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Chandigarh/Kartarpur (Jalandhar), February 10:           Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh will dedicate the second phase of the Jang-e-Azadi memorial to the nation on March 6.           A decision to this effect was taken by the Chief Minister during a meeting held at the memorial with Chairman of Jang-e-Azadi Foundation and Chief Editor of Ajit group of newspapers Barjinder Singh Hamdard, along with other officials.           The meeting came a day after the Punjab government released Rs 5 crores for the project, with the remaining about Rs 9 crores set to be released soon.           It may be noted that the Chief Minister had sanctioned the final instalment of Rs. 15 Crores for the completion of the second phase of the Jang-E-Azadi Memorial last year. The first phase of t...

Chandigarh, February 10:           The Punjab Government has clarified that the state-level function to commemorate the 172nd Martyrdom Day of General Sham Singh Attariwala was held on Saturday at his memorial, India Gate, in Attari, and not in his native village, as was being projected by a section of the media.           Reacting to reports appearing on certain news websites that the Chief Minister Singh did not address the state-level function at the martyr’s village, a government spokesperson said that there was no state-level programme at the Attari village. In fact, Capt. Amarinder Singh decided to visit the village, after attending the official function at India Gate, only to pay his respects at the ‘samadh’ of Gen Attariwala.           The spokesperson made it clear that there was only one state-level event to ...