Punjab News

Chandigarh, May 20: From a youth who got sixth job during last three years of the Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann led state government to another youth who got the second job, with another one in kitty, all the newly recruited youth on Wednesday hailed the Chief Minister for transforming their destiny by providing jobs to them in a transparent and fair manner.  Sandeep Kaur from Patiala said that this is the sixth government job during the regime of Bhagwant Mann government. She said that the robust sports policy of the state government has offered new vistas of employment for them which is really laudable. She said that they will discharge their duty with full dedication and commitment. Meanwhile Gurjeet Singh, the newly appointed Agriculture Development Officer (ADO) fro...

Chandigarh, May 20 : Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann on Tuesday made a fervent appeal to the newly recruited youth to become the foot soldiers of the state government’s crusade against the twin menaces of corruption and drugs, for the benefit of the common man. Addressing a gathering while handing over appointment letters to 450 youth, the Chief Minister said that these young recruits have now become an integral part of the state government adding that it is their bounden duty to contribute wholeheartedly to the fight against drugs and corruption. He said that it is the need of the hour to eliminate these scourges from the state, for which the support of the youth is pivotal. Bhagwant Singh Mann highlighted that campaigns like Yudh Nasheyan De Virudh have been launched for ...

Chandigarh, 19 May 2025: Punjab Vidhan Sabha Speaker nominated the Members of the Punjab Vidhan Sabha to serve on various Committees of the House for the year 2025-26.  The notifications have been issued in this regard.  The following Members have been appointed as Chairpersons of the Committees: Sr. No                    Name of the  Hon’ble Member                 Name of the Committee 1.                            Dr. Inderbir Singh Nijjar      ...

Chandigarh, May 19 – Continuing its relentless crackdown on corruption, the Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB) has apprehended Field Kanungo Avtar Singh, posted at Sub-Tehsil Sherpur, District Sangrur, red handed while accepting a bribe of Rs 25,000.  Disclosing this here today an official spokesperson of the state VB said the accused was arrested in a well-coordinated operation following a complaint by a resident of village Malku Patti, Tehsil Dhuri, District Sangrur. He further added that the complainant has approached the VB informed that he had applied for the division of his family’s agricultural land among all legal heirs. The complainant alleged that aforementioned accused Avtar Singh had already extorted Rs 18,000 as bribe from him and was demanding an additional Rs 25,000 to ...

Chandigarh, May 19: In a landmark decision, the Punjab Government, under the leadership of Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann, has extended long-overdue relief to 804 employees working in rural dispensaries under Zila Parishads after nearly two decades. This significant move benefits 441 Rural Health Pharmacy Officers/Paramedical Staff and 363 Attendant-cum-Class IV employees working in these dispensaries. Their monthly salaries have been increased, and they are now eligible to continue in service until the age of 58. Punjab Rural Development and Panchayats Minister Tarunpreet Singh Sond informed that as per the policy issued by the Department of Personnel on May 16, 2023, these employees will be officially covered under this policy effective from April 1, 2025. Previously, Pha...

Jalandhar, May 18, 2025:_* In a significant achievement in the ongoing initiative “Yudh Nashian Virudh”, the CIA staff of Commissionerate Jalandhar apprehended three individuals and seized four illegal pistols (.32 bore), eight live rounds, and 150 grams of heroin. Divulging the details, Commissioner of Police Smt. Dhanpreet Kaur said that on May 17, 2025, CIA team was conducting routine patrols in the area from Maqsudan Chowk to Bidhipur, Jalandhar. During this operation, near Phatak Suranusi, the team observed two suspicious individuals and proceeded to search them. The first suspect, identified as Harjinder Singh alias Mani Valiya, son of Piyara Singh resident of H.No. 8, Shaheed Udham Singh Nagar, Jalandhar, was found in possession of 100 grams of heroin, one .32 bore pistol, and...

CHANDIGARH, May 18:           Continuing the war against drugs “Yudh Nashian Virudh” waged on the directions of Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann to eradicate drug menace from state consecutively for the 78th day, Punjab Police on Sunday carried out a special operation ‘OPS Seal-XIII’ aimed at checking all the vehicles entering or exiting the border state of Punjab to keep tab at drug trafficking and liquor smuggling.           During the operation, conducted in all the districts on the directions of Director General of Police (DGP) Punjab Gaurav Yadav, all the SSPs of Border districts were directed to organise joint Naka operations at strategic places of the border districts and mobilise a max...

Narangwal (Ludhiana), May 17: People at the village which pioneered the fight against drugs recently on Saturday assured fulsome support and cooperation to the Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann in their fight against drugs. A drug victim Aman Sharma while sharing his experiences said that he was taking drugs for the last 12 years but now as the state government has tightened the noose around drugs he has been able to do away with this curse. He lauded the Chief Minister for taking this war against drugs at ground level to benefit the common man. Speaking on the occasion, Parminder Singh of village Lalton Kalan said that due to stern action of the state government drug smugglers have left the business. He said that this is a real welfare of the common man and the Chief Mini...

Jalalpur (Hoshiarpur), May 17: Aam Aadmi Party’s National Convener and Former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday said that drug problem in Punjab aggravated as the previous regimes were hand in glove with the drug smugglers. Addressing the gathering during Nasha Mukti Yatra, the former Delhi Chief Minister, while Expressing  deep concern over the plight of affected families, said that the emotional distress shared by the people highlights the long-standing neglect of this crisis by successive government.  He said that the neglect was but obvious as this heinous crime flexed its muscles under the previous regimes. Arvind Kejriwal said that the previous regimes not only patronized the drug dealers but they themselves carried out the business in their government ...

Jalalpur (Hoshiarpur), May 17: Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann and National Convener of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday urged the people to ensure that the seeds of the drug menace are wiped out completely from the state. Addressing the gathering after administering oath to people here today, the Chief Minister said that the drug problem plaguing the state is a grim legacy of previous governments that neglected Punjab’s welfare, leading to a sorry state of affairs. Soliciting fulsome support and cooperation of people in the war against drugs, he said that the scourge of drugs was a blot on the face of the state and it took more than two years to the state government to chalk out a strategy for wiping out this curse. Bhagwant Singh Mann said that subsequent...