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Manmohan Singh not interested in contesting from Amritsar seat: Punjab CM
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], Mar 12 (ANI): Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was never in the reckoning for Amritsar parliamentary constituency as he had made it clear that he was not interested in contesting elections, said Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Tuesday.
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LS Polls: Amarinder denies talks of alliance with AAP in Punjab
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], Mar 12 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Tuesday ruled out an alliance with the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in Punjab for the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections, asserting that the Congress will go solo in the polls.
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Cong cadres want Manmohan to contest LS poll from Amritsar
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi (India) Mar 10 (ANI): The Congress party workers are trying their best to convince former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to contest from Amritsar, said Asha Kumari, in-charge for the party's Punjab affairs.
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Punjab CM welcomes EC advisory on ‘shameful’ use of defence personnel pics
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Chandigarh, (Punjab), [India], March 10 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Monday welcomed the Election Commission directive against the use of pictures relating to defence personnel for election propaganda or campaigning while calling for an end to the politicisation
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Poverty increased in Modi's regime, we will eradicate it: Rahul
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Moga (Punjab), [India], March 7 (ANI): Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Thursday claimed that poverty has increased during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's regime, while promising to eradicate poverty if Congress comes to power.
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Punjab CM seeks return of historic materials removed from Golden Temple du
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Chandigarh [India], March 6 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Wednesday wrote a letter to Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh seeking the immediate restoration of "historic materials" removed from the library of the Golden Temple during Operation Bluestar in 1984.
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Punjab cabinet okays Rs 10,000 monthly pension for parents of CRPF Pulwama
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Chandigarh [India], Mar 2 (ANI): The Punjab cabinet on Saturday approved Rs 10,000 per month pension for the bereaved parents of CRPF constable Kulwinder Singh who lost his life in last month's Pulwama terror attack.
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Captain Amarinder seeks release of 1971 war prisoners from Pakistan
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Gurdaspur (Punjab) [India], March 1 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Friday urged Pakistan to admit to, and release the Prisoners of War (POWs) still in its captivity from the 1971 war.
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Punjab CM offers to receive Abhinandan at border, tweets to PM
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], Feb 28 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh has offered to receive Indian Air Force (IAF) Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman at the border on his arrival from Pakistan.
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Punjab CM Amarinder Singh calls for emergency meeting; border districts on
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], Feb 27 (ANI): In the backdrop of aerial strikes conducted by Indian Air Force (IAF) at a training terror camp in Balakot in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, on Wednesday Doeke village of Amritsar remained calm, located near the Line of Control.
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Punjab CM seeks Chandigarh's inclusion under open sky policy
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Chandigarh [Punjab], Feb 26 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Tuesday sought inclusion of Chandigarh in the list of cities notified for the operation of airlines of ASEAN countries under the Government of India’s Open Sky Policy.
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Punjab border districts on high alert, CM to visit areas on Wednesday
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], Feb 26 (ANI): In view of the operation of Indian Air Force (IAF) against terror camps in Balakot in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, targeting JeM camps on early Tuesday morning, Punjab government has put its border districts on a high alert.
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