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Kurukshetra: Who is running the Congress? Union Minister Hardeep Puri slams Punjab govt over vaccine row
Kurukshetra | Jun 04, 2021, 09:00 PM ISTUnion Minister Hardeep Singh Puri has questioned Punjab government's move to provide one-time limited vaccine doses to 18-44 age group population through private hospitals. The order was withdrawn after a backlash by the opposition. "Is an elected state government indulging in commercial profiteering?" Puri asked.
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Night curfew in Patiala, Ludhiana from March 12, essential, emergency services exempted
India | Mar 11, 2021, 11:31 PM ISTThe Punjab government has ordered to impose the night curfew in Patiala District from March 12 between 11 pm to 5 am. All essential services, government officials and medical emergency services have been exempted.
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BJP stages protest against Punjab govt over illicit liquor consumption death cases in Ludhiana
News | Aug 17, 2020, 04:45 PM ISTSeveral Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers staged protest against Captian Amarinder Singh-led Punjab govt in Ludhiana on Aug 17 over illicit liquor consumption death case.
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Punjab Budget: Retirement age reduced to 58; Free education till Class 12 | Highlights
Business | Feb 29, 2020, 10:05 AM ISTPunjab Finance Minister Manpreet Singh Badal presented state govt Budget 2020 of Rs 1.54 lakh crore on Friday. One of the key announcement made by the Punjab Finance Minister is reducing the retirement age of government employees to 58 and releasing 6% pending DA arrears in a week's time.
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Punjab government employees get double salary, by mistake
India | Nov 05, 2018, 09:10 AM ISTDistrict treasury officer AK Maini in a notice sent to head of all the government offices said two salaries were paid by mistake and shortly one salary would be taken back.
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Punjab govt rolls out Ayushman Bharat, extends universal healthcare to 43 lakh families
India | Oct 18, 2018, 02:42 PM ISTChief Minister Amarinder Singh described the move as a historic one that would bring healthcare within the reach of every needy person in the state, an official statement said.
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Punjab govt slammed for 'expunging' chapters on Sikh history from Class 12 books
News | May 02, 2018, 02:07 PM ISTPunjab government has earned Opposition's ire for removing 23 chapters of Sikh history from the textbook of class 12.
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Punjab Govt slams Centre over Jat reservation
India | Mar 05, 2014, 08:07 AM ISTChandigarh: The SAD-BJP government yesterday condemned the Centre's decision to exclude Punjab's Jats and Jat Sikhs from the benefits of reservation extended to these communities in several other states.A resolution to this effect was passed
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Punjab Govt to distribute Tablets to 1.5 lakh students
India | Nov 01, 2013, 08:30 AM ISTAmritsar: Punjab Government will distribute Tablets to 1.5 lakh students in rural areas at a cost of Rs 110 crore.The Tablets will be given to students from this session with an aim to aware the
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Punjab Raises 1984 Riots Issue in NIC Meet
National | Sep 23, 2013, 08:02 PM ISTNew Delhi: Raising the issue of 1984 anti- Sikh riots, Punjab government today urged the National Integration Council to work towards addressing the “failures” in the system to ensure that the guilty are punished in
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Punjab bus mishap: 13 bodies recovered so far
India | Aug 04, 2013, 11:13 AM ISTFatehgarh Sahib, Aug 4: Bodies of 13 people, who were on board the ill-fated bus which fell into Bhakra canal on July 31, have been recovered so far. Eight deceased have been identified, SHO Sirhind
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Punjab govt clears subsidy for Agriculture Power tariff
India | Jul 01, 2013, 08:45 PM ISTChandigarh, July 1:Punjab government on Monday approved a proposal for providing Rs. 1.16 crore subsidy for metered electric supply at Agriculture Power (AP) tariff to dairy, goatery, piggery and fish farmers besides others engaged in
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Punjab declares 3-day state mourning, Rs.1 crore for Sarabjit family
India | May 02, 2013, 07:27 PM ISTChandigarh, May 2: Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal Thursday declared a three-day state mourning in Punjab following the death of Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh in Pakistan."The chief minister declared a three-day state mourning in
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Punjab orders closure of 473 private schools
India | Apr 17, 2013, 11:46 PM ISTChandigarh, Apr 17: The Punjab government has ordered closure of 473 private schools after they failed to implement norms of the right to education (RTE) act, a minister said Wednesday.Education Minister Sikander Singh Maluka said
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Punjab Govt deptts asked to make list of pending court cases
India | Oct 19, 2012, 07:45 PM ISTChandigarh, Oct 19: The Punjab Government today asked state departments to prepare a list of all their cases which are pending in Punjab and Haryana High Court so as to get them resolved through Lok
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Pakistan's Punjab govt shows PoK as Indian land in atlas
World | Aug 30, 2012, 02:55 PM ISTLahore, Aug 30: A new school atlas published by the government of Pakistan's Punjab province has shown Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and the Gilgit-Baltistan region as Indian territories. The education authorities rushed to recall the atlas from
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Punjab govt to bear expenses on transportation of bodies, says Badal
India | Aug 07, 2012, 05:45 PM ISTChandigarh, Aug 7: Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today assured the next of kin of the victims of the shooting incident in United States that the state government would bear all expenditure on transportation
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Hang Rajoana, Says Sessions Court, Punjab Govt To Challenge
India | Mar 27, 2012, 09:43 PM ISTChandigarh/Patiala, Mar 27: A Chandigarh court today ordered that Balwant Singh Rajoana, the death row convict in the assassination of former Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh, be hanged as scheduled on March 31, a verdict
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Balwant Hanging, Punjab Govt Consulting Legal Experts, Akalis Call Emergency Meeting
India | Mar 24, 2012, 05:21 PM ISTChandigarh, Mar 24: Shiromani Akali Dal chief Sukhbir Singh Badal has called an emergency meeting of the party's core committee tomorrow in the wake of Sikh high priests directing the Chief Minister and the SGPC
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Punjab Govt Revokes Ban On Aarakshan
Bollywood | Aug 14, 2011, 07:46 PM ISTChandigarh, Aug 14: After Andhra Pradesh, Punjab Government today revoked the ban on Prakash Jha's ‘Aarakshan' permitting the exhibition of the film in its revised version after some objectionable dialogues and scenes were deleted.The Amitabh