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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…