The North News Chandigarh, March 31 The Punjab administration is set to bid farewell to one of its stalwart civil servants. Malwinder Singh Jaggi, a 2005 batch IAS officer and Secretary of the Information and Public Relations Department, is retiring after an illustrious career spanning 33 years on March 31. His departure marks the end […]
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The North News Chandigarh, March 31 Maninderjit Singh Bedi has assumed office as the Advocate General (AG) of Punjab at the Punjab and Haryana High Court. He becomes the fourth AG under Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann’s Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government in three years. Before this appointment, Bedi served as the Additional Advocate General of […]
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The North News Chandigarh, March 31 Saurabh Duggal of Sports Gaon has been elected president of the Chandigarh Press Club, securing 360 votes and defeating incumbent Nalin Acharya by a margin of 100 votes. The election was conducted in a peaceful and orderly manner on Sunday. The election saw participation from journalists across India and […]
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The North News Chandigarh, March 29 A special CBI court in Chandigarh on Saturday acquitted retired Punjab and Haryana High Court judge Nirmal Yadav and three others in the high-profile 2008 cash-at-judge’s-door case, ending a 17-year-long legal battle. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) alleged that Delhi-based hotelier Ravinder Singh had purchased land in Himachal […]
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The North News Chandigarh, March 29 Punjab Police have arrested four individuals allegedly linked to Pakistani smugglers in a crackdown on illegal arms and hawala networks, Punjab DGP Gaurav Yadav said on Saturday. The suspects, identified as Jagroop Singh, Hardeep Singh, Rajbir Singh (alias Gullu), and Arsal Singh (alias Rasal Singh), were reportedly involved in […]
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The North News Chandigarh, March 28 Punjab’s Counter Intelligence (CI) unit in Amritsar has busted an illegal arms smuggling network with alleged links to Pakistan, arresting two operatives accused of supplying weapons to associates of foreign-based gangsters. Punjab Director General of Police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav identified the suspects as Fateh Singh and Gurpreet Singh, both […]
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The North News Chandigarh, March 28 Punjab Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister Gurmeet Singh Khudian on Friday directed strict action against the sale of spurious cotton and unauthorized hybrid paddy seeds to safeguard farmers from fraudulent practices and financial losses. Khudian, accompanied by Administrative Secretary Agriculture Dr. Basant Garg, presided over a high-level video conference […]
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The North News New Delhi, March 28 Farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal has ended his hunger strike, the Punjab government informed the Supreme Court on Friday. He ended an indefinite hunger strike in support of various demands, accepted water, and broke his fast. Dallewal, who had been on a fast since 26 November 2024, was […]
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The North News Chandigarh, March 27 Punjab Police has intensified efforts to bust high-level drug networks after a significant reduction in street-level narcotics supply, Director General of Police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav said on Thursday. Sharing details, the DGP said as part of the ‘Yudh Nashian Virudh’ campaign over 4,142 drug smugglers have been arrested, and […]
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The North News Chandigarh, March 27 The Punjab Water Regulation and Development Authority (PWRDA) has made it mandatory for industrial, commercial, institutional, and healthcare units to extract more than 300 cubic meters of groundwater per month to obtain official permission. Water Supply and Sanitation Minister Hardeep Singh Mundian announced the directive in the Vidhan Sabha […]
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