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SIT summons Majithia, Bhola on Oct 5 in 2021 drug case

Chandigarh, Oct. 1 -- A Punjab Police special investigation team (SIT), probing a 2021 drug case, has summoned senior Akali leader and former minister Bikram Singh Majithia and dismissed cop Jagdish B... Read More


Punjab: BJP's 13-day anti-drug yatra to end with Shah's Jalandhar show today

Chandigarh, Sept. 30 -- The Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) 13-day 'Nasha Mukt Punjab Yatra', launched from Pathankot on September 18 as part of the party's statewide campaign against drug abuse, will ... Read More


Fabricated posts triggered turmoil on twin varsity campuses: Probe

Chandigarh, Sept. 29 -- Unverified claims and viral rumours circulating on the social media forum Reddit triggered violent student unrest and arson in two major private university campuses in the stat... Read More


Nabin to kick off 13-day anti-drug campaign from Pathankot on Sept 18

Chandigarh, Sept. 18 -- The Punjab unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will launch its much-publicised "Nasha Mukt Punjab Yatra" on Friday, September 18, with party national president Nitin Nabin... Read More


Centre declares 6 Punjab dists as 'ultrasensitive' drug zones

Chandigarh, Sept. 17 -- The Union government has classified six districts in Punjab as "ultrasensitive" zones in its nationwide crackdown on narcotics as part of its newly unveiled campaign for a 'Nas... Read More


'Police-drug trafficker nexus': Dismissed AIG Raj Jit offers to surrender before top court

Chandigarh, Sept. 17 -- Dismissed Punjab Police assistant inspector general (AIG) Raj Jit Singh Hundal, who has been absconding since April 2023 in a case linked to allegations of a police-drug traffi... Read More


Spl DGP Deo marks probe into harassment complaints by pvt varsity women staffers

Chandigarh, Sept. 16 -- Punjab special director general of police (women wing) Gurpreet Deo has ordered a probe into allegations of harassment raised by two senior women deans at Lamrin Tech Skills Un... Read More


BJP to make drug issue key poll plank in Punjab

Chandigarh, Sept. 10 -- The BJP's decision to launch four statewide yatras against drugs from September 18 is not merely an awareness campaign but a calculated political move to make the drug menace t... Read More


Punjab BJP likely to announce candidates by first week of Dec

Chandigarh, Aug. 27 -- The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is likely to announce its candidates for the Punjab assembly elections, due early next year, by the first week of December, well ahead of the po... Read More


Eye on elections, BJP names Poonia as Punjab in-charge

Chandigarh, Aug. 19 -- With a focus on the upcoming assembly elections, the BJP on Tuesday appointed Rajya Sabha member Satish Poonia as the Punjab affairs in-charge. A day before, the party named the... Read More