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Mandi Gobindgarh most polluted in Punjab as AQI slides after Diwali

India, Oct. 22 -- The extended Diwali celebrations and rising number of farm fires led to a decline in air quality in Punjab on Wednesday. The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) said that the ind... Read More


Phillaur ex-SHO booked for sexuallyharassing mother of minor rape victim

Jalandhar, Oct. 16 -- The Jalandhar rural police have booked sub-inspector Bhushan Kumar, former Phillaur station house officer (SHO), for alleged inappropriate behaviour and making sexual advances to... Read More


Women panel seeks probe into SHO's 'conduct' with minor rape victim's mother

Jalandhar, Oct. 11 -- Taking cognisance of the Phillaur station house officer (SHO) allegedly subjecting the mother of a minor rape victim to inappropriate behaviour, the Punjab State Women Commission... Read More


Jalandhar police seize 2.5kg IED, two arrested

Jalandhar, Oct. 10 -- The Jalandhar counter-intelligence unit has busted a Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) terror module operated by UK-based handlers Nishan Jaurian and Adesh Jamarai on the directi... Read More


Punjab Police bust BKI terror module, recover 2.5kg IED from two operatives

India, Oct. 9 -- The Jalandhar counter-intelligence unit has busted a Babbar Khalsa International terror module operated by UK-based handlers Nishan Jaurian and Adesh Jamarai on the directions of BKI ... Read More


NIA files chargesheet against 2 traffickers in donkey route case

Jalandhar, Oct. 3 -- Seven months after initiating a probe into the illegal immigration racket, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has filed a chargesheet against two persons involved in sending ... Read More


'Wheat MSP hike meagre': Farmer unions slam Centre

Jalandhar, Oct. 3 -- Even as the central government has approved the highest ever increase of Rs.160 per quintal in wheat's minimum support price (MSP), the Punjab farmer unions have termed it as mere... Read More


First to file complaint, he refuses to give in to agents

Jalandhar, Oct. 1 -- Gurpreet Singh, 39, of Tarf Behbal Bahadur village in Kapurthala district is not only coping with the stigma of deportation but also standing up to the pressure of the travel agen... Read More


'Wouldn't wish this trauma on anyone'

Jalandhar, Oct. 1 -- Nishan Singh, 20, of Chakoki village in Kapurthala's Dhilwan, was among the youngest deportees as he was only 16 years old in 2022 when he headed out to the US on the donkey route... Read More


Five African swine fever cases detected, culling starts today

Nawashahr, Sept. 25 -- Five cases of highly contagious African Swine Fever (ASF) virus among the pigs have been reported in the piggery farm located in Bhaura village of Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar on ... Read More