Chandigarh, August 7: Punjab Finance, Planning, Excise and Taxation Minister Advocate Harpal Singh Cheema on Monday said that the state has registered an increase of 16.5 per cent and 20.87 per cent in revenue from Goods and Services Tax (GST) and Excise respectively during the first four months of the financial year 2023-24. Disclosing … Read more
CHANDIGARH: The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Monday restrained the Haryana government from the ongoing demolition drive in Nuh district that witnessed communal violence last week. The violence had led to the death of six people. The high court headed by Justice G.S. Sandhawalia took suo moto cognizance of the matter and asked the … Read more
Chandigarh, August 6: Punjab School Education Department has decided to organise a special lecture on the topics of motivation & Career counselling. Giving information, the official spokesperson of the school education department said that the department is going to telecast a 35-minutes live lecture on Edusat for the benefit of students studying in secondary … Read more
Chandigarh, August 6: Punjab Sports Minister Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer congratulated Mansa based Archer Parneet Kaur on becoming the World Champion. The Indian women’s compound team defeated Mexico in the final of the World Archery Championship by 235-229 in Berlin. The gold medal winning team included Parneet Kaur from village Mandhali in Mansa … Read more
CHANDIGARH/FEROZEPUR, August 6: In one of the biggest heroin seizures of this year amidst the ongoing war against drugs launched on the directions of Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, Punjab Police have busted two separate cross-border drug smuggling rackets with the arrest of four drug traffickers after recovering 77.8Kg heroin (41.8Kg+36Kg) and three pistols from their … Read more
Chandigarh, August 5: Punjab has secured second position in the country for sanctioning highest number of applications under Agriculture Infrastructure Fund (AIF) Scheme for a wide range of post-harvest management projects and community farming assets. Punjab Horticulture Minister S. Chetan Singh Jauramajra expressed satisfaction over the remarkable progress made by the state under the … Read more
CHANDIGARH/AMRITSAR, August 5: Following a vigorous follow-up investigation in a 6-kg heroin recovery case carried out as part of the decisive war against drugs launched on the directions of Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, Punjab Police on Saturday recovered an additional chunk 4 kg heroin concealed beneath the road in a village Bute Dian Chhana in … Read more
Chandigarh, August 5: Local Bodies Minister Balkar Singh on Saturday laid foundation stones of several infrastructure development projects worth Rs 76 lakh in the various places of Jalandhar. The projects for which foundation stones laid include construction of new health and wellness centre (Rs 30 lakh) in Kalyanpur, a community hall (Rs 20 lakh) … Read more
Chandigarh, August 5: Punjab Vigilance Bureau on Saturday nabbed an Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI), Harjinder Singh, posted at Sadar Police Station Zira in Ferozepur district, while accepting a bribe of Rs 20,000 from Harpreet Singh resident of village Mahianwala. Divulging the details here today, an official spokesperson of the VB said that the accused ASI … Read more
CHANDIGARH, August 5: Amidst the ongoing drive against anti-social elements launched on the directions of Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, Punjab Police busted an inter-state illegal weapon smuggling module with the arrest of two Madhya Pradesh (MP) based Arms suppliers involved in large-scale of illegal manufacturing and supply of weapons from MP into Punjab as well … Read more
