In a decisive action against the Centre’s alleged draconian move to snatch waters of state by misusing BBMB, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann has convened an all-party meeting at 10 am on Friday at Punjab Bhawan.
The wheat procurement operations are going on at rapid pace in the mandis throughout the state and till now, 114 Lakh Metric Tonnes (LMT) of produce has arrive in the mandis out of which 111 LMT has been procured.
The DGP, however, clarified that the focus of the police is not a figure based target, but to completely break the supply chains to make drugs unavailable across the state.
To realise the commitment of Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann led Punjab Government to make the state a ‘Nasha Mukt Punjab’, Director General of Police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav on Tuesday issued stern ultimatum to the district police chiefs to bring the drugs availability on the street to zero by May 31st
Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann directs to mobilise village and ward defence committees for a state-wide anti-drug awareness and action campaign.
He said that for the first time in Punjab's history, the excise revenue would surpass the five-digit mark, with the target of Rs 10,145 crore for the financial year 2024-25 likely to be exceeded.
Reiterating the firm commitment of state government to wipe out the scourge of drugs from the state, Punjab Governor Gulab Chand Kataria said on Friday that under the ongoing crusade against drugs in form of Yudh Nasheyan Virudh, a special focus has been to break the economic chain in the entire nexus.
Punjab has become the first state in India to introduce sign language in its Legislative Assembly to facilitate persons with disabilities.
: Law and order situation in Punjab is deteriorating, says former Punjab Health Minister and Congress leader Balbir Singh Sidhu.
The Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB) during its continued efforts to combat corruption, on Tuesday arrested Parmjit Singh, a Panchayat Secretary from village Jhall Bimbri in Kapurthala district for demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 15,000.
