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the Punjab Police is in the dock after it reportedly killed Akali Dal leader Mukhjeet Singh Mukha by mistake in a police encounter in Amritsar The incident happened yesterday evening when police men in civil clothes intercepted Mukha’s car and fire and fired indiscriminately at him. He was killed on the spot. Reports said that the police have t…[Read more]

The Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) on Tuesday lashed out at Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj for her alleged links with scam-tainted former IPL chief Lalit Modi, calling her a ‘Hindu fanatic’ and accusing her of not “doing enough for the blacklisted Sikhs” after the 1984 riots. Sushma Swaraj is a Hindu fanatic who has risen in politics through the…[Read more]

Uncertainty continues to prevail over the confirmation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Punjab in connection with the 350th year celebrations of the Sikh holy town of Anandpur Sahib. Thousands of devotees have started converging on Anandpur Sahib town, 85 km from here, which is home to Takht Keshgarh Sahib, the second most important…[Read more]

A flesh trade racket was busted here with the arrest of five persons, including a woman, police said on Monday. Acting on a tip-off, police last night raided a house and nabbed five persons, including a woman, for running a brothel, police said. The accused have been identified as Kamal Kumar, Sachin, Rajan, and Pradeep Kumar, all local residents,…[Read more]

Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Sunday termed as baseless apprehensions that transfer of Sikh prisoners from other states would revive militancy and asserted that Shiromani Akali Dal and BJP were on the same page on the issue. Badal attacked the Congress, accusing it of raising the bogey of terrorism for its political motives and…[Read more]

At least 115 patients, who fell ill after inhaling ammonia gas which leaked from a gas tanker yesterday, are still in hospitals across the district even as authorities assure that the situation is “under control.” G K Singh Dhaliwal, officiating Deputy Commissioner, Ludhiana, today said that 213 persons were hospitalised after the tragic gas leak…[Read more]

A research scholar in history department of the Punjabi University, Patiala, has alleged that a teacher had demanded Rs 2 lakh from him to serve as his guide for the PhD course. Fazilka-based Gurpreet Jaajabaad leveled the allegations against assistant professor of history Mohammad Idris in a press conference at the varsity campus on Wednesday. He…[Read more]

A 62-year-old distraught farmer, who had met Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on his tour of Punjab on April 28 this year, killed himself by consuming Celphos tablets – an aluminum phosphate-based pesticide commonly used for preserving wheat – early on Wednesday. Surjit Singh, a marginal farmer of Dadu Majra of Fatehgarh Sahib district, had…[Read more]

A 62-year-old distraught farmer, who had met Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on his tour of Punjab on April 28 this year, killed himself by consuming Celphos tablets- an aluminum phosphate-based pesticide commonly used for preserving wheat – early on Wednesday. Surjit Singh, a marginal farmer of Dadu Majra of Fatehgarh Sahib district, had…[Read more]

Arrest of two Pakistani smugglers from Amritsar ahead of the June 6 Operation Bluestar anniversary has sent security agencies into a tizzy even as the preliminary interrogation of the accused revealed that they worked as cross border couriers for a Lahore-based narcotics dealer. Their arrest from Amritsar city has left some unanswered questions.…[Read more]

With arrest of four persons on Tuesday, Ferozepur police claimed to have busted an inter-district gang involved in vehicle thefts and recovered 22 motorcycles from their possession. Giving details, Ferozepur senior superintendent of police Hardial Singh Mann said those arrested have been identified as Nishan Singh alias Lally and Gursharan Singh…[Read more]

One passenger died and 40 injured when a private bus overturned on Muktsar-Malout road on Tuesday. The bus owned by Nagpal Transport Company was on its way to Ganganagar from Ferozepur when the driver lost control over the vehicle near Bhundar village in Muktsar in the afternoon. Piara Singh, 50, of Mukand Singh Wala village in Ferozepur died…[Read more]

Over 2,700 petrol pump owners in Punjab have refused to supply fuel to Punjab Police following non-payment of earlier bills worth crores. Interestingly, the chief minister’s home town of Bathinda tops the list of defaulters when it comes to clearing pending fuel bills worth lakhs used primarily by the government department, including police. A s…[Read more]

With the day temperature soaring past 40 degrees Celsius, ice blocks, desert coolers, and special sprinklers keep cool the animals at the Mahendra Chaudhary Zoological Park here, one of the largest in northern India. The zoo authorities are regularly spraying cold water on the big cats and providing ice to the sloth bears and the Himalayan black…[Read more]

Five youths were injured in a clash inside Golden Temple here on Saturday when people had gathered there to mark the 31st anniversary of Operation Bluestar. According to police, the incident took place as members of the SGPC’s Task Force resorted to lathicharge on a group of 22 Sikh youths who were raising pro-Khalistan slogans on the periphery of…[Read more]

Now all 13,040 villages in Punjab are just a click of the mouse away. Rural Development Minister Sikander Singh Maluka said on Sunday the computerisation of all gram panchayats under Panchayati Raj Institution Accounting Software (PRIASoft), a national e-gram panchayat programme, has been completed. Training has been provided to all panchayat secretaries.

Rural Development Minister Sikander Singh Maluka said on Sunday the computerisation of all gram panchayats under Panchayati Raj Institution Accounting Software (PRIASoft), a national e-gram panchayat programme, has been completed. Training has been provided to all panchayat secretaries.

Security forces in Amritsar and other areas of the state have been asked to remain on alert ahead of the 31st anniversary of Operation Bluestar on Saturday. The Punjab Police personnel conducted a flag march in Amritsar last evening in areas leading to the Golden Temple Complex where the Operation Bluestar was undertaken in 1984 to flush out…[Read more]

The 31st anniversary of Operation Bluestar on Saturday went off peacefully amid tight security arrangements here even as SAD (Amritsar) supporters raised pro-Khalistan slogans at the Akal Takht. Supporters of Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar), led by former MP Dhian Singh Mand, assembled at Golden Temple and raised ‘Khalistan Zindabad’ slogans…[Read more]