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NGT directs Punjab Chief Secretary to take steps to check pollution in Sat
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Dec 17 (ANI): National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Tuesday directed Chief Secretary of Punjab Karan Avtar Singh to take remedial steps to check the increasing level of pollution in Satluj and Beas rivers.
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Punjab: Sidhu's request letter to visit Pak for opening ceremony of Kartar
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], Nov 2 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Saturday forwarded Navjot Singh Sidhu's letter, seeking permission to visit Pakistan to attend the inauguration of Kartarpur corridor, to Chief Secretary Karan Avtar Singh for necessary action.
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LS polls: Congress ropes in BJP MLA Avtar Singh Bhadana, student leader
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Feb 15 (ANI): The Congress in the presence of party General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi on Thursday reinducted BJP's Avtar Singh Bhadana in the outfit.
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Former SGPC chief lambasts BJP on Accidental Prime Minister
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Ludhiana (Punjab) [India], Jan 4 (ANI): Former Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) chief Avtar Singh Makkar on Friday criticised 'The Accidental Prime Minister' movie and asserted that the film has been made on the behest of BJP only to defame former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
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Afghanistan: Slain Sikh leader's son leading in prelim poll results
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Jan 4 (ANI): Narender Singh Khalsa, the son of slain Sikh leader Avtar Singh, has secured a seat in the Lower House of the Parliament (Wolesi Jirga), according to Afghanistan Election Commission's preliminary results.
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Punjab: Administrative secretaries to monitor paddy residue burning
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], Oct 2 (ANI): A high-level meeting over paddy straw burning in Punjab was held on Monday under the chairmanship of Punjab Chief Secretary Karan Avtar Singh.
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Lone Sikh candidate among those killed in Jalalabad blast
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Jul 2 (ANI): A Sikh politician, who was planning to contest in the upcoming parliamentary elections in Afghanistan, was among the 19 people killed in a suicide blast in Nangarhar province's Jalalabad city.
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Punjab Govt suspends public transport services for tomorrow
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], Apr. 1 (ANI): The Punjab Government has decided to suspend the services of public transport across the state on Monday due to call for Bharat Bandh on account of the issue pertaining to the amendment of SC/ST Prevention of Atrocities Act.
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Ban on carrying Kirpan is 'highly unacceptable': Former SGPC chi
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Ludhiana (Punjab) [India] May 16 (ANI): Condemning the Italian Supreme Court's move to ban Sikh migrants to carry 'Kirpan' (Dagger) in public, former Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) president Avtar Singh Makkar on Tuesday said every religion has its own decorum,
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India's lone judoka Avtar Singh crashes out of Rio Olympics
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Aug. 10 (ANI): Avtar Singh, India's sole judoka in ongoing Rio Olympics, was knocked out of the prestigious games after suffering a defeat at the hands of Misenga Popole of the Refugee Olympic Team in the Men's 90 kg elimination round-of-32 here on Wednesda
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