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Continuing with the inspection spree, the Food Safety Teams with a special focus of checking the inflow of sub-standard khoya and paneer from the neighbouring States, frisked the railway stations in the wee hours of the day. 

Punjab along with Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Maharashtra, and Rajasthan are the ‘Front Runner’ states” in the inaugural edition of the nationwide ‘State Energy Efficiency index’ for the 29 states and Delhi. 

MUMBAI: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), or a political alliance it is a part of, governs 18 of 29 states in India, home to nearly 63% of the countrys population.  But only one BJP-ruled state, Himachal Pradesh, made it to the list of five best-governed states in India, according to a new study. 

CHANDIGARH: Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh has sought the cooperation of his counterparts in Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Rajasthan, as well as the Union Home Minister to whom the Delhi Police reports, in controlling the cultivation and smuggling of narcotics and also ensuring that no safe havens are allowed to drug peddlers and smugglers in their respective regions. 

Panaji: The Goa government has banned the import of fish from neighbouring states until July end in the wake of a controversy over the use of formalin in fish consignments, Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar said on Wednesday. 

Chandigarh: Haryana has topped the states in per capita revenue collection under GST and has become fourth highest generator of e-way bills in the country, said Haryana Finance Minister Abhimanyu on Wednesday.  The state, he said, has also widened the tax base by 82.22 per cent, logging 19 per cent hike in revenue collections. 

NEW DELHI: Even as the Centre is yet to clear the Delhi government's proposal on doorstep delivery of subsidised foodgrain, it told the states on Friday to implement a similar programme to prevent starvation deaths. 

Tribune News Service Chandigarh, June 27
The troubled Jodhpur detainees are set to get much-needed relief, with Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh deciding to hand over cheques of the state’s share of the Rs 4.5-crore compensation to them on Thursday. 
The Chief Minister will hand over the cheques to the detainees at the Punjab Bhawan at 12 noon tomorrow, in the presence of all members of his cabinet, followed by lunch, an official spokesperson disclosed here on Wednesday. 
The Punjab government decided to go ahead with the disbursement of its share of the compensation, awarded by the Amritsar District Court, after the Central government communicated to the state its decision to contribute its share of the compensation. 
Captain Amarinder, it may be recalled, had recently wr...

The troubled Jodhpur detenues are all set to get much-needed relief, with Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh deciding to hand over cheques of the state’s share of the Rs.  4.5 crore compensation to them on Thursday.