New Delhi, May 20 (IANS) The crime landscape in Punjab is fast changing with terror groups and criminal networks deploying new strategies almost daily to disrupt law and order. While the larger push that is being made is for a separate Khalistan nation, these syndicates at play are carrying out low intensity explosions to keep the state on the boil. The Khalistan networks are also trying to replicate the Mumbai underworld model of grooming juveniles for low-cost, high-success attacks.The police …
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Chandigarh, May 6 (IANS) The BJP on Wednesday launched a sharp attack on the AAP-led Punjab government over the recent blasts in the state, accusing Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann of making “irresponsible statements” by blaming the BJP and failing to maintain law and order.Reacting to the blasts reported from Amritsar and Jalandhar, Punjab BJP Vice President, Fatehjang Singh Bajwa, told IANS that the Chief Minister’s remarks alleging the BJP’s involvement in the blasts were “unbecoming of a re…
Chandigarh, May 4 (IANS) In a crackdown on organised crime in Punjab’s border-sharing villages, the police in Tarn Taran have come down heavily on the drug trade involving Pakistan, which had been enabling gangsters to finance and run their illegal operations in the state. Over the past three months, since the ‘Gangstran te Vaar’ operation by the government, the district police have registered 490 cases under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, arrested 630 individua…
Chandigarh, April 11 (IANS) The Punjab government on Saturday said it has authorised the Punjab Police to reward informants under its new ‘reward policy’ for sharing information regarding wanted criminals and gangsters or their network in the state. It also released a list of 28 most wanted criminals. Under the project ‘Gangstran Te Vaar’, the government has approved sanction powers up to Rs 1 lakh to Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP); Rs 1.5 lakh to Commissioner of Police, Range Ins…
Chandigarh, Feb 25 (IANS) BJP state President Sunil Jakhar on Wednesday said Punjab needs strong leadership capable of taking firm decisions and implementing them effectively to curb lawlessness and restore a sense of security among people.He asserted that only decisive leadership can curb lawlessness, provide a safe environment to citizens, and put the state back on the path of development.Jakhar said only the BJP has the ability to deliver such governance and added that it is now up to the peo…
Ferozepur, Feb 10 (IANS) Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) President Sukhbir Badal on Tuesday said that the party is committed to wiping out the menace of drug trafficking and gangsters in Punjab once it forms the government in 2027. Appreciating the initiative by Punjab Governor Gulab Chand Kataria to lead a campaign to make Punjab drug-free, the Akali Dal chief told the media here, “The Governor has understood the pulse of the people and is travelling from village to village and city to city to crea…
Bhubaneswar, Jan 16 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED), Bhubaneswar Zonal Office, on Friday conducted a massive search operation under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA), across numerous locations linked to mafias involved in illegal and unauthorized excavation and sale of minor minerals such as sand and black stone in the Ganjam district.According to a press note issued by the central agency, the accused mafias engaged in illegal mining are connected to each other as busin…