisation as it displayed stealth drones, anti-satellite system & cyber warfare contingent during parade to mark victory over Japan in WWII.

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.