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Centre accepts Punjab CM's request to reduce state's share in Shahpur dam
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], Dec 21 (ANI): The Central Government has agreed to enhancing its share in the Shahpur Kandi Dam project on river Ravi from 60 to 86 per cent, thus conceding Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh's request to reduce Punjab's contribution to only 14 per cent.
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Punjab CM slams Sukhbir for dragging Rahul, Gandhi family into 1984 riots
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) December 20 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh has lashed out at Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal for trying to drag the Gandhi family into the 1984 riots case and said that neither Congress nor Gandhis had any role in the riots.
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Animal Welfare Board seeks report on Sidhu's stuffed black partridge gift
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Chandigarh [India] Dec 18 (ANI): Animal Welfare Board of India (AWBI) has asked Chandigarh's environment department to file a report within three days on a complaint against Navjot Singh Sidhu for gifting Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh a stuffed black partridge.
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Chandigarh: Punjab CM hails HC verdict convicting Sajjan Kumar
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], Dec 17 (ANI): Terming it a case of justice finally delivered to the victims of one of the worst instances of communal violence in independent India, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Monday welcomed the conviction of Sajjan Kumar in the 1984 riots
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Punjab Assembly passes resolution on 33% reservation for women
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Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], December 15 (ANI): The Punjab Legislative Assembly unanimously passed a resolution urging the Centre to enact Women's Reservation Bill to provide 33 per cent reservation for women in both Parliament and State Legislative Assemblies by voice vote on Friday afte
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No proof of Kamal Nath's involvement in 1984: Capt. Amarinder
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], Dec 14 (ANI): Claiming that Kamal Nath's reference in Justice Nanawati Commission report is not a proof of his involvement in 1984 riots, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Friday came down heavily on the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) for politicising t
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Case against Sidhu for gifting stuffed black partridge to Punjab CM
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Ludhiana (Punjab) [India], Dec 14 (ANI): A case has been registered against Punjab Local Bodies and Cultural Affairs Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu for violating Wildlife Protection Act, 1972 by allegedly possessing a stuffed black partridge and later gifting it to Chief Minister Captain Amarin
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Sukhbir asks Punjab CM to refrain from sabotaging Kartarpur Sahib Corridor
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Chandigarh (Punjab), [India], Dec 12 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh should refrain from saying or doing anything that might scuttle the access to the sacred shrine at Kartarpur Sahib in Pakistan, said SAD president Sukhbir Singh Badal on Wednesday.
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Punjab CM advised two-day rest
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab), [India], Dec 9 (ANI): Doctors on Sunday advised Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh two-day rest. Chief Minister Singh underwent some routine medical tests at the PGIMER Hospital here on Sunday as a follow-up on the viral illness he had suffered last week.
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Pass resolution in Assembly in support of Women's Reservation Bill: Rahul
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New Delhi [India], Dec 9 (ANI): Congress party president Rahul Gandhi has asked Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh to pass "a resolution calling for the reservation of one-third of the seats in the Lok Sabha and Legislative Assemblies for women, in the next session."
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Military Literature Festival 2018 begins in Chandigarh
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], Dec 8 (ANI): The three-day Military Literature Festival (MLF) 2018, kick-started on Friday in Chandigarh. The festival is a joint initiative of military historian and Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh and Punjab Governor VP Singh Badnore.
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Punjab CM gives debt relief to over 1 lakh farmers
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Patiala (Punjab) [India], Dec 7 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Friday gave debt relief against commercial bank loans to the tune of Rs 1771 crore to 1, 09,730 eligible marginal farmers in four districts. He has also announced the extension of the waiver scheme to far
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