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Akali Leader Bikram Majithia's 'Prove Or Apologise' Warning To AAP On Drug Case
Recalling Arvind Kejriwal's apology in 2018 over allegations against him at the time, Bikram Singh Majithia accused the AAP leadership of reviving similar accusations for political gains.
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Senior Police Officer, Drug Inspector Suspended Over Punjab Activist Parvinder Jhota's Murder By Chemist
Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Harjinder Singh Gill and Drug Inspector Naresh were suspended in line with a demand by Parvinder Jhota's family.
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Analysis: How Punjab's War Against Drugs Is Being Sabotaged From Within
The murder of activist Parvinder Singh Jhota in Mansa has underlined that some chemists are fearlessly selling banned, controlled, and habit-forming pills under the nose of health department officials.
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Under Fire Over Activist's Murder, Bhagwant Mann Calls For 'People Against Drugs'
"A people's movement has to be built against drugs. This is not the job of the police alone," Bhagwant Mann said, adding that drug users should be treated as patients.
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Pakistan Is Sending "Gift" Of Drugs To Youth In Jammu And Kashmir: Top Cop
Jammu and Kashmir Director General of Police (DGP) Dilbag Singh on Tuesday said Pakistan is gifting drug addiction to the youth of the Union Territory just like the neighbouring country did with Punjab at the end of militancy.
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''Mandatory'' Directions Issued To Punjab Government To Curb Drug Menace
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has issued 25 "mandatory" directions, including registering cases against drug smugglers under the PML Act and deployment of police officials around educational institutions, to the state government for eradicating the drug menace.
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Arvind Kejriwal Is A 'Frustrated' Man: Parkash Singh Badal
On a day Arvind Kejriwal attacked Punjab's ruling Akali Dal on the drug issue, Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today hit back saying the Delhi chief minister was a "frustrated man" unaware of the dignity of his chair.
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Low Patient Turnout Plagues Punjab's Drug Rehabilitation Centres
Nearly 600 injecting drug users visit the Tarn Taran civil hospital in Punjab every day for Opioid replacement therapy (ORT), a harm reduction strategy which helps clients keep off injecting drugs, reducing risk of blood borne diseases like HIV and Hepatitis B. The doses of crushed buprenorphine are supervised as clients could divert the tablets an...
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Akali Leader Bikram Majithia's 'Prove Or Apologise' Warning To AAP On Drug Case
Recalling Arvind Kejriwal's apology in 2018 over allegations against him at the time, Bikram Singh Majithia accused the AAP leadership of reviving similar accusations for political gains.
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Senior Police Officer, Drug Inspector Suspended Over Punjab Activist Parvinder Jhota's Murder By Chemist
Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Harjinder Singh Gill and Drug Inspector Naresh were suspended in line with a demand by Parvinder Jhota's family.
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Analysis: How Punjab's War Against Drugs Is Being Sabotaged From Within
The murder of activist Parvinder Singh Jhota in Mansa has underlined that some chemists are fearlessly selling banned, controlled, and habit-forming pills under the nose of health department officials.
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Under Fire Over Activist's Murder, Bhagwant Mann Calls For 'People Against Drugs'
"A people's movement has to be built against drugs. This is not the job of the police alone," Bhagwant Mann said, adding that drug users should be treated as patients.
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Pakistan Is Sending "Gift" Of Drugs To Youth In Jammu And Kashmir: Top Cop
Jammu and Kashmir Director General of Police (DGP) Dilbag Singh on Tuesday said Pakistan is gifting drug addiction to the youth of the Union Territory just like the neighbouring country did with Punjab at the end of militancy.
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''Mandatory'' Directions Issued To Punjab Government To Curb Drug Menace
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has issued 25 "mandatory" directions, including registering cases against drug smugglers under the PML Act and deployment of police officials around educational institutions, to the state government for eradicating the drug menace.
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Arvind Kejriwal Is A 'Frustrated' Man: Parkash Singh Badal
On a day Arvind Kejriwal attacked Punjab's ruling Akali Dal on the drug issue, Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today hit back saying the Delhi chief minister was a "frustrated man" unaware of the dignity of his chair.
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Low Patient Turnout Plagues Punjab's Drug Rehabilitation Centres
Nearly 600 injecting drug users visit the Tarn Taran civil hospital in Punjab every day for Opioid replacement therapy (ORT), a harm reduction strategy which helps clients keep off injecting drugs, reducing risk of blood borne diseases like HIV and Hepatitis B. The doses of crushed buprenorphine are supervised as clients could divert the tablets an...
