Moga, India News

A supporter of India's ruling Congress party hold a billboard of India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh after an election campaign rally ahead of state assembly elections at Moga, in the northern Indian state of Punjab January 19, 2012.

Ludhiana: A Deputy Superintendent of Police and a young woman were found murdered at a farmhouse located on the outskirts of the city on Thursday.

The body of a Punjab police officer was found at a farmhouse near here Thursday morning.

A supporter of Congress party carries billboards of Rahul Gandhi after an election campaign rally ahead of state assembly elections at Moga in Punjab January 19, 2012.

Around 1.76 crore voters are expected to cast their franchise on Monday to choose representative from among 1,078 candidates, including two chief ministerial aspirants Parkash Singh Badal and Amarinder Singh, in fray for 117 Assembly seats in Punjab where polling began in the morning.

DEHRADUN/CHANDIGARH: Polling commenced on Monday in 70 assembly constituencies in Uttarakhand amid tight security with over 60 lakh voters expected to exercise their franchise in the single-phased elections.

In the Punjabi kolaveri, the angsty male voice sings about 'ik kudi, Pinky Moge-wali'. Pinky from Moga is enticing but she is not a nice girl to know.

Around 1.76 crore voters will seal the fate of 1,078 candidates, including the two Chief Ministerial aspirants Parkash Singh Badal of ruling SAD-BJP and Amarinder Singh of opposition Congress, in fray for 117 assembly seats in Punjab where polling will take place tomorrow amidst tight security.

By Jaideep Sarin, Chandigarh, Jan 20: Elections to the 117 assembly seats in Punjab are not about political parties and politicians alone.

Forbidding iron gates open to the seat of Punjab's first family - a three-acre sprawl of landscaped gardens, walkways, musical fountains and rows of suites.