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Navjot Singh Sidhu sends resignation letter to Punjab CM Amarinder Singh, a day after announcing his exit from state cabinet
•Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu on Monday sent his resignation letter to Chief Minister Amarinder Singh, a day after he announced that he had resigned from the state cabinet
SAD, BJP, Congress MLAs clash inside Punjab Assembly over non-payment of compensation to Amritsar train tragedy victims
•The Punjab Assembly witnessed unruly scenes on Monday between members of ruling Congress and the Akali-BJP over the Amritsar train accident last year where 60 people died
Punjab panchayat polls: SAD blames Congress for incidents of violence; says ruling party ‘completely hijacked’ elections
•With stray incidents of violence reported during the Punjab panchayat polls on Sunday, the opposition Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) blamed the Congress, alleging a "complete hijacking" of the election by the ruling party.
Amritsar train tragedy: Magistrate court gives clean chit to Navjot Singh Sidhu, wife; says security not chief guest's responsibility
Fp Staff •A magistrate court on Thursday gave a clean chit to Punjab minister Navjot Singh Sidhu and his wife in the tragic train accident in Amritsar in which around 60 people lost their lives.
Opposition demands sacking of Punjab minister over 'inappropriate' text to woman official, Amarinder Singh says matter resolved
•Chief Minister Amarinder Singh Wednesday said he believed the matter has been “resolved” to the victim's satisfaction
Sukhbir Singh Badal accuses Punjab govt of failing to incentivise farmers for curbing stubble-burning; Amarinder Singh calls claim ‘nonsensical’
•SAD chief Sukhbir Singh Badal on Thursday accused the Punjab government of having "failed" to incentivise farmers to check stubble burning in the state, prompting Chief Minister Amarinder Singh to term his charges as “nonsensical and misleading”.
Punjab CM Amarinder Singh calls for national policy to curb 'drug menace' after Navjot Sidhu's remarks on legalising opium
Fp Staff •Congress leader and Punjab minister Navjot Singh Sidhu on Monday created a new controversy by calling for the legalisation of opium in the state.
'Willing to undergo dope test,' says Punjab CM Amarinder Singh; calls for social movement to wipe out drug menace in state
Fp Staff •Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh said on Thursday he was willing to undergo a dope test but would leave it to the conscience of other elected representatives if they wanted to follow suit.
Punjab government employees angered by mandatory drug test ordered by Captain Amarinder Singh
•The Punjab Government Employees Organisation accused the state government of targeting them over the mandatory drug test and demanded that ministers and MLAs must undertake the test as well.
Punjab's most-wanted gangster Vicky Gounder and 2016 Nabha jail break plotter Prema Lahoria killed in Rajasthan
•Most-wanted gangster Vicky Gounder and 2016 Nabha jail break mastermind Prema Lahoria were on Friday gunned down by the Punjab Police in an encounter