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Liquor shop in Samana nagar council building
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The nagar council (NC) authorities of Samana have allowed the opening of a liquor shop in the building of their own office invoking a sharp reaction from residents of the area.
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After HC assurance, girl in same sex relationship gets back to work
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Twenty-year-old Swaran Kaur, the Punjab police constable who is in a lesbian relationship with her friend Harsharan Kaur, 28, went back to work on Thursday after the Punjab and Haryana High Court directed Bathinda SSP to ensure protection
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PM to inaugurate Bhatinda refinery tomorrow
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The Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, will tomorrow inaugurate the $4-billion refinery built by a joint venture of state-owned Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd
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Amarinder warns against package sans fiscal discipline
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Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC) president Amarinder Singh today cautioned the Centre against bailing out the Akali-BJP government's "financial profligacy" in the state without seeking counter-guarantees
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Deadlock over state quota in TU continues
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Over a month after Thapar University (TU) scrapped 50% quota for state students in its engineering courses, the deadlock between TU and Punjab government continues.
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8 IAS, 41 PCS officers transferred in Punjab
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In a major administarative reshuffle, the Punjab Government transferred 8 IAS and 41 PCS officers today with immediate effect.
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Badal seeks prompt release of Centre's balance grant of Rs 240 cr
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Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today impressed upon Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to immediately disburse the balance grant of Rs 240 crore at the rate of Rs 80 crore per year earmarked for Punjab
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Over 26 lakh tonne wheat procured in Punjab
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Government agencies and private millers in Punjab have procured over 26.22 lakh tonnes of wheat so far this season.
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Dependents of deceased employees to get job in Punjab
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The Punjab Government has decided to provide government jobs to dependents of all deceased government employees on compassionate ground and a notification in this regard
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Punjab government takes on Thapar University
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The Punjab government has sought a complete report on the status of the private Thapar University following the controversy over abolition of Punjab quota seats in engineering and technical courses there
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Punjab to link all cities with highways
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All major cities in Punjab will be linked with four and six-laned highways at a cost of Rs.8,528 crore, Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal said here Monday.
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BSF seizes 12 kg of heroin on Punjab border
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Alert troopers of the Border Security Force (BSF) have seized a consignment of 12 kg of heroin from the Amritsar sector of the international border between India and Pakistan, BSF officials said
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Punjab records first swine flu death
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The deadly swine flu is back in Punjab, with the state reporting the season's first fatality due to the disease, sending the state health department
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Rising water level in Satluj damages wheat crop in 600 acres
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Nearly 600 acres of standing wheat crop in the district has been damaged due to sudden rise in the level of Satluj river, downstream Harike headworks.
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Punjab Govt would continue all pro-poor schemes: Majithia
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Punjab Revenue and Public Relations Minister Bikram Singh Majithia today reiterated the resolve of the SAD-BJP government to continue all pro-poor schemes and fulfill all promises made in the election manifesto.
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Punjab to establish effective network of de-addiction centers
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The Punjab government has decided to establish an effective network of de-addiction centers through-out the state to weed out drug menace completely.
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Transfers in Punjab to be done by end of May: Badal
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Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal has said the transfers of the government officials would be done by the end of May so that government offices could run smoothly.
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Hopes recede of finding survivors in collapsed Punjab factory
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Hopes of finding more survivors in the collapsed four-storeyed blanket manufacturing factory in Jalandhar began to recede Wednesday evening though a teenaged boy was pulled out of the debris earlier in the day after almost 55 hours of the collapse
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Government agencies, private millers procured 1.73 lakh tonne wheat in Punjab
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Government agencies and private millers in Punjab procured more than 1.73 lakh tonnes of wheat till Tuesday evening.
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Rescuers struggle to save buried workers in Punjab
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Rescuers Tuesday raced against time in Punjab's Jalandhar city to save the lives of dozens of garment workers who were trapped under the debris of a factory building that collapsed two days ago, killing six people
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Punjab, Centre to reply on DGP appointment
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The Punjab and Haryana high court on Tuesday put the Punjab home department and Union ministry of home affairs (MHA) on notice,
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Heroin worth Rs 100cr seized from smugglers
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In a major breakthrough, the Fazilka police seized 20 kg of heroin, worth Rs 100 crore in the international market, and arrested 2 inter-state smugglers, on Tuesday.
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Woman killed in Punjab for bearing daughters
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A woman was allegedly strangulated to death by her husband in Punjab's Tarn Taran district as he was upset that she had given birth to three daughters,
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BJP to field men from 30 seats in Patiala municipal corporation polls
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The BJP in Patiala wants to double the number of contestants in the forthcoming elections of the municipal corporation in the state.
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Punjab rights body puts pollution board on notice
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Punjab State Human Rights Commission has issued notices to Punjab Pollution Control Board and Kapurthala deputy commissioner for their reports on pollution in the Kali Bein ahead of Baisakhi.
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