The viral video starts with the mother, Harjeet Kaur, dragging her mother-in-law Gurbajan Kaur by her hair. When her son begs her to let go of his grandmother, she does so but keeps raining blows and expletives on her.

A "sharp" spike has been seen in the sightings and recovery of drug-laden drones coming into India from Pakistan across the international border in Punjab over the last four years, posing a "significant" threat to the country's internal security

Police attempted to stop a hatchback suspected to be carrying drugs at a toll plaza in Punjab, but the driver accelerated instead. What followed was a 30-minute chase through the streets and narrow lanes of the town of Bagha Purana in Moga district.

Punjab Anti-Drug Curriculum: More than 23,000 drug smugglers have been arrested so far, over 1,000 kg of heroin has been seized

Punjab Health Minister Balbir Singh on Wednesday announced the suspension of three doctors after three patients died due to a technical fault in the oxygen supply at a civil hospital in Jalandhar.

Disguised as an 'ascetic', with black robes, Purna Ram, a known drug supplier from Rajasthan's Hanumangarh, has been caught by the police after evading arrest for three years.

A political row has erupted between Punjab and Himachal Pradesh after actor-turned-politician and BJP MP Kangana Ranaut linked the rising drug abuse in her home state to narcotics trafficking from Pakistan via Punjab.

A video of a member of the Punjab police taking drugs is being widely circulated, bringing home how deep the state's drug menace has spread its tentacles. The policeman has been identified and action has been taken against him.

A court in Punjab's Mohali sent Shiromani Akali Dal leader Bikram Singh Majithia, who was arrested by the Vigilance Bureau on Wednesday for allegedly laundering more than Rs 540 crore of "drug money", to a seven-day vigilance remand.

The Punjab Vigilance Bureau on Wednesday arrested senior Akali leader Bikram Singh Majithia after conducting raids at 25 locations in Punjab, including at the residence of the former minister in Amritsar, sources said.

An attack on an ex-serviceman by the drug mafia at a village in Punjab's Bathinda has raised questions over the state government's war against drugs.

Punjab Police on Thursday demolished illegal properties of two drug smugglers constructed on Panchayat's land. The illegal property was constructed by Jagpreet alias Jagga and Satnam alias, currently in jail for peddling drugs.

The Punjab Police on Monday said it arrested a drug smuggler linked to syndicates based in Pakistan and the US and seized 15 kilogrammes of heroin from him.

The 'drug census' will cover every household of Punjab and will collect data to understand the prevalence of drugs, usage of de-addiction centres, etc, Mr Cheema said.

The Enforcement Directorate Tuesday said it has attached Punjab Congress MLA Sukhpal Singh Khaira's house in Chandigarh worth Rs 3.82 crore as part of a probe into a drug trafficking-linked money laundering case against him and some others.

Punjab Police have arrested Shehnaz Singh, also known as Shawn Bhinder, an international drug trafficker wanted by the FBI for his role in a global narcotics network.

Punjab Police launched a statewide operation against drugs, conducting raids at more than 750 locations as the cabinet sub-committee on the drug menace held its first meeting on Saturday, officials said.

In its war on drugs, the Punjab Police demolished the houses of drug mafia Sonu and Rahul Hans.

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Bikram Singh Majithia, a former Punjab minister, has been out on bail in the drugs case since August 2022.

Harpreet Singh, brother of jailed radical Sikh preacher and Punjab's Khadoor Sahib MP Amritpal Singh who once ran an anti-drug campaign, along with his associate Lovepreet Singh was arrested by the Punjab Police, officials said on Friday.

With the recovery of 126 drones and 150 kg heroin, the Border Security Force (BSF) on Wednesday said its troops have significantly outperformed the previous year's record in the first six months this year.

Punjab Police on Friday said they have busted one of the biggest interstate drug smuggling syndicates operating from Jharkhand and arrested two men besides seizing 66 kg of opium.

A 'hexacopter' drone was neutralized and drugs weighing over 11 kg were seized by the Border Security Force and Punjab Police in a village in Gurdaspur on Sunday, informed a press release.