Punjab Politics News
Amarinder calls for national war memorial to soldiers
Sunday, 16/11/2014
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NEW DELHI: The deputy leader of the Congress in the Lok Sabha, Capt Amarinder Singh, on Saturday lamented that no government in independent India had cared to set up a memorial to Indian soldiers who had died for the country in various wars.
SAD leader booked for fraud
Sunday, 16/11/2014
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Ropar : Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) general council member Jagtar Bhaini has been booked in two criminal cases. He allegedly embezzled funds under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA). He earlier courted controversy for “selling” SGPC land adjoining Takht Keshgarh Sahib.
Valtoha, Sidhu in fresh war of words
Sunday, 16/11/2014
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Amritsar : Firing a fresh salvo against Chief Parliamentary Secretary (CPS) Dr Navjot Kaur Sidhu, Akali Dal CPS Virsa Singh Valtoha today asked her to tell the people “why she backstabbed her party and political mentor Arun Jaitley in the Lok Sabha poll.
PPCC chief asks party workers to stop RSS growth
Sunday, 16/11/2014
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Chandigarh : Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC) chief Partap Singh Bajwa today directed the Panchayati Raj Rural Development Cell of the party to check the penetration of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) in rural areas. He also asked the BJP why it had not objected to the 'wrongdoings' of Akalis all these years.
LAWSUIT AGAINST US ARMY FOR NOT ENLISTING SIKH STUDENT
Friday, 14/11/2014
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WASHINGTON: Two US-based rights groups have filed a lawsuit against the US Army for allegedly not enlisting a Sikh student in the Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) programme unless he shaved his beard and cut his hair.
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