The Punjab cabinet has passed amendments to the Panchayat Election Rules, banning candidates from using party symbols in local elections to mitigate political groupism. The cabinet also approved ...

The Tribune, now published from Chandigarh, started publication on February 2, 1881, in Lahore (now in Pakistan). It was started by Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia, a public-spirited philanthropist ...

The Punjab government has scheduled elections for 13,241 panchayats by October 20. After dissolving the panchayats in ...

(MENAFN- IANS) Chandigarh, Aug 29 (IANS) The Punjab Cabinet, in a meeting presided over by Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, on Thursday decided to amend the Punjab Panchayat Election Rules, 1994, to ...

The elections for over 13,000 gram panchayats in Punjab will be held by October 20 as per a notification by the state rural development and panchayats. This follows the Punjab Panchayati Raj ...

After debarring candidates to contest elections of the Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs) on party symbols, the rural ...

Under the current rules, candidates have the option to contest panchayat elections on party symbols by notifying the State Election Commission. However, this practice has often led to the ...

The cabinet observed that contesting elections on party symbols leads to many unwanted incidents. Further, Political groups in Panchayats stall the utilization of funds and grants leaving huge ...

The Tribune, now published from Chandigarh, started publication on February 2, 1881, in Lahore (now in Pakistan). It was started by Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia, a public-spirited philanthropist ...

The bye-election for the MLC seat, vacated by Kota Srinivas Poojary after his election as an MP, will take place on October ...