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Punjab govt employees who test positive for drugs will be treated not punished, says CM Amarinder Singh
Ians •Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh on Monday made it clear that government employees who are found positive in the dope test to be conducted on them would not be punished or sacked but would be provided treatment.
Punjab CM Amarinder Singh writes to MHA, recommends death penalty for first-time drug peddlers
•In his letter, Amarinder Singh stressed on the need to strengthen the existing enforcement measures to provide for more deterrent punishment to the offenders.
Punjab Election 2017 Exit Poll Results LIVE: Close contest between Congress and AAP predicted
Fppolitics •Around 78.6 percent of the 1.98 crore electors on 4 February had exercised their franchise in the election to the 117 Assembly seats of Punjab.
Not 'Udta Punjab': 76% drug users are youth, says official report that govt killed
Shishir Tripathi •The report titled Punjab Opioid Dependence Survey with disturbibng revelations was submitted to the government sometime in “middle of 2015”, but that report was never made public
Modi has covertly ensured 'Udta Punjab' is banned, claims Congress
•Congress on Thursday latched on to the comments of the censor board chief in the row over film "Udta Punjab" to allege that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has "covertly ensured" that it be banned or "at least neutered" to hide the scale of the drug problem there.
If you kill creativity, you kill the soul: Amitabh Bachchan on 'Udta Punjab' row
Ians •Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan on Wednesday joined the debate on Udta Punjab censorship saying "killing creativity" can kill the "soul" of artistes.
Army recruitment from Punjab dropped from 17% to 0.75% due to drug menace: ABVP
Fp Staff •The BJP's youth wing ABVP is set to release a survey which shows a steep decline in the number of recruits from Punjab to the army due to the drug menace.