Punjab Politics News
3 arrested for killing PPP supporter
Saturday, 18/05/2013
http://www.tribuneindia.com/2013/20130518/punjab.htm#1
Bathinda : The police today claimed to have identified eight of the accused, three of them have been arrested, involved in yesterday’s firing at a Congress-People’s Party of Punjab (PPP) rally in Adampura. The incident had left a PPP supporter dead.
Campaigning ends on a bloody note; four dead
Saturday, 18/05/2013
http://www.tribuneindia.com/2013/20130518/punjab.htm#2
Chandigarh : Campaigning for the block samiti and zila parishad elections ended today on a bloody note with two persons killed in a clash near Lopoke in Amritsar district this morning.
Preneet, Raninder make up for Capt’s absence in Patiala
Saturday, 18/05/2013
http://www.tribuneindia.com/2013/20130518/punjab.htm#5
Patiala : With local MLA Capt Amarinder Singh opting to stay away from campaigning, his wife and MP Preneet Kaur and son Raninder Singh have been working hard to fill the void. The mother-son duo went on a whirlwind tour of Samana constituency and addressed a series of rallies in support of Congress candidates.
Manish Tewari warns against criminalization of politics in Punjab
Saturday, 18/05/2013
http://punjabnewsline.com/news/Manish-Tewari-warns-against-criminalization-of-politics-in-Punjab.html
LUDHIANA: Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting Manish Tewari today warned against the criminalization of politics in Punjab. He said, the violence unleashed by the Akalis in Punjab during the past few days in the course of the electioneering for Zila Parishad and Block Samiti elections was quite unprecedented and does not portend well for the state.
How, why, powers, role, constitution, terms of ZPs, Samitis
Friday, 17/05/2013
http://epaper.dailypostindia.com/Details.aspx?id=69981&boxid=58352&uid=&dat=2013-05-17
CONSTITUTION: The state government, by notification, constitutes a Zila Parishad for each district, under the Panchayat Samiti Zila Parishads Act, 1961. Having jurisdiction over entire district, excluding areas under civic bodies, Zila Parishad is known by the name of its district.
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