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Punjab CM welcomes court's decision in 1984 anti-Sikh riots
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Chandigarh, (India), Nov 20, (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Tuesday welcomed the Delhi court's decision in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots case. The court pronounced the death penalty to one accused Yashpal Singh and awarded life imprisonment to another accused Naresh Sehrawat.
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Punjab Speaker calls for restraint over Amritsar terror attack
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Chandigarh [India], Nov 20 (ANI): Punjab Vidhan Sabha Speaker Rana KP Singh on Tuesday urged all political parties to exercise restraint over the issue of the Amritsar terror attack. He appealed to all political parties across the board to let the investigation agencies do their job.
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Rs 20 lakh expenditure limit for Haryana Mayor poll
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Chandigarh [India], Nov 20 (ANI): As per the provision made in Section 8B of the Haryana Municipal Corporation Act, 1994, the Haryana State Election Commission has prescribed Rs 20 lakh as the limit of expenditure for the candidates contesting the election of Mayor of Municipal Corporation.
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Hindi is language of common people: Rijiju
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Chandigarh, [India] Nov 19 (ANI): Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju, while attending the official language conference of the northern region here on Monday, said Hindi is a language of the common people across the country.
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Security loopholes need to be plugged: Rijiju on Amritsar blast
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], Nov 19 (ANI): Condemning the Amritsar grenade blast in which three people were killed and 20 injured on Sunday, Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju on Monday underscored the need to plug security loopholes.
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Last rites of Brigadier, who inspired Sunny Deol's role in 'Border' perfor
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], Nov 19 (ANI): Last rites of decorated war veteran and hero of 1971 war, Brigadier Kuldeep Singh Chandpuri were performed in Chandigarh today. He passed away at the age of 78 in a private hospital in Mohali on Saturday.
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Rewari girl urges Haryana govt to build women toilets at public places
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Rewari (Haryana) [India], Nov 19 (ANI): "When nature call, we need a toilet," said Priyanka Yadav, a resident from Rewari, who wrote a letter to the concerned administration, urging them to build toilets for women at public places in the city.
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Brigadier Kuldip Singh Chandpuri, a true fighter
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], Nov 18 (ANI): When he landed in Delhi after returning from Canada a day after Diwali, where he was receiving treatment for cancer, Brigadier Kuldip Singh Chandpuri, a decorated war veteran from the 1971 Indo-Pakistan war, grabbed a fistful of soil and declared "I
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INLD's Adhikar Yatra from Dec 1 for SYL canal
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Chandigarh [India], Nov 17(ANI: Chandigarh: Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) on Saturday announced to launch 'Adhikar Yatra' from December 1 to press for the completion of Sutlej Yamuna Link (SYL) canal. Talking to reporters here after a party, INLD MLA and Leader of Opposition Abhay Singh Cha
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Harsimrat welcomes conviction of 2 men who 'butchered' Sikhs in 1984
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], Nov 16 (ANI): Union Minister of Food Processing Industries Harsimrat Kaur Badal has said that the conviction of two accused responsible for "butchering" two Sikhs in South Delhi's Mahipalpur area during 1984 anti-Sikh riots has paved the way for similar convictio
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Congress won't allow closure of HMT: Dr Ashok Tanwar
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Chandigarh [India], Nov 14 (ANI): Haryana Pradesh Congress Committee president (HPCC) and former Member of Parliament Dr Ashok Tanwar on Wednesday said that his party would not allow the closure of Hindustan Machine Tools (HMT) in Panchkula. Paying floral tributes to former Prime Minister Pa
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Ajay Singh Chautala expelled from INLD
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Chandigarh [India], Nov 14 (ANI): Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) president and former chief minister Om Prakash Chautala on Wednesday removed his son and former Member of Parliament Ajay Singh Chautala from the post of the party's state unit secretary general and also expelled him from the p
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