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BJP MP and actor Kangana Ranaut.

Kangana’s ‘Udta Punjab’ remark triggers controversy

July 26, 2025, 03:20 PM - 3 min read

Responding to her remarks, Punjab Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema said “This is not the first time she has made such absurd and baseless statements. She is habitual in speaking without evidence.”

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Police personnel hold a man arrested with 3.5 kilograms of heroin during a raid in Ferozepur last Friday, as part of Punjab’s intensified anti-narcotics crackdown.

Punjab’s anti-drug crackdown nets over 22,000 smugglers

July 18, 2025, 02:04 PM - 3 min read

Punjab Police have arrested over 22,000 drug smugglers in 138 days under the state’s war on drugs, with major seizures and daily coordinated raids continuing across the state.

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Punjab DGP Gaurav Yadav.

Punjab’s war on drugs sees ‘major success’: DGP Gaurav Yadav

May 31, 2025, 05:49 PM - 3 min read

Since the launch of the intensified anti-drug drive, the police have arrested 13,038 individuals and registered 8,344 FIRs under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act. Among those arrested, 1,696 were identified as “big fish” in the drug trade.

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The Punjab Police raze drug peddlers’ properties on Panchayat land.

Punjab police demolish drug smugglers’ illegal properties

May 22, 2025, 03:47 PM - 3 min read

In a continued crackdown on drug trafficking, the Punjab Police on Thursday demolished illegal structures built on Panchayat land by two drug smugglers in Amritsar district. The demolished properties belonged to Jagpreet, alias Jagga, and Satnam, both of whom are currently in jail on drug peddling charges.

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Another life lost to drugs in Punjab’s Tarn Taran

May 12, 2025, 04:53 PM - 2 min read

The victim’s mother has levelled serious allegations, claiming that certain women in the area have been openly peddling drugs for years but no significant action was taken against her by the police or the administration.

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Drone, heroin seized in separate operations in Ferozepur

April 26, 2025, 04:31 PM - 1 min read

Acting on credible intelligence from the BSF Intelligence Wing, Border Security Force (BSF) personnel, in coordination with the Punjab Police, recovered a drone and two packets of heroin in two separate incidents in the past 24 hours.

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Amandeep was reportedly trapped on the tip-off provided by a woman, whose husband was allegedly having a relationship with her.

Amandeep Kaur: A woman cop's journey from Instagram to jail

April 8, 2025, 05:25 PM - 7 min read

Amandeep’s is not the first case where a cop has been found to be allegedly involved in drug trafficking. There have been several others who have even been jailed.

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Mann urges united fight against Punjab’s drug menace

Mann urges united fight against Punjab’s drug menace

April 2, 2025, 10:42 PM - 4 min read

Addressing an event where numerous NCC, NSS, and school students took an oath to abstain from drugs, Mann lauded the involvement of the youth and acknowledged the proactive stance taken by village panchayats in passing resolutions to declare their villages drug-free zones.

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