Punjab Politics News
Khaira must step down as leader of oppn: Jakhar
Thursday, 02/11/2017
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CHANDIGARH: Punjab Congress president Sunil Jakhar on Wednesday said AAP leader Sukhpal Singh Khaira had lost the moral ground to continue as leader of opposition in the Vidhan Sabha following the summons issued by a Fazilka court against him in a drug case.
CM counters Badal with 0.9% dip in crime
Thursday, 02/11/2017
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CHANDIGARH: A day after Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) patriarch Parkash Singh Badal alleged that Punjab is “slipping into dangerous anarchy”, chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh reacted saying the law and order in the state is better than it had been in the past 10 years when Badal was CM in the SAD-BJP regime. But the figures he cited towards a “marked decline” since the Congress took power in March showed just 0.9% drop in cases.
CM suspects foreign hand in attacks
Wednesday, 01/11/2017
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Chandigarh : Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh today termed the recent attacks on members of minority communities the handiwork of forces operating from foreign soil and seeking to disturb hard-earned peace in Punjab.
ARMY NOT FOR BUILDING BRIDGES, SAYS AMARINDER
Wednesday, 01/11/2017
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CHANDIGARH: Punjab chief minister Captain Am arin der Singh has criticised the central government’s unprecedented decision to rope in the Indian Army for rebuilding the Elphinstone bridge and two other suburban train stations in Mumbai as “deplorable and an admission of the failure of the government and the Indian Railways”.
Free smartphones on mind, Captain meets Ambani
Wednesday, 01/11/2017
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CHANDIGARH: With the Congress poll promise of free smartphones to the youth still to come true, Punjab chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh met Mukesh Ambani, chairman of Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) that owns Jio mobile phone services, in Mumbai on Tuesday. While the CM said he is confident that Jio’s “rock bottom prices” make fulfilling the promise “imminently possible”, Reliance too made a presentation later and is keen on expanding its base in Punjab.
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