Badal to look after son’s portfolios

October 7th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Wednesday said that it had no problem with Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal becoming the chief minister of Punjab. BJP president Rajnath Singh told media here that his party had no objections to Badal Jr.

August 10th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) President Sukhbir Singh Badal was sworn-in as Deputy Chief Minister of Punjab today. Governor S F Rodrigues administered the oath of office and secrecy to him at the Raj Bhawan.

August 8th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) President Sukhbir Singh Badal will be sworn-in as Deputy Chief Minister of Punjab on Monday. Badal registered a thumping victory from Jalalabad constituency in Ferozpur district, as his party swept all three seats in a by election to the Punjab Assembly.

August 6th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Akali Dal President Sukhbir Singh Badal registered a thumping victory in the Jalalabad constituency in Ferozpur district on Thursday as his party swept all three seats in a by election to the Punjab assembly. Badal defeated his nearest rival former Minister Hans Raj Joshan of the Congress, by over 80,000 votes.

June 8th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Less than five months after he was sworn in, Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal faces an uncertain future in the government headed by his father and Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal. Sukhbir Badal, 46, sworn in Jan 21, has until July 21 to get elected to the Punjab assembly under electoral law.

May 25th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today claimed that the violence sparked by the killing of a Sikh preacher in Austria was confined only to a few areas in Jalandhar and the situation is under control. "The situation is normal.

March 29th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Punjab's Cooperation Minister and senior Akali Dal leader Kanwaljit Singh was killed after his car hit two trucks in Mohali district Sunday evening. Singh was rushed to the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) here in a critical condition, his aides said.

March 24th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Father and son, both go by the name of Badal. While one heads the Punjab government, the other heads the state's ruling party.

February 15th, 2009 PHAGWARA - Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal Monday inaugurated a railway over-bridge in this industrial town of Punjab, eight months after it was formally thrown open for use. The bridge was being used by motorists and others since June last year when it was completed after a delay of nearly five years.

January 25th, 2009 PATIALA/CHANDIGARH - Newly appointed Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal made a political statement during Republic Day celebrations Monday by unfurling the national flag in Patiala, the hometown of former Congress chief minister Amarinder Singh. The differences between the Badal family and Amarinder Singh are well known in Punjab's political circles.

January 21st, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Punjab’s new deputy chief minister Sukhbir Singh Badal, son of Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, was Thursday allocated the important portfolios of home affairs, information and public relations, NRI affairs and sports. The portfolios were allocated to Badal junior a day after he was sworn-in as deputy chief minister at Amritsar Wednesday.

January 20th, 2009 AMRITSAR - In an event not seen in India's political history so far, a father and son Wednesday began their rule over Punjab as chief minister and the deputy, with Sukhbir Singh Badal sworn in here as Parkash Singh Badal's second in command. The oath-taking ceremony was attended by thousands of ruling Akali Dal and alliance partner Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) supporters, many of them ferried to this Sikh holy city for the event.

January 20th, 2009 AMRITSAR - In an event unprecedented in India's political history, a father and son Wednesday began their rule over Punjab as chief minister and deputy chief minister, with Sukhbir Singh Badal being sworn in here as Parkash Singh Badal's second in command. The oath-taking ceremony was attended by thousands of ruling Akali Dal supporters, many of them ferried to this Sikh holy city for the event.

January 20th, 2009 AMRITSAR - Sukhbir Singh Badal was Wednesday sworn in as deputy chief minister of Punjab, becoming deputy to his father Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal in an event unprecedented in six decades of Indian politics. The member of parliament from Faridkot was administered the oath of office and secrecy by Governor S.F.

January 20th, 2009 AMRITSAR - He was known as the 'super chief minister' in Punjab's power circles so far. But when Sukhbir Singh Badal Wednesday took oath of office as deputy chief minister to his father and Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, he got the official tag to his status.