After several politicians in Punjab raised the issue of the alleged deletion of Punjabi from the draft a twice-a-year board exam format, CBSE issued a clarification
Punjab Congress leader Partap Singh Bajwa accused Power Minister Harbhajan Singh of asking senior officials in the power corporation to collect funds for AAP ahead of the Delhi elections.
US deportee Jaswinder Singh has revealed that he had spent Rs 45 lakhs on US visa but was instead deceived into travelling by boat, leading to his eventual deportation.
A PIL was filed in the Punjab and Haryana High Court seeking action against the fake travel agents involved in smuggling people to foreign countries through donkey routes. The HC directed the state and the central government to respond within 30 days.
DGP Gaurav Yadav said that the arrested accused, Gursimranjit Singh, was involved in large-scale heroin smuggling, and it was reported that he had recently received a large consignment of heroin smuggled from across the border. Probe also suggested that Pak-based smugglers have used drones to transport the drug consignment, he added.
The court rebuked the AAP government for taking a position that there shortage of funds for allocating the budget for buying modern technology tools for Forensic Science Laboratories while huge amounts are otherwise being spent.