Punjab Strengthens Prison Security with High-Tech Surveillance and V-Kavach Jammers. The Punjab Government has stepped up the process of upgrading security at 18 state jails by introducing state-of-the-art surveillance technologies. Till January 13, as many as 598 X-ray and other security machines and 647 CCTV cameras known as “camera strands” have been put in place … Read more
Case registered in Jalandhar as police crack down on plastic kite strings in Punjab. The Punjab Police have stepped up the campaign against the use of banned plastic kite strings in the wake of increasing deaths and injuries across the state, mainly due to the use of such sharp and dangerous strings, usually made of … Read more
Nihangs Attack Police in Ludhiana’s Kamalpura, Four Officers Injured. A group of Nihangs attacked the police personnel, reported late on Thursday night in Kamalpura village, Jagraon. Four police personnel sustained injuries during the attack at 10 PM when SHO Harshveer Singh of Sadar police station and incharge of the Marado outpost came under the attackers’ … Read more
SGPC protests against Kangana Ranaut’s ‘Emergency’; police deployed in Amritsar. The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) protested outside PVR Suraj Chanda Tara Cinema in Amritsar demanding a ban on Kangana Ranaut’s film Emergency, alleging that the film distorts Sikh history, particularly the events related to the 1984 period. Heavy police deployment was seen outside the … Read more
Six-Year-Old Electrocuted in Tarn Taran, Raising Concern Over Plastic Kite Strings. A tragic incident was witnessed in Tarn Taran as a six-year-old boy was electrocuted after touching a plastic kite-flying thread. The tragedy has once again brought to the fore the dangers posed by these threads, especially plastic ones that can conduct electricity when wet, … Read more
Punjab to face relentless election calendar as 2025 brings two more by-elections. After a long series of elections in 2024, Punjab is now getting ready for two more Assembly by-elections in 2025. The state, which was under the code of conduct for nearly five months last year, is now preparing for polls following the Aam … Read more
Maghi Mela in Muktsar: Political Color Returns as Launch of Pro-Khalistan Leader’s Party Draws Near.This includes Sri Muktsar Sahib in Punjab, the venue of annual Maghi Mela, held to commemorate the martyrdom of 40 Sikh soldiers who were brutally killed by the Mughal forces in 1705 while fighting against the latter in the Battle of … Read more
By-Election Speculation Rises After Ludhiana West MLA Gurpreet Gogi’s Death. The sudden death of Aam Aadmi Party MLA Gurpreet Gogi from Ludhiana West has thrown open the issue of an impending assembly by-election in Punjab. Gogi died under mysterious circumstances late Friday night, reportedly from a gunshot wound. Even before his final rites, political circles … Read more
Punjab Seeks ₹600 Crore Aid to Fight Drug Menace. Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann appealed to Union Home Minister Amit Shah for a ₹600-crore financial package to strengthen the war against drug trafficking and set up special courts under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act. Mann made the plea during a regional … Read more
Punjab MLA Gurpreet Gogi dies of Gunshot wound on head, Investigation underway. Punjab MLA Gurpreet Gogi, 58, was found dead from a gunshot wound to the head at his residence in Ludhiana’s Ghumar Mandi late Friday night. The circumstances surrounding the incident remain unclear, with authorities investigating whether it was a case of accidental fire … Read more