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Chamkaur Sahib (Rupnagar), August 18: Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann on Monday dared the Akali leader Sukhbir Singh Badal to stop boasting about fake achievements of their government and explain that who will take the responsibility of the barbaric incident like Bargadi and lakhs of deaths of youth due to drugs which took place during their rule. Addressing the gathering after giving a bonanza of several developmental projects to Chamkaur Sahib Assembly segment, the Chief Minister said that Sukhbir is very fond of boasting that a lot of development had taken place during their rule whereas he is mum over the incident of Bargadi where bullets were fired on innocent people or the drug menace which resulted in genocide of young generations is reflective of the long misrule of...

Chandigarh, August 18: Punjab State Scheduled Castes Commission Chairman S. Jasvir Singh Garhi has taken suo motu notice of a case involving the abuse of a Scheduled Caste person from village Sarangara, Ramtirth Road, under the Rajasansi constituency of Amritsar, and has sought a report from the SSP Amritsar. Giving details in this regard, S. Jasvir Singh Garhi said that the matter came to his notice through social media, where a person was seen hurling caste-based abuses at a Scheduled Caste family. Taking cognizance of this, the Commission has initiated legal action. He further stated that the Punjab State Scheduled Castes Commission is committed to safeguarding the rights and welfare of Scheduled Caste communities in the state and that strict action will be taken against those ...

Chandigarh, August 18:           Punjab’s Tourism and Cultural Affairs Minister, Tarunpreet Singh Sond, today announced that the Punjab Government will commemorate the unparalleled martyrdom of Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Ji with grand events across the state. He said that the 350th martyrdom anniversary of the Ninth Guru, revered as Hind Di Chadar, will be observed through large-scale commemorative programmes.           Sond informed that in this regard, review meetings with district administrations and key stakeholders have already been completed at Sri Anandpur Sahib, Sri Amritsar Sahib, Baba Bakala, and Patiala. He added that the state government has designated the Department of Tourism and Cultur...

Chandigarh, August 18: Punjab Power Minister Harbhajan Singh ETO met representatives of various PSPCL/PSTCL unions here today. During the meeting, the union leaders apprised the Power Minister of their demands and expressed gratitude to the state government for the recent 10 percent salary hike announced by the Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann -led Punjab government. Speaking on the occasion, Cabinet Minister Harbhajan Singh ETO said that the Punjab government, under the leadership of Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann, is committed to the welfare of state employees and assured that all their demands would be addressed soon. PSPCL CMD Ajoy Kumar Sinha was also present at the meeting.

CHANDIGARH, August 17:           Continuing the war against drugs “Yudh Nashian Virudh” waged by Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann to eradicate drug menace from state consecutively for the 169th day, Punjab Police conducted raids at 286 locations on Sunday leading to the arrest of 57 drug smugglers after registration of 42 first information reports (FIRs) across the state. With this, the number of total drug smugglers arrested has reached to 26,023 in 169 days.           The raids have resulted in recovery of 461 grams heroin, 415 intoxicant tablets/capsules and Rs 31,550 from the possession of arrested drug smugglers.           The operation was ...