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Chandigarh, May 2: Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), Punjab, Sibin C stated today that 22,520 Booth Level Awareness Groups (BAGs) have been activated across the State of Punjab to enhance voter awareness and participation in the electoral process. These groups will play a pivotal role in spreading electoral literacy at the grassroots level. He said that Booth Level Awareness Groups (BAGs) are constituted at each polling booth level by the Booth Level Officer (BLO) and comprise of heads/representatives of School/Colleges in the Booth area, local volunteers, educators, students, and NGO/self-help group members. Their primary objective is to educate voters about the importance of voting, how to register as a voter and verify their details on the electoral roll, and ensure voter facilitatio...

Chandigarh/ Hoshiarpur, May 2 Punjab Education and Information & Public Relations Minister S. Harjot Singh Bains, on Friday, exhorted Punjabis to become warriors in the state government's ongoing “Yudh Nashian Virudh” drive launched to eradicate drugs menace completely from the state. Addressing the district level function of Village Defence Committees (Pinda De Pehredars) at Hoshiarpur, S. Harjot Singh Bains said that it was call of the day to wipe out the drugs scourges from Punjab thus channelizing the unbounded energy of our youngsters in positive directions. He emphasised the need that Public participation is must to overcome this social menace. The Punjab government's next goal is to take the message of 'Yudh Nashian Virudh' campaign to each and every household across the s...

Chandigarh, May 2           The Punjab Government led by Chief Minister Mr. Bhagwant Singh Mann has started the war against drugs and is emphasizing on making this campaign a people's movement by encouraging the youth of Punjab to live a drug-free life and participate in this mission aimed at public welfare. The previous governments, in order to fulfill their own interests, turned a blind eye to nefarious activities of drug smugglers and provided political protection to them, which the people of the state know very well. It was stated by Cabinet Minister Mr. Hardeep Singh Mundian while attending the event organized at Majestic Resort Moga.           Mr. Mundian said that a unique initiative has ...

Chandigarh, May 1: Categorically rejecting the Bhakra Beas Management Board's (BBMB) decision to release 8500 cusecs of additional water to Haryana, Punjab Water Resources and Soil & Water Conservation Minister Sh. Barinder Kumar Goyal today said that Haryana has already utilized 104% of its annual water allocation. Sh. Goyal said that Punjab is committed to protecting the state's rightful water share while highlighting that Punjab is already releasing 4,000 cusecs to Haryana despite facing its own water scarcity challenges. "The data is clear and irrefutable. According to BBMB's own records, Haryana has already consumed 3.110 MAF of water against its annual allocation of 2.987 MAF, which means they have already used 104% of their share for the year," said Sh. Barinder Kumar G...

CHANDIGARH/AMRITSAR, May 1:           In a significant breakthrough amidst the ongoing anti-drugs campaign Yudh Nashian Virudh launched on the directions of Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann, Punjab Police’s relentless pursuit of absconding accused Jodhbir Singh alias Jodha—wanted in a Pak-backed illegal weapon smuggling module—led to the recovery of 5 kilograms of heroin from his rented hideout in Amritsar, said Director General of Police (DGP) Punjab Gaurav Yadav here on Thursday.           The development came four days after Counter Intelligence Amritsar has arrested of Jodhbir’s accomplice identified as Abhishek Kumar of village Meerankot Kalan in Amritsar, who was supplying weapons to ant...

Amritsar, May 1, 2025 The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) staged a protest outside BJP leader Tarun Chugh's house, condemning the central government's decision to release extra water from Bhakra Dam to Haryana. Cabinet Ministers S. Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal and S. Harbhajan Singh ETO led the protest, alleging that this move is a "robbery" of Punjab's water rights. Mr. Dhaliwal said that The central government's decision to release 8500 cusecs of water to Haryana is a direct attack on Punjab's water rights. He said that Punjab is already facing a severe water crisis, with decreasing groundwater levels, and this decision will exacerbate the problem. Minister said that The Aam Aadmi Party will fight against this injustice and ensure that Punjab's water rights are protected.  Cabinet Minister...

Chandigarh, April 30: The wheat procurement operations are going on at rapid pace in the mandis throughout the state and till now, 114 Lakh Metric Tonnes (LMT) of produce has arrive in the mandis out of which 111 LMT has been procured. Stating this here today at anaj bhawan while interacting with the media, the Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Minister Mr. Lal Chand Kataruchak further revealed that the procurement by the Government agencies has crossed 100 LMT mark and currently stands at 103 LMT. As regards the payments to the farmers, an amount to the tune of Rs. 22815 Crore has been credited into the accounts of farmers, said the Minister adding till date 6,28,674 farmers have brought their produce into the mandis. The lifting is also picking up speed and 47.37 Lakh Metri...

Chandigarh, April 30: Punjab State Scheduled Castes Commission Chairman S. Jasvir Singh Garhi called upon National Scheduled Castes Commission Chairman Sh. Kishor Makwana, here today. During this meeting, S. Jasvir Singh Garhi briefed Sh. Kishor Makwana about the various initiatives being undertaken by the Punjab State Scheduled Castes Commission. S. Garhi urged that a system should be developed through e-governance to establish better coordination between the National Scheduled Castes Commission and various state Scheduled Castes Commissions across the country. This would enable quicker resolution of similar cases by learning from decisions made by the National Commission for the welfare of Scheduled Castes people, he added. S. Garhi noted that often, people file appeals with ...

Chandigarh, April 29: Asserting that BJP is playing duty game by pressurising Punjab to release excess water to Haryana, the Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann on Tuesday said that they will not allow the saffron party to succeed in its nefarious designs against state. In a statement, the Chief Minister unequivocally said that the states of Haryana and Rajasthan are allotted share in water of state from a cycle of May 21 to May 21 every year. However, he said that the state of Haryana has utilised all the water in its share in the month of March this year due to which they are now trying to grab some more water by robbing Punjab of its water. Giving data, Bhagwant Singh Mann said that hitherto Haryana has used 103% of its allocated water and now the BJP is pressurising Punjab to rele...

CHANDIGARH/PATIALA/AMRITSAR, April 29:           Continuing its action against drug mafia amidst the ongoing anti-drugs campaign ‘Yudh Nashian Virudh’ launched on the directions of Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann, Punjab Police with the help of local administration on Tuesday, has demolished properties of two drug smugglers in Amritsar and Patiala districts.           In Amritsar, a bulldozer was used to raze the house of a drug smuggler identified as Ranjit Singh in village Mode in Amritsar. On this occasion, Superintendent of Police (SP Investigation) Amritsar Aditya Warrier said that accused Ranjit Singh, whose house was demolished, has a criminal background with as many as 12 criminal cas...