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Punjab Govt. offers Rs. five lakh ex-gratia to slain soldier's kin
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], Nov. 7 (ANI): The Punjab Government on Monday announced Rs. five lakh ex-gratia and government job to one family member of slain soldier Gursewak Singh, who was killed yesterday in Pakistani firing across the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch sector of Jammu and Kash
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Crop procurement facilities bring cheer to Punjab farmers
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab)[India], Nov.4 (ANI): Punjab, which is rightly termed the 'Food Bowl of India', continues to grow a variety of crops, fruits and vegetables, making the nation self-sufficient.
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Amit Shah confident that Akali Dal- BJP will form Govt. again in Punjab
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab)[India], Nov. 1 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Amit Shah on Tuesday said that he has full faith in the leadership of Sardar Prakash Singh Badal and expressed confidence that the Akali Dal-BJP Government will again be formed in 2017.
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It's 'No Tobacco Day' in Punjab today
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], Nov. 1 (ANI): To reduce prevalence of tobacco and nicotine use and to prevent the spread of non-communicable disease, the Government of Punjab will observe Tuesday as 'No Tobacco Day'.
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AAP distributes forms promising to waive off Punjab farmers' loans
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], Oct. 21 (ANI): Attempting to woo the farmers of Punjab ahead of next year's assembly polls, the Arvind Kejriwal led-Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has been distributing forms declaring that it would waive off the farmers' loans after coming to power in the state.
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Dussehra: Locals set to burn Nawaz Sharif's effigy in Amritsar
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], Oct.11 (ANI): With India-Pakistan tensions becoming more evident in the recent past especially after the surgical strike by the Indian Army, a group of locals in Amritsar have decided to express their displeasure by burning effigies of Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz
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Navjot Kaur slams SAD, says didn't join BJP to back wrong
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], Oct 9 (ANI): Navjot Kaur Sidhu on Sunday said that she resigned from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) as the MLAs of the saffron party have no say in Punjab, adding there is no point of being in politics if one cannot raise his voice against wrong.
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Security alert: Punjab Police writes to Centre, asks for additional 15 com
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], Oct. 4 (ANI): The Punjab Police have written to the Centre asking for additional 15 companies in wake of security alert due to the firing at Gurdaspur that took place yesterday morning.
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Uri Attack: Amritsar Bar Association demands complete snapping of ties wit
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], Sept. 23 (ANI): Advocates of the Amritsar Bar Association (ABA) have demanded a complete snapping of ties with Pakistan after the killing of 18 soldiers in a terrorist strike in Uri, Jammu and Kashmir.
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BSF seizes 26 kilograms of heroin in Ajnala
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], Sept.9 (ANI): The Border Security Force (BSF) has confirmed the seizure 26 kilograms of heroin along the India-Pakistan border near the Shahpur border outpost in the Ajnala area of Amritsar district in Punjab.
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Kejriwal promises 'holy city' status for Amritsar if AAP wins in
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab), [India], Sept. 9 (ANI): Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday assured the people of Punjab that if the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is voted to power in the state, Amritsar would be given the status of a 'holy city'.
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Amritsar: Ammunition, rocket launcher found in sack near shop
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab), Aug. 29 (ANI): Some ammunition including a rocket launcher and some cartridges were found in a sack near the shop of a scrap dealer in Sultanwind area of Amritsar, Punjab on Monday afternoon.
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