An elderly woman was killed while another person was injured when two cars collided with each other in Punjab’s Ludhiana on Thursday, said Police. The incident was captured on CCTV, installed in Gurudwara Sahib near the spot of the accident. The footage showed a speeding car colliding with another car, resulting in the […]
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Punjab: BJP leader Manjinder Singh Sirsa to visit Sri Kartarpur Sahib, pray for India’s happiness
Bharatiya Janata Party leader Manjinder Singh Sirsa said on Sunday that we will be visiting Gurudwara Kartarpur Sahib via Kartarpur Sahib corridor and we will pray for the happiness of India, Punjab and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. “We are going to visit Gurudwara Kartarpur Saheb via Kartarpur Sahib corridor…we will pray for happiness and prosperity of India, […]
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Punjab CM Mann hands over appointment letters to 249 candidates from various departments
Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Tuesday handed over appointment letters to 249 candidates from various departments. While doing so, he took a swipe at the previous governments, and former Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh, asking him if he was “really a captain”. Regarding the former Finance Minister, Bhagwant Mann said that for nine […]
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Punjab: Three drug peddlers held with 41 kgs of heroin in Amritsar
The Special Task Force (STF) of Punjab Police has arrested three alleged drug peddlers and recovered 41 kilograms of heroin from a house during an operation in Amritsar district, a senior official said. The official said all the arrested accused are in the age bracket of 25-28 years. The STF got a tip-off and […]
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Punjab: Elderly man killed by neighbour over dispute, probe underway
An elderly man was killed after being hit with bricks by his neighbour over a dispute on a wall-repairing issue, said the Ludhiana police on Monday. The incident took place in the Dhanansu village in Ludhiana, Punjab. The deceased was identified as Santokh Singh. “The neighbours were repairing a wall of their house. And […]
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Punjab: Bathinda entrepreneurs reap benefits of central government schemes
The Prime Minister’s Employment (PME) Scheme and the Prime Minister Food Processing (PMFP) Scheme seem to have started yielding good results in Punjab’s Bathinda region, with entrepreneurs in the district claiming of making huge profits within a year after implementation of the two schemes. Entrepreneurs and industrialists in the Bathinda district are commemorating a […]
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Punjab and Haryana HC adjourns Nuh violence case; next hearing before Chief Justice
The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Friday adjourned the hearing in the Nuh violence case. The matter was adjourned and the next hearing will be before the Chief Justice, as only the Chief Justice hears Suo Motu and PIL cases, officials said. Deepak Sabharwal, additional advocate general (AAG) of the Haryana […]
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Punjab: BSF recovers Pak drone near international border in Tarn Taran
BSF and Punjab Police troops deployed at India-Pakistan Border recovered a drone on Monday in Punjab’s Tarn Taran district, an official BSF release said. The drone was intercepted at around 7:35 AM on Sunday near Village Kalash in the Tarn Taran district and the BSF troops immediately reacted to intercept […]
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Punjab: BSF recovers Pak drone near international border in Tarn Taran
BSF and Punjab Police troops have recovered a drone in broken condition from the farming field near Mastgarh village in Punjab’s Tarn Taran district, officials said on Friday. On Friday morning, on specific information, BSF and Punjab Police launched a search operation and recovered the Pakistani drone from the outskirts […]
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Punjab: Gangster Lawrence Bishnoi’s health deteriorates, rushed to hospital
Gangster Lawrence Bishnoi, who has been accused of the murder of Punjabi Singer Sidhu Moose Wala, was rushed to the hospital late at night after his health deteriorated, said the police on Tuesday. According to the police, Bishnoi was rushed to Faridkot Medical Hospital from Bathinda Central Jail on Monday […]
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Punjab CM Mann flags off 16 SUVs, 56 motorcycles to strengthen anti-human trafficking unit
Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Tuesday flagged off 16 sports utility vehicles and 56 motorcycles to strengthen the Anti-human Trafficking unit. Taking it to Twitter, CM Mann said, “Today, 16 new hi-tech vehicles and 56 motorcycles were flagged off in the convoy of the ‘Anti-Human Trafficking Unit’…Also asked the officials […]
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Punjab: Giani Raghbir Singh takes charge as new Jathedar of Shri Akal Takht Sahib
Giani Raghbir Singh on Thursday took charge as the new Jathedar of the Shri Akal Takht Sahib, the highest temporal seat of Sikhs. Giani Raghbir Singh has replaced Giani Harpreet Singh as the new Jathedar of Shri Akal Takht Sahib in Amritsar. “A few days ago, SGPC decided to appoint […]
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Punjab: Over 15000 people attend ‘CM di Yogshala’ event in Jalandhar
More than 15,000 people participated in a mega Yoga session organized by the Punjab government in Jalandhar on Tuesday. Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann led the special Yoga session organized as part of a state-wide campaign called ‘CM di Yogshala’. More than 15,000 people reached for the “Yogashala” according to Health Minister Balbeer Singh […]
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Punjab: Union Minister Mansukh Mandaviya to hold mega rally in Sangrur on completion of 9 years of BJP government
Under the mega ‘Jan-sampark’ rally launched by the Bharatiya Janata Party across the country on the completion of nine years of Modi government, Union Health Minister, Mansukh Mandaviya, is all geared up to hold a mega rally in Punjab’s Sangrur, on Saturday. At Dana Mandi located in Longowal, Sangrur, Minister […]
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BSF shoots down another Pak drone near International Border in Punjab
The Border Security Force (BSF) has shot down another Pakistani drone near the International Border in Punjab’s Amritsar. The BSF troops recovered the drone on Monday morning following a search operation that was launched on the outskirt of Shaidpur Kalan village in Amritsar. During the search, the BSF said, at about 7.20 am, a […]