Amritsar: Amritsar police have dismantled a drug and illegal arms smuggling module following the arrest of one accused and seizure of 2.1 kg of heroin, along with seven sophisticated pistols, from his possession, commissioner of police Gurpreet Singh Bhullar informed mediapersons on Monday.Pistols seized from Khush Kumar alias Bholu (26) include one 9mm gladiator (made…
Bathinda: With 115 new crop residue burning cases on Monday, Punjab’s tally during this kharif season has reached 9,452. Ferozepur remains to be the worst-affected district with the maximum, 903, cases till May 18, followed by 740 in Bathinda, 733 in Moga, 712 in Tarn Taran, 696 in Amritsar, 676 in Sangrur, 623 in Gurdaspur,…
Amritsar: Amid allegations of poor desilting of Punjab’s streams and canals leading to overflows and damage, the state govt on Monday claimed to have completed desilting of the Ravi river and Sakki Nallah ahead of the monsoon.Water resources minister Barinder Goyal reviewed flood protection works at the Dhussi Bundh near Border Out Post Tota and…
Chandigarh: Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Monday alleged that the Narendra Modi-led Centre had pushed the country into an “undeclared lockdown” while concealing the true state of the economy. He also demanded public disclosure of India’s oil, gas and gold reserves.Speaking to reporters during his Patna visit, Mann accused the Centre of suppressing fuel…
Hisar: Two men, including a truck owner and its driver, died after being electrocuted when an overhead electricity wire reportedly came in contact with their truck at the grain market in Bani village under Rania subdivision of Sirsa district on Sunday afternoon.Police said the victims were engaged in wheat lifting when the incident occurred, triggering…
Chandigarh: Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Monday said Punjab had shown the entire country the path to protecting the honour of the Gurus by enacting the strictest law against sacrilege and appealed to all state govts to bring in similar laws.After paying obeisance at Patna Sahib, Mann said Punjab was ready to extend every…
Chandigarh: In a major push for clean mobility and pollution control in the National Capital Region (NCR), the Haryana cabinet, led by chief minister Nayab Singh Saini, approved a stringent new regulatory framework on Monday for aggregators and delivery service providers.Effective retrospectively from Jan 1, 2026, the new rules mandate that only CNG, electric vehicles…
Gurdaspur: Three arrests and two seized hand grenades have foiled a foreign-directed terror plot in Punjab, resolving a public security scare that began last month with a failed bombing.Senior superintendent of police (SSP) Aditya announced on Sunday that the arrested men were Amarjit Singh ‘Billa’, Karanjit Singh ‘Karan’, and Satnam Singh. Punjab Police and counter-intelligence…
Chandigarh: Slamming the BJP-led central govt over the repeated incidents of paper leak, the Congress MP from Gurdaspur and former deputy chief minister of Punjab, Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa, on Sunday demanded the resignation of Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan.Randhawa also demanded that all paper leak cases be investigated impartially under the supervision of the Supreme…
Chandigarh: Over one crore people aged 30 and above have been screened for hypertension in health facilities and Aam Aadmi Clinics in Punjab, and 24 lakh enrolled for treatment, Punjab health minister Dr Balbir Singh said here on Sunday. May 16 is observed as World Hypertension Day. “The Punjab govt has strengthened screening, early diagnosis…
