State cabinet minister Harpal Singh Cheema says law enforcement has tracked down wanted criminals across several countries under the 'Gangstran Te Vaar' initiative.
Punjab and Haryana will supply 11,973 million units of electricity to Himachal Pradesh over 20 years under a Supreme Court-approved cashless settlement.
The Union Home Minister travelled to Mansa, Sangrur and Gurdaspur on Oct 20 to console grieving families and press for a CBI probe into three drug‑linked killings.
State authorities and emergency medical teams have been deployed to Sangrur after a vehicle struck a team of rural workers on the Lehragaga-Jakhal road.
Authorities have seized excavators, tippers and hundreds of cubic feet of illegally extracted material across multiple districts in a decisive enforcement push.
A SCORE Intelligence survey of 28,347 voters suggests the Aam Aadmi Party could claim a clear majority in the 117‑seat Punjab Assembly if elections were held now.
A sting operation at a Mansa pharmacy turned violent on Tuesday, leaving anti‑drug activist Parvinder Jhota dead and prompting a police hunt for the shooter.
Fresh polling across Patiala and Moga will take place within six weeks under High Court supervision, alongside a cleaned electoral roll of 2.01 crore voters.
The India Meteorological Department has issued a yellow alert for thunderstorms and heavy rain across Punjab and Haryana through 15 October, a wet spell that has already put stubble fires in Punjab to zero.
The prominent digital creator was targeted on Loharka Road, while police in another part of the city investigate a brutal attack on a five-year-old girl.
The Delhi meeting on state governance coincided with a major political row in Punjab, where AAP suspended a legislator for criticizing government schools.
The departure follows a critical review by state in-charge Sachin Pilot and months of public fighting with a rival faction led by Charanjit Singh Channi.
Punjab’s chief minister blasted the Union government for singling out his state on drug abuse, pointing to a massive heroin bust in Gujarat, while announcing a fresh ₹13.30 crore scholarship package for Scheduled‑Caste students and representing the state at a national Right‑to‑Information conference.
A senior BJP leader has filed a contempt petition over social media posts criticising a High Court judge, just as the state government promised to act on the activist's school audit.
