The Latest Breaking News from Punjab

Anwiti Singh brings you the news from Punjab, Jharkhand, New Delhi, West Bengal, Pakistan, and Russia.

AHMEDABAD: The Gujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) has detained two men from Kutch district for their alleged involvement in receiving and transporting 38 kg of heroin, seized by the Punjab police a few days back, an official said on Wednesday.

Colonialism and its aftereffects have left regions such as south Punjab resource-starved, poverty-stricken and deeply vulnerable to floodwaters, says Yale University’s Shozab Raza

The Punjab Chief Minister visited a local government senior secondary school and interacted with the students and teachers.

One-third of the country is under water, the result of what U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres called a "monsoon on steroids." He referred to the flooding as a "climate catastrophe."

Some 33 million people are affected by this summer's floods — the result of what U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres calls a "monsoon on steroids." He calls the flooding a "climate catastrophe."

Sidhu Moose Wala was shot dead by assailants in Jawaharke village of Punjab's Mansa district on 29 May. Read further on Dynamite News:

Asif Shehzad from Punjab province is among the 33 million people affected by Pakistan’s worst flooding in a decade.

BSF and Army say unchecked sand mining by heavy duty excavators can jeopardise security of border areas

MANDIANI (DAKHA): After villagers, led by a woman sarpanch, started a campaign against drug trade in Mandiani, the Ludhiana police in Punjab booked seven peddlers during the past one month.

BATHINDA: Punjab jail minister Harjot Singh Bains has given a crisp reply to Canada-based gangster Satvinder Singh known as Goldy Brar's post on social networking site Facebook while threatening the minister and Punjab director general of police (DGP) of some big action if the jail authorities continue to harass their…