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BATHINDA: Punjab governor Banwari Lal Purohit addressed border area residents during his visit to Fazilka on Wednesday, urging them to report any drug-related activities to the police. He said that drug addiction is not confined to Punjab now but is spreading fast to Haryana and other states. He emphasized the need to tackle drug addiction and peddling, expanding the issue beyond Punjab's borders....

NEW DELHI: A 42-year-old woman and her four associates have been arrested in connection with the robbery of 17 gold biscuits in the Paschim Vihar area of west Delhi. The accused have been identified as Sonu Suri, a resident of Tagore Garden Extension, Navneet (34), Mohsin Khan (29), Dheeraj (22), and Ankit Porwal (22), all residents of Khayala.The incident occurred on September 22 when a PCR call was...

CHANDIGARH: Punjab Police arrested Congress MLA Sukhpal Singh Khaira on Thursday morning at his Chandigarh residence in connection with a case under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, registered against him in Jalalabad of Fazilka district in 2015.Khaira’s arrest has the potential to strain relations between Congressand AAP, both constituents of the opposition INDIA bloc.The...

NEW DELHI: Slain terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar and other pro-Khalistan elements in Canada have been building a local 'pro-Khalistan brigade' by sponsoring visas for gullible Punjab youths for medium-skilled jobs, including religious duties in gurdwaras controlled by them, and “offering shelter and low-scale jobs” with gurdwaras’ resources for “sustenance” of illegal immigrants and Indian...

CHANDIGARH: Responding to Aam Aadmi Party national convener Arvind Kejriwal who claimed that Bhagwant Mann was the best-ever Punjab chief minister, state’s leader of opposition (LoP) Partap Singh Bajwa said the distinction belonged to Partap Singh Kairon of the Congress.While in Punjab last week, Kejriwal had given this certificate to Mann. Bajwa acknowledged why Kejriwal must praise "the poster boy...

India logged over 3,800 new Covid cases on Saturday, the highest daily tally in six months, as infections in the past seven days surged at the fastest rate since the third wave in January 2022. India recorded over 18,450 fresh cases in the past week (March 26-April 1), a 2.1x rise over the previous seven days’ tally of 8,781. The doubling time of cases has reduced to less than seven days. The last...