In a massive crackdown on the alleged gangster-terrorist nexus in the state, the Punjab Police on Saturday launched massive raids on suspected hideouts of persons linked with gangster-turned-terrorist Arshdeep Singh alias Arsh Dalla.
Punjab's Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) spokesperson said that they belonged to various banned religious organisations, including the proscribed militant group Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), the Dawn newspaper reported.
Punjab police have arrested an Army personnel and his aide in connection with the possession of heroin weighing 31.02Kg, the police official said on Saturday.
The security forces succeeded in making the arrest and recovery of such a huge consignment of narcotics following an operation launched on the intervening night of January 5-6.
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Balbir Singh is expected to replace Fauja Singh Sarari in the Punjab Cabinet after the latter resigned on Saturday over an extortion controversy.
In wake of severe cold conditions, the Punjab Government on Friday extended the holidays till 14 January 2023 for the students of Class I to VII of all government, aided, recognized and private schools in the state due to in the state.
Border Security Force has apprehended a Bangladesh national near the Roranwala Khurd village in Punjab's Amritsar, however, handed over to the police on not recovering anything "objectionable" from him.