Punjab Director General of Police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav said here on Wednesday that the state police's Anti-Gangster Task Force (AGTF) foiled a terror plot supported by Pakistani spy agency Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and orchestrated by Harwinder Rinda, a Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) operative based in Pakistan, with recovery of terrorist hardware from forest in Gurdaspur.

The recovered cache of terrorist hardware includes two AK-47 rifles along with 16 cartridges and two magazines, and two P-86 hand grenades.

DGP Yadav said that preliminary investigation has revealed that the recovered consignment was pushed into India by Pakistani agencies and Harwinder Rinda as part of a premeditated plan to carry out attacks at multiple locations in Punjab, aiming to disrupt public peace.

Two accused involved in the murder of prominent cloth merchant Sanjay Verma in Abohar in Punjab were neutralised in a police encounter on Tuesday, DIG (Ferozepur Range) Harmanbir Singh Gill said.

He said two accused -- Ram Ratan and Jaspreet -- were arrested from the Panj Peer Tibba area of Abohar.

Punjab Police’s Counter-Intelligence, Jalandhar, foiled a target killing plot in Punjab and Madhya Pradesh orchestrated by the Lawrence Bishnoi gang with the arrest of its key operative, said Director General of Police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav here on Tuesday.

The accused has been identified as Himanshu Sood, a resident of Phagwara in Kapurthala.

Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann and National Convener of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday ushered new era of health revolution in state as with launch of Mukh Mantri Sehat Beema Yojna Punjab became first state in the country to provide cashless treatment of up to ₹10 lakh to all its residents

Union Minister of State for Railways and Food Processing Ravneet Singh Bittu announced that the railways will very soon give approval for construction of a railway overbridge adjoining Dhuri LC 62A railway crossing, a project long demanded by local residents. In a sharp attack, Bittu accused Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann of taking false credit for a project he allegedly made no effort to pursue. Today also the chief minister tweeted just before his visit to Dhuri regarding the availability of funds to the tune of 54.76 Crores for the construction of the said ROB. Calling the CM’s statement misleading, Bittu said, “In the last three years, Mann has not provided a single rupee to the Railways for Cost sharing overbridge projects across the state. If he had even sent ₹54.76 lakh, he would have held a press conference.

Well-known fashion designer and showroom co-owner Sanjay Verma was shot dead in broad daylight by three people outside his store in Punjab's Abohar city on Monday.

Eyewitnesses said three assailants arrived on a motorcycle and opened fire on him as Verma stepped out of his showroom. The attackers fired multiple shots at him, causing panic in the area.

The police said the motive of the crime is not known but they are exploring all possible angles, including business rivalry and personal enmity.

The victim was rushed to a nearby hospital in critical condition but was declared dead on arrival.

Police have been scanning CCTV footage near the crime scene to identify the attackers. Senior police officials, who reached the spot, assured the victim's family members and residents that they would apprehend the culprits early.

In an action against corruption in government departments, Punjab Police on Friday arrested its Deputy Superintendent of Police (Crime Against Women), Rajanpal, who was posted in Faridkot town.

Officials said the accused official had tried to offer a bribe of Rs one lakh to officials posted in the office of the Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) to quash a corruption complaint filed against him.

“Following this revelation, an FIR (first information report) was registered under the Prevention of Corruption Act, and the officer was taken into custody,” said a senior police official.

The AAP government in Punjab on Thursday inducted newly-elected lawmaker from Ludhiana (West), Sanjeev Arora, in the 16-member Cabinet led by Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann and allocated him Industry and NRI Affairs portfolios, but dropped one of the senior-most ministers Kuldeep Dhaliwal, who held the portfolio of NRI Affairs.

In a Cabinet reshuffle, Tarunpreet Singh Sond was divested of the Industry portfolio, but he will continue with the Rural Development, Labour and Tourism Departments.

Dhaliwal told the media that he submitted his resignation to the Chief Minister in the morning, ahead of the oath-taking ceremony.

“I have resigned on my own. Punjab comes first for me, the post is not important to me. I was told that someone else would be given a chance, so I said 'yes, definitely a chance should be given', and that is why I have resigned. I am with the party,” he told the media.