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Jalandhar horror: 14-year-old raped, murdered by best friend's father

Jalandhar, Nov. 24 -- A 46-year-old man has been arrested on charges of raping and murdering his teenaged daughter's best friend in Jalandhar, police said on Sunday. The 14-year-old victim used to st... Read More


Punjab: 1,471 officials issued show-cause notices for failing to curb farm fires

Jalandhar, Nov. 21 -- As many as 1,471 nodal officers and supervisors deployed to stop farm fire incidents have been served with show-cause notices for 'dereliction of duty", even as the state has log... Read More


Punjab logs 56% of season's 4,734 stubble fires in Nov

Jalandhar, Nov. 14 -- Of the total 4,734 farm fire incidents reported this season in Punjab, almost 56% have been reported between November 1 and 13, according to the official data released by the Pun... Read More


Punjab records 55% of total 4,662 farm fire cases in November

Jalandhar, Nov. 14 -- Official state government data released on Thursday showed that Punjab has recorded 56% of its total 4,734 farm fire incidents across23 districts in November so far. The state re... Read More


AAP MLA Raman Arora receives extortion calls, files complaint

Jalandhar, Nov. 13 -- Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) legislator from Jalandhar Central, Raman Arora, on Wednesday filed a complaint with police claiming that he had been receiving threatening calls from an uni... Read More


Punjab: Rains douse farm fires, state logs just 97 cases

Jalandhar, Nov. 6 -- The state on Wednesday recorded just 97 cases of farm fire incidents, taking the tally to 2,933 incidents this season so far. On the same date last year, the state had recorded 2... Read More


Farm fires surge, 175 FIRs registered in a day in Punjab

Jalandhar, Nov. 4 -- With no let-up in farm fire incidents, Punjab Police on Monday registered 175 FIRs, the highest in a single day this kharif season. As many as 256 new cases of stubble burning wer... Read More


Air quality dips as 8 Punjab districts fuel 64% of farm fires

Jalandhar, Nov. 3 -- A day after recording the highest single-day spike of 442 farm fire incidents, Punjab reported 178 new cases of stubble burning on Sunday, taking the state's total to 2,262 incide... Read More


At 442, Punjab records biggest single-day jump in farm fires, surpasses 2,000 mark

Jalandhar, Nov. 2 -- A day after the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) directed Punjab to adopt stringent measures against the farmers indulging in stubble burning, Punjab recorded the seas... Read More