Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Friday said that Canada-based top gangster Goldy Brar, involved in the murder of popular Punjabi singer Sidhu Moosewala, has been detained in the United States.
Security forces recovered a hexacopter drone equipped with modern technology and packets containing heroin weighing 5 kg from fields near the India-Pakistan border in Tarn Taran district of Punjab, police said on Friday.
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The statement comes days after PTI chairman Imran Khan announced plans to "quit the corrupt system and leave all the assemblies". However, the PTI has yet to announce a date for the dissolution of assemblies in Punjab and KP, where the PTI is in power.
Punjab Governor Banwari Lal Purohit on Thursday raised concern about the cross-border smuggling of weapons and drones from Pakistan by saying that the state will have to be alert.
Pakistan's Foreign Minister Zardari said that the PTI Members of the National Assembly who had previously submitted their resignations were still earning their salaries.
Punjab Police on Wednesday resorted to a lathi-charge on members of the agriculture labour unions who were marching towards Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann's residence in Sangrur over their various demands.
The protestors, who included agricultural workers, gathered at the Patiala bypass after which they started moving towards the Chief Minister's residence where there was heavy police deployment.
Exuding confidence in the victory of Aam Aadmi Party in the Gujarat polls, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Wednesday said that the northwestern state will give free electricity from March.