Phagwara: Four alleged drug peddlers have been arrested and five kg opium was recovered from their possession here, police said on Sunday.Kapurthala Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Rajbachan Singh Sandhu said while acting on a tip-off, a police team arrested the accused near Hadiabad chowk on Saturday. The accused were identified as Harpreet Singh alias Suny, Balwant Rai alias Kaku, Dharamveer and Satpal, all residents of Phagwara.On preliminary investigation, Harpreet confessed that he used to buy opium from Rajasthan at a cheap rate and his three accomplices used to sell it in Phagwara at higher price. The SSP said during the last three weeks, as many as 18 drug-related cases had been registered and 23 accused were arrested in the district under a special drive against drugs.—PTI

 Four alleged drug peddlers have been arrested and five kg opium was recovered from their possession here, police said on Sunday.

4 held with 5 kg opium in Punjab's Phagwara

 Four alleged drug peddlers have been arrested and five kg opium was recovered from their possession here, police said on Sunday.





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Punjab: Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Tuesday said police are investigating the explosion at the Intelligence Wing headquarters of Punjab Police in Mohali and asserted that anyone trying to disturb peace in the state will not be spared.Mann has called a meeting of senior police officials, including the Director General of Police, at his residence and also sought a report on the incident, according to official sources.“The Punjab Police is investigating the explosion in Mohali. Anybody who tries to spoil the atmosphere in Punjab will not be spared,” said Mann in a tweet in Punjabi.Mann's statement comes a day after a rocket-propelled grenade was fired at the third floor of the highly-guarded building in sector 77 in Mohali on Monday night, following which an alert was sounded.The incident is being seen as a major intelligence failure as the office houses the state counter intelligence wing, special task force and some other units.No one, however, was injured in the explosion, which political parties termed "disturbing" and "shocking".Meanwhile, Aam Aadmi Party MP Raghav Chadha dubbed the incident as an act of cowardice and said strongest possible action will be taken against those who were behind it.“Explosion in Mohali is an act of cowardice by those powers who want to disrupt the hard-earned peace of the state. Punjab government will not spare those involved and strongest possible action will be taken,” tweeted Chadha, who is a Rajya Sabha MP from Punjab.Another AAP MP Sandeep Pathak said the attack was despicable.“Attack at Punjab Police Intelligence Headquarters in Mohali is despicable. I strongly condemn this vicious attack. The incident is being investigated by police, and not a single culprit should be spared," said Pathak in a tweet.AAP chief spokesperson Malvinder Singh Kang said the perpetrators of the crime will not be spared.“Blast in Mohali is unfortunate however the situation is under control, matter is being investigated, the perpetrators of the crime will not be spared, nobody will be allowed to fiddle with hard earned peace and harmony. An uneasiness of anti-Punjab forces is understandable,” said Kang in a tweet.—PTI

Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Tuesday said police are investigating the explosion at the Intelligence Wing headquarters of Punjab Police in Mohali and asserted that anyone trying to disturb peace in the state will not be spared.

Culprits won't be spared: Punjab CM on Mohali blast

Punjab: Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu on Monday met Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann and praised him for not having arrogance and receptive to his viewpoints as he discussed a host of issues.Sidhu's meeting came days after he called Mann as a "rubber doll", alluding to the Opposition charge that the state government is being run by the Aam Aadmi Party leadership from Delhi.Sidhu last month praised Mann as a "younger brother" and an "honest man".Before the meeting, Punjab minister Laljit Singh Bhullar said Mann would meet Sidhu, who was not an MLA, MP or a minister and had even lost his election.Taking a dig at the Congress and Akalis, he said the previous chief ministers did not give time to their own MLAs and even senior leaders for meetings.The former cricketer on Sunday had announced that he would meet Mann to discuss matters related to the revival of the state's economy."I came here for Punjab's progress. What should I say about CM saab (Mann), he has no ego and arrogance. He is the same today like he was 10-15 years back and even six months back," said Sidhu while talking to reporters after the meeting at the Punjab Civil Secretariat."He has as much pain as I have," said Sidhu.The meeting between Sidhu and Mann started around 5.15 pm and lasted about 50 minutes.Asked whether his meeting with Mann was positive, Sidhu said, "It is very positive. When a person is receptive then you do not feel the passing of 50 minutes."This meeting was for issues concerning changing the lives of people, he said.The former Congress legislator suggested Mann that money to the tune of Rs 25,000 crore to Rs 30,000 crore could be generated from the liquor sector.Sidhu stressed that it was necessary to generate resources for Punjab's progress.He urged Mann to end the contract system backed by politicians in the sand mining sector and fix the rate of sand."I see one thing that time will be up for Punjab's traitors, be it sand mining. I told him the voice of my soul," said Sidhu."When you fix the rate of sand, everything will be set right. There is nothing called the sand mafia, it is the transport mafia," said Sidhu.He also cited an example of Telangana which was earning Rs 57 crore per week from sand mining against Rs 40 per annum generated by Punjab.Raising the issue of cable monopoly in the state, Sidhu said that he felt that the CM would break it.He said that he had been raising these issues during the previous Congress government.Sidhu further pointed out that there were irregularities in the tender system and told CM Mann to bring out a standard tender system.Raising the issue of power purchase agreements with private power companies, Sidhu asked Mann to cancel the same and sign "smart PPAs" and issue directive for providing power at cheaper rates.He also said that the nexus between police, politicians and drug peddlers should be broken."I told him one thing that it is a question of Punjab's honour which should not be broken," he said.—PTI

Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu on Monday met Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann and praised him for not having arrogance and receptive to his viewpoints as he discussed a host of issues.

Punjab CM receptive, without arrogance, says Sidhu after meeting Mann

Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu on Monday met Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann and praised him for not having arrogance and receptive to his viewpoints as he discussed a host of issues.



A rocket-propelled grenade hit the Punjab police's intelligence wing headquarters in Mohali near Chandigarh on Monday night, shattering windowpanes on one of the floors of the building, the police said.

Rocket-propelled grenade hits Punjab police intelligence headquarters

Noida: The AAP government in Punjab is working in an "undemocratic manner" and "not following due legal process", former Uttar Pradesh deputy chief minister Dinesh Sharma said here commenting on BJP leader Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga's arrest last week.Bagga was arrested from his Delhi home by a Punjab Police team, which was stopped in Haryana's Kurukshetra and the leader brought back to the national capital by the Delhi Police, an episode that snowballed into a political slugfest between the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and the BJP.The Punjab Police had booked Bagga on charges of making provocative statements, promoting enmity and criminal intimidation last month."The Punjab government is working in an undemocratic manner and not following the legal process properly in the arrest of Bagga," BJP leader Sharma told reporters at a programme in Greater Noida on Sunday."The normal procedure was not followed, according to which police who come to arrest someone in other state have to inform the local police station concerned about their arrival and the reason," Sharma added.The senior leader said BJP workers now have the responsibility to inform people that their party is "determined to follow democratic rules and principles"."Wherever there is the BJP government, work is being done in all areas for development, including education, health and security. Party workers are very excited by the BJP's success in the recent UP elections and they should give the right direction to their enthusiasm by preparing for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections," the member of the UP Legislative Council said.Participating at the programme to mark Parashuram Jayanti in the Dadri area, Sharma said a Brahmin works for the welfare of whole society and not lives for self alone."Brahminism is not a caste but a superior way of living life," the BJP leader said, a remark he has made often in the past also.—PTI

The AAP government in Punjab is working in an "undemocratic manner" and "not following due legal process", former Uttar Pradesh deputy chief minister Dinesh Sharma said here commenting on BJP leader Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga's arrest last week.