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	Amarinder Singh - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Amarinder Singh (born March 11, 1942, Patiala, India) is the present Chief Minister of Punjab.
		He is the son of His Highness Late Maharaja Yadavindra Singh of Patiala and is the head of the former royal house of Patiala.
		His Sister is married to congress politician Natwar Singh who was Minister of External Affairs till 2005 in the Manmohan Singh government.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Amarinder_Singh (285 words)

	K. Natwar Singh - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		He is married to the erstwhile Maharaja of Patiala- Yadavindra Singh's daughter, and through this is brother in law to Capt Amarinder Singh, current chief minister of Punjab.
		On August 8, Natwar Singh was suspended from the primary membership of Congress Party for moving privilege motion against Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on the issue of leakage of Justice Pathak Committee report.
		The Magnificent Maharaja Bhupinder Singh of Patiala (1891-1938), Delhi, 1997
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Natwar_Singh (1341 words)

	The Week (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		It is an inter-state dispute." Amarinder argued that his decision was because the trans-basin diversion of river water would affect the inhabitants of the basin areas in Punjab and render 9 lakh acres barren.
		As Amarinder told legislators later: "I solved in 24 minutes [when he and senior Opposition leaders called on Governor O.P. Verma to submit the Bill] what could not be solved in 24 years." Though he did not solve it, he did buy time on the sensitive issue.
		Amarinder has become a villain in Sonia Gandhi’s eyes because his action has taken away the essence of the Rajiv-Longowal accord (from which flows the water sharing formula).
	www.the-week.com /24jul25/statescan_article6.htm (615 words)

	Amarinder ropes in MPs for anti-corruption drive- The Times of India (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Incidentally, both Amarinder Singh and Bhattal have been camping in Delhi for the last couple of days and meeting with senior party leaders besides attending the official meetings for which they are ostensibly in New Delhi.
		They say her grudge is that Amarinder Singh has reopened the misappropriation case in great hurry after it was disposed off by a court in Bathinda for lack of jurisdiction last year.
		Moreover, instead of going slow on the case, Amarinder Singh's camp had been taking special interest to expedite the case in the hope that, after the charges are framed, she would have to quit her ministerial berth.
	timesofindia.indiatimes.com /articleshow/msid-117469,prtpage-1.cms (357 words)

	The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Main News
		The sucessful dissident or rebel candidates are: Mr Sher Singh Gagowal (Mansa), Mr Gurpreet Singh Kangar (Rampura Phul), Mr Surjit Singh Dhiman (Dirba), Mr Harmeet Singh Sandhu (Taran Tarn), Mr Gobind Singh Kanjla (Sherpur), Mr Sukhdarshan Singh Madahar (Muktsar), Mr Om Parkash Soni (Amritsar) and Mr Jeet Mohinder Singh Sidhu (Talwandi Sabo).
		The top contender for the office of Chief Minister, Capt Amarinder Singh told TNS that a meeting of the Congress Legislature Party (CLP) would be held on Tuesday to elect the leader of the CLP to head the government in the state.
		Capt Amarinder Singh, who led from the front by making the President of the Shiromani Akali Dal, Mr Parkash Singh Badal, who has emerged as an icon of the SAD-BJP combine, the chief political target in his election campaign, said that he was expecting between 70 and 75 seats.
	www.tribuneindia.com /2002/20020225/main1.htm (1629 words)

	Amarinder Singh pitches for corridor to Kartarpur Sahib in Pakistan
		Punjab Chief Minster Amarinder Singh said on Thursday that the State Government would initiate vigorous efforts with the Centre for direct corridor from Dera Baba Nanak to Kartarpur Sahib in Pakistan.
		Amarinder Singh said that with the consistent efforts of New Delhi and Islamabad, the two countries have undertaken necessary measures that have increased trade and commercial links and the Indo-Pak dialogue had been diversified.
		Dera Baba's Karsewa member Amrik Singh who returned from Pakistan on Wednesday told ANI that keeping the religious sentiments of Sikhs in mind, the Pakistan Government was contemplating on giving Karsewa of the corridor to Karsewa wala babas.
	news.webindia123.com /news/Articles/India/20060406/299762.html (382 words)

	Poll 98: Amarinder Singh
		When the 55-year-old Amarinder Singh steps out, mobile in hand, he is accompanied by a motley crew: a local MLA, his political secretary, sundry cheerleaders comprising youth Congress volunteers and, invariably, some family members.
		But Chandumajra is SGPC chief Gurcharan Singh Tohra's protege and everyone knows that the defeat of Chandumajra will, in effect, be a defeat for Tohra, one of Amarinder's most bitter detractors: "My fight is with Tohra," he says.
		Amarinder had quit the Congress after Operation Bluestar and rejoined the party recently after an acrimonious falling-out with the SGPC chief.
	www.india-today.com /itoday/23021998/amar.html (294 words)

	The Hindu : National : Amarinder Singh's visit to Toronto gurdwara draws flak
		The SAD president, Parkash Singh Badal, and the Punjab BJP chief, Avinash Rai Khanna, have demanded the immediate dismissal of Capt. Singh.
		They said that apart from Capt. Singh's colleagues and other officials, the former Premier of British Colombia and now Canada's Federal Minister of Health, Ujjal Dosanjh, the Transport Minister of Ontario, Harinder Thakhar, and the Member of the Canadian Parliament, Gurbax Malhi, who are prominent liberal Punjabi leaders of Canada, accompanied him.
		Singh apprised the gathering of the development initiatives undertaken by his Government, made possible by the peaceful and investor-friendly climate in the State.
	www.hindu.com /2005/06/23/stories/2005062305791200.htm (483 words)

	Tehelka - The People's Paper
		The recent CBI raids in connection with the Forest Hill Golf and Country Club Resort near Chandigarh have exposed the susceptibility of the Punjab establishment, irrespective of the party in power, to be corrupted and influenced.
		Amarinder’s wife, Patiala mp Preneet Kaur, and son, Raninder Singh, too, were handed out free memberships.
		Then officer on special duty (OSD) to Amarinder, Captain (retired) Bikramjit Singh Pahuwindia, political secretary to Amarinder, Rana Gurmit Singh Sodhi, OSDs to CMP, Major (retired) HS Bhullar and VS Chhina, and deputy principal secretary to CM, Rakesh Chandra were the others in the list of ‘honorary’ members.
	www.tehelka.com /story_main17.asp?filename=Ne050606amarinder_rushes.asp (215 words)

	Congress likely to drop Amarinder Singh to save face - Sify.com
		Singh had been in the capital and had met many party leaders including Gandhi, just before he moved the bill in the assembly.
		"Amarinder Singh, who would otherwise have to go due to the intense infighting in the state unit might be made a scapegoat but with the tag of a hero," quipped the leader.
		Amarinder Singh has been under severe pressure from a faction of the Congress led by Deputy Chief Minister Rajinder Kaur Bhattal.
	sify.com /news/fullstory.php?id=13529157 (509 words)

	Funds paucity not to hamper development works: Amarinder Singh - Water Voices - HindustanTimes.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Punjab Chief Minister Capt. Amarinder Singh today reiterated that the paucity of funds would not be allowed to hamper the pace of overall progress and development in the state, despite the "prevailing financial crunch".
		Singh said that out of Rs 126.42 crore, Rs 60 crore and Rs 66.42 crore would be spent on this scheme under Phase I and Phase II respectively for laying 173 km of distribution pipes for water supply, 120 km pipe sewer for sewerage and sewerage treatment plant.
		Later talking to reporters, Capt Singh said that to check the growing trend of migratory labour in the state, the State Government had constituted a sub committee under his Chairmanship and Finance Minister as its member to chalk out a policy and streamline the influx of migratory labour.
	www.hindustantimes.com /2005/May/26/6321_249728,0016001100070002.htm (507 words)

	archive: 1947: The Battle begins
		Amarinder Singh recounts the events that led to the Battle of Baramula Contingency planning for military intervention is an ongoing process in any army, provided that the government of the day keeps it informed of their intentions.
		However, the Commander-in-Chief India, aware that Maharaja Hari Singh had signed the instrument of accession on the evening of October 25, had at once instructed the General Officer Commanding-in-Chief the Delhi and East Punjab (DEP) Command to be prepared to airlift troops into Srinagar till the early hours of the 27th.
		Pirthi Singh's latest information about the raiders was that about 3,000 to 4,000 of them had been in the town at mid-morning and that all hell was being let loose as they indulged in a free-for-all of rape, looting and murder.
	www.media-watch.org /articles/0799/66.html (2597 words)

	Photo Gallery of Punjab Police Sports Channel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The life of Capt. Amarinder Singh, Chief Minister of the State of Punjab, is the story of a man who took the tide at the flood, redoubling the courage of his convictions at every turn, never failing in his duties as a compassionate human being, an honest citizen and a leader of men.
		Amarinder Singh was born on March 11, 1942 as the eldest son of late his Highness Maharajdhiraj Yadavindra Singh of Patiala,one of the largest royal States of erstwhile India.
		Amarinder Singh started his political career on January 7, 1980, when he was elected to the Lok Sabha as a Member of Parliament.
	www.punjabpolice.org /cm/profile.html (701 words)

	Amarinder Singh wants to malign SAD: President SGPC- The Times of India (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Rattan Singh said if Badal or any member of his family was picked up, SAD workers would jam the traffic on main roads and hold demonstrations in all sub divisions for two days, followed by other protest action which, they said, would be announced by the party later.
		Ranjit Singh said that all the senior SAD leaders who earlier had allegiance with Gurcharan Singh Tohra would also join their agitation, besides BJP leaders and workers.
		Virsa Singh Valtoha said the Congress government was "bent upon vitiating the atmosphere in the state by harassing and arresting SAD leaders".
	timesofindia.indiatimes.com /cms.dll/html/uncomp/articleshow?msid=45396 (331 words)

	Excelsior... Nation
		Singh said the delegation would make a courtesy call on Musharraf on March 15 and the next day he and Elahi would lay the foundation stone for four-laning the highway from Nankana Sahab in Pakistan to Wagah.
		Singh said he would impress upon the Centre to take action as the issue had to be settled by the two countries at the national level.
		Singh said that perhaps, since the launching of project tiger, the current situation presented the biggest crisis in the management Indian wild life.
	www.dailyexcelsior.com /web1/05mar04/national.htm (4100 words)

	INDOlink - India General News - CMs Of Indian, Pak Punjab Vow To Enhance Co-operation
		Amarinder Singh is the second Chief Minister of Punjab visiting Pakistan after Prakash Singh Badal, who came with Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee in 1998.
		Amarinder Singh said both Pakistan and India need to resolve disputes including core issue of Kashmir for the mutual benefit of the two nations.
		Amarinder Singh said that people of both countries fervently want mutual peace and solid steps should be taken to give practical shape to the peoples’ desire.
	www.indolink.com /displayArticleS.php?id=013004093210 (596 words)

	Punjab NEWS
		Lauding the efforts of the Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh, in rooting out corruption in the state involving the former Akali ministers, she said Mr Parkash Singh Badal was crying foul as it was he who had allowed corruption to flourish and encouraged ministers and his family to amass a huge amount of wealth.
		Instead, Capt Amarinder Singh said that he would continue to pursue his “Vigilance Bureau line” to root out corruption, the political meaning of which is to “set the Akalis right.” The Congress approach is to demoralise the Akalis associated with Mr Badal to the extent possible.
		The Chief Minister, Punjab, Capt Amarinder Singh, today said he had sought a report from the district police in connection with the export rice diversion scam, which allegedly took place in the city, and added that the matter would be dealt with according to the report.
	www.punjablinks.com /addons/news (19392 words)

	Excelsior... Nation
		Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh today said that the Akalis will not be allowed to succeed in their alleged nefarious.
		Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh today said that the Akalis will not be allowed to succeed in their alleged nefarious designs of vitiating the peaceful atmosphere in the border State.
		Singh assured Sonia Gandhi that her directions and decisions of Congress Chief Minister’s conclaves in Guwahati and Mount Abu would be fulfilled in the State and some direction had already been made in power and fiscal reforms.
	www.dailyexcelsior.com /02nov24/national.htm (4854 words)

	Tehelka - The People's Paper (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Apparently, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh felt such a sensitive issue on which he has staked his career demanded the best.
		Sorabjee is believed to have drafted the Bill with all his skill, leaving Amarinder a gratified man. Amarinder has made himself a hero for the cause of Punjab, preparing to be a martyr should he be sacked.
		Singh’s detoxification of the hrd ministry hasn’t gone down well with his opponents who feel Singh is taking all the secular glory.
	www.tehelka.com /story_main5.asp?filename=Ne080704shouts_murmurs.asp (444 words)

	The Hindu : Opinion / News Analysis : Amarinder Singh's Terminator Act
		Remarkably, a Congress leader of Haryana, Birinder Singh, who is both a member of the Congress Working Committee and the AICC's man in charge of the key State of Uttar Pradesh, agrees.
		Gandhi and Dr. Singh were "furious" with Amarinder Singh for having created an unacceptable situation without informing the party "high command" or the Union Government.
		The Congress' private explanation for the leadership's failure to come down heavily on Amarinder Singh is that the Akali Dal alone would have been the beneficiary of any strong action against the Chief Minister.
	www.hindu.com /2004/07/18/stories/2004071802251000.htm (738 words)

	The Week (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The only issue now is Amarinder's attempt to let his son, Raninder, get off lightly by appointing a friendly judge to probe the hawala case against him.
		Amarinder produced documents signed by Badal as chief minister, complaining to Prime Minister Vajpayee that such a waiver was never made.
		While Singh is the HVP candidate, Bishnoi is in the fray for the Congress.
	www.the-week.com /24may23/statescan_article3.htm (1309 words)

	Japnaam Singh: This could really hurt them
		Mr Gurbax Singh Malhi, an MP of the ruling Liberal Party, and Mr Gurmant Singh Grewal and his wife, Mrs Narinder Kaur Grewal, both MPs of the Opposition Conservatives, are opposing the Bill openly.
		Interestingly, Mr Navdeep Singh Bains, a young Amritdhari Sikh MP of Canada, is said to be supporting the Bill, while another MP, Ms Ruby Dhalla, is yet to make her stand clear on it.
		Dr Kharak Singh, who was a member the Sikh Dharam Parchar Committee of the SGPC that decides about such issues, says that same-sex marriages was an unnatural phenomenon and Sikhism does not approve of it.
	www.japnaamsingh.com /2005/01/this-could-really-hurt-them.html (1310 words)

	Manmohan Singh, Prime mininster of India - the honeymoon's over, Manmohan!
		The culprits are Capt. Amarinder Singh, chief minister of Punjab and Shibu Soren, now ex-union minister for Coal in the Manmohan Singh ministry.
		Amarinder Singh went ahead and called a special session of the Punjab assembly to enact the Punjab Termination of Agreements Act.
		Amarinder Singh insists that he did it with the support of all political parties in the state, and without taking the permission of Dr. Manmohan Singh or the party chief Sonia Gandhi.
	www.dancewithshadows.com /manmohan_singh.asp (1070 words)

	Is Amarinder More Panthic than Akalis???? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Capt Amarinder Singh, Chief Minister, Mr Sardool Singh Bandala, Excise and Taxation Minister, Mr Harpartap Singh Ajnala, MLA, and Mr Tejpreet Singh Sandhu, Congress leader from the area, besides other prominent Congress leaders were present on the occasion.
		He said they were quite impressed with the policies of Capt Amarinder Singh to improve relations with the neighbouring country which would help the Sikh devotees to pay obeisance at the holy shrine.
		Speaking on the occasion, Capt Amarinder Singh criticised the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) and the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) for boycotting the religious procession taken out from New Delhi to Wagah carrying Guru Granth Sahib in a golden palanquin to be installed at Gurdwara Janmasthan Nankana Sahib.
	www.sikhsangat.org /publish/printer_643.shtml (232 words)

	The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Main News
		Capt Amarinder Singh promising the people that Punjab would be put on the path of development again said that the board, constituted for the development of this historic town of five Takht of Sikhs, would be reactivated and all problems of this holy city redressed.
		Mr Ravi Inder Singh, a senior leader of the Panthic Morcha, while talking to select mediapersons said they wanted a platform to convey their message to the people of the area and the forum of Independent MLAs was the best option.
		Manmohan Singh Khalsa of the Dal Khalsa said implementation of a separate Nanakshahi calendar for Sikhs indicated that the Sikh community was moving towards achievement of Khalistan.
	www.tribuneindia.com /2003/20030415/main3.htm (1610 words)

	outlookindia.com \| wired
		If "Rani" (Perneet) wins, at least Amarinder will have something to fall back upon, but if she fails, it is the beginning of the end of "Raja's" (Amarinder) government, he avers.
		Amarinder's claims of clamping down on corruption are met with a pinch of salt as villagers allege that the arrest of a few senior officials in the previous Akali regime does not in any way remove the menace.
		Kanwaljit Singh is venerated in rural belt along Banur-Rajpura region, and many there blindly vote for him, said a staunch Akali supporter adding they will be keen to see him enter Lok Sabha this time around.
	www.outlookindia.com /pti_news.asp?id=220311 (931 words)

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