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100th Shramik special train departs from Punjab
Updated : 6 years 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 : 6 years 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 : 6 years 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 : 6 years 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 : 6 years 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 : 6 years 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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Withdraw 'anti-Punjab farmaan' of doorstep delivery of liquor: Congress le
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Chandigarh [India], May 10 (ANI): Congress leader Pratap Singh Bajwa on Sunday requested Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh to withdraw the 'anti-Punjab farmaan' of allowing doorstep delivery of liquor.
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Ludhiana councillor and Punjab minister's wife urges CM to reconsider deci
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Ludhiana (Punjab) [India], May 9 (ANI): Fearing a surge in cases of domestic violence in Punjab, wife of a Congress leader from the state has requested Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh to rethink decision allowing home delivery of liquor during the lockdown imposed to prevent the furth
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Punjab Police break another link in Pak-backed Hizbul Mujahideen narco-ter
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], May 9 (ANI): Notching another major success against Pakistan-sponsored narco-terrorism networks in the country, the Punjab Police on Saturday morning arrested Ranjeet Singh alias Rana alias Cheeta, a big fish in the ISI-controlled network, with links to Hizbul
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Punjab mulls changes in excise policy, labour laws
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], May 8 (ANI): The Punjab government is mulling changes in its excise policy and labour laws in the light of the impact of COVID-19, amid efforts to revive the state's economy and industry that have taken a massive hit.
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Amarinder writes to PM for increasing MSP of paddy, giving bonus to farmer
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], May 8 (ANI): Citing the challenges faced due to labour shortage and the need for ensuring food safety amid the COVID crisis, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Friday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to consider MSP of Rs 2902 per quintal for padd
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SAD President asks Punjab CM to give incentives to farmers for switching f
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], May 8 (ANI): Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) President Sukhbir Singh Badal on Friday requested Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh to introduce an incentive linked crop diversification plan on the pattern of Haryana by announcing an incentive of Rs 10,000 per acre t
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