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The Punjab Government today sought 20 companies of paramilitary forces from the Centre besides deploying maximum force on the roads to avoid any untoward incident on the anniversary of Operation Bluestar amid fears of spillover of the Jammu violence to the state.The police also requisitioned a number of Reserve Battalions to maintain law and…[Read more]

A) Bhai Veer Singh
B) S. Partap Singh Kairon
C) S. Parkash Singh Badal
D) Satish Chander Dhawan

At first sight he appears to be a fragile and harmless man. But 40-year-old Baldev Singh, a bicycle mechanic, has turned out to be India’s most wanted criminal, having allegedly murdered over 100 people over 15 years.
The fact came to light when the city police caught and questioned him yesterday. Baldev Singh, who belongs to Ludhiana district, c…[Read more]

A 70-year-old man allegedly committed suicide by shooting himself as he felt lonely and suffered from health problems, police said on Wednesday.Chajju Ram, hailing from village Mamoon here shot himself last night by a 12 barrel gun, they said.He was taken the Civil hospital, where doctors declared him as brought dead.

Mercury registered a sharp fall in Haryana and Punjab after light rains lashed parts of the two states for the third consecutive day on Thursday.According to MeT office, the temperature dropped by up to nine notches in the region giving much needed respite to people from the hot weather conditions.Chandigarh, which received light showers earlier…[Read more]

(A) Chandigarh
(B) Ludhiana
(C) Jalandhar
(D) Patiala

(A) Mansa
(B) Amritsar
(C) Ropar
(D) Anandpur Sahib

(A) 1969
(B) 1959
(C) 1949
(D) 1939

(A) Bibi Jagir Kaur
(B) Kiran Bedi
(C) Rajinder Kaur Bhattal
(D) Ms. Seema Roy

(A) Jalandhar
(B) Ludhiana
(C) Chandigarh
(D) Amritsar

Sukhdev Singh, the co-accused arrested by Punjab Police in the case of murder of UK based NRI hotelier Ranjit Singh Power was Sunday remanded into police custody for seven days.He was arrested Friday and presented before the media. The police had claimed that Sukhdev Singh has confessed having helped Baldev Singh Deol in killing Ranjit Singh Power.

The students pursuing higher education in colleges affiliated to Punjab University (PU) will have to shell out more fee, as a hike of 2.5% for 2015-16 in all courses with a maximum limit of Rs 1,000 per annum has been approved by the syndicate on Sunday.There are around 188 colleges affiliated to the university offering graduate and post graduate…[Read more]

Residents of some colonies adjoining Aggar Nagar (A) have demanded the removal of a gate which has been installed on the road connecting Raghunath Enclave.Residents also met the mayor on Thursday and said the gate was closed illegally by Aggar Nagar society. Further they claimed that the gate remained open for the last 35 years, but now the…[Read more]

(A) Fatehgarh Sahib
(B) Mansa
(C) Morinda
(D) Ferozepur

A white pigeon that flew into India with a Pakistan stamp has created a flutter in Punjab’s Pathankot district, prompting authorities to send it for an X-ray exmaination.The pigeon, with a Pakistani seal and “Tehsil Shakargarh, district Narowal” stamped on it in Urdu, was spotted by Ramesh Chand of Manwal village.
As the bird looked “suspect”…[Read more]

(A) Golden Temple
(B) Temple of Sikh Guru
(C) Nanak Temple
(D) Heritage Temple

In less than ten days, another undertrial on Wednesday allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself in the modern jail here this afternoon.The undertrial identified as Naffast Hssain alias monu (19), resident of village Budho pinder here, committed suicide with his headgear ‘parna’, Jail Superintendent Paramjit Singh Sandhu said.This is the…[Read more]

a) Zail Singh
b) Shankar Dayal Sharma
c) Rajendra Prasad
d) Antarctic

A 23-year-old teacher was allegedly molested by driver of a school van after taking the vehicle to an isolated area near here, police said on Tuesday.A case was registered yesterday against the accused Sukhraj Singh with Moga police yesterday.

(A) Jalandhar
(B) Bhatinda
(C) Ludhiana
(D) Sirsa