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CHANDIGARH, June 13:           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 104 days, Punjab Police on Thursday arrested 116 drug smugglers and recovered 9.9 kg heroin, 1.5 kg opium and Rs 11.23 lakh drug money from their possession. With this, the number of total drug smugglers arrested has reached to 17,282 in just 104 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 a...

Chandigarh, June 13: In a landmark initiative to modernize urban sanitation, Punjab Local Government Minister Dr. Ravjot Singh on Friday flagged off a fleet of 730 advanced cleaning machines worth Rs. 39.56 crore for 150 Municipalities, marking a decisive shift from manual to mechanized sewer cleaning across the state. The comprehensive mechanization program features specialized equipment designed to address every sanitation challenge while eliminating the need for human entry into sewer lines. The fleet includes Jetting-cum-Suction Machines that combine high-pressure water jets with powerful suction to clear stubborn blockages, along with Grab Bucket Machines that safely remove silt from manholes without endangering workers. For narrow lanes and congested urban areas, the administra...

CHANDIGARH, June 12:           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 103 days, Punjab Police on Thursday arrested 119 drug smugglers and recovered 1.7 kg heroin, 14.6 kg opium and Rs 57480 drug money from their possession. With this, the number of total drug smugglers arrested has reached to 17,137 in just 103 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...

CHANDIGARH, June 12:           Punjab Health and Family Welfare Minister Dr Balbir Singh on Thursday announced stringent action against M/s Captab Biotech Solan, the pharmaceutical firm responsible for manufacturing and supplying non-standard quality IV Fluid or Normal Saline bottles to the Punjab Health System Corporation (PHSC). Addressing a press conference at Punjab Bhawan here, the Health Minister revealed that the company has been debarred for three years from participating in any Punjab Government tenders and all the rate contracts for 11 items being supplied to PHSC have also been cancelled with immediate effect.           “Besides performance security of Rs 3,30,000/- of the firm has...

Amritsar, June 12: As the Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann and former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday launched Easy Jamabandi Portal, the state scripted a new success story in providing citizen centric services to people in a corruption free, smooth, hassle free and transparent manner.   Both the leaders said that Punjab is taking yet another historic step to root out corruption from key revenue services that lakhs of people are dependent on every year. They said that a few days ago, Punjab launched the ‘Easy Registry’ initiative, aimed at making property registration simpler and more transparent and to eliminate corruption. Bhagwant Singh Mann and Arvind Kejriwal said that they have launched this initiative in Mohali and it’s a big hit with the pe...

Jalandhar, June 11 : In a proud and historic moment for Punjab, Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann and former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday flagged off a shipment of 25,000 rugby balls destined for global matches, in the prestigious 2025 Women’s Rugby World Cup. Speaking on the occasion, both leaders expressed immense pride in being present at the heart of India’s sports manufacturing hub—Jalandhar. They emphasized that it is a matter of great honor for Punjab that rugby balls manufactured by Savi International, a Jalandhar-based company, will be used in an international sporting event of such magnitude. They said, “It’s a proud moment for Punjab that Jalandhar-made rugby balls will be used in the World Cup. Both the leaders added that the sports industry is pl...

Chandigarh, June 11: Proper and professional training of polling officials is an integral part of the preparation for elections. The primary objective of training is to equip the polling personnel with the required knowledge and skills to conduct elections strictly as per Law, Rules and instructions. For this purpose, two rounds of training are conducted in smaller groups so that there is adequate opportunity for interaction and doubt clearing. In the training programmes, hands-on-training related to their role/duties on use of EVMs is also conducted as per guidelines of the Election Commission of India. Punjab CEO Sibin C informed that First Training of polling and presiding officers to be deployed at 194 polling stations for conducting poll on 19-06-2025 for Bye election 064-Ludhia...

SAS Nagar (Mohali), June 10: Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann on Tuesday exhorted the Industrialists to take maximum benefit of Fasttrack Portal to emerge as an industrial hub of the country.  Addressing the gathering, the Chief Minister said that FastTrack Punjab Portal which will ensure all the approvals to the investors within 45 days of application adding that it is the backbone of a re-imagined industrial governance model. He reiterated that these reforms are not the end rather they are the beginning of a movement, a movement where ease of doing business becomes a culture, not a slogan. Bhagwant Singh Mann said that Punjab has always been a land of courage, enterprise, and resilience and now, it stands ready to lead India’s industrial resurgence with the same spiri...

Chandigarh, June 10:           In a major step toward youth empowerment and community-centric policing, Punjab Police’s Community Affairs Division (CAD) and the Hartek Foundation has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to engage vulnerable and disoriented youth across Punjab through skill development, counselling, awareness, capacity-building and community engagement programs.           This MoU was signed by Special Director General of Police (Special DGP) Community Affairs Gurpreet Kaur Deo and CEO Hartek Foundation Harkirat Kaur here on Tuesday. The strategic partnership was launched with a collaborative effort for the ongoing Yuva Saanjh Initiative, a youth engagement programme. &n...

CHANDIGARH/AMRITSAR, June 10:           In a major breakthrough amidst the ongoing drive to make Punjab a drug-free state as per the directions of Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann, Commissionerate Police Amritsar has dismantled a well-organized Narco-Hawala cartel being operated by Arshdeep Singh, currently incarcerated at Goindwal Jail, with the arrest of its six operatives and recovering 4.526 kg of heroin and ₹8.7 lakh drug money from their possession, said Director General of Police (DGP) Punjab Gaurav Yadav here on Tuesday.           Those arrested have been identified as Karandeep Singh alias Karan (25), a resident of Algon Khurd in Tarn Taran, Jaspreet Singh (20), a resident of Salodi i...