Punjab Politics News

SAD-BJP diverted `1,200 crore meant for scholarship grant: Min

Saturday, 01/07/2017

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Nawanshahr : Punjab Cabinet Minister Sadhu Singh Dharmsot on Friday here accused the former SAD-BJP government in the state of failure to give any account of Rs 1,200 crore scholarship grant received by it from the Centre and said that due its (SAD-BJP government) failure to submit the requisite utilisation certificate, the students of the state suffered and could not get their scholarships. He added that now after CM Captain Amarinder Singh and he himself took up the issue with the concerned Union ministry and the department, the students could hope to get the scholarships.

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Trump appoints Indian-American as US Ambassador to Peru

Thursday, 29/06/2017

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Washington : President Donald Trump has appointed Indian-American Krishna R Urs as the new US Ambassador to Peru.

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Sikh couple in UK told ‘they can’t adopt white child’

Wednesday, 28/06/2017

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London: A Sikh couple in the UK have alleged that they were refused permission to adopt a white child because of their “cultural heritage” and told to adopt a child from India instead.

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NEW MLAS LACK EXPERIENCE, NEED TRAINING, SAYS SPEAKER

Wednesday, 28/06/2017

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RUPNAGAR: Punjab assembly speaker Rana KP Singh has said that new members of the legislative assembly (MLAs) lack experience of participating in the proceedings of the House.

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Bains removed my turban, has no right to raise turban issue: Benipal

Wednesday, 28/06/2017

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Ludhiana : Reacting on the issue of disrespect of turban in Vidhan Sabha, raised by Lok Insaaf Party (LIP) MLA Simarjit Singh Bains, Major (retd) Gurjinder Singh Benipal said that Bains had disrespected and removed his turban and now he had no right to speak on the turban issue.

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RANA GURJIT SINGH INAUGURATES MARKFED SALES BOOTH AT LOHIAN

Thursday, 01/08/2019

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Jalandhar : In a major step to boost the rural economy besides providing employment to youth in villages, MARKFED has launched a sale booth in Lohian, which would, provides more than 100 eatable items.

 

NRI NEWS

Indian-Americans urge Trump to ‘fully support’ India on Kashmir

Sunday, 04/08/2019

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Washington : The Indian-American community in the US has urged the Trump administration to “fully support” India’s decision to revoke the constitutional provision that accorded special status to Jammu and Kashmir and to continue to exert pressure on Pakistan to end its support to cross-border terrorism.