With the war against drugs, "Yudh Nashian Virudh", announced by Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann to eradicate the drug menace from the state, entered its fifth day. Punjab Police arrested 75 drug smugglers and recovered 27.7 kg of heroin and Rs 3.06 lakh drug money from their possession on
Punjab Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema will hold crucial meetings with senior officials of Tarn Taran, Gurdaspur, and Pathankot to intensify the state government's crackdown on drug trafficking.
He said, "Bhagwant Mann government is playing into the hands of Centre to violate the human rights of farmers. People will never accept this. We will burn the effigy of Bhagwant Mann. We will demand that farmers be allowed to protest and their demand be met. Our demands are not unlawful...We
Farmers gathered at Golden Gate in Amritsar to protest against the Bhagwant Mann-led Punjab government. Police forces were deployed at multiple locations, including Chandigarh's borders, to maintain order and manage traffic during the Samyukt Kisan Morcha's march.
Seeking the intervention of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to stop the auction of over nine thousand square kilometres of the basin, CM Stalin wrote in a post on X, "The GoI's auction notification for petroleum and natural gas exploration in the Gulf of Mannar Biosphere Reserve endangers a
According to a release from the Punjab Information and Public Relations Department, the police conducted raids for the fourth day consecutively to eradicate the drug menace from the state. The checking was conducted in six districts, including Hoshiarpur, SBS Nagar, Jalandhar Rural, Commissi
Delhi Assembly Speaker Vijender Gupta said on Tuesday that he intends to run the proceedings "in a fair and impartial manner" and all the "wrong practices which had been followed during the past ten years" of AAP rule will be done away with.
Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) on Tuesday accused the Bhagwant Singh Mann government in Punjab of "suppressing the democratic rights of farmers for peaceful protest" and appealed to the Punjab farmers to join the March 5 'Pakka Morcha' at Chandigarh.
Majithia accused CM Mann of failing to fulfill any of his promises to the state's farmers and criticized his actions during the meeting as "immature" and "shameful."
On March 20, 2022, in his first orders to Punjab Police after assuming charge, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann reconstituted the four-member Special Investigation Team (SIT) investigating the drugs case against Majithia.
Farmer leader Sarwan Singh Pandher on Tuesday slammed Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, saying that this is the third time in a row he targeted the movement.