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Three Companies Give Demo of Their Anti-Drone Systems at PCA Stadium Mullanpur

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Chandigarh, March 4 The Chairman of the cabinet sub-committee formed to run campaign 'Yudh Nashe de Virudh', Finance Minister Advocate Harpal Singh Cheema on Tuesday announced that the Punjab Police would soon be equipped with cutting edge Anti-Drone Technology to intercept transborder drug smuggling under the decisive war launched by the Punjab Government against the menace of drugs. The announcement follows a demonstration event organized by the Punjab Police at PCA Stadium, Mullanpur, where three companies from public and private sector showcased their cutting-edge anti-drone solutions. The event was attended by Cabinet Ministers Harpal Singh Cheema and Aman Arora, Director General of Police, Punjab Gaurav Yadav, and a number of senior civil and police officials. Addressi...

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Legitimate demands of different employees unions to be fulfilled at the earliest, Says Cabinet Minister Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal

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Chandigarh, 4 March 2025: The Cabinet Sub Committee meeting was held today at Punjab Bhawan, Chandigarh to address the legitimate issues of different employees unions. This meeting was chaired by Cabinet Minister S. Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal. The Cabinet Ministers Hardeep Singh Mundian and Harbhajan Singh ETO were also present during the meeting. Dhaliwal personally heard the demands of different employee unions and directed the concerned officers to make a policy for the regularization of outsourced employees after taking legal advice from the Advocate General, Punjab and release the pending salaries of outsourced employees till 31, March 2025. He asked the co...

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Punjab Becomes the First State in India to Implement a Digital Mining Management System: Barinder Kumar Goyal

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Chandigarh, March 4 Under the leadership of Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Bhagwant Singh Mann, the Punjab Government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Ropar in the presence of Mining and Geology Minister Barinder Kumar Goyal. This MoU aims to establish a Centre of Excellence for Mining and Geology in Punjab. Disclosing this in a press communique Mr. Barinder Kumar Goyal, Mining and Geology Minister said that this Centre of Excellence will play a crucial role in strengthening the scientific assessment and monitoring of mining activities in the state. He said that by utilizing advanced technologies like SONAR and LiDAR, the center will assist in accurately determining the quantity of minor minerals and conducting pre- and post-m...

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Vigilance Bureau arrests middleman accepting Rs 3 lakh bribe for Police officials

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Chandigarh, March 4, 2025 – The Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB) during its ongoing drive against corruption, has arrested a private individual, Dharampal, a resident of Village Asmanpur, Pehowa in Haryana, red handed while he was accepting a bribe of Rs 3 lakh. Disclosing this here today an official spokesperson of the state VB said the ccused has been arrested on the basis of a complainant lodged by a resident of the same village. He further added that the complainant has approached the VB and alleged that he was being harassed and repeatedly summoned to the Patran Police Station due to a false complaint filed against him by a resident of Patran. The above said accused, Dharampal, was acting as a middleman between the complainant and certain police officials. The complainant r...

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Vigilance Bureau nabs Patwari red-handed accepting Rs 4,000 bribe for mutation

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Chandigarh, March 4, 2025 – Stepping up its crackdown on corruption, the Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB) has arrested Patwari Amandeep Singh, posted at Revenue Circle Boha, Tehsil Budhlada, District Mansa, for accepting a Rs 4,000 bribe to process a land mutation entry in revenue records. A spokesperson of the VB stated that the case was registered based on a complaint filed by a resident of Boha. The complainant informed the VB that his sister had purchased 21 marlas of land in 2023 and got the sale deed registered but the mutation was yet to be recorded in official records. When he approached Patwari Amandeep Singh to process the mutation, the accused had demanded Rs 4,000 as a bribe, which the complainant recorded on his mobile phone. The spokesperson added that following an...

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Cabinet Minister Tarunpreet Singh Sond Warns Drug Traffickers to Leave Punjab

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Chandigarh/Fatehgarh Sahib, March 4: Under Punjab Government’s mission “War Against Drugs”, Cabinet Minister for Rural Development and Panchayats, Industry and Commerce, Investment Promotion, Labour, Tourism, and Cultural Affairs, Tarunpreet Singh Sond, held a special meeting with the Fatehgarh Sahib, district’s civil and police administration officials at the Bachat Bhawan today. Addressing the meeting, Minister Sond stated that Punjab has no place for drug traffickers who are destroying the youth. He directed officials to create a master plan to eradicate drugs from the land of martyrs, Fatehgarh Sahib, and launch an extensive awareness campaign in schools and colleges to e...

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Dr. Baljit Kaur Reviews Departmental Schemes, Emphasizes Delivering Government Benefits to the Public

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Chandigarh, March 4: Punjab’s Minister for Social Security, Women, and Child Development, Dr. Baljit Kaur, conducted a high-level review meeting with senior officials of the department today. She directed the officials to ensure the efficient implementation of all government schemes so that every eligible beneficiary can avail of the benefits. During the meeting, detailed discussions were held on various schemes run by the Department of Social Security, Women, and Child Development, including the Old Age Pension Scheme, Widow and Destitute Women Pension Scheme, Disability Pension Scheme, Financial Assistance for Dependent Children, and the Ashirwad Scheme. While reviewing the...

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Ensure Effective Implementation of Welfare Schemes for Ex-Servicemen and Martyred soldiers’ Families: Mohinder Bhagat to officials

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Chandigarh, March 4: Punjab Defence Services Welfare Minister Mr.Mohinder Bhagat held a review meeting at his office in Chandigarh to assess the ongoing welfare schemes for martyrs’ families, ex-servicemen and their dependents. During the meeting, the minister reviewed the implementation of various government schemes aimed at the welfare of ex-servicemen and their families. He also discussed the agenda for the upcoming events and took stock of the quarterly District Sainik Board meetings being conducted under the respective Deputy Commissioners across Punjab. Emphasizing effective execution of schemes, Mr. Bhagat directed officials to ensure that government welfare schemes reach the beneficiaries efficiently at the grassroots level. He also instructed measures to improve the quali...

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Big action on illegal property of Drug Smuggler in Bathinda

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Chandigarh/Bathinda, March 3: The state government's ongoing "Yudh Nashian Virudh" initiative, spearheaded by Punjab Chief Minister Mr. Bhagwant Singh Mann, is intensifying efforts to eliminate the illegal drug trade across the State. In a span of 7 days Illegal properties of 8 Drug smugglers have been razed State-wide. Providing an update on a significant operation where the police demolished an illegal property connected to drug trafficking in village Bir Talab of Bathinda, SSP Amneet Kondal, speaking to the media today said that in Bir Talab, a known hotspot for drug smuggling, in the district, an illegal construction was being carried out on government land, by Kulwinder ...

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HARJOT BAINS & FINLAND AMBASSADOR INAUGURATE ONE-WEEK TRAINING PROGRAM FOR 2nd BATCH OF 72 PRIMARY TEACHERS

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Chandigarh, March 3: Punjab School Education Minister S. Harjot Singh Bains, along with the Finland Ambassador to India Mr. Kimmo Lahdevirta, inaugurated one-week training for 2nd batch of 72 primary school teachers here today. After inaugurating the training program at Punjab Bhawan, S. Harjot Singh Bains said this batch of teachers will depart to Finland on March 15 for two-week training at University of Turku under the knowledge exchange program. Discussing the successful completion of the first batch's training from October 21 to November 8 last year at University of Turku,the Education Minister held threadbare deliberations with the Finland Ambassador to India, Mr. Kimmo Lahdevirta and experts from the University of Turku to further enhance collaboration in the field of educa...