The North NewsChandigarh, May 4Punjab’s government on Sunday intensified its war on drugs, with ministers fanning out across districts to spearhead awareness campaigns and mobilise Village Defence Committees under the banner of Yudh Nashiyan Virudh. The high-profile outreach, aimed at rallying public support for the campaign, saw cabinet ministers taking charge in multiple districts. Finance […]
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The North News Chandigarh, May 4 Two men have been arrested in Punjab for allegedly leaking sensitive photographs and information related to Indian military installations to Pakistani intelligence operatives, said Punjab DGP Gaurav Yadav in his post on X previously known as Twitter. Palak Sher Masih and Suraj Masih were taken into custody on 3 […]
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The North News Chandigarh, May 3 Punjab Water Resources and Soil and Water Conservation Minister Barinder Kumar Goyal today said that the Punjab Government will boycott the Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB) meeting scheduled for May 5. Terming the meeting completely unconstitutional and illegal, Goyal said that proper protocols had been violated in the scheduling […]
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The North News Chandigarh, May 3 In an escalating inter-state water dispute, the Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB) has convened meeting at 5 pm today after the Union Government advised Punjab to comply with BBMB’s decision to release 4,500 cusecs of additional water from the Bhakra Dam to Haryana for eight days. The directive—meant to […]
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The North News Chandigarh, May 2 The Punjab government has declared an intensified campaign against drug abuse, framing it as a grassroots movement aimed at reclaiming the future of the state’s youth. Cabinet Minister Hardeep Singh Mundian, speaking at an anti-drug event at the Majestic Resort in Moga, described the campaign as a war being […]
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The North News Chandigarh, May 2 In a rare show of unity, all major political parties in Punjab have come together to oppose the Bhakra Beas Management Board’s (BBMB) decision to release 8,500 cusecs of water to Haryana. At a meeting convened by Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann in Chandigarh on Friday, leaders from Congress, Shiromani […]
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The North News Chandigarh, May 2 As tensions escalate between Punjab and Haryana over a long-simmering water-sharing dispute, the central government has stepped in to defuse the crisis. Union Home Secretary Govind Mohan is chairing an emergency meeting in New Delhi with the chief secretaries of Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, and Rajasthan—partner states of the […]
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The North News Chandigarh, May 1 Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann has called an all-party meeting to address growing concerns over river water sharing, accusing the central government of undermining the state’s rights through the Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB). The meeting will be held on Friday at Punjab Bhawan in Chandigarh, with invitations extended […]
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The North News Chandigarh, May 1 Punjab Police have recovered five kilograms of heroin from a rented house in Amritsar linked to an absconding smuggler accused of involvement in a Pakistan-backed arms and drugs trafficking network, officials said on Thursday. According to Director General of Police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav, the recovery was made during an […]
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The North News Chandigarh, May 1 Punjab Cabinet Minister Hardeep Singh Mundian today strongly opposed the BJP’s desperate efforts to snatch water from Punjab through the BBMB and said that the state government led by Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann will not tolerate this robbery at any cost. In a press statement today, Mundian said […]
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