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MOHALI: In a major breakthrough, the Anti-Gangster Task Force (AGTF), Punjab, in a joint operation with Mohali Police, has apprehended a key operative linked to foreign-based gangsters and recovered a .32 calibre pistol along with five live cartridges, said Punjab DGP Gaurav Yadav on Friday.Preliminary investigation indicates that the accused was acting on the directions…

Patiala: The Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) on Thursday concluded a statewide sensitisation drive in Patiala. Over 13,000 waste and horticulture workers across Punjab’s urban local bodies (ULBs) were trained to curb open waste burning and improve air quality management, officials said. The programme was launched in Nov 2025 under the Mission Clean Air Patiala…

The Punjab and Haryana high court on Wednesday suspended the sentence of gangster Anil Chippi in a murder case from Rohtak district of Haryana, citing his prolonged custody of over 14 years and the unlikely possibility of his appeal to be heard in the near future, as per a report by ANI news agency.A division…

JALANDHAR: An innocentlooking CCTV camera atop a pole in Kapurthala’s Model Town turned out to be the eyes and ears of an ISI-controlled spy module that kept a watch on sensitive military locations.This was revealed when Punjab counter-intelligence (CI) busted two ISI-controlled modules and arrested three suspects for spying on military establishments via solarpowered CCTV…

CHANDIGARH: The Anglican Church of India, Amritsar, has moved the Punjab and Haryana high court, challenging the constitutional validity of Punjab’s recent anti-sacrilege law, Jaagat Jot Sri Guru Granth Sahib Satkar (Amendment) Act, 2026.The petitioner alleged that the law created a religion-specific and discriminatory penal framework and violated the foundational principles of secularism.The matter came…

Chandigarh: Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Singh Mann on Thursday called upon people across the state to actively participate in Census 2027 by completing their self-enumeration and registering Punjabi as their mother tongue, emphasising that crucial policy decisions on Punjab’s socio-economic development depend on accurate census data. Completing his own self-enumeration at his native village through…

Sonipat: A four-year-old boy playing outside his house in a narrow lane was killed after being hit by a tractor in Sonipat district, police said on Thursday.The incident took place in Toki Manoli village under Kundli police station limits on Wednesday evening. The tractor, driven by a local, Sonu, was allegedly at a high speed…

Chandigarh: Asserting that AAP govt in Punjab was “not sincere to anybody, including the labourers”, Punjab Congress president Amrinder Singh Raja Warring on Thursday said that the special session of the Punjab Vidhan Sabha to mark ‘Labour Day’ was a “characteristic theatrical diversionary tactic of the ruling party as it was faced with an existential…

CHANDIGARH: Nine residents of Punjab were deported from Australia on a chartered flight on Thursday over a string of criminal charges and immigration violations.The use of a private Nauru Airlines aircraft was necessitated after seven of them displayed “non-compliant and disruptive behavior” during previous attempts to remove them via commercial flights, according to documents accessed…

Bhiwani: A controversy has erupted at the Board of School Education Haryana (BSEH) over alleged destruction of records related to the Haryana Teacher Eligibility Test (HTET) 2024, triggering protests by employees and sharp claims from student groups even as the board denied any wrongdoing.The situation escalated on Thursday as employees staged a protest inside the…