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Chandigarh 10 October 2025: Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL), in collaboration with the Punjab Development Commission (PDC), has taken a decisive step towards transparency and zero tolerance against corruption. In June 2025, PSPCL launched a dedicated online portal for the registration of corruption and bribery complaints – https://grms.pspcl.in. To empower consumers, a link to the portal is sent via SMS whenever a consumer interacts with PSPCL for key services such as new electricity connections, bill payments or reversals, billing discrepancy resolutions, service complaints, or power outage reporting. This initiative ensures that consumers can easily report any unethical demand or misconduct at any stage of their engagement with PSPCL. Since the launch, severa...

_*Jalandhar, October 10:*_ Under the Punjab Government’s flagship anti-drug initiative “Yudh Nashian Virudh”, the Municipal Corporation Jalandhar in coordination with the Jalandhar Commissionerate Police, carried out a decisive action today by demolishing an illegal construction linked to a notorious drug trafficker in the Indira Colony area. Commissioner of Police, Smt. Dhanpreet Kaur informed that the illegal structure belonging to *Mukesh Ram @ Dhoni, son of Mishra Ram, resident of Street No. 7, Indira Colony, Jalandhar* — an infamous drug trafficker — was demolished today. The accused, Mukesh Ram @ Dhoni, has 9 FIRs registered against him under the NDPS Act and Excise Act at Police Stations Division No. 1 and Division No. 2, Jalandhar. Of these, he was also convicted in three cas...

Chandigarh/ Nangal, October 10: In a groundbreaking move to persistent drinking water woes of Nangal residents, Punjab Education Minister S. Harjot Singh Bains has announced a Rs 16 crore piped water project to supply clean drinking water from the Sutlej River to every household in the town, slated for completion within 18 months. Divulging the details about the ambitious project, S. Bains informed that the project, for which tenders have been floated, will see the establishment of two new Water Treatment Plants and the augmentation of the capacity of existing plants of 4MLD. This infrastructure upgrade is designed to end the decades-long struggle of Nangal residents who have faced both water scarcity and severe contamination of groundwater. S. Harjot Singh Bains stated, “I'm deli...

CHANDIGARH, October 10:           In a landmark move to enhance the psychological wellbeing of its citizens as desired by Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann, Health and Family Welfare Minister Dr Balbir Singh on Friday unveiled the pioneering “Punjab State Mental Health Policy” to mark the World Mental Health Day. This transformative initiative aimed at promoting mental well-being and ensure access to quality mental health care for all in Punjab.           “On World Mental Health Day, Punjab is taking a historic step toward ensuring that mental well-being truly becomes everyone’s right,” said Dr Balbir Singh, while adding that the Punjab State Mental Health Policy, together with the Mukh Mantri ...