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Chandigarh, May 24: Kerala Agriculture Minister P. Prasad visited the Punjab State Food Commission office during his official visit to Punjab. Providing more information in this regard, Punjab State Food Commission Chairman Bal Mukand Sharma said that the primary focus of discussion during the visit was identifying strategies to further enhance the Mid-Day Meal Scheme implementation in both states. Mr. Sharma shared comprehensive details about the Mid-Day Meal Scheme being implemented by the Punjab Government, which received high commendation from the Kerala Agriculture Minister. Mr. Prasad also shared valuable insights into Kerala's Mid-Day Meal Scheme implementation. The Chairman, while stressing for the significance of both food security and nutritional security in Punjab, d...

New Delhi, May 24: Flagging the issues pertaining to step motherly treatment being meted out with Punjab by the Union government, the Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann on Sunday said that this type of biased and discriminatory treatment with the state is unwarranted and undesirable. Taking part in the meeting of 10th Governing Council of the Niti Aayog here today, the Chief Minister raised the important issues pertaining to the state on the platform and reiterated that Punjab has no surplus water for any state. Asserting that in wake of grim situation of water in the state Yamuna-Sutlej-Link (YSL) canal should be considered for construction instead of the Satluj Yamuna Link (SYL) canal, Bhagwant Singh Mann said that Ravi, Beas, and Sutlej rivers are already in deficit and water shou...

CHANDIGARH, May 24:           With the war against drugs “Yudh Nashian Virudh” waged on the directions of Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann to eradicate drug menace from state entered 84th day, Punjab Police on Saturday arrested 183 drug smugglers and recovered 1.8 kg heroin, 3.9 kg opium and Rs 1.92 lakhs drug money from their possession. With this, the number of total drug smugglers arrested has reached to 13,236 in just 84 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...

*Jalandhar, 23 May* Rajya Sabha Member and environmentalist Sant Balbir Singh Seechewal has expressed serious concerns about the faulty design of culverts being constructed by the National Highway Authority for water drainage on national highways. He raised the issue by writing a letter to Union Minister Nitin Gadkari and demanded that the National Highway Authority officials be held accountable for the situation. Sant Seechewal today pulls up the officials of the National Highway Authority who have constructed a culvert on NH 44 with a level four feet higher than the drainage level. He pointed out that this design flaw is causing significant inconvenience to local residents. This morning, National Highway Authority officials were called to the Amritsar-Jalandhar national route, wher...

CHANDIGARH, May 23:           With the war against drugs “Yudh Nashian Virudh” waged on the directions of Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann to eradicate drug menace from state entered 83rd day, Punjab Police on Friday arrested 161 drug smugglers and recovered 6.2 kg heroin and Rs 76270 drug money from their possession. With this, the number of total drug smugglers arrested has reached to 12,958 in just 83 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 Commissioners of...

Chandigarh, May 23 : Punjab’s Power Minister Harbhajan Singh ETO has commended the Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) for its remarkable progress in strengthening the state’s power infrastructure, particularly in the West Zone. Under the dynamic leadership of Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann, the West Zone—comprising the districts of Bathinda, Mansa, Faridkot, Moga, Ferozepur, Sri Muktsar Sahib, and Fazilka—has witnessed unprecedented growth in electricity distribution, transmission, and reliability during the year 2024–25. Sharing details of the developments, Minister highlighted the extensive upgrades across the zone, which now includes 3 substations of 400KV, 25 of 220KV, 18 of 132KV, and 256 substations of 66KV, offering a combined capacity of 6490 MVA. These upgrades ...

Chandigarh, May 23: Chief Minister S. Bhagwant Singh Mann led government is making concerted efforts to regularize contract employees working in PUNBUS and convert outsourced employees to contractual positions. Punjab Transport Minister S. Laljit Singh Bhullar, during the meeting here at the Punjab Civil Secretariat today, instructed officials of the Finance and Personnel departments to prepare cases with empathy for both categories of employees i.e. contract and outsourced workers and formulate proposals in their favour. During the deliberations, S. Bhullar stressed the urgent need to regularize contract and outsourced employees, stating that these workers should be granted their rightful due through a transparent and fair process. S. Bhullar said that the Mann government is c...

Chandigarh May 22, 2025 -  The Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB), in line with the zero tolerance policy against corruption adopted by the Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann led Punjab government, apprehended Assistant Sub Inspector (ASI) Major Singh, posted at Anti-Narcotics Task Force (ANTF) Bathinda range and his private driver Ram Singh, red-handed while receiving a bribe of Rs. 1,05,000. Disclosing this here today an official spokesperson of the state VB said the arrests have been made following a complaint lodged by a resident of village Raipur, tehsil Sardulgarh, in district Mansa. He added that the complainant has approached the VB and informed that the ANTF, team Mansa had registered a case under NDPS act at Mohali against his son and others. During investigation of this ...

CHANDIGARH, May 22:           Punjab Chief Electoral Officer Sibin C informed that under the dynamic leadership of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar Election Commission of India has introduced many new Initiatives in the last three months. Gyanesh Kumar appointed as Chief Election Commissioner of India on 19th February 2025.           Sibin C said that for facilitate electors; maximum number of voters at a polling station has been restricted to 1200 by ECI. Similarly, additional polling booths will be set up in High Rises/Colonies and for electoral roll updation, data of death registration to be directly obtained from RGI database (Registrar General of India) & will be upda...

Sangrur, May 22: Slamming the BJP led Union government for hatching conspiracies to ruin Punjab, the Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann said that the state government will vehemently oppose the draconian move of the centre to deploy CISF at Bhakra Dam and will not give a single penny as expenditure on it. “Centre should understand one thing: we neither have any drop of surplus water for other states nor any single penny to pay the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) for the unwarranted CISF”, said the Chief Minister while interacting with the media persons here today.   The Chief Minister said that the state government will never pay this amount as it is a move aimed at stealing the water of the state by deploying the central forces on the Dam. He said that they need everythi...