Chandigarh, July 19 (IANS) On the completion of 500 days of the ‘Yudh Nashian Virudh’ campaign, Punjab Director General of Police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav said during this period 629 major drug traffickers were arrested, besides seizures of drugs and the dismantling of organised trafficking networks.“Ever since the campaign was launched on March 1, 2025, Punjab Police have registered 52,432 first information reports (FIRs) under the NDPS Act and apprehended more than 68,850 drug traffickers. Of thes…
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Jammu, July 17 (IANS) One person was killed, and three Special Operations Group (SOG) personnel of Jammu and Kashmir Police were injured in firing after the man reportedly tried to snatch a service rifle in Doda district, officials said on Friday.A religious preacher has been detained in connection with the incident, which occurred late Thursday night, the police officials said.The detained person’s link to the incident was not immediately clear. An SOG team laid an ambush on Thursday along th…
Chandigarh, June 5 (IANS) The Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann-led Punjab government’s battle against drug abuse ‘Yudh Nashean Virudh’ is getting a major boost, all thanks to a unique campaign that involves use of specially-designated e-rickshaws at the grassroots level.These e-rickshaws are operating across 86 Assembly segments of the border state ruled by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government and form an integral part of a pilot project aimed at mobilising communities against drug abuse.As part o…
Chandigarh, Feb 24 (IANS) Punjab Finance Minister Harpal Cheema said on Tuesday that the state government’s sustained crackdown against narcotics is delivering concrete results, dismantling drug networks that once operated with impunity, adding that drug traffickers are also fleeing the state and establishing Haryana as the new base. He noted that as Punjab “strengthens enforcement and public participation against drugs, serious questions are arising about the growing menace in Haryana under the…
Jammu, Jan 11 (IANS) The teenage son of a village defence committee (VDC) member was killed on Saturday in an accidental firing incident in J&K’s Kishtwar district, officials said on Sunday.Officials said the 16-year-old son of a VDC member died when his father’s rifle went off accidentally at their home in Kishtwar district. The incident occurred on Saturday night.“VDG Pyare Lal was cleaning his rifle at his home in Loyee Dhar village of Mughal Maidan around 9.30 pm on Saturday when i…