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<strong>The</strong> International News Weekly india<br />
August 16, 2019 | Toronto<br />
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Amarinder warns anti-national forces<br />
against attempt to destroy peace<br />
Jalandhar: Chief<br />
Minister Capt Amarinder<br />
Singh on Thursday<br />
warned anti-national forces<br />
against any attempt to<br />
destroy the peace and harmony<br />
of the country, while<br />
calling upon the people to<br />
join hands in fighting such<br />
forces.<br />
Addressing a gathering<br />
at Guru Gobind Singh<br />
Stadium here after unfurling<br />
the Tricolour during a<br />
state-level function on the<br />
73rd Independence Day,<br />
the Chief Minister said<br />
there were anti-national<br />
forces that were envious<br />
of the peaceful atmosphere<br />
and development in the<br />
state.<br />
“Let us rededicate ourselves<br />
to working collectively<br />
to build a strong and<br />
prosperous Punjab, and to<br />
cement the bonds of love,<br />
peace and amity,” he said.<br />
Highlighting the contribution<br />
of Punjabis in the<br />
national freedom struggle,<br />
the Chief Minister said<br />
it was now our collective<br />
duty to preserve the hardearned<br />
freedom.<br />
Recalling his visit to<br />
the Jung-e-Azadi Memorial<br />
to inaugurate its third<br />
phase on Wednesday,<br />
Amarinder said the memorial<br />
would be instrumental<br />
in spreading awareness<br />
among the youth about<br />
various facets of the Indian<br />
freedom struggle.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Chief Minister<br />
said 2019 is a historic year<br />
in view of the 550th Parkash<br />
Purb of Guru Nanak,<br />
150th birth anniversary of<br />
Mahatma Gandhi and the<br />
Jallianwala Bagh centenary<br />
being commemorated<br />
with enthusiasm.<br />
Referring to the crusade<br />
against drug abuse,<br />
Amarinder pointed out<br />
that 27,744 cases had been<br />
registered under the NDPS<br />
Act with the arrest of<br />
33,622 people and recovery<br />
of 767 kg heroin and huge<br />
quantity of other contraband<br />
substances.<br />
On the farmer-friendly<br />
initiatives, the CM said the<br />
state government is contemplating<br />
to disburse Rs<br />
520 crore to 2.85 lakh farm<br />
labourers and landless<br />
farmers who are members<br />
of the primary agriculture<br />
cooperative societies.<br />
He said the the farmers’<br />
income through sale of<br />
foodgrains had increased<br />
by over 32% since his government<br />
took over.<br />
<strong>The</strong> CM said that for<br />
the first time in years, government<br />
schools had outperformed<br />
private schools,<br />
registering an increase of<br />
8.7 per cent in the overall<br />
pass percentage of Class<br />
X and 4.45 per cent in the<br />
Class XII board results.<br />
Amarinder said about<br />
two lakh jobs in private<br />
sector would be offered<br />
to the unemployed youth;<br />
besides 1 lakh applicants<br />
were likely to be assisted<br />
for self-employment.<br />
<strong>The</strong> CM said the youth<br />
would be provided free<br />
smart mobile phones<br />
shortly, under the Digital<br />
Punjab initiative in keeping<br />
with the poll promise.<br />
Amarinder appealed<br />
to people to plant 550 saplings<br />
each in all 12,700 villages<br />
in the state as part<br />
of the 550th Parkash Purb<br />
of Guru Nanak. He said 40<br />
lakh saplings had already<br />
been planted so far in 3,500<br />
villages to make the state<br />
clean, green and pollutionfree.<br />
On the revival of industry,<br />
the CM said the new<br />
industrial policy had given<br />
a big boost with over Rs<br />
50,000 crore in investments<br />
being firmed up.<br />
Will win all 70 seats in<br />
Delhi Assembly polls:<br />
Kejriwal to AAP workers<br />
on his birthday<br />
New Delhi : Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal<br />
on Friday said the AAP will win all the 70 seats in the<br />
Assembly election next year<br />
as he lauded the contribution<br />
of his party workers on his<br />
birthday.<br />
<strong>The</strong> AAP national convenor<br />
addressed his party workers<br />
who came to greet him on<br />
his 51st birthday.<br />
"I want to thank the AAP<br />
workers for their contribution<br />
towards the party. In last assembly<br />
elections, we won 67<br />
seats but this time we will win all 70 seats," he said<br />
in a video posted on the AAP's official Twitter handle.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) registered a landslide<br />
victory in the last Assembly election and won 67<br />
out of the 70 seats in Delhi.<br />
Prime Minister Narendra Modi also wished the<br />
chief minister on his birthday.<br />
"Birthday greetings to Delhi CM Shri @Arvind-<br />
Kejriwal. Praying for his good health and long life,"<br />
Modi tweeted.<br />
Leader of Opposition in Delhi Vijender Gupta, his<br />
West Bengal counterpart Mamata Banerjee, former<br />
Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren and BJP MP<br />
Rajeev Chandrasekhar, among others who greeted<br />
Kejriwal on his birthday.<br />
"Wishing you a very happy birthday, Arvind ji,"<br />
Banerjee tweeted.<br />
"Thank u so much Didi," replied Kejriwal.<br />
Gupta also wished Kejriwal on his birthday.<br />
"I wish Arvind Kejriwal ji on his birthday. I wish<br />
you a long and healthy life," he said. Several Bollywood<br />
celebrities, including directors Vivek Ranjan<br />
Agnihotri and Shirish Kunder also wished Kejriwal.<br />
"#HappyBirthdayAK you literally changed Indian<br />
politics," Agnihotri tweeted