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Amarinder Singh calls for collaborative efforts to fight drug menace
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], Oct 10 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Wednesday underlined the need for collaborative efforts to fight the drug menace in the state, at the inauguration of a three-day regional workshop on 'Combating Illicit Trafficking of Afghan Opiates: Develop
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Not in favour of growing opium: Punjab CM
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 4 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Thursday turned down the proposal of legalising opium cultivation and underscored that a special force has been set up to clamp down on drug menace.
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Punjab CM calls for national drug policy again
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], Oct 2 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Monday again called for a national drug policy to save the young generation from the drug menace.
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Trump calls for action against global drug menace
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New York [USA], Sep 25 (ANI): United States President Donald Trump on Monday opened the high-level meet of the United Nations General Assembly in New York with an event focusing on tackling the world drug problem.
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India to co-host meeting with US over drug menace
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New York [USA], Sep 24 (ANI): On the sidelines of the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York, India will co-host a meeting on Monday with the United States and other selected countries over the issue of how to combat the drug menace.
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Northern States to set up common secretariat to tackle drug menace
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], August 20 (ANI): The Chief Ministers of the Northern States on Monday unanimously decided to set up a common secretariat in Punchkula to tackle the issue of drug menace in their respective states.
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Punjab CM seeks cooperation of counterparts in controlling drug menace
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], July 20 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh sought the cooperation of his counterparts in Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Rajasthan to end the drug menace in Punjab.
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Drug menace can't be uprooted overnight: Punjab sports minister
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], July 01 (ANI): Punjab sports minister Rana Gurmit Singh Sodhi said eradication of the drug menace in the state is not possible within a short period.
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Situation is better now: Punjab CM on drug menace
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], Mar 24 (ANI): After Comptroller and Auditor General's (CAG) report revealed inadequate efforts taken by the previous SAD-BJP government in combating Punjab's drug menace, Chief Minister Capt. Amarinder Singh on Saturday said that the situation is better now. Read More
This man cycle in Punjab urging people to remember freedom fighter
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Ludhiana (Punjab) [India], Mar 24 (ANI): Rajiv Joshi, a resident of Punjab's Mandi Gobindgarh, has embarked an extraordinary cycle yatra from Mandi Gobindgarh-Khatkar Kalan, urging people to remember the brave hearts who lost their lives for the nation.
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Volunteers to take oath to fight drug menace in Punjab
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], Mar. 23 (ANI): To mark the martyrdom day of Shaheed Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev, about 35,000 Drug Awareness Prevention Officers (DAPO) will take an oath to eradicate drug menace from Punjab on Friday.
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Only pharmacists can stop fake drug menace: Punjab Governor
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Chandigarh [India], Dec.22 (ANI): Inaugurating the three-day 69th Indian Pharmaceutical Congress (IPC) at the Chitkara University Campus here on Friday, Punjab Governor V P Singh Badnore said that pharmacists had a key role to play in stopping the menace of fake drugs entering the market.
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