Amritsar, March 19 (IANS) Punjab Police on Thursday intensified its ongoing anti-drug and anti-gangster crackdown under the ‘Gangster Te War’ campaign, conducting large-scale Cordon and Search Operations (CASO) in several districts including Barnala, Amritsar, and Hoshiarpur.Senior police officials said the coordinated operations were aimed at dismantling drug trafficking networks and tracking down criminals linked to organised crime.In the Amritsar district, a CASO was carried out in Pandor…
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Chandigarh, Jan 29 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party’s Punjab unit president Sunil Jakhar on Thursday cautioned Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann against indulging in petty politics in the name of Guru Ravidas, saying such behaviour “does not befit someone holding the office of Chief Minister”. He said Prime Minister Narendra Modi is well aware of the sentiments of the people of Punjab, and that is why he already announced in 2024 during his Punjab visit that the Adampur Airport would be name…
Chandigarh, Jan 7 (IANS) Ending a four-decade-long irrigation drought in Punjab’s Kandi belt, the state government has restored canal water supply to tail-end farms, bringing long-awaited relief to farmers in the hilly and drought-prone region. With the completion of a Rs 238.90 crore revamp of the Kandi Canal system, irrigation has now reached 433 villages and is covering 1.25 lakh acres of agricultural land across the Kandi area, marking a decisive turnaround in the state’s irrigation land…
Chandigarh, Dec 29 (IANS) The Punjab Cabinet, presided over by Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, on Monday cleared a series of administrative and governance reforms aimed at directly easing citizens’ daily interactions with the government. Also, the Cabinet approved the upgradation of Banur to a tehsil in Mohali district, created Hariana as a new sub-tehsil in Hoshiarpur, pushed amendments to modernise land revenue laws through digital records, and granted long-pending relief to Special Teacher Ed…