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After Punjab crackdown, drug traffickers shifting base to haryana: cheema

CHANDIGARH, Feb. 25 -- Finance minister Harpal Singh Cheema on Tuesday claimed that the AAP government's anti-narcotic campaign -- 'Yudh Nashian Virudh' -- has forced drug traffickers to shift their b... Read More


Fiscal woes to worsen as subsidy bill, debt mounting, warns study

Chandigarh, Feb. 25 -- Days before the Bhagwant Mann-led Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government announced free food kits for 40 lakh families registered under the National Food Security Act (NFSA), a study ... Read More


Will declare drug lords, gangsters terrorists: Sukhbir

Ferozepur, Feb. 25 -- Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal on Monday said if voted to power, his government would designate gangsters and drug traffickers as terrorists and deal wit... Read More


2 BKI operatives arrested from Jalandhar; arms & ammo seized

Jalandhar, Feb. 25 -- The Counter-Intelligence (CI) unit of Jalandhar has busted a module backed by the Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) involved in firing incidents linked to extortion with the arre... Read More


CM Mann slams SAD, Congress for 'neglecting' education sector

BATHINDA, Feb. 25 -- Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Tuesday accused the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) the Congress of neglecting the education sector and charged them of being focused on "promotin... Read More


Markfed to procure, food dept to distribute ration kits

Chandigarh, Feb. 25 -- The Punjab State Cooperative Supply and Marketing Federation Ltd (Markfed) will procure and the state food and civil supplies department will distribute quarterly food kits for ... Read More


Demolition at Khaira's houseas per law: MP Meet Hayer

BARNALA, Feb. 25 -- Sangrur MP Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer defended the recent demolition of the peripheral wall of Congress' Bholath MLA Sukhpal Khaira's residence in Ramgarh, asserting that the action ... Read More


Sangrur dera head arrested in abetment to suicide case

SANGRUR, Feb. 25 -- Balwinder Singh, who runs a dera in Changli village of Sangrur, has been arrested on charges of abetment to suicide following the death of a 22-year-old Sikh youth from Katron vill... Read More


Foreign forces aiding Pak to push drugs, arms into Punjab: Kataria

Hoshiarpur, Feb. 25 -- Punjab governor Gulab Chand Kataria said on Tuesday that certain foreign forces were aiding Pakistan to smuggle drugs and weapons into Punjab across the border to destabilise th... Read More


90 farmer leaders detained in Sangrur

Sangrur, Feb. 25 -- Ahead of the planned protest by the Samyukt Kisan Morcha (Non-Political) in Samana in Patiala district, Punjab Police on Tuesday moved to pre-empt the stir by taking 90 farmer lead... Read More