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CHANDIGARH NEWS: PM Must React To Pakistan Move On Gilgit – Rajnath
CHANDIGARH: Former BJP national president Rajnath Singh on Sunday expressed concern over the news reports that Pakistan was handing over the Gilgitarea in the Pakistan-occupied Kashmir to China, saying the UPA government is now expected to suo motto give a statement in Parliament on this reported move. “It is a matter of grave concern... »
PATIALA NEWS: Preneet Visits Patiala Flood – Hit
PATIALA: Union Minister of State for External Affairs Preneet Kaur said she would take up ‘the issue of floods in Patiala with Union Water Resources Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal, S0 that a permanent solution could be arrived at. Talking to mediaper’sons at Bibipur village after visiting two-dozen villages that were flooded in July, she... »
JALANDHAR NEWS: Farm Body Backs Anti-Hike Bandh
JALANDHAR: Condemning the UPA government for the increase in petroleum prices, the ALL India Kisan Mazdoor Sabha (AIKMS) on Sunday declared it would support the “Bharat bandh” call given by the Opposition for Monday. Sabha president Haradev Singh Sandhu told reporters a meeting of their central executive committee here demanded government intervention to maintain... »
PATIALA NEWS: Little Scope For Justice In ’84 Riots Cases: BJP
PATIALA: State BJP president Ashwini Sharma on Sunday said there was a little scope of justice after CBI investigations into the 1984 anti-Sikh riots cases as the central agency works on the directions of the Congress-led UPA government. He was here at a blood donation camp organized by the Patiala unit of BJP blood... »
KANDALA NEWS: NREGS Being Sabotaged – Youth Cong
KANDOLA (ADAMPUR): The National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) is being sabotaged in the state, alleges the District Youth Congress (rural). It came out with the-allegation after a surprise visit to project sites at Kandola village in Adampur block. DYC president Vikramjit Singh Chaudhary, on whose initiative the surprise raids were made, said prior... »
SANGRUR NEWS: Sangrur To Buff Up Its Historic Lineage
SANGRUR: Local MP Vijay Inder Singla said on Sunday that Sangrur, the capital of erst while Jind State, would be restored to its former glory and promoted as a centre for tourism. Monuments from the erst while state of Malerkotla, which now falls in Sangrur Lok Sabha constituency, would also are restored, he added.... »
SANGRUR NEWS: Sonia, PM To Visit Punjab Says Bhattal
LEHRAGAGA (SANGRUR): Congress president Sonia Gandhi and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will visit Punjab to attend commemorations of 125th anniversary of the party for which the Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC) has started preparations. The date in this regard will be announced soon, leader of Opposition Rajinder Kaur Bhattal told mediapersons at Lehragaga after... »
ROHTAK NEWS: Plea Of NRI Accused Of Killing DGP’s Father Dismissed
ROHTAK: Alleging that ministers in the Congress-led UPA Government were indulging in corruption through the Indian Premier League, the INLD on Thursday demanded a judicial inquiry into the controversy. »
CHANDIGARH NEWS: Food Bill Neglects Punjab – Harsimrat
CHANDIGARH: Bathinda MP Harsimrat Kaur Badal on Thursday charged the Congress-led UPA government with deliberately drafting the Food Security Bill to keep most of the poor and Scheduled Caste population of Punjab out of its purview. »
AMRITSAR NEWS: Sidhu Changes Train Of Thought On Rail Budget
AMRITSAR: Doing a U-turn from his earlier statement in which he had criticized the UPA government for giving Punjab a raw deal in the rail budget, Amritsar MP Navjot Singh Sidhu on Sunday took credit for getting various railway projects sanctioned to Punjab. Completely at variance with his earlier statement, Sidhu said it was... »