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An Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) of Amritsar Police was shot dead by unidentified bike-borne assailants near majitha early Sunday morning. The officer, ASI Joga Singh, was intercepted and fired upon at close range while en route to duty. Police are investigating all possible motives, including personal enmity and road rage.

After addressing a political rally at Tangra on Friday, Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal spent his evening in discussing the party’s ‘majitha master plan’. On November 14, the AAP chief is going to address a rally in majitha – the bastion of cabinet minister Bikram Majithia.

SAD majitha MLA Ganieve Kaur Majithia claims the Punjab Police secured zila parishad and block samiti election victories for AAP in majitha. She stated that despite a record low 40% voter turnout and a Congress boycott, SAD still managed to win one zila parishad seat and five block samiti seats.

There is speculation that Shiromani Akali Dal MLA Bikram Singh Majithia may withdraw his nomination from the majitha assembly constituency and contest only from the Amritsar East assembly constituency. This speculation got a boost on Monday after his wife Ganieve Kaur filed her nomination papers as a SAD (B) candidate from the majitha constituency.

The repolling was held amidst heavy security with the police and paramilitary forces taking out a flag march in the majitha town to instil a sense of security among voters.

The groundswell of people in grain market of small majitha assembly constituency organized by cabinet minister Bikram Singh Majithia not only brought a smile on the face of SAD-BJP nominee Arun Jaitley but also made him 'predict' the outcome of polls.

SAD's majitha assembly constituency candidate and wife of senior Akali leader Bikram Singh Majithia, Ganieve Kaur, began her first poll campaign after taking blessings of the Almighty and making a vow to look after the people of majitha as her own family members.

Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal will adress a rally at majitha, a constituency represented by Punjab cabinet minister Bikram Singh Majithia.

Election scene in majitha assembly constituency, considered to be one of the most significance and sensitive assembly constituency of Punjab, hots up on Monday after beginning of election campaign by influential and controversial cabinet minister Bikram Singh Majithia.

After courting a row over widespread failure of voter verified paper audit trail (VVPAT) machines at majitha constituency on February 4, a cautious Election Commission (EC) on Wednesday deployed paramilitary forces outside all booths for Thursday’s repoll.

Akali leader Bikram Singh Majithia has taken up his Amritsar East rival Navjot Singh Sidhu's challenge to contest from just one seat in the Punjab assembly elections and has decided to withdraw his nomination from his stronghold of majitha. Sidhu had on Saturday challenged him to leave majitha and fight from Amritsar East seat only.

Naresh Kumar, a 16-year-old victim of Punjab police torture said that he was tied upside down for hours and hit till he became unconscious.