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3 members of arms smuggling gang held with 10 pistols

AMRITSAR, Oct. 16 -- The Amritsar Commissionerate Police has busted a cross-border organised arms and narcotics smuggling module with links to Pakistan with the arrest of its three operatives and reco... Read More


soon, mandis to get Solar power

Chandigarh, Oct. 16 -- The Punjab Mandi Board launched a project worth Rs.24.42 crore to install solar power plants in mandis across Patiala, Ludhiana, Ferozepur, and Jalandhar districts. Board chairm... Read More


Wheat sowing at peril as floods, rains delay paddy harvesting

Chandigarh, Oct. 16 -- The recent floods - the worst in four decades - and the subsequent October rains have disrupted Punjab's agricultural cycle this year, with experts warning that the setback coul... Read More


EcoSikh's mission to revive state bird 'baaj' set to take wings

Chandigarh, Oct. 16 -- EcoSikh, a US-based global non-governmental organisation, on Tuesday unveiled a plan for the revival of northern goshawk bird (baaj) - a raptor associated with Guru Gobind Singh... 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


Flood-hit families get relief

Kapurthala, Oct. 16 -- Cabinet minister Laljit Singh Bhullar on Wednesday formally started the distribution of compensation to flood-affected families, starting from Kishan Singh Wala village in Sulta... Read More


Court frames contempt charges against Punjab rural devp director

Chandigarh, Oct. 16 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court on Wednesday ordered framing of charges under the Contempt of Court Act against director, rural development and panchayat, Punjab, Uma Shankar ... Read More


Two cops held for taking bribe from drug peddler

Amritsar, Oct. 16 -- Two police officials from the Amritsar (Rural) police were arrested for allegedly accepting a bribe from a drug peddler in exchange for his release. According to senior superinten... Read More


Four arrested for attacking police team in Yamunanagar

Karnal, Oct. 16 -- A day after a police party was allegedly attacked during a raid to arrest a wanted illegal wood supplier, Yamunanagar police on Wednesday arrested four people, including a woman, in... Read More


Twin cop suicides threaten to develop into a full-blown crisis

Chandigarh, Oct. 16 -- Two tragic incidents have rocked Haryana in a week, sending the state administration in tizzy and putting sharp social divisions under a spotlight. The turmoil over the death of... Read More