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Punjab CM sanctions Rs 380 crore for preparation regarding possible COVID-
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Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], July 9 (ANI): As a part of the preparation for a possible third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Friday approved Rs 380 crore to be spent by the Health and Medical Education departments.
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Punjab CM lifts weekend, night curfew, allows gatherings of 100 indoors, 2
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Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], July 9 (ANI): With the state's Covid positivity rate sliding to 0.4%, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Friday ordered lifting of weekend and night curfew, and allowed gatherings of 100 persons indoors and 200 outdoors from Monday, while directing
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Amarinder meets Sonia, says ready for 'whatever decision she takes' for Pu
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New Delhi [India], July 6 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh met Congress chief Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday amid efforts by the central leadership to find a solution to the rift in the poll-bound state and said" whatever decision she takes, we are ready for it".
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Sukhbir hits out at Amarinder, says CM should take onus for power shortfal
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Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], July 5 (ANI): Hitting out at Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh over his remarks concerning power purchase agreements (PPA), Shiromani Akali Dal leader Sukhbir Singh Badal on Monday said that the Congress government must provide affordable 24x7 power supp
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Save Punjabis from long unbearable power cuts, bills: Sukhbir Badal slams
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Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], July 4 (ANI): Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal on Sunday hit out at Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh after the former blamed the previous SAD government for the power crisis in the state, asking him who stopped the present gove
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Punjab power crisis: AAP leaders, workers booked in Mohali after protest
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Mohali (Punjab) [India], July 4 (ANI): Punjab Police has registered FIR against 23 members of the Aam Aadmi Party including MP Bhagwant Mann and MLA Harpal Singh Cheema for protesting near Punjab Chief Minister Captain (retired) Amarinder Singh's house in Mohali.
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Amarinder Singh to announce legal strategy to counter power purchase agree
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Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], July 3 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Saturday said his government would soon announce its legal strategy to counter the Power purchase agreement (PPA), signed by the former SAD-BJP government, which had put an 'atrociously unnecessary fi
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AAP workers protest near Amarinder's Siswan farmhouse against power cuts,
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SAS Nagar (Punjab) [India], July 3 (ANI): Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) workers on Friday protested near Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh's Siswan farmhouse here against "power cuts" in the state.
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Pakistan anti-graft body summons Punjab CM's aid in Shehbaz Sharif assets
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Islamabad [Pakistan], July 3 (ANI): Pakistan's anti-graft body National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has summoned Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar's Principal Secretary Tahir Khursheed in a probe against Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz president Shehbaz Sharif in a case related to accumulating
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Punjab Congress crisis: Capt Amarinder Singh to meet party's high command
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New Delhi [India], July 3 (ANI): Days after the lunch diplomacy, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh is all set to meet Congress High Command in Delhi next week in order to resolve the ongoing crisis in the party's state unit, said sources.
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Sidhu attacks Amarinder over Punjab power crisis asks him to 'act in right
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New Delhi [India], July 2 (ANI): In another attack on Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh, Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu on Friday said the state government would not have to go for power cuts "if we act in the right direction".
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Amid power shortage, Punjab CM directs govt offices to function from 8 am
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Chandigarh [India], July 1 (ANI): With the state reeling under an unprecedented power shortage amid extreme temperatures, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Thursday ordered curtailment in timings of state government offices from tomorrow, and cutting down of power supply to hi
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