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CM has support of all Punjabis: Birmi
Ludhiana, July 15
The Chief Parliamentary Secretary, Jails, Mr Malkiat Singh Birmi, has asserted that all Punjabis, irrespective of their political affiliations, were solidly behind the Capt Amarinder Singh on the SYL issue and were ready for any sacrifice to protect the interests of the state.
Mr Birmi was addressing the Youth Congress workers gathered at Circuit House to welcome and honour him on his first visit to city after assuming the charge of his new assignment.
He said that the Chief Minister had created history by getting the Punjab Termination of Agreements Act, 2004, passed in the Vidhan Sabha by mobilising the support of all political parties, which was the only option left with the Punjab Government after the decision of the apex court regarding the completion of SYL canal.
Chief Parliamentary Secretary Malkiat Singh Birmi.
— A Tribune photograph
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BJP criticises
induction of
Parliamentary Secretaries
Ludhiana, July 15
The BJP has criticised the induction of a large number of Chief Parliamentary Secretaries and Parliamentary Secretaries in the guise of downsising the Cabinet.
Prof Rajender Bhandari, spokesperson and state central secretary, said Capt Amarinder Singh’s exercise to reduce the size of his ministry was an attempt to fool people.
Sikh Students Federation (Mehta) warns mischief-mongers
Ludhiana, July 15
Taking a serious view of the attack on a Punjab Roadways bus in Haryana and the threat of various outfits to target Sikhs in the neighbouring state, the Sikh Students Federation (Mehta) has warned the mischief-mongers to desist from such acts or be prepared for similar measures in Punjab.
PWD employees threaten to boycott work
Ludhiana, July 15
To protest against the arrest of PWD officials in the alleged bitumen scam, employees of the department continued their rally for the twelfth day today in front of the main gate of their office on the Maharani Jhansi road here. The dharna continued for two hours.
Employees of PWD protest against the alleged state repression in Ludhiana on Thursday.
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‘Paying taxes true
service to the nation’
Ludhiana, July 15
Every buyer and seller
in India wants to save sales tax and this
tendency is one of the reasons behind the inability of the government to execute more development works in the country, says Mr S.S. Gansi, Assistant Excise and Taxation Commissioner.
100 saplings planted on Vanamahotsava
Doraha, July 15
As many as 100 saplings were planted by the local branch of the State Bank of Patiala at Guru Nanak National College to mark Vanamahotsava today.
Among those who planted saplings in the college premises were Mr R.K. Dudeja, Branch Manager, State Bank of Patiala, Mr Varinder Kumar Sharma, Assistant Manager, Mr Balwant Singh Pangali, general secretary, college management committee, Mr Jaswant Singh Gill, Principal of the college.
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| Saplings being planted to mark Vanamahotsava at a function organised by the Doraha branch of the State Bank of Patiala at Guru Nanak National College on Thursday.
— A Tribune photograph |
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Vegetable vendors a
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The decision to shift old sabzi mandi beyond Buddha Nullah from the old site was taken during the tenure of the late Chief Minister Lachhman Singh Gill. The actual shifting took place at a later date after acquiring land and working out various modalities.
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