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Three-time Olympic gold medalist Balbir Singh Sr will forever remain an in
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], May 25 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Monday mourned the death of three-time Olympic gold medalist Balbir Singh Sr, saying that he would 'forever remain an inspiration.'
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Punjab CM directs top district officials to ensure no migrant workers forc
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], May 24 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Sunday directed Deputy Commissioners and District Police Chiefs to ensure that no migrant is forced to walk home to any other State in the country or remain hungry while in Punjab.
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Happy that almost 50 PC migrant workers opted to stay back: Punjab CM
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], May 24 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh has said that close to 50 per cent migrant labourers have opted to stay back and he was 'equally happy' that they did so.
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Draft SOPs for resumption of local bus movement: Punjab CM
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Chandigarh [India], May 19 (ANI): Directing the local administration and the police to remain on high alert in the wake of the lifting of restrictions, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Monday directed the Transport Department to draft SOPs for the resumption of local bus move
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Punjab CM urges PM to allow work under MGNREGS in rabi, kharif crop operat
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], May 18 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Monday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to allow labour/cardholders under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) work in farm operations for both Kharif and Rabi crop
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Punjab to re-start local bus services in phased manner
Updated : 5 years, 10 months 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 CM urges Centre to change criteria for allocation of 'chana whole'
Updated : 5 years, 10 months 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 CM asks police to crack down on liquor smuggling
Updated : 5 years, 10 months 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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Punjab CM Capt allows cottage industries in Ludhiana to resume operations
Updated : 5 years, 10 months 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 : 5 years, 10 months 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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Punjab CM pitches for lockdown extension with 'carefully crafted strategy'
Updated : 5 years, 10 months 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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SAD President asks Punjab CM to give incentives to farmers for switching f
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], May 8 (ANI): Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) President Sukhbir Singh Badal on Friday requested Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh to introduce an incentive linked crop diversification plan on the pattern of Haryana by announcing an incentive of Rs 10,000 per acre t
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