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Tuesday, March 19, 2024
TopicShiromani Akali Dal

Topic: Shiromani Akali Dal

Akalis, BJP plan tie-up for Haryana assembly elections for the first time

BJP and SAD have been allies in Punjab for 40 years, but the Akali Dal now wants to contest a dozen seats in Haryana too.

For Modi minister and guardian of Sikh pride Harsimrat Kaur Badal, tradition is everything

Bathinda’s Biba Harsimrat Kaur Badal is more than a sum of her surnames. She is feisty and outspoken but knows when to keep her cool.

Modi has to resolve this family problem in Punjab while picking his Cabinet

As one of the BJP's oldest allies, the Akalis are set to get a cabinet berth but their only two MPs are husband-wife duo Sukhbir and Harsimrat Badal.

As another AAP MLA defects to Congress in Punjab, party set to lose main opposition tag

Ropar MLA Amarjeet Singh Sandoa joined Congress Saturday, reducing AAP’s strength in the assembly to 11. SAD-BJP with 18 MLAs could stake claim to LOP post.

Sukhbir Badal to contest from Ferozepur, hopes to revive SAD’s fortunes in centenary year

Party chief Sukhbir Badal hopes to help the Shiromani Akali Dal regain lost ground. If the NDA comes back to power, it could also mean a cabinet berth for him. 

These are India’s 34 most powerful political families

Dynastic politics is not the hallmark of just the Gandhi-Nehru family. It has now become an integral part of Indian polity, cutting across party divide and region lines.

SAD seeks Sidhu’s dismissal after its leaders burn photo of him hugging Pakistan army chief

Akali Dal leader Majithia demanded to know the clear stand of Congress and Punjab govt on condemning Pakistan's prime minister & army chief.

Punjab rebel parties plan to fight Lok Sabha polls on common symbol, will be first to do so

The Punjab Democratic Alliance, mainly a collection of AAP and SAD rebels, says even the BSP has offered to be a part of the tie-up.

Akalis boycott NDA meet, blame RSS interference & BJP’s treatment of allies

SAD leaders insist RSS must stop meddling in Sikh affairs, and BJP’s attitude towards allies must improve. Ruling party downplays the boycott.

Akalis deface Rajiv Gandhi statue: Poll ploy or revival of call for justice post-Sajjan case?

Two Akali Dal youth leaders were arrested for blackening a bust of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi in Ludhiana to protest against his alleged...

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Indian shipping sector is vulnerable to geopolitical unrest. Build local, invest in air cargo

With the ongoing conflict at the Red Sea, India needs to take a long-term view of the PLI scheme and its ambition to emerge as a hub of shipping containers.

Complaints to RBI ombudsman up 68% in FY23, banks biggest cause for customer grievances

Data shows large public sector banks received highest number of complaints in absolute terms, but fared better than several private banks when looked at on complaints-per-branch basis.

Tiger Triumph-24 — India-US tri-services exercise to boost coordination begins

The exercise will be simulated to undertake HADR operations in a ‘friendly island nation’, where troops will execute amphibious landing ops.

CAA comes not with a bang, but with a whimper. Without NRC, it will fade into academic debate

For BJP, CAA was strategic move that did not quite work out because those it would benefit could’ve been accommodated under existing laws, and new entrants would remain excluded.