Punjab
- India
Distillery protest: More than 1,100 protesters booked a day after clashes
Ferozepur: Over 1,100 unidentified people were booked on Wednesday, a day after eight police personnel were injured in clashes with members of farmer unions trying to force their way through barricades to…
- Hyderabad
Punjab CM to showcase investment opportunities in Chennai, Hyderabad
Chandigarh: In order to further propel industrial growth in the state, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Sunday started his tour to Chennai and Hyderabad to woo the industrial giants for investment.…
- India
Punjab: Three million people addicted to drugs
New Delhi: Once at the top of the list in the use of drugs and even termed ‘Udta Punjab’, drug smuggling in Punjab remains a much-debated social, criminal and political issue. Despite…
- India
Sikh family donates land for mosque; to help with building it too
A Sikh family in Barnala district of Punjab has reportedly donated land for mosque, which it will help construct. This is the first mosque being constructed in the Bakhtgarh village. This is…
- India
Man accused of stealing wheat bags tied to moving truck’s bonnet in Punjab
Chandigarh: A man accused of stealing two bags of wheat from a truck was tied to the vehicle’s bonnet and taken to a police station in Punjab’s Muktsar district. A video of…
- World
Punjab-origin Rachna Singh becomes first South Asian minister in Canada
Chandigarh: Punjab-origin Rachna Singh, a postgraduate in psychology from Panjab University here, has created a history of sorts after she was sworn in as Minister of Education and Child Care of British…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Punjab-based astrologer held for cheating to the tune of Rs 47 lakh
Hyderabad: An astrologer based out of Punjab was arrested on Monday by the Hyderabad cyber crime police team for cheating people on the pretext of predicting their love life. According to a…
- India
Punjab: Sacrilege at Gurdwara Sahib of Mansoorpur; accused held
Jalandhar: Jalandhar Rural police on Monday said an accused in a sacrilege incident at Gurdwara Sahib of Mansoorpur village in Punjab is arrested. “Today (5/12/2022), the accused related to the sacrilege incident…
- India
Five assault rifles, 5 pistols recovered near India-Pakistan border in Punjab’s Ferozepur
Chandigarh: Five assault rifles and an equal number of pistols were recovered by the Border Security Force near the India-Pakistan border in Punjab’s Ferozepur district on Friday, officials said. Acting on a…
- India
Drone with 5kg heroin recovered near India-Pak border in Punjab
Chandigarh: A drone was found from a field near the India-Pakistan border in Punjab’s Tarn Taran district along with over 5 kg of heroin, police on Friday. The hexacopter, an unmanned aerial…
- World
Pak ruling party to bring no-trust motions against PTI govts in KP, Punjab
Islamabad: Ruling out early elections in Pakistan, former president and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari said that the multi-party alliance of Pakistan Democratic Movement will table no-confidence motions in…
- India
Punjab withdraws order to mark red entry in land records for stubble burning
Chandigarh: Punjab’s Agriculture Minister Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal said on Sunday that an order to withdraw red entries in land records of farmers for stubble burning has been issued. The government won’t let…
- India
95% households to get zero electricity bill in coming months: Punjab CM
Chandigarh: Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann Saturday said more than 95 per cent of the households in the state will get zero electricity bill in the coming months, a major relief for…
- India
Farmers’ protest enters ninth day in parts of Punjab
Chandigarh: The farmers’ protest against the heavy fines on stubble burning and lesser compensation for crop damage due to inclement weather and pest attack and land acquisition for national highway projects, entered…
- India
Four car-borne women allegedly abduct man, sexually abuse him in Punjab
Chandigarh: Four women, all in their early 20s, in Punjab’s Jalandhar city allegedly abducted a man, who works as a labourer in a leather factory, on the pretext of asking for an…
