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Punjab to re-start local bus services in phased manner
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], May 18 (ANI): Directing the local administration and the police to remain on high alert in the wake of the lifting of relaxations, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Monday asked the Transport Department to draft SOPs for the resumption of local bus
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Punjab launches helpline to address people's RTI related queries
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], May 18 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Monday launched a special, people-friendly RTI helpline, paving the way for the people of Punjab to get prompt answers to their RTI related queries with a simple phone call.
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Despite govt's warning, Amritsar's Mata Bhadrakali temple opens its gate t
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], May 18 (ANI): Despite the government disallowing the opening of religious places to devotees during the fourth phase of lockdown, owing to the COVID-19 pandemic, the authorities at Mata Bhadrakali temple in Amritsar permitted people to enter the premises on Monday.
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Punjab CM urges Centre to change criteria for allocation of 'chana whole'
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], May 16 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Saturday urged the Centre to change the criteria for allocation of 'chana whole' from per household to per person to ensure equitable distribution of foodgrains among the migrants amid the lockdown in
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Punjab to lift curfew from May 18, CM hints at maximum possible relaxation
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], May 16 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh has announced the replacement of strict curfew with a lockdown till May 31 in the State, while indicating resumption of limited public transport and maximum possible relaxations in non-containment zones
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Punjab CM asks police to crack down on liquor smuggling
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Chandigarh [India], May 16 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh has asked the police to crack down on all kinds of liquor smuggling, bootlegging and illicit distillation of liquor in the state.
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100th Shramik special train departs from Punjab
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Chandigarh [India], May 14 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh said that the 100th Shramik special train departed from the state on Thursday.
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Punjab CM Capt allows cottage industries in Ludhiana to resume operations
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], May 14 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Thursday allowed tiny or cottage industries in non-containment mixed-use areas of Ludhiana to immediately resume operations in order to support the opening of bigger industries that are dependent on t
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Punjab farmers advised cultivating PR 128, PR 129 varieties of non-Basmati
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], May 14 (ANI): Punjab's Agriculture Department, on the recommendations of Punjab Agricultural University (PAU), has advised farmers to go for cultivation of PR-128 and PR-129 varieties of non-Basmati, which are less water-intensive, for better paddy straw manageme
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Centre shows no intent at protecting lives: Punjab CM on economic package
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Chandigarh [India], May 13 (ANI): Expressing disappointment at the Centre's "failure" to address the humanitarian crisis resulting from the lockdown, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Wednesday said the first set of announcements from Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman
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86,000 persons registered with OOAT centres for de-addiction in April: Cap
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], May 13 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Wednesday said that 86,000 drug-dependent persons have registered with Out-Patient Opioid Assisted Treatment (OOAT) Centres in the state for de-addiction in April 2020.
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Punjab CM pitches for lockdown extension with 'carefully crafted strategy'
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Chandigarh [India], May 11 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Monday pitched for extension of the lockdown with a "carefully crafted strategy", which is to be backed by fiscal and economic empowerment of the states to save lives and secure livelihood.
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