Amit Sood

Gurdeep Singh Khera, convicted in two separate cases under TADA in 1996 and 2001, was brought to Punjab from Karnataka tonight. He was brought in a train that stopped at the Ludhiana station for a few minutes en route to Amritsar.
Khera waived at his supporters who were holding placards demanding his release from the jail. Khera said he was happy…[Read more]

Expressing concern over poor language skills of English teachers of government schools, Punjab Education Minister Daljit Singh Cheema on Thursday constituted a core group of experts to work out a long-term strategy to improve their English. The core group consisting of heads of 17 District Institute of Education Training (DIET), heads of 12…[Read more]

Which is the smallest District in Punjab?
(A) Moga
(B) Mansa
(C) Fatehgarh Sahib
(D) Bhatinda

Journalists performed yoga asanas here to mark the International Yoga Day in Chandigarh. Over 25 journalists and their families participated in a special camp held at the Chandigarh Press Club premises.

Faridkot district police today claimed to have busted an inter-state gang of seven members and recovered a 2-day-old infant who was allegedly being sold to Panchkula based couple for Rs 2.80 lakh. Acting on a tip-off, police arrested the buyer when he allegedly reached the bus top to take the infant here yesterday. The gang of seven members,…[Read more]

A notorious criminal was arrested and arms seized from him by Faridkot police. Jaswinder Singh Rocky was arrested yesterday and one .9 mm pistol and .38 bore revolver were seized from him in Faridkot. Rocky was facing at least 17 criminal cases including those for attempt to murder, kidnapping, extortion and some cases under the Arms Act. These…[Read more]

At least 14 passengers died on Friday and 20 others were seriously injured, when the private bus in which they were travelling slid off the road and dashed against a tree near village Behram. The bus was on its way from Nawanshahr to Jalandhar at the time of the accident. The bus was passing through a deep curve when it slid off the road and…[Read more]

Creator of Chandigarh’s famed Rock Garden Nek Chand died here around midnight, Thursday-Friday. He suffered a cardiac arrest. He had celebrated his 90th birthday on December 15 last year. His son Anuj Saini, who helped him in maintaining Rock Garden, was by his side when he died. The date and time of the cremation will be decided later on F…[Read more]

Which district of Punjab is least populous?
A) Amritsar
B) Barnala
C) Bathinda
D) Jalandhar

Unidentified persons allegedly uprooted an automated teller machine (ATM) of a nationalised bank located at Mahatma Gandhi memorial in Faridkot. The incident occurred in the wee hours Sunday when some unidentified persons entered premises of the ATM and decamped with the machine containing Rs 2.80 lakh. The culprits also sprayed black paint over…[Read more]

Manoj Mauji, a notorious gangster who has several serious cases against him was Monday injured in cross firing with Punjab Police.Police sources said that Bathinda CIA staff had prior information that Manoj Mauji was in the area and they were on his lookout.
A resident of village Dyalpura in Bathinda district, Maji was spotted by the police in…[Read more]

Apart from being the second ‘white city’ of India, Anandpur Sahib is set to get the “world’s tallest” Nishan-e-Khalsa (symbol of Khalsa order) this week. The 70-foot engineering marvel will be installed this week to mark the city’s 350th foundation year.
Weighing over 2,700kg, the structure is made of corrosion-resistant high quality steel. It…[Read more]

A woman was admitted Thursday to a government hospital here with over 20 percent burns after she set herself ablaze outside the residence of Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal.
Gurpreet Kaur, who hails from Gurdaspur district, came to the chief minister’s residence and wanted to meet him. Unable to meet Badal, she poured kerosene on herself…[Read more]