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CHANDIGARH: The Punjab Congress suffered a jolt in chief minister Capt Amarinder Singh’s home district of Patiala with leaders from Ghanaur, Sanaur and Rajpura constituencies joining the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) in the presence of its President Sukhbir Singh Badal here.

CHANDIGARH: Former union minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal today led a delegation of MPs to meet President Ram Nath Kovind and urged him to advise the NDA government to constitute a Joint Select Committee to resolve all flash points in the ongoing parliament session including repealing the three agriculture laws.

CHANDIGARH: The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) today asked chief minister Capt Amarinder Singh to review the crisis which had erupted in Moonak with the flooding of thousands of acres of land besides conducting flood relief measures immediately.

CHANDIGARH: Centenarian sprinter Mann Kaur has died of a heart attack, her son Gurdev Singh said on Saturday. Mann was 105 and is survived by two sons and a daughter.

SANGRUR: Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Saturday announced that his government would soon construct a memorial as a befitting tribute to the countless unsung heroes who laid down their lives especially in the Cellular Jail of Andaman during the national freedom struggle.

WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden has nominated Indian-American Rashad Hussain as the Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom, the first Muslim to be nominated to the key position, the White House said.

CHANDIGARH: Keeping their firm stand against the corruption and direct involvement of the ministers of the Captain Amarinder Singh-led Congress government in various scams and embezzlements, a delegation of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Punjab will meet the Governor of Punjab next week, to raise their demand for an immediate …

CHANDIGARH: The historic and visionary decision for 27 percent reservation for OBC and 10 percent for economically backward classes for medical students will benefit thousands of students and it reenforces the Prime Ministers’ commitment to uplift the disadvantaged segments of our society. Said Dr. Subhash Sharma state general Secretary of …

SANGRUR: Shaheed Udham Singh Memorial constructed by the Punjab Government at Sunam Udham Singh Wala at a cost of Rs. 2.61 crore will be inaugurated by the Chief Minister Capt. Amarinder Singh tomorrow on July 31 on the occasion of martyrdom day of Shaheed Udham Singh.

CHANDIGARH: Punjab Sports and Youth Services Minister Rana Gurmeet Singh Sodhi, on Friday, announced that the Punjab hockey players participating in the Tokyo Olympics would now get Rs 2.25 crore individually on winning a team gold medal in these coveted games. Earlier, an amount of Rs 2.25 crore was given …