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File photo: Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann Information received through Punjab’s Safe Punjab Helpline has contributed to 25,339 arrests in drug-related cases since the state launched its ‘Yudh Nashean Virudh’ campaign in March 2025, according to data released by the Anti-Narcotics Task Force (ANTF).Between March 1, 2025, and September 3, 2026, the helpline received 51,979…

A lawyer has alleged that social media posts by a minor Jantar Mantar protester insulted Hindu deities NEW DELHI: Supreme Court lawyer Amita Sachdeva has filed a complaint at the cyber police station in New Delhi against a minor protester linked to the Jantar Mantar protest and her father Sanjay Azad. The complainant alleged that…

The inquiry into the illness affecting tribal children in Balaghat revealed various clinical factors behind their conditions. NEW DELHI: The Centre’s investigation into the illness cluster among tribal children in Madhya Pradesh’s Balaghat has found multiple clinical causes among reported deaths, including measles, malaria, co-infection, respiratory distress, dehydration, malnutrition, anaemia and shock. Officials said the…

A government laboratory has flagged rabies vaccine vials discovered at an unauthorized site as substandard and misbranded (Reuters) NEW DELHI: Vials labelled as Abhayrab, a rabies vaccine, found at an unlicensed residential premises in Mukherjee Nagar have been declared “Not of Standard Quality” and misbranded by the Central Drugs Laboratory, Kasauli, with the manufacturer saying…

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday took a sharp jibe at leader of opposition Rahul Gandhi, describing the Congress party’s student outreach campaign “Chhatron Ki Goonj” as “Jhooth ki goonj”.‘Chhatron Ki Goonj’ is a student-dialogue campaign launched by the Congress to raise issues including examination paper leaks, rising education costs, irregularities in government…