The North News Chandigarh, March 10 The AAP government has launched an all-out war against drug trade through strict enforcement, community involvement and preventive education, Punjab Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema said on Monday. Punjab Police registered 36,178 FIRs under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act and arrested 47,902 accused, Cheema said in the […]
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Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, March 10 A 34-year-old man, on the run after allegedly killing a woman in Punjab last month, was nabbed in Maharashtra’s Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar in a joint operation by the city crime branch and the Railway Police, an official said on Monday. According to police, the accused, Gurvinder Singh alias Goldie, along with two […]
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The North News Chandigarh, March 10 Rebel SAD MLA Manpreet Singh Ayali on Monday asked the Punjab government to revoke the detention of Khadoor Sahib MP Amritpal Singh under the NSA and also raised the issue of ‘Bandi Singhs’ in the state Assembly here. Participating in the discussion on the governor’s address during the ongoing […]
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The North News Chandigarh, March 9 The Punjab Police have frozen illegally acquired properties worth more than Rs 600 crore belonging to drug smugglers over the last two years as part of intensified efforts to dismantle the financial networks of narcotics trafficking in the state. Officials said on Monday Punjab accounted for nearly 50 per […]
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New Delhi, March 9 The Bharatiya Janata Party and the Aam Aadmi Party engaged in a war of words on Monday, each interpreting the Delhi High Court order in the excise policy case in its favour. The BJP welcomed the high court’s directions, saying that it marked the end of the AAP’s brief celebrations. The […]
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The North News Chandigarh, March 9 Punjab Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema has defended the record of the Aam Aadmi Party government in Punjab while criticising opposition lawmakers for staging a walkout during a debate in the state assembly. Speaking during a discussion on the Governor’s address in the Punjab Legislative Assembly, Cheema said the […]
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The North News Chandigarh, March 9 With summer setting in gradually, day temperatures hovered above normal limits in Haryana and Punjab on Sunday. Hisar turned out to be the warmest place in the two states, recording a maximum temperature of 37.5 degrees Celsius, which was six notches above normal. Temperatures have risen in the two […]
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The North News Chandigarh, March 9 Opposition parties on Sunday slammed the AAP government over Punjab budget, saying it “completely ignored” the urgent need to revive the “struggling economy”, with the Congress calling the announcement of a monthly financial assistance of Rs 1,000 for women “too little, too late”. Leader of the Opposition Partap Singh […]
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The North News Chandigarh, March 9 Harpal Singh Cheema has said every promise made to the people of Punjab has been fulfilled as he presented the state’s ₹2,60,437 crore budget for 2026-27 in the assembly. The budget is the last to be presented by the ruling Aam Aadmi Party government before the state heads to […]
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The North News Chandigarh, March 9 The Punjab government released a sum of Rs 1,010 crore towards comprehensive disaster relief and mitigation following the devastating floods that struck the state last year, said Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema on Sunday. While presenting the state budget for 2025-26 in the state Assembly here, Cheema said the […]
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