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Punjab to re-start local bus services in phased manner
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], May 18 (ANI): Directing the local administration and the police to remain on high alert in the wake of the lifting of relaxations, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Monday asked the Transport Department to draft SOPs for the resumption of local bus
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Punjab launches helpline to address people's RTI related queries
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], May 18 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Monday launched a special, people-friendly RTI helpline, paving the way for the people of Punjab to get prompt answers to their RTI related queries with a simple phone call.
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Punjab CM urges Centre to change criteria for allocation of 'chana whole'
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], May 16 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Saturday urged the Centre to change the criteria for allocation of 'chana whole' from per household to per person to ensure equitable distribution of foodgrains among the migrants amid the lockdown in
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Punjab to lift curfew from May 18, CM hints at maximum possible relaxation
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], May 16 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh has announced the replacement of strict curfew with a lockdown till May 31 in the State, while indicating resumption of limited public transport and maximum possible relaxations in non-containment zones
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Punjab CM asks police to crack down on liquor smuggling
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Chandigarh [India], May 16 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh has asked the police to crack down on all kinds of liquor smuggling, bootlegging and illicit distillation of liquor in the state.
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100th Shramik special train departs from Punjab
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Chandigarh [India], May 14 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh said that the 100th Shramik special train departed from the state on Thursday.
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Punjab CM Capt allows cottage industries in Ludhiana to resume operations
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], May 14 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Thursday allowed tiny or cottage industries in non-containment mixed-use areas of Ludhiana to immediately resume operations in order to support the opening of bigger industries that are dependent on t
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Centre shows no intent at protecting lives: Punjab CM on economic package
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Chandigarh [India], May 13 (ANI): Expressing disappointment at the Centre's "failure" to address the humanitarian crisis resulting from the lockdown, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Wednesday said the first set of announcements from Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman
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86,000 persons registered with OOAT centres for de-addiction in April: Cap
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], May 13 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Wednesday said that 86,000 drug-dependent persons have registered with Out-Patient Opioid Assisted Treatment (OOAT) Centres in the state for de-addiction in April 2020.
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Punjab aims to clean village ponds by June 10
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], May 12 (ANI): Punjab Rural Development and Panchayat Minister Tript Rajinder Singh Bajwa on Tuesday launched a campaign for the cleaning of village ponds in the State.
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Punjab CM pitches for lockdown extension with 'carefully crafted strategy'
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Chandigarh [India], May 11 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Monday pitched for extension of the lockdown with a "carefully crafted strategy", which is to be backed by fiscal and economic empowerment of the states to save lives and secure livelihood.
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Withdraw 'anti-Punjab farmaan' of doorstep delivery of liquor: Congress le
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Chandigarh [India], May 10 (ANI): Congress leader Pratap Singh Bajwa on Sunday requested Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh to withdraw the 'anti-Punjab farmaan' of allowing doorstep delivery of liquor.
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