The Attari Border between India and Pakistan, located in Punjab, will be closed from tonight as part of retaliatory measures against Pakistan following the shocking terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam.

The government is aware that businessman Mehul Choksi - wanted in connection with the Rs 13,850 crore Punjab National Bank scam - was arrested in Belgium over the weekend, and is working towards a quick extradition, sources told NDTV Monday.

Congress MPs, MLAs and senior leaders today extended support to the state's Leader of the Opposition Partap Singh Bajwa, accusing the Aam Aadmi Party government of attempting to intimidate him.

Senior woman constable Amandeep Kaur was arrested amid the Punjab government's ongoing anti-drug drive, 'Yudh Nasheyan Virudh.'

Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Tuesday said his government has provided over 55,000 government jobs to youth in the state during its 36-month tenure.

The Congress, BJP, and the Shiromani Akali Dal targeted the Bhagwant Mann government for not announcing Rs 1,000 per month for women which was one of the key poll promises of the AAP.

The Bhagwant Mann government in Punjab was left red-faced in the Assembly after two MLAs of the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) criticised the state government's work in the health sector

Punjab and Haryana High Court on Tuesday directed the Punjab government to file a detailed reply by March 28, asking it to explain the delay in the registration of an FIR in the army colonel assault case.

The Punjab government has decided to immediately release 450 more farmers from police detention, it was announced on Monday.

Pakistan's former prime minister Nawaz Sharif has got a new job in the government of his daughter Maryam Nawaz in Punjab province.

The Punjab Police will bring back seven associates of jailed MP and radical preacher Amritpal Singh from Assam's Dibrugarh jail as the state government has decided not to extend their detention under the stringent National Security Act, said police.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday issued a contempt notice to the Punjab chief secretary for failing to implement a three-decade-old pensionary benefits scheme in the state.

Punjab's Bhagwant Mann government's breakdown of talks with farmers has created a huge opening for the state Congress to recover lost ground.

Punjab has set a deadline of three months to declare the state free from drugs, with Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann terming it "a historic moment as the state government has adopted a zero-tolerance policy against drugs."

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

Punjab's Leader of the Opposition, Congress's Pratap Singh Bajwa has said "more than 32" MLAs of the state's ruling Aam Aadmi Party are in touch with him and it is possible that others are in touch with the BJP, indicating that the Bhagwant Mann gove

People from Punjab comprise the biggest chunk of the Indians being deported by the US, government sources said today - days after Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann's objection to the flights landing in his state.

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has asked the Punjab government to decide on a representation seeking action against illegal travel agents duping innocents by illegally sending them abroad.

Farm fires in Punjab cannot be blamed as the sole contributor of Delhi's annual air pollution crisis, the Supreme Court held Monday as it directed the state government to sit with its Haryana and UP counterparts to discuss ways to manage the issue.

A large amount of cash and liquor have been seized from a car with a "Punjab government" sticker in election-bound Delhi, police said yesterday, adding that AAP pamphlets were also found in the car.

Taking serious note of the rising incidents of stray dog attacks on children, the Punjab State Commission for Protection of Child Rights has directed Local Government and Rural Development Departments to conduct a census of stray dogs in all cities.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday kept in abeyance a plea for contempt action against Punjab government officials after noting that farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal, on a hunger strike, was undergoing medical treatment without breaking his fast.

The Centre will hold a meeting with Punjab's protesting farmers on February 14 in Chandigarh to discuss their demands, a senior official of the Union government said on Saturday evening.

The Punjab government's submission on farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal's health condition irked the Supreme Court today, which asked how his health parameters could be "improving" after 49 days of fasting.