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Temporary release of prisoners allowed beyond maximum period of 16 weeks i
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Chandigarh [India], May 17 (ANI): The Punjab government on Sunday promulgated 'The Punjab Good Conduct Prisoners (Temporary Release) Amendment Ordinance, 2020' in accordance with which the temporary release of the prisoners have been allowed beyond the maximum period of 16 weeks in a calenda
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Congress MP slams Punjab ministers for walking out of pre-cabinet meeting
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], May 9 (ANI): Congress MP Ravneet Singh Bittu on Saturday took a dig at ministers who walked out of a 'pre-cabinet' meeting after having an arguement with state Chief Secretary KBS Sidhu, stating that if they found bureaucracy to be "incompetent" they should have
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Ludhiana councillor and Punjab minister's wife urges CM to reconsider deci
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Ludhiana (Punjab) [India], May 9 (ANI): Fearing a surge in cases of domestic violence in Punjab, wife of a Congress leader from the state has requested Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh to rethink decision allowing home delivery of liquor during the lockdown imposed to prevent the furth
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Punjab Minister directs police to tighten security after depot holder's br
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Ludhiana (Punjab) [India], May 7 (ANI): Punjab Food and Supplies Minister Bharat Bhushan Ashu on Wednesday directed the police administration to ensure tight security arrangements during wheat distribution.
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Punjab Minister's campaign -- Ambassadors of Hope -- creates world record
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], May 6 (ANI): Punjab Education Minister Vijay Inder Singla's campaign -- Ambassadors of Hope -- which was launched for the students to share their creativity during lockdown -- has created a world record as close to 1,05,898 school going children have shared their
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76 Hazur Sahib devotees returned to Amritsar, test COVID-19 positive: Punj
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], May 1 (ANI): Among the devotees who have returned from Hazur Sahib in Nanded, Maharashtra to Amritsar, around 300 have been tested out of which 76 are COVID-19 positive, said Om Parkash Soni, Punjab Medical Education & Research Minister.
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Punjab minister Bharat Bhushan Ashu visits Ludhiana mandi
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Ludhiana (Punjab) [India], April 16 (ANI): Punjab Food and Civil Supply Minister Bharat Bhushan Ashu on Thursday visited the Khanna Mandi here, where the crop procurement procedure by the government, from farmers, has begun.
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Punjab Minister appeals to Jathedar of Sri Akal Takht Sahib to ask Sikh co
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], Apr 1 (ANI): Amid the nationwide lockdown to limit the spread of the coronavirus, Punjab Minister Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa on Wednesday urged Giani Harpreet Singh, Jathedar of Sri Akal Takht Sahib, to give a message to the Sikh community to not congregate on Vai
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Stamp on hands of people who are advised to be in home quarantine, says Pu
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Chandigarh [India], Mar 19 (ANI): Punjab Local Bodies Minister Brahm Mohindra on Thursday said that the government will now put 'home quarantine' stamp on the palm of the people who have been advised home quarantine.
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Punjab cabinet ministers demand action against Bajwa for open revolt again
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], Jan 14 (ANI): All the Punjab cabinet ministers on Tuesday demanded, in one voice, disciplinary action by the Congress leadership against Rajya Sabha MP Partap Singh Bajwa for raising a banner of revolt against Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on public plat
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Punjab ministers slam Sukhbir for reducing SAD to his personal fiefdom
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], Jan 12 (ANI): Amid alleged disenchantment with Sukhbir Singh Badal's leadership within the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), several Punjab Cabinet Ministers on Sunday launched a scathing attack on the party, which, they said, has clearly been reduced to the personal fi
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We never had starvation: Punjab Minister on Niti Aayog's SDG India Index
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], Jan 3 (ANI): Punjab Ministers SS Dharamsot and Balbir Sidhu said that that there is no question of anyone going to bed hungry in Punjab, and Niti Aayog's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) India Index data was "wrong".
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