Punjab General News
iraq crisis: fate of several punjabis hangs in balance - Govt has done little for those stuck: Capt
Thursday, 26/06/2014
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Amritsar : Former Chief Minister and Amritsar MP Capt Amarinder Singh today lashed out at the Union and state governments for “failing to do enough for the safe release and return” of scores of Punjabi youths stranded in strife-torn Iraq.
Four Punjab BJP ministers resign
Wednesday, 25/06/2014
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Chandigarh: All four ministers of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the Punjab government submitted their resignations to the party to enable a reshuffle, party sources said on Tuesday.
Amarinder once vouched for VK Singh’s ‘integrity’
Friday, 13/06/2014
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NEW DELHI: Now seeking his dismissal as union minister, Congress leader Capt Amarinder Singh had once been a firm backer of for army chief VK Singh. At the height of VK Singh’s date-of-birth controversy, it was Amarinder, an ex-serviceman, who had written a strong letter to the then defence minister AK Antony vouching for VK Singh’s “integrity”. Now, Amarinder claims VK Singh had “betrayed” him by “concealing” some facts about the case.
Why no probe into drug menace: Cong
Thursday, 12/06/2014
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Spokesperson of the Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee Sukhpal Khaira today said while a CBI inquiry had been ordered into Union Minister Gopinath Munde’s death, no such step had been initiated to check the drug menace in Punjab.
Drug abuse: Captain calls for national policy
Thursday, 12/06/2014
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CHANDIGARH: The deputy leader of the Congress in the Lok Sabha, Capt Amarinder Singh, on Wednesday called for a national drug policy to fight the curse of addiction. Taking a dig at the NDA’s agenda, he said there was nothing new in it as these were “repackaged” programmes of the UPA. “This is old wine in new bottles,” he remarked.
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