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Punjab CM Capt Amarinder confers state awards to 45 persons

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Gurdaspur, August 15: On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of Independence Day, Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh on Tuesday conferred state awards to 45 persons for their valuable contribution to the society.

The awardees included social and religious activists, police personnel and government officials.

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The awards were conferred at the state-level Independence Day function held here at the Shaheed Lt. Navdeep Singh Ashok Chakra Sports Stadium.

Those who were conferred the state awards, included Hazoora Singh, Fire Officer Municipal Corporation Ludhiana; Naresh Kumar and Lovelesh Kumar (all firemen at Municipal Corporation) Ludhiana; Manpreet Kaur, of Sangrur; Surjit Singh Doohre, Doohre village of Jalandhar; Inder Singh Gogia, founder member Sri Sukhmani Sahib Sewa Society, Ferozepur; Ravi S Ahluwalia of Patiala; Dr Bhupinder Singh, SMO in charge Civil Hospital Pathankot.

The chief minister also honoured five police officials — Harvinder Singh Virk, SP Investigation, Patiala; Inspector Shaminder Singh of Fatehgarh Sahib; ASI Tejinder Singh, Patiala; ASI Pushpinder Singh, Bathinda; and Head Constable Sanjiv Kumar from Bathinda. 

Earlier, the chief minister inspected the parade and took the salute of the march past led by Commander, DSP Jashandeep Singh Gill and Second-in-Command Sukhvinder Singh Goraya.

The parade included contingents from Punjab Police, PAP, Uttarakhand Police, Chandigarh Police, Punjab Home Guards, ex-servicemen and boys and girls from NCC. 

The chief minister announced a grant of Rs 5 lakh for the children who participated in the cultural show.

The local administration also announced a holiday on Wednesday for all the schools that participated in the celebrations.

News Source: http://www.tribuneindia.com

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