Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Sunday gave approval for the construction of 17 ultra-modern buildings for Sub Divisional, Tehsil and Sub-Tehsil complexes across the state at the cost of Rs 80 crore.

Abohar (Punjab) [India], May 3 (ANI): Border Security Force (BSF) on Tuesday recovered two plastic bottles filled with heroin from Punjab's Abohar sector.

Amritsar (Punjab) [India], April 10 (ANI): A bike rally of 11 specially-abled Jawans of Divyang Skill Development Centre (DSDC) of the Border Security Force (BSF) who are on a bike ride from Delhi to Jammu, reached the Attari-Wagah border on Saturday.

Abohar (Punjab) [India], February 20 (ANI): Amid polling in Punjab for 2022 Assembly polls, Border Security Force (BSF) recovered three packets of contraband suspected to be heroin in the Abohar sector of Punjab on Sunday.

Chandigarh Feb 20 PTI An average voter turnout of 480 per cent was recorded till 9 am in Punjab on Sunday Voting for 117 Assembly seats in the state was underway amid tight security arrangements Polling started at 8 am and will continue till 6 pm A total of 1304 candidates including 93 women and two transgenders are in the fray for the high-stake electoral contest Counting of votes will take place on March 10 Among many places Amritsar recorded a voter turnout of 414 per cent till 9 am Barnala 670 per cent Fatehgarh Sahib 694 percent Fazilka 661 per cent Malerkotla 801 per cent and Muktsar 621 per cent Queues of voters could be seen at the polling stations in the morning Many youngsters were exercising their franchise for the first time Among those who voted in the morning included state ministers Amarinder Singh Raja Warring Manpreet Singh Badal Pargat Singh and Vijay Inder Singla Congress leader Partap Singh Bajwa and Punjab BJP chief Ashwani Sharma AAPs chief ministerial face Bhagwant Mann exercised his franchise in Mohali Mann appealed to people to come out in large numbers to cast their votes Former Congress chief Sunil Jakhar could be seen standing in a queue to cast his vote at a polling station in Abohar People were given masks gloves and their hands were sanitised at the polling booths In the morning Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi paid obeisance at religious places at his home constituency Chamkaur Sahib There are 21499804 voters including 10200996 women Punjab Chief Electoral Officer S Karuna Raju said there are 24740 polling stations of which 2013 have been identified as critical and 2952 as vulnerable The state is witnessing a multi-cornered contest among the Congress AAP SAD-BSP BJP-PLC-SAD Sanyukt and the Sanyukt Samaj Morcha SSM a political front of various farmer bodies The Shiromani Akali Dal is contesting the polls in alliance with the Bahujan Samaj Party BSP The BJP is fighting the elections in alliance with Amarinder Singh-led Punjab Lok Congress and Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa-led SAD Sanyukt The SSM is contesting the polls with Haryana Bharatiya Kisan Union Chaduni leader Gurnam Singh Chaduni-led Sanyukt Sangharsh Party Prominent faces in the fray include Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi Aam Aadmi Partys chief ministerial face Bhagwant Mann Punjab Congress president Navjot Singh Sidhu former CMs Amarinder Singh and Parkash Singh Badal and Shiromani Akali Dal chief Sukhbir Singh Badal Former chief minister Rajinder Kaur Bhattal Punjab BJP chief Ashwani Sharma and former Union minister Vijay Sampla are also in the contest A total of 700 companies of the central armed police force besides the state police personnel have been deployed for the peaceful conduct of the polls There are 196 pink polling stations for women while 70 polling stations are being managed by persons with disabilities PwD PTI CHS SUN VSD AQS AQS

Fazilka (Punjab) [India], February 20 (ANI): Congress leader Sunil Jakhar on Sunday said that the people of Punjab will give a befitting reply to those dreaming of dividing the state.

New Delhi [India], February 18 (ANI): Congress leader Manish Tewari on Friday compared the "Bhaiya controversy" in the country with the "Black issue" in the US and said that it is reflective of an unfortunate systemic and institutionalised social bias against migrants stretching back to the inception of the Green Revolution.

Patna (Bihar) [India], February 18 (ANI): BJP youth wing on Thursday lodged an FIR against Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi over his statement against the citizens of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh in Bihar's Patna.

Chandigarh [India], February 18 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi on Thursday clarified his 'UP-Bihar Ke bhaiya' remark and said that his statement was being misconstrued.

Fazilka (Punjab) [India], February 17 (ANI): Hitting out at the Opposition for making attempts to break Punjab, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday alleged that their agenda is the same as Pakistan's agenda.