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‘ਯੁੱਧ ਨਸ਼ਿਆਂ ਵਿਰੁੱਧ’: 279ਵੇਂ ਦਿਨ ਪੰਜਾਬ ਪੁਲਿਸ ਨੇ 79 ਨਸ਼ਾ ਤਸਕਰਾਂ ਨੂੰ 1.2 ਕਿਲੋਗ੍ਰਾਮ ਹੈਰੋਇਨ ਸਮੇਤ ਕੀਤਾ ਕਾਬੂ

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ਚੰਡੀਗੜ੍ਹ, 5 ਦਸੰਬਰ:- ਮੁੱਖ ਮੰਤਰੀ ਭਗਵੰਤ ਸਿੰਘ ਮਾਨ ਵੱਲੋਂ ਸੂਬੇ ਵਿੱਚੋਂ ਨਸ਼ਿਆਂ ਦੇ ਮੁਕੰਮਲ ਖਾਤਮੇ ਲਈ ਚਲਾਈ ਗਈ ਨਸ਼ਿਆਂ ਵਿਰੋਧੀ ਮੁਹਿੰਮ “ਯੁੱਧ ਨਸ਼ਿਆਂ ਵਿਰੁੱਧ” ਦੇ  ਲਗਾਤਾਰ 279ਵੇਂ ਦਿਨ ਪੰਜਾਬ ਪੁਲਿਸ ਨੇ ਸ਼ੁੱਕਰਵਾਰ ਨੂੰ 284 ਥਾਵਾਂ ’ਤੇ ਛਾਪੇਮਾਰੀ ਕੀਤੀ ਜਿਸ ਦੇ ਨਤੀਜੋੇ ਵਜੋਂ ਸੂਬੇ ਭਰ ਵਿੱਚ 79 ਨਸ਼ਾ ਤਸਕਰਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਗ੍ਰਿਫ਼ਤਾਰ ਕਰਨ ਉਪਰੰਤ 69 ਐਫਆਈਆਰਜ਼ ਦਰਜ ਕੀਤੀਆਂ ਗਈਆਂ । ਇਸ ਦੇ ਨਾਲ, 279 ਦਿਨਾਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਗ੍ਰਿਫ਼ਤਾਰ ਕੀਤੇ ਗਏ ਕੁੱਲ ਨਸ਼ਾ ਤਸਕਰਾਂ ਦੀ ਗਿਣਤੀ 39,254 ਹੋ ਗਈ ਹੈ। ਛਾਪੇਮਾਰੀਆਂ ਦੇ ਨਤੀਜੇ ਵਜੋਂ ਗ੍ਰਿਫ਼ਤਾਰ ਕੀਤੇ ਗਏ ਨਸ਼ਾ ਤਸਕਰਾਂ ਦੇ ਕਬਜ਼ੇ ਵਿੱਚੋਂ 1.2 ਕਿਲੋ ਹੈਰੋਇਨ, 2 ਕਿਲੋ ਗਾਂਜਾ, 519 ਨਸ਼ੀਲੀਆਂ ਗੋਲੀਆਂ ਅਤੇ 18,300 ਰੁਪਏ ਦੀ ਡਰੱਗ ਮਨੀ ਬਰਾਮਦ ਹੋਈ ਹੈ। ਜ਼ਿਕਰਯੋਗ ਹੈ ਕਿ ਮੁੱਖ ਮੰਤਰੀ ਭਗਵੰਤ ਸਿੰਘ ਮਾਨ ਨੇ ਪੁਲਿਸ ਕਮਿਸ਼ਨਰਾਂ, ਡਿਪਟੀ ਕਮਿਸ਼ਨਰਾਂ ਅਤੇ ਸੀਨੀਅਰ ਪੁਲਿਸ ਸੁਪਰਡੈਂਟ ਨੂੰ ਪੰਜਾਬ ਨੂੰ ਨਸ਼ਾ ਮੁਕਤ ਸੂਬਾ ਬਣਾਉਣ ਲਈ ਕਿਹਾ ਹੈ। ਪੰਜਾਬ ਸਰਕਾਰ ਨੇ ਨਸ਼ਿਆਂ ਵਿਰੁੱਧ ਜੰਗ ਦੀ ਨਿਗਰਾਨੀ ਲਈ ਵਿੱਤ ਮੰਤਰੀ ਹਰਪਾਲ ਸਿੰਘ ਚ...

11 ITIs TO BE ESTABLISHED INSIDE JAILS UNDER “EMPOWERING LIVES BEHIND BARS: REAL CHANGE – THE NEW PARADIGM OF CORRECTIONAL JUSTICE” INITIATIVE

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Chandigarh, December 4:-           The High Court of Punjab and Haryana, in collaboration with the Department of Prisons, Punjab, and the Department of Technical Education & Industrial Training, Punjab, is launching a major correctional reform initiative titled “Empowering Lives Behind Bars: Real Change – The New Paradigm of Correctional Justice” on December 6, 2025 at Central Jail, Patiala. The programme will be inaugurated by the Hon’ble Chief Justice of India, Mr. Justice Surya Kant, in the presence of Judges of the Supreme Court of India, Judges of the High Court, and senior State officials.           The initiative aims to transform Punjab’s prisons into centres of learning and rehabilitation by providing nationally certified vo...

PUNJAB POLICE LAUNCHES AMBITIOUS STATE-WIDE TRAINING PROJECT FOR MAINSTREAMING WOMEN POLICE

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CHANDIGARH, December 4:-           The Punjab Police has embarked on a landmark initiative, the “Mainstreaming of Women Police” project, aimed at comprehensively assessing and enhancing the role and integration of women police officers across the state. The project commenced with a three-day Training of Trainers (ToT) programme held at the Punjab Police Academy (PPA), Phillaur from December 2 to 4, 2025.           The ToT was organised by the Community Affairs Division (CAD) Wing of Punjab Police in partnership with the Hartek Foundation. The session trained approximately 60 master trainers, comprising four senior police officers each from 13 districts of Punjab. These officers will now be responsible for cascading the training in their re...

ONE MORE HELD IN CONNECTION WITH GURDASPUR GRENADE ATTACK CASE; ONE PISTOL, MOTORCYCLE USED IN CRIME RECOVERED

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CHANDIGARH/GURDASPUR, December 3:-           In yet another major breakthrough in Gurdaspur Grenade Attack Case amidst the ongoing drive to make Punjab a safe and secure state as per directions of Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann, Counter Intelligence (CI) Bathinda, in coordination with Gurdaspur Police, has apprehended one more key accused involved in the attack, said Director General of Police (DGP) Punjab Gaurav Yadav here on Wednesday.           The arrested accused has been identified as Mohan Singh, a resident of Ramuwal in Bathinda.           The development came close on the heels of Punjab Police arresting four accused persons— Pradeep Kumar, Gurdit, Naveen Chaudhary and Kush— i...

ON THE SECOND DAY OF HIS JAPAN VISIT, CM ROPES IN INVESTMENT WORTH RS 400 CRORE FOR THE STATE

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Chandigarh, December 3:- In a major boost to industrial development in the state, the leading Japanese company Toppan Speciality Films Private Limited (TSF) on Wednesday signed Memorandum of Agreement with the Punjab Government led by Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann to invest Rs 400 crore in the state as a part of their expansion plan. Giving the details, the Chief Minister, who is on tour to Japan, said that TSF and Invest Punjab has agreed to support and collaborate in initiating a Skilling Excellence Centre in Punjab, to provide utmost level of training and development of skilled/ semi-skilled persons/ workers/ youth. He said that this will be pivotal  for strengthening industry-relevant skills and enhance employability opportunities within the State of Punjab. Givin...

CM SHOWCASES PUNJAB AS BEST INVESTMENT DESTINATION TO JAPANESE BUSINESS TYCOONS

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Chandigarh, December 2:- Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann on Tuesday showcased the state as the best investment destination to Japanese business tycoons and impressed upon them to invest in Punjab for further giving fillip to their ventures. On the first day of his Japan visit, the Chief Minister held parleys with the representatives from the JBIC, Aisan Industry, Yamaha, Honda Motor, Director General of JICA South Asia Department, Toray Industries, Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), Fujitsu Ltd and others. During the deliberations, Bhagwant Singh Mann batted for strategic tie up with Japan in key sectors of advanced manufacturing, mobility, electronics, food processing, renewable energy, and global services. He invited the Japanes...

Vigilance Bureau nabs Rent Collector red handed accepting bribe of Rs 3 lakh

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Chandigarh 2 December, 2025:-  The Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB) during its drive against corruption in the state, nabbed Mohammad Iqbal, Rent Collector posted at Punjab Wakf Board Zira, district Ferozepur red handed while he was accepting a bribe of Rs. 3,00,000/- as second installment. Disclosing this here today, an official spokesperson of the VB said that the complainant was a resident of Gurudwara Singh Sabha Zira, district Ferozepur. He informed that the complainant has approached the VB and alleged that the accused rent collector was demanding a bribe of Rs. 5,40,000/-  to be given to the senior official for giving possession of land allotted by Wakf Board Zira to the complainant. In this regard, accused already had taken a partial bribe of Rs 70,000/-  as toke...

NINE MONTHS OF YUDH NASHIAN VIRUDH: OVER 38K DRUG SMUGGLERS HELD WITH 1714KG HEROIN

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CHANDIGARH, December 1:-           With the ongoing decisive war against drugs ‘Yudh Nashian Virudh’ launched on the directions of Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann has completed nine months, Punjab Police has registered 26,256 first information reports (FIRs) and arrested 38,687 drug smugglers leading to the recovery of 1714 kg heroin since March 1, 2025.           Since the launch of this anti-drug drive, Punjab Police, under the directions of Director General of Police (DGP) Punjab Gaurav Yadav, has been conducting operations daily simultaneously in all the 28 Police districts of the state. Notably, CM Bhagwant Singh Mann had asked the Commissioners of Police, Deputy Commissioners and Senior Superintendent of Police to make Punjab drug ...

TWO LINKED TO CROSS BORDER SMUGGLING MODULE HELD WITH SEVEN SOPHISTICATED PISTOLS

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CHANDIGARH/AMRITSAR, December 1:-           Amidst the ongoing drive to make Punjab a safe and secure state as per directions of Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann, Amritsar Commissionerate Police has dismantled a Pakistan-linked cross-border arms smuggling module with the arrest of its two operatives and recovered seven sophisticated pistols— three PX5 and four .30 bore pistols— from their possession, said Director General of Police (DGP) Punjab Gaurav Yadav here on Monday.           Those arrested have been identified as Balwinder Singh (32), a resident of village Bhindi Nain in Amritsar and Jugraj Singh alias Jagga (29), a resident of village Mulla Behram in Amritsar. The latter has a criminal background with cases pertaining to murder, Ar...

Roadways workers’ strike ends; consensus reached during meeting with Transport Minister

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Chandigarh, November 30- Protesting Punjab Roadways  and Punbus  employees called off their agitation on Sunday after consensus was reached during a meeting with the Transport Minister here at Patti, Tarn Taran. After the meeting, Transport Minister Laljit Singh Bhullar said that the suspended employees would be reinstated and the remaining legitimate demands of the employees would also be met soon. The Minister further said that the employees’ unions have agreed that they would not interfere in purchasing of new fleet of buses. He added that the if employees found involved in any illegal activity at the depot level then unions would not interfere without any valid reason. The Cabinet Minister said that the Punjab government led by Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann is commi...