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Chandigarh /Ferozepur, June 20: To provide clean drinking canal water to every household within the jurisdiction of Nagar Panchayat Mudki, located in the rural constituency of Ferozepur, today the Cabinet Minister for Local Government and Parliamentary Affairs, Dr. Ravjot Singh, laid the foundation stone of a project worth ₹14.27 crore. On this occasion, MLA of Ferozepur Rural constituency, Advocate Mr. Rajneesh Kumar Dahiya, and MLA of Zira constituency, Mr. Naresh Kataria, were also present as special guests. Dr. Ravjot Singh stated that under the leadership of Hon’ble Chief Minister Mr. Bhagwant Singh Mann, this mega project will provide the clean canal water to the residents of Mudki. He added that this project will be completed within 15 months and will provide safe drinking wat...

CHANDIGARH, June 19:           With the war against drugs “Yudh Nashian Virudh” waged on the directions of Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann to eradicate drug menace from state completed 110 days, Punjab Police on Thursday arrested 132 drug smugglers and recovered 1.08 kg heroin and Rs 87,540 drug money from their possession. With this, the number of total drug smugglers arrested has reached to 18,236 in just 110 days.           The operation was conducted on the directions of Director General of Police (DGP) Punjab Gaurav Yadav simultaneously in all 28 Police districts of the state.           Notably, CM Bhagwant Singh Mann has asked the Commissi...

Chandigarh/Fazilka, June 18: Under the leadership of Gaurav Yadav, IPS, Director General of Police, Punjab; Harmanbir Singh Gill, IPS, Deputy Inspector General of Police, Ferozepur Range; and Gurmeet Singh, Senior Superintendent of Police, Fazilka, a special campaign is being run by Fazilka Police to crack down on drug smugglers. As part of this ongoing mission, today Fazilka Police demolished the house of Joginder Singh, son of Dalip Singh alias Dara Singh, resident of Arniwala, and his wife Amarjit Kaur. Both husband and wife were actively involved in drug smuggling and had illegally constructed a house on panchayat land. Upon receiving a request for police protection from the civil administration, SSP Fazilka, Shri Gurmeet Singh, himself reached the site and supervised the demolit...

CHANDIGARH, June 17:           Amidst the ongoing drive to make Punjab a safe and secure state as per the vision of Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann, Punjab Police’s State Cyber Crime Division has busted an inter-state gang involved in Investment fraud with the arrest of two persons from Panchkula and Abohar, said Director General of Police (DGP) Punjab Gaurav Yadav here on Tuesday.            The modus operandi used by this gang was to lure innocent persons into their trap by offering high profits in stock market investment through Telegram and WhatsApp groups. The fraudsters used to convince victims to install a fake APK application, which projected a huge return on his invested money. ...

CHANDIGARH, June 17:           With the war against drugs “Yudh Nashian Virudh” waged on the directions of Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann to eradicate drug menace from state completed 108 days, Punjab Police on Tuesday arrested 128 drug smugglers and recovered 10.8 kg heroin, 2 kg opium and Rs 2.40 lakh drug money from their possession. With this, the number of total drug smugglers arrested has reached to 17,897 in just 108 days.           The operation was conducted on the directions of Director General of Police (DGP) Punjab Gaurav Yadav simultaneously in all 28 Police districts of the state.           Notably, CM Bhagwant Singh Mann has aske...

Chandigarh, June 17, 2025 –           Continuing its crusade against corruption, the Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB) has arrested Varinderpal Singh Dhoot, Naib Tehsildar, a resident of village Dhoot Kalan, in Hoshiarpur, for amassing assets disproportionate to his known sources of income.            Disclosing this here today an official spokesperson of the state VB said the arrest follows a vigilance enquiry conducted by Jalandhar range, which investigated allegations of Dhoot accumulating wealth beyond his legitimate earnings, both in his own name and through family members.           He further added that the enquiry covered the period from Ja...

Chandigarh, June 16 2025:  The Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB), during its ongoing drive against corruption, arrested Sanitation Inspector Gurbinder Singh, posted at Municipal Council, Jalalabad, district Fazilka for demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs. 15,000. Disclosing this here today an official spokesperson of the state VB said the arrest has been made following a complaint lodged by a resident of Jalalabad. He further added that the complainant has approached the VB alleging that the accused Inspector had demanded a bribe Rs. 20,000 for clearing the bills pertaining to sanitation works executed by him in the city but the deal has been struck at Rs 15000. The spokesperson further informed that after preliminary verification of this complaint, the VB team laid a trap du...

CHANDIGARH, June 16:           With the war against drugs “Yudh Nashian Virudh” waged on the directions of Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann to eradicate drug menace from state completed 107 days, Punjab Police on Monday arrested 102 drug smugglers and recovered 688 grams heroin, 105 kg poppy husk, 2164 intoxicant pills and Rs 26910 drug money from their possession. With this, the number of total drug smugglers arrested has reached to 17,749 in just 107 days.           The operation was conducted on the directions of Director General of Police (DGP) Punjab Gaurav Yadav simultaneously in all 28 Police districts of the state.           Notably, CM B...