In a determined bid to strengthen fiscal discipline and boost state revenue, the Punjab Government has launched an aggressive drive to recover long-pending excise arrears inherited from previous SAD-BJP and Congress regimes. Punjab Finance, Planning, Excise and Taxation Minister Advocate Har
Four accused have been arrested and Rs 10.96 lakh in cash seized from their possession, along with nine mobile phones, one laptop, 32 debit cards, 10 SIM cards, 15 bank passbooks and a cheque book, Punjab police said in a press release.
The meeting was attended by Deputy Commissioners of Hoshiarpur, Tarn Taran, Kapurthala, Ferozepur, and Fazilka, along with senior officers from the Drainage Department, including Executive Engineers and Superintending Engineers. Principal Secretary Krishan Kumar and Chief Engineer (Drainage)
DGP Gaurav Yadav said that preliminary investigation revealed that they fled to Nepal after committing the murder and returned on the directions of their foreign-based handlers to commit a sensational crime in Punjab.
In a follow-up operation early on June 30, BSF troops seized a DJI Air 3 drone and 460 grams of suspected heroin from a field near Chak Bazida in Fazilka district.
In an action against corruption, the Bhagwant Mann government in Punjab has suspended Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Fazilka. The SSP was suspended in the Rs 1 lakh bribery case.
Punjab's Fazilka Police arrested three drug smugglers and recovered a massive haul of 60,000 Tramadol (100mg) tablets in a significant blow to the pharmaceutical opioid supply network, the Director General Police (DGP) of Punjab stated on Monday.
The retreat ceremonies at Attari-Wagah in Amritsar, Hussainiwala in Ferozepur, and Sadki in Fazilka district in Punjab have been cancelled till further orders, the Border Security Force (BSF) said.
The Border Security Force (BSF) recovered three consignments of suspected heroin within the last 24 hours along the Punjab border, following extensive search operations based on intelligence inputs, BSF Punjab Frontier said in a statement.
The NIA scanned 17 locations in the districts of Gurdaspur, Batala, Ferozepur, Fazilka, Tarn Taran, Amritsar, and Faridkot, seizing several incriminating materials, including mobile phones, digital devices, and documents.
The DGP further mentioned that along with two kg of Heroin, one .32 bore pistol, four live cartidges, two empty shells and a motorcycle were recovered from the possession.