Punjab News

Chandigarh, April 22: The Punjab State Food Commission has successfully hosted a high-level multi-departmental meeting focused on advancing nutritional security, medicinal gardening and health education initiatives across schools and Anganwadi centers throughout the state. Chaired by Sh. Bal Mukund Sharma, the session brought together key government officials and subject matter experts at MGSIPA, Chandigarh to develop cohesive strategies for implementing and scaling nutrition programs that combine educational components with practical gardening initiatives. "Our aim is to create sustainable models that not only address immediate nutritional needs but also build lasting awareness about healthy food choices among our youngest citizens," said Chairman Mr. Sharma, while highlighting t...

Chandigarh, April 22 Punjab Finance Minister Advocate Harpal Singh Cheema on Tuesday announced significant amendments to the Government of Punjab’s Child Care Leave (CCL) provisions, providing much-needed flexibility and additional support to parents caring for children with long-term special needs, ensuring they can dedicate time to their well-being without compromising their careers. Revealing this in a press communiqué issued here, the Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema said that these changes have been designed to address the evolving needs of working parents, particularly those facing unique childcare challenges. He said previously, the Child Care Leave policy extended only to female government employees with minor children below the age of 18 years. “While this initiative pro...

Chandigarh, April 21:           Rural Development and Panchayats Minister, Tarunpreet Singh Sond, stated that under the leadership of Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann and the guidance of Arvind Kejriwal, the Punjab government has embarked on a historic mission to clean village ponds at an unprecedented scale since independence.           Addressing a press conference at Punjab Bhawan, Sond highlighted that past governments failed to address the needs of rural Punjab, with many ponds left unattended for 15 to 25 years. As a result, these ponds stink, and have become breeding ground for mosquitoes making it impossible for people around to live.       For the first tim...

Chandigarh, April 21, 2025 – The Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB), in line with the the Punjab Government led by Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann’s zero tolerance policy against corruption,  has arrested Raj Kumar, Assistant Town Planner (ATP), Municipal Corporation Phagwara, and Rajesh Kumar, a private architect, from Phagwara for accepting a bribe of Rs 50,000. A spokesperson of the state VB informed that the arrests were made based on a complaint received from a resident of Phagwara, in Kapurthala district. The complainant has approached the VB alleging that the private architect had initially demanded a bribe of Rs 1,50,000 to facilitate the approval of a house map plan through the concerned town planning official. After negotiation, the bribe amount was settled at Rs 50,000. ...

Chandigarh, April 20: Ahead of the by-election in the 64-Ludhiana West Assembly Constituency, a Special Summary Revision of the Photo Electoral Roll is currently underway. The qualifying date for this voter list is April 1, 2025. Punjab’s Chief Electoral Officer, Sibin C, informed that 64-Ludhiana West constituency have  1,73,071 voters. Citizens can file claims and objections regarding the Electoral Roll until April 24, 2025. The final publication of the electoral roll is scheduled for May 5, 2025. He further stated that, following due diligence and approval from the Election Commission, a total of 192 polling stations have been established across the constituency, all located within urban areas. To ensure accessibility and convenience, arrangements have been made to restric...

Chandigarh, April 20: In a compassionate and dedicated gesture, Punjab Cabinet Minister Dr. Baljit Kaur has announced that she will donate one month's salary as financial aid to the farmer families who lost their standing wheat crop due to a recent fire incident. The Cabinet Minister visited the affected villages of Sotha and Chak Duhewala in district Sri Muktsar Sahib and met the farmers impacted by the devastating fire. Expressing her deep sorrow, Dr. Baljit Kaur assured the affected families that the Punjab Government, under the leadership of Chief Minister S. Bhagwant Singh Mann, stands firmly with the farmers in every difficult time. Dr. Baljit Kaur said that the state government has already instructed the district administration to initiate the process of providing compensat...

Jalandhar, April 19: Under the Punjab Government’s ongoing ‘Yudh Nashian Virudh’ campaign, the Commissionerate Police Jalandhar, led by Police Commissioner Dhanpreet Kaur, took yet another significant step against drug traffickers on Saturday. As part of a joint drive by the Municipal Corporation and Commissionerate Police Jalandhar to demolish illegal encroachments of drug peddlers, a property built on government land in Model House, under Police Station Division No. 5, was demolished. Providing details about the action, ACP (West) Swarnjit Singh stated that after receiving information about illegal construction on government land, the structure was razed by Municipal Corporation officials in the presence of duty magistrate. He further shared that police investigations revealed t...

सूचना एवं लोक संपर्क विभाग, पंजाब पंजाब पुलिस ने पाकिस्तानी आईएसआई समर्थित बीकेआई आतंकवादी मॉड्यूल का किया पर्दाफाशपुलिस टीमों ने दो आरपीजीज़ सहित दो आईईडीज़, लॉन्चर, दो हैंड ग्रेनेड, 2 किलो आरडीएक्स, हथियार, वाहन किए बरामदचंडीगढ़, 19 अप्रैल मुख्यमंत्री भगवंत सिंह मान के निर्देशों अनुसार पंजाब को सुरक्षित राज्य बनाने के चल रहे अभियान के तहत पंजाब पुलिस ने बब्बर खालसा इंटरनेशनल (बीकेआई) द्वारा विदेशों से चलाए जा रहे दो विभिन्न आईएसआई-समर्थित आतंकवादी मॉड्यूल का सफलतापूर्वक पर्दाफाश कर राज्य में अशांति पैदा करने की एक बड़ी साजिश को नाकाम कर दिया है और भारी मात्रा में हथियार और विस्फोटक -जिसमें दो रॉकेट प्रोपेल्ड ग्रेनेड (आरपीजी) सहित एक लॉन्चर शामिल हैं, भी बरामद किए हैं। यह जानकारी डायरैक्टर जनरल ऑफ पुलिस (डीजीपी) पंजाब गौरव यादव ने शनिवार को यहां साझा की। उल्लेखनीय है कि दो विभिन्...

          In a major crackdown on organised crime amidst the ongoing drive to make Punjab a safe and secure state as per directions of Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann, Punjab Police’s Anti-Gangster Task Force (AGTF) has arrested a 24-year-old man for attempting to extort money from a local automobile showroom owner by impersonating as the brother of foreign-based gangster Goldy Brar, said Director General of Police (DGP) Punjab Gaurav Yadav here on Saturday.           The accused, identified as Lovejeet Singh, a resident of Bargari, Faridkot, had demanded ₹1 crore as extortion money and issued death threats to the complainant and his family if the amount was not paid.     ...

Chandigarh/Fatehgarh Sahib, April 18 In a landmark move under the leadership of Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann, the Punjab Government has launched a large-scale initiative to clean nearly 15,000 village ponds across the state, an effort not undertaken in the past two to three decades. This was announced by Punjab’s Minister for Rural Development and Panchayats, Tarunpreet Singh Sond, during his inspection of pond-cleaning projects in villages including Chanarathal Kalan, Khare, and Dera Meer Miran in the Sirhind block; Ralli in the Bassi Pathana block; and Isherhel and Chunni Kalan in the Khera block of Fatehgarh Sahib district. The Minister highlighted that successive past governments had neglected village ponds for over 15-25 years. Many of them had become severely silted, l...