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CHANDIGARH, September 30:           Reaffirming the commitment of Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann to make Punjab a safe and secure state, Director General of Police (DGP) Punjab Gaurav Yadav on Tuesday chaired a state-level Law and Order Meeting of all senior officers upto the rank of Station House Officers (SHOs) via video conference to review the ongoing action against organised crime, drug trafficking and terrorism, and to devise a comprehensive Action Plan to ensure peaceful Festive Season 2025.           Addressing all Range DIGs, CPs/SSPs, SPs/DSPs, and SHOs across the state, the DGP directed them to remain fully alert and committed to ensuring peace, harmony, and the safety of all citi...

Chandigarh/SAS Nagar, September 30: Punjab Soil & Water Conservation Minister, Sh. Barinder Kumar Goyal, today emphasized that promotion of micro irrigation systems is the need of the hour to save the fast-depleting groundwater resources of the state and to enhance crop productivity, especially in potato cultivation. Addressing a one-day workshop on Promotion of Micro Irrigation in Potato Cultivation organized at Soil Conservation Complex, Phase 6, Mohali, the Minister said that micro irrigation—comprising drip and sprinkler systems—not only ensures judicious use of water but also enables efficient application of fertilizers and pesticides directly to the root zone. “Adopting these systems helps farmers save up to 50% water while simultaneously improving per acre yield and qualit...

Chandigarh, September 29 Punjab Finance Minister Advocate Harpal Singh Cheema on Monday launched a sharp attack on the Leader of the Opposition, Partap Singh Bajwa, on the floor of the Punjab Vidhan Sabha, accusing him of purchasing land on the banks of the Beas River, inside the Dhussi Bandh, with the ulterior motive of sand mining and then pressuring the state government to spend public funds on stone studs to protect that land. The Finance Minister said that while LoP Bajwa demands the formation of a House Committee or the resignation of Punjab Water Resources Minister Barinder Kumar Goyal, his own actions reveal a disturbing pattern of self-interest. Finance Minister Cheema revealed specific details of a land transaction on July 15, 2025, where Bajwa purchased 16.10 marlas of lan...

Chandigarh, September 29: Exposing the decades of negligence and political deceit that led to the devastating floods across the state, Cabinet Minister and President of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Punjab, Mr. Aman Arora, today held the previous Congress and SAD-BJP governments, along with the BJP-led central government, directly responsible for the disaster and Punjab’s plight, cataloguing a series of catastrophic policy failures and criminal acts of betrayal against the state's interests. While dismantling the opposition's rhetoric during the special session of the Punjab Vidhan Sabha, Mr. Aman Arora pointed to the Congress government's 2017 decision to declare a 260-km stretch of the Beas River a "Ramsar Site" as a prime example of a hollow political wisdom. He termed it a blind, politic...

CHANDIGARH/AMRITSAR, September 28:           Amidst the ongoing drive to make Punjab a safe and drug free state as per the directions of Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann, Counter Intelligence (CI) Amritsar has busted a cross-border narcotics smuggling module with links to Pakistan with the arrest of its two operatives and recovered 4kg heroin from their possession, said Director General of Police (DGP) Punjab Gaurav Yadav here on Sunday.           Those arrested have been identified as Akashdeep Singh alias Tony, a resident of Attari in Amritsar and Pawanbir Singh, a resident of Basarke Bhaini in Amritsar. Apart from recovering heroin, police teams have also impounded their Hero Splendor Motor...

CHANDIGARH, September 27:           Continuing the war against drugs “Yudh Nashian Virudh” waged by Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann to eradicate drug menace from state consecutively for the 210th day, Punjab Police conducted raids at 332 locations on Saturday leading to the arrest of 66 drug smugglers after registration of 53 first information reports (FIRs) across the state. With this, the number of total drug smugglers arrested has reached to 31,145 in 210 days.           The raids have resulted in recovery of 431 grams heroin, 1608 intoxicant tablets/capsules and Rs 42,250 drug money from the possession of arrested drug smugglers.           N...