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SYL Canal row: SC asks states to file replies by Feb. 15
Updated : 8 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan. 18 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked both the Haryana and Punjab government to file their replies on the Sutlej Yamuna Link Canal row within three weeks. The next hearing will be held on February 15.
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Harsimrat Badal slams 'selfish' Sidhu
Updated : 8 years, 10 months ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], Jan 16 (ANI): Coming down heavily on ex-party man Navjot Singh Sidhu for castigating the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD)-led Punjab Government, Union Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal on Monday said that the former should be ashamed for joining hands with a party which wreck
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'Lobbyist' Sidhu joined Congress for nefarious gains: Parkash S
Updated : 8 years, 10 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], Jan. 16 (ANI): Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Monday hit back at newly-joined Congress member Navjot Singh Sindhu for his criticism of the Shiromani Akali Dal-led Punjab Government and said that some people indulge in profitable deals for nefarious gains.
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Over 18000 patients in Punjab receive free treatment for Hepatitis C
Updated : 8 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 22 (ANI-NewsVoir): Punjab government's novel initiative to provide free treatment to patients suffering from Hepatitis C has so far benefitted more than 18,000 patients in state within months of launch.
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Punjab Govt. opens 2000 free medicine and 660 free diagnostic centers acro
Updated : 8 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 14 (ANI-NewsVoir): A major step towards providing social security to citizens, the Punjab Government has set up 2000 free medicine centers to provide free-of-cost medicines prescribed by government doctors. Out of these, 660 centers also provide free medical testing fa
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Free-of-cost gas stoves to BPL families in Punjab
Updated : 8 years, 10 months ago IST
Chandigarh [India], Dec.13 (ANI-Newsvoir): Taking one step further, the central government's Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY), Punjab government is providing free gas stoves along with a connection to all the beneficiaries in the state. Under the PMUY scheme, while the Union Governm
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Punjab jailbreak: MHA seeks report from state govt.
Updated : 8 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov. 27 (ANI): The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Sunday sought a report from the Punjab Government over the jailbreak incident in which Khalistan Liberation Force (KLF) chief and noted terrorist Harminder Singh Mintoo and four other prisoners escaped from the Nabha Jai
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Hooda says Badals' SAD indulging in SYL 'vote bank politics'
Updated : 8 years, 10 months ago IST
Chandigarh [India], Nov. 17 (ANI): Former Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Thursday said the Punjab Government and especially the Shiromani Akali Dal are indulging in vote bank politics over Sutlej-Yamuna Link (SYL) canal issue.
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Modi govt. must follow national duty to construct SYL for Haryana: Congres
Updated : 8 years, 10 months ago IST
Chandigarh [India], Nov. 11(ANI): The Congress on Friday urged the Narendra Modi led-NDA government to construct the Sutlej Yamuna Link (SYL) Canal after the Supreme Court on Thursday declared as 'unconstitutional' a law enacted by the Punjab government in 2004 to wriggle out of it
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SAD expresses disappointment over SC verdict on SYL canal
Updated : 8 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 11 (ANI): The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Friday expressed disappointment at the Supreme Court dubbing a 2004 law passed by the Punjab government terminating the Sutlej-Yamuna Link [SYL] canal water sharing agreement with neighbouring states as unconstitutional.
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SC verdict in SYL row in favour of Haryana people, says ML Khattar
Updated : 8 years, 10 months ago IST
Chandigarh [India], Nov.10 (ANI): Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Thursday welcomed the Supreme Court's verdict in the Sutlej Yamuna Link (SYL) canal row, wherein it declared the legislation passed by the Punjab Government as null and void, saying it is a positive step for
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Amarinder Singh to resign as MP in protest of SC verdict in SYL row
Updated : 8 years, 10 months ago IST
Ludhiana (Punjab) [India], Nov. 10 (ANI): Following the Supreme Court verdict in the Sutlej Yamuna Link (SYL) canal row wherein it declared the legislation passed by the Punjab Government as 'null and void', Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee president Captain Amarinder Singh has de
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