Punjab Politics News
‘Punjab's economy back on track, drug mafia eliminated’
Saturday, 16/03/2019
https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/punjab/-punjab-s-economy-back-on-track-drug-mafia-eliminated/743882.html
Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh completes two years of his second term in office today. In an interview with The Tribune, he recounted his government’s achievements.
Capt continues to rule popularity charts
Saturday, 16/03/2019
https://www.brightpunjabexpress.com/index.php/2019/03/16/capt-continues-to-rule-popularity-charts/
Capt Amarinder Singh today steps into the eighth year of his Chief Ministership. He is the only second Congress Chief Minister of the state after Partap Singh Kairo to have returned to office a second time. He continues to remain the most popular among all the Chief Ministers Punjab had so far.
NEIGHBOURING COUNTRY’S RESPONSE INADEQUATE: CAPT
Saturday, 16/03/2019
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CHANDIGARH: Expressing disappointment at Pakistan’s response to various issues raised by India during the first meeting on the Kartarpur Corridor, Punjab chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh, on Friday, urged Islamabad to be more amenable and responsive to India’s demands, keeping in view the interests of the devotees seeking to pay obeisance at the historic Gurdwara across the border.
‘Liquor after rally’: Akali leaders get show-cause notices
Saturday, 16/03/2019
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AMRITSAR/CHANDIGARH: A day after Punjab chief electoral officer (CEO) S Karuna Raju asked the Tarn Taran district electoral officer-cum-deputy commissioner Pardeep Sabharwal to submit a report on alleged distribution of liquor after a Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) rally at a village, Sabharwal on Thursday sent show-cause notices to newly inducted party leader Gurinder Singh Tony and others.
Dera behind sacrilege, Cong will keep it at arm’s length: Jakhar
Saturday, 16/03/2019
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JALANDHAR: Punjab Congress president Sunil Jakhar on Friday said their party will keep the Dera Sacha Sauda at a distance during the Lok Sabha elections and not seek any support from the sect as it is responsible for the sacrilege of Guru Granth Sahib in 2015.
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