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CM Amarinder Singh accuses SAD of trying to 'hijack' farmers' agitation in
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], October 9 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Friday slammed Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) over the issue of new farm laws and accused the party of trying to "hijack" the farmers' agitation in the state.
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Hold direct talks with farmers: Sukhbir Singh Badal to PM Modi
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Chandigarh [India], October 9 (ANI): Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) President Sukhbir Singh Badal on Friday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to address the grievances of the farming community by holding direct talks with farmers' organisations as well as all other stakeholders.
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AAP holds protest, asks Punjab CM to hold all-party meeting over farm laws
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], October 9 (ANI): Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLAs on Friday staged a protest outside the Punjab Assembly and demanded that Chief Minister Amarinder Singh should convene an all-party meeting over farm laws in which farmer organizations, farm experts and other stakehold
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Gurugram, Faridabad to have pollution control rooms functioning round the
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Chandigarh [India], October 9 (ANI): Haryana government will set up two 24-hour control rooms in Gurugram and Faridabad districts to reduce the increasing pollution levels in the National Capital Region (NCR).
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Haryana Police seize over 204 kg marijuana in Nuh district, 2 held
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Haryana) [India], October 9 (ANI): Haryana Police on Friday seized over 204 kilograms of marijuana in Nuh district and arrested two people for possession of the illegal drug.
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Sensitise farmers against stubble burning, which can worsen COVID situatio
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Chandigarh [India], October 9 (ANI): Asserting that many panchayats have passed resolutions against stubble burning, Punjab Social Security, Women and Child Development Minister Aruna Chaudhary on Friday urged the rest to sensitise the farmers against the menace, which could exacerbate the C
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Residents of nearby areas face breathing problems after fire at Dadu Majra
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Chandigarh [India], October 9 (ANI): Residents of Dadu Majra and nearby areas have been facing difficulty in breathing due to the smog after a major fire broke out at the dumping site on October 6.
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AAI chairman felicitates four airports that won ACI ASQ Awards
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 9 (ANI): The chairman of the Airports Authority of India (AAI), Arvind Singh felicitated four AAI airports namely Lucknow, Trivandrum, Chandigarh and Mangaluru that won 10 Airport Service Quality (ASQ) awards in four different categories announced by Airports Counc
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Ramlila committees in Chandigarh decide against celebrations amid COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Chandigarh [India], October 9 (ANI): With less than 10 days left for Navratri to begin, no signs of hosting the Ramlila events are visible in Chandigarh amid the COVID-19 pandemic, which young artists say has affected their enthusiasm for the annual celebration and add that the restrictions
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Over 5 kgs of charas recovered from Haryana's Rohtak district
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Haryana) [India], October 8 (ANI): Haryana Police on Thursday recovered over 5 kg of charas after a raid in Nigana village in Rohtak district and registered a case under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act.
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BKU (Lakhowal) chief's u-turn on petition on farm laws at behest of SAD: P
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], October 7 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Wednesday said the BKU (Lakhowal) group's U-turn on its petition against the farm laws in the Supreme Court was the result of pressure from the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD).
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Punjab CM directs procurement agencies to pay pending dues of farmers
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], October 7 (ANI): With the Reserve Bank of India on Wednesday sanctioning a Cash Credit Limit (CCL) amount of Rs 30,220.82 crore for procurement of paddy in the Kharif marketing season 2020-21 for the month of October, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh
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