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  Night curfew in Patiala, Ludhiana from March 12, essential, emergency services exempted

  India | March 11, 2021 23:31 IST

  The 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 | August 17, 2020 16:45 IST

  Several 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 | February 29, 2020 10:05 IST

  Punjab 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 | November 05, 2018 9:10 IST

  District 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 | October 18, 2018 14:42 IST

  Chief 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 14:07 IST

  Punjab 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 | March 05, 2014 8:07 IST

  Chandigarh: 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 | November 01, 2013 8:30 IST

  Amritsar: 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

  Politics | September 23, 2013 20:02 IST

  New 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 | August 04, 2013 11:13 IST

  Fatehgarh 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 | July 01, 2013 20:45 IST

  Chandigarh, 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 19:27 IST

  Chandigarh, 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 | April 17, 2013 23:46 IST

  Chandigarh, 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 | October 19, 2012 19:45 IST

  Chandigarh, 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 | August 30, 2012 14:55 IST

  Lahore, 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 | August 07, 2012 17:45 IST

  Chandigarh, 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 | March 27, 2012 21:43 IST

  Chandigarh/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 | March 24, 2012 17:21 IST

  Chandigarh, 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 | August 14, 2011 19:46 IST

  Chandigarh, 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