Chandigarh, April 11 – The Punjab Police have cracked a cross-border drug and illegal weapon smuggling racket with the arrest of three accused, including a minor, and recovered 6.5 kg of heroin, one .30 caliber pistol along with six cartridges, and Rs 1 lakh in drug money from their possession...
Chandigarh, April 11 The Punjab BJP has assigned senior leaders to visit villages affected by rain and hailstorms to gather feedback from farmers regarding crop damage.The recent weather conditions in various parts of the state have resulted in an estimated crop damage affecting over 1.25 lakh...
Amritsar, April 10 The Punjab government will build 6,000 new sports stadiums across the state to promote sports among youth and help keep them away from drugs, Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema said on Friday.Around 3,000 stadiums have already been developed, and the new initiative will...
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Chandigarh, April 10 – The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) said on Friday that it would take the matter to Governor Gulab Chand Kataria, in response to the viral video allegedly showing Punjab Minister Hardeep Mundia threatening a businessman.Presenting the victim, businessman Malkit Singh, to...
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Chandigarh, April 9 – The Punjab government should immediately provide compensation of ₹50,000 per acre to farmers for losses caused by unseasonal rains, hailstorms, and strong winds in Punjab, said Ashwani Sharma, the working President of the BJP.In a statement here, Sharma said, “According...
Chandigarh, April 8 An Iranian delegation visited Amritsar on Wednesday and invited the president of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee and the jathedar of the Akal Takht to a commemoration program for Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in a joint attack by...
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Chandigarh, April 8 The Amritsar police claimed on Wednesday to have busted a cross-border illegal arms smuggling module, arresting four people, including a minor, and seizing seven sophisticated pistols and 12 cartridges.Preliminary investigations revealed that the accused were in contact...
Chandigarh, April 8 Punjab Agriculture Minister Gurmeet Singh Khudian on Wednesday appealed to the Centre to promptly send a high-level team to assess the damage caused to wheat and other Rabi crops from recent heavy rainfall and hailstorms in the state.With significant losses and the...
Chandigarh, April 8 Punjab Agriculture Minister Gurmeet Singh Khudian on Wednesday urged the Centre to immediately send a high-level team to assess the damage caused to wheat and other Rabi crops by recent heavy rainfall and hailstorms in the state.In a letter to Union Agriculture Minister...
Chandigarh, April 8 – Punjab Agriculture Minister Gurmeet Singh Khudian urged the Central government on Wednesday to send a high-level team to assess the damage caused to wheat and other Rabi crops by unseasonal heavy rainfall accompanied by hailstorms in the state.In a letter to Union...
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In Punjab, the state government has formed teams of 500 officials from the agriculture department to assess the damage to standing crops in the fields caused by the prolonged inclement weather. These teams have been specifically instructed to work closely with the Revenue Department to ensure...
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Kapurthala, April 7 Following the deaths of the couple's four sons allegedly due to drug abuse, their fifth child died at the Government Medical College and Hospital in Amritsar on Tuesday.Sonu (32), the fifth son of the couple and who was in a critical condition, was referred to Amritsar for...
Chandigarh, April 7 A sub-committee of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee on Tuesday requested the Punjab government to provide a copy of the draft of an anti-sacrilege law for their suggestions.The AAP government has called for a special session of the Punjab Vidhan Sabha on April 13...
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Chandigarh, April 7 Punjab Agriculture Minister Gurmeet Singh Khudian said on Tuesday that an estimated 1.25 lakh acres of crops have been affected by recent rainfall and hailstorms, and that affected farmers will receive compensation.He said that Fazilka reported crop damage on over 45,000...
Chandigarh, April 7 Rain lashed parts of Punjab and Haryana on Tuesday, with daytime temperatures registering a significant drop in many places, including Amritsar, which recorded a maximum of 21.7 degrees Celsius.Chandigarh, the common capital of the two states, received light showers during...
Chandigarh, April 6 Day temperatures in Haryana and Punjab were below normal on Monday, according to the weather department.Chandigarh, the common capital of the two states, recorded a maximum temperature of 31.9 degrees Celsius, according to the Met office here.In Haryana, Ambala recorded a...
The Counter Intelligence wing of the Punjab Police, working in close coordination with the Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) of Gujarat, has successfully dismantled a terror module backed by the ISI, operated by Pakistani Intelligence Operatives (PIOs). This was achieved by arresting one of the key...
Chandigarh, April 6 The Counter Intelligence Wing of the Punjab Police has busted a terror module backed by Pakistan's ISI, arresting three individuals and recovering two hand grenades along with a Glock pistol from them, a senior police officer said on Monday.The grenades bear markings of POF...
Chandigarh, April 6 Punjab Police has busted a terror module backed by Pakistan's ISI with the arrest of three individuals, and recovered two hand grenades along with a Glock pistol from them, a top police officer said on Monday.The grenades bear markings of POF (Pakistan Ordnance Factory)...
Chandigarh, April 5 – The Punjab Police has cracked a cross-border drug smuggling module, arresting two individuals and recovering 4.13 kg of heroin, a top officer said on Sunday.Director General of Police Gaurav Yadav said that both individuals have prior involvement under the Narcotic Drugs...