Punjab News

Jalandhar, February 8 : In a significant breakthrough against drug trafficking, Jalandhar Rural Police has successfully apprehended a notorious drug peddler and seized 50 grams of heroin during a special operation conducted in the Kartarpur area. The arrested accused has been identified as Baldev Singh alias Ballo, son of Narinder Singh, a resident of village Jagatpura, Police Station Jhabal, District Tarn Taran. Senior Superintendent of Police, Harkamal Preet Singh Khakh said that acting on specific inputs, a special team of CIA Staff Jalandhar Rural, supervised by SP Investigation Jasroop Kaur IPS and DSP Investigation Sarvanjit Singh, conducted the operation near Link Road Kishangarh. Inspector Pushap Bali, leading the operation with SI Nirmal Singh, intercepted the accused ...

Chandigarh, 8 February 2025:           The National e-Vidhan Application (NeVA) project has been launched in the Punjab Vidhan Sabha, Secretariat under the dynamic leadership of S. Bhagwant Singh Mann, Chief Minister of Punjab and the proceedings of the events in Punjab Vidhan Sabha have been made paperless. This is a revolutionary step to improvise the functioning of the State Legislative Assembly.           Sandhwan said digitization of Punjab Vidhan Sabha would enhance the efficiency of MLAs to raise the leading issues of public concern and this is a beginning of a new era as the working of Vidhan Sabha has been made paperless. It has been easier to trace decisions and records vis-i-vis to sh...

Chandigarh, February 7:           Taking another welfare step for labourers, the Punjab Government led by the Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann has abolished two year service condition of labourers under stipend schemes for their children.           Disclosing this here today, Punjab Labour Minister Tarunpreet Singh Sond said that this step would be immensely beneficial for labour fraternity as earlier the condition of two years service was mandatory. He said that the decision was taken in the 55th meeting of Punjab Labour Welfare Board late last evening. He said the Board’s stipend schemes provide monetary assistance for education to the children of labourers.      ...

Chandigarh, February 7           The Punjab Government, under the leadership of Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann, remains committed to honoring the dignity and ensuring the welfare of freedom fighters and their families. These views were expressed by Freedom Fighter Minister Shri Mohinder Bhagat during a review meeting held at the Punjab Civil Secretariat to evaluate the department's activities and the implementation of various welfare schemes for freedom fighters.           During the meeting, Special Chief Secretary, Department of Freedom Fighters, Smt. Raji P. Shrivastava, provided detailed updates on the functioning of existing programs, including pension benefits, healthcare support, educ...

Chandigarh, February 6           In a major relief to landowners, the Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann led Punjab Government has announced a significant increase in the compensation rate for the land owners going to be affected by the laying down of 66KV electric supply lines. This decision was revealed today by Punjab Power Minister Harbhajan Singh ETO in a press communique issued here.           Power Minister Harbhajan Singh ETO said, "The rate of compensation towards the diminution in the value of land of the persons affected due to the installation of electric supply lines has been more than doubled. This is a landmark decision aimed at ensuring fair compensation for the affected landowne...

Tarn Taran/Chandigarh, February 6:           With the aim of creating an anemia-free Punjab, Social Security, Women, and Child Development Minister Dr. Baljit Kaur today launched an anemia screening campaign for girl students studying in government schools from Sri Guru Arjan Dev Government Senior Secondary School (Girls) in Tarn Taran. On the first day of the campaign, around 1,152 girl students were tested for anemia by 10 teams.           On this occasion, Deputy Commissioner of Tarn Taran, Mr. Rahul, Additional Deputy Commissioner (General) Mr. Rajdeep Singh Brar, Additional Deputy Commissioner (Development) Mr. Sanjeev Kumar, SDM Tarn Taran Mr. Arvinderpal Singh, and Civil Surgeon Dr. Gurpr...

सूचना और लोक संपर्क विभाग, पंजाब गुरमीत सिंह खुड्डियां द्वारा अधिकारियों को चालू महीने के अंत तक पशुधन गणना पूरी करने के आदेश* पशुपालन मंत्री द्वारा एल.एस.डी. के खिलाफ व्यापक टीकाकरण अभियान शुरू करने के निर्देश * विभाग के चल रहे प्रोजेक्ट्स की समीक्षा भी की गईचंडीगढ़, 5 फरवरी:पंजाब के पशुपालन, डेयरी विकास और मत्स्य पालन मंत्री स गुरमीत सिंह खुड्डियां ने आज विभाग के अधिकारियों को 21वीं पशुधन गणना को फरवरी 2025 के अंत तक पूरा करने के निर्देश दिए हैं। पशुओं की नस्लों और अन्य विशेषताओं के आधार पर श्रेणीबद्ध किए गए पशुओं की सटीक गणना के लिए डेटा एकत्र करने पर जोर देते हुए उन्होंने कहा कि यह व्यापक सर्वेक्षण एक महत्वपूर्ण मानक के रूप में कार्य करेगा, जो पशुधन क्षेत्र की वर्तमान स्थिति को उजागर करेगा और इस संबंध में भविष्य की योजना बनाने के लिए मार्गदर्शन प्रदान करेगा। साथ ही, यह आवश्यकत...

Chandigarh, February 5           The Punjab Government, under the leadership of Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann, is committed to the welfare of ex-servicemen and their families. In this regard, Cabinet Minister Mohinder Bhagat chaired a high level meeting with officials from the Defence Services Welfare Department and PESCO at the Punjab Civil Secretariat on Wednesday.           During the meeting, Minister Mohinder Bhagat reviewed the activities of both departments and gave directions for effective implementation of various schemes for ex-servicemen and their dependents. The Minister also sought reports on the Sainik Rest Houses under the department and directed necessary measures to improve...

Chandigarh, February 4: Punjab School Education department has allotted a fund of over Rs 4 crore to create awareness among the school staff and students regarding how to react during an emergency or natural calamity related incidents, besides making arrangements to avoid any exigency like electrocution or fire.  Disclosing this in a press communiqué issued here today, Punjab School Education Minister S. Harjot Singh Bains said that the instructions have been issued to the heads of elementary and secondary schools to use the funds to install display boards carrying emergency helpline numbers like police-112, fire-101, ambulance-108, women helpline-1091, traffic helpline-1073 and child helpline-1098 etc. The Minister further said that the school heads have also directed to dra...

Chandigarh, February 4: In a significant move, the Punjab Government led by Chief Minister S. Bhagwant Singh Mann has provided government jobs to 597 kins of farmers, who lost their lives during the agitation against the contentious farm laws. This gesture demonstrates the state government's unwavering commitment to supporting the farming community and their families, said S. Gurmeet Singh Khudian, Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister, Punjab. S. Gurmeet Singh Khudian, on Tuesday, handed over appointment letters to three individuals from families of deceased farmers, who have been appointed as Computer (Stat) in the Statistics wing of the Agriculture Department. The newly inducted officials, Jasvipan Kamboj from Fazilka district, Ramadeep Kaur from Tarn Taran district...