Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Friday came out in support of the Kerala Assembly resolution demanding to scrap the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, saying it was the voice of the people and the Centre should also pay heed to it.
The chief minister has directed state police chief Dinkar Gupta to inquire into the “allegations as made out from the documents/photos” that have been submitted to him and which “prove to the contrary” of the allegations made by opposition parties.
Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Friday announced to have a dedicated MSME marketing cell and the establishment of a Rs 100 crore startup fund.
Amarinder said he believed Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan wanted peace but the Pakistan Army, in its desperation to remain relevant, calls the shots and obstructs efforts for peace.
Singh expressed serious concern over this admission by Pakistan's Railway Minister Sheikh Rashid and said in validating his stand on the issue, Rashid had completely bared the wicked design of Pakistan behind the Corridor, which India had hoped would emerge as a bridge of peace between the countries.
The opening of Gurdwara Kartarpur Sahib on Guru Nanak Dev's birth anniversary celebrations has given hope of access for Nankana Sahib Gurdwara in Pakistan. Punjab CM Amarinder Singh and UP CM Yogi Adityanath have joined the chorus of opening up of Nankana Sahib for pilgrims.
Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Thursday ruled out a visit to Pakistan for the Kartarpur corridor opening, making it clear that he would be only leading the first all-party 'jatha' (religious group) to the Kartarpur Sahib Gurdwara to pay obeisance.
Even as he asserted that the state government was fully prepared to counter the resurgence of the terror threat from Pakistan, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Thursday advised against linking this issue with the religious occasion of the 550th birth anniversary celebrations of Guru Nanak Dev.
A sum of Rs 100 per quintal of paddy should be given to farmers so that they can arrange to manage the stubble without resorting to its open burning by using the compensation money to meet the paddy straw management cost, the Chief Minister said in his letter to the Prime Minister.
Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Sunday urged the Centre to alert the Air Force and the Border Security Force about the possibility of drones being used to supply weapons from across the border.
Talking informally with mediapersons after inaugurating a two-day Pashupaalan Mela here, Amarinder Singh said the party was fully geared to contest the upcoming by-elections on the back of the government's progressive and welfare programmes and schemes.
The jobs fair would be held in every district between September 9 and September 30 at 82 venues, said Technical Education and Employment Generation Minister Charanjit Singh Channi, here on Monday.
The 59-year-old breathed his last at around 3 am at the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) here, official sources said. He is survived by wife, two sons and a daughter.
With rains again lashing parts of flood-ravaged Punjab, Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Sunday directed all ministers overseeing relief operations and the deputy commissioners to step up vigil.
Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh's wife and Patiala MP Preneet Kaur fell prey to online fraud was duped of Rs 23 lakh to a scamster who called her posing as a bank manager. According to PTI report, Kaur received a call a few days back when she was in Delhi to attend the Parliament session.
Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh is yet to take a call on Navjot Singh Sidhu's resignation from the state Cabinet, official sources said on Thursday.
Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Wednesday accused the SAD of “shedding crocodile tears” over the state-wide desecration of religious texts in 2015, asserting that his government would take the matter to its logical end.
Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Wednesday said his government would take to its logical conclusion the CBI's failure to further investigate the Bargari sacrilege cases against three followers of the Dera Sacha Sauda.
Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh announced a pilot project, which aimed at providing compulsory NCC training to all students of Class IX and XI at government schools and first and second-year students at all colleges in the border districts of Gurdaspur, Tarn Taran and Amritsar. Gradually, NCC training would be made compulsory at all the schools in the state.
Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh said that a young leader with a forward looking approach would "galvanise" rank-and-file of the Congress after its defeat in Lok Sabha election 2019. He added that Rahul Gandhi's decision to resign from the post of Congress president was "unfortunate"
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