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20 May

Medical Stores Shut Across Punjab, Patients Face Hardship Amid Chemists’ Protest Against Online Pharmacies

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Gurpreet Singh :- Patients across Punjab faced severe inconvenience on Wednesday as medical stores and chemist shops remained closed in response to a statewide shutdown call by chemist associations protesting against the growing influence of online pharmacy platforms. The shutdown disrupted access to essential medicines in several cities, forcing patients and their family members to move from one shop to another in search of medicines. In many areas, people were seen waiting outside closed medical stores, only to return disappointed after finding shutters down throughout the day. Amritsar witnessed a major impact of the strike, particularly in Katra Sher Singh,…

20 May

Pakistan-Based Don Shahzad Bhatti Emerges as Key Handler Behind Jalandhar IED Blast

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Gurpreet Singh :- Pakistani gangster-turned-terror handler Shahzad Bhatti has emerged as the alleged mastermind behind the IED explosion near the BSF headquarters in Jalandhar on May 5, with investigators claiming he is now operating as a major ISI-linked recruiter for sleeper cells inside India. During the probe into the blast, security agencies reportedly uncovered a vast online network allegedly operated by Bhatti through Instagram and Telegram. More than 500 youths from Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Maharashtra and Rajasthan have been rounded up and questioned for suspected links with the Pakistan-based operative. Investigators believe Bhatti has been using social…

20 May

Akali Dal, Congress Leaders Join AAP Backing Punjab’s Anti-Sacrilege Bill

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Gurpreet Singh :- Punjab’s newly introduced Jagat Jyoti Sri Guru Granth Sahib Satkar Bill 2026, aimed at preventing sacrilege incidents and ensuring stricter punishment for offenders, is receiving growing support from both the public and political circles across the state. In a significant political development on Tuesday, several prominent leaders and workers from the Shiromani Akali Dal and the Congress formally joined the Aam Aadmi Party after expressing support for the legislation. The induction ceremony was conducted by Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann’s OSD Rajbir Singh Ghuman. Leaders who joined the ruling party stated that previous governments had “politicised” the sensitive…

20 May

Patiala medical student murder: FIR names childhood friend for stabbing MBBS student to death, accused at large

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Gurpreet Singh :- Patiala police on Tuesday booked a close friend for killing a final-year MBBS student of Government Medical College (GMC), Patiala. Kamaldeep, 24, was found dead with multiple stab injuries at his paying guest accommodation in Patiala’s New Lal Bagh Colony. The incident reportedly took place on Sunday night, while the matter came to light the following day after locals informed the police. “Mohit Verma, a childhood friend of the deceased Kamaldeep Kumar Mittal, has been booked under Section 103 (murder) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita. He is on the run,” said Patiala superintendent of police (SP) Palwinder…

20 May

Bhagwant Mann Govt’s Mukh Mantri Sehat Yojana Brings Relief to Middle Class Among Others

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CHANDIGARH (Gurpreet Singh): Illness in many homes arrives not just with pain, but with panic. A hospital admission often means hurried borrowing, mortgaging jewellery, or watching savings vanish in a matter of days. Families many a time delay treatment, hoping things would improve on their own, simply because the cost of care feels heavier than the illness itself. A 2021 study in Applied Health Economics and Health Policy laid bare what many already knew in their bones: medical costs in India fall heavily on households, often pushing them into severe financial distress. Using national survey data, it showed how diseases…

20 May

Punjab Braces for Intensifying Heat as Authorities Extend Alerts, Schools Close Early

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Chandigarh (Gurpreet Singh): Punjab and Chandigarh remain under the grip of extreme summer conditions, with the India Meteorological Department extending its severe heatwave warning for the next several days. Officials have cautioned that temperatures are expected to stay dangerously high until at least May 23, with little relief likely in the immediate future. The latest weather data shows a further rise in daytime temperatures across the state, with readings staying significantly above the seasonal average. Faridkot recorded the highest temperature at 47.3 degrees Celsius, making it one of the hottest locations in North India, while several neighbouring districts also crossed…

20 May

Punjab, Haryana Reel Under Blistering Heat as Mercury Nears 47°C, Orange Alert Issued

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Chandigarh (Gurpreet Singh/Balwinder Singh): A fierce heatwave continued to grip Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh on Tuesday, sending temperatures soaring across the region and prompting the India Meteorological Department (IMD) to issue a four-day orange alert for severe weather conditions. Faridkot emerged as one of the hottest places in the region, recording a scorching 47.3 degrees Celsius, while Haryana’s Rohtak followed closely at 46.9 degrees Celsius. Several other cities across both states also reported temperatures hovering around the 45-degree mark, intensifying concerns over public health and power demand. In the national capital, Delhi recorded a maximum temperature of 45.1 degrees Celsius,…

19 May

Punjab Police Arrest Two Babbar Khalsa International Operatives, Thwarting Terror Plot in Amritsar

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Chandigarh (Gurpreet Singh): The Counter-Intelligence wing of the Punjab Police achieved a major breakthrough on Tuesday by arresting two operatives linked to cross-border handlers and the banned terror outfit Babbar Khalsa International. Law enforcement officials intercepted the suspects in Amritsar and recovered two live hand grenades from their possession, effectively neutralizing a high-intensity subversion plot aimed at disrupting peace across the border state. Acting on precise, classified intelligence regarding the movement of radicalized elements, a specialized police team established a strategic checkpoint and intercepted a suspect identified as Ajay, a resident of Bazigar Mohalla in Ajnala, along with his accomplice.…

19 May

Kathgarh Lift Irrigation Scheme Brings First-Ever Canal Water to Balachaur’s Kandi Belt

Gurpreet Singh0 CommentsPunjabBalachaur Kandi belt, Bhagwant Mann agriculture, Kathgarh Lift Irrigation Scheme, Punjab canal water, rural infrastructure development

Chandigarh (Gurpreet Singh): After decades of waiting, canal water has finally reached the fields of Punjab’s Kandi belt. Under the leadership of CM Bhagwant Singh Mann, the Kathgarh Lift Irrigation Scheme is transforming a region long marked by water scarcity and agricultural uncertainty. Linked to the Bist Doab Canal, the project is delivering assured irrigation to areas that had remained beyond reach for over three decades. For generations, farmers in this semi-hilly terrain relied on erratic rainfall and rapidly depleting ground water. Rocky soil and uneven topography made tubewell irrigation largely unviable, leaving vast stretches vulnerable to drought and crop…

19 May

New Anti-Sacrilege Law Sparks Mass Defections from Congress and Akali Dal to AAP in Punjab

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Chandigarh (Gurpreet Singh): The ‘Jagat Jot Sri Guru Granth Sahib Satkar Bill 2026,’ introduced by the Bhagwant Mann government with the objective of preventing the sacrilege incidents of Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji and ensuring strict punishment for the guilty, is receiving overwhelming support from the public and political circles. Because of this law’s implementation, several prominent leaders and workers of the Shiromani Akali Dal and the Congress party left their respective traditional parties and joined the Aam Aadmi Party on Tuesday. All the leaders were formally inducted into the party by the Chief Minister’s OSD Rajbir Singh Ghuman. The…