Addressing a rally during the Punjab leg of his ongoing Bharat Jodo Yatra, the former Congress national president said, "Every state of India has a history, language and lifestyle. Punjab should be run from Punjab only, and not from Delhi."
Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Monday inspected the Kapurthala jail and said that the state government is preparing a comprehensive blueprint for beefing up the security in jails on scientific lines.
In a mega crackdown on drug mafia, Punjab Police arrested 258 drug smugglers and seized over 100 kilograms narcotics worth Rs 20.5 lakh in a week. Officials said they also arrested 188 people and recovered 10,269 Chinese Dor (Deadly strings), during the raids conducted last week.
Police sources added that they suspects were to receive Rs 50 lakh on killing the first target, Rs 1 crore for taking out the second and Rs 1.5 crore for eliminating the third.
Meanwhile, over North India, cold wave to severe cold wave conditions are very likely over many parts of Rajasthan, Punjab and Haryana, Chandigarh and Delhi till January 17 and thereafter in isolated pockets on January 18.
Murdered Punjabi singer Sidhu Moose Wala's father Balkaur Singh joined the Bharat Jodo Yatra led by Rahul Gandhi as it resumed from Jalandhar district in Punjab.
The Police said the arrested accused has involvement in the targeted killing of Pardeep Singh persons outside his shop in Kotkapura on November 10 last year.