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New docuseries on Bishnoi facespolitical, legal backlash in Punjab

Chandigarh/Bathinda, April 22 -- The upcoming docuseries on dreaded gangster Lawrence Bishnoi has sparked a major controversy in Punjab, with political leaders and victims' families calling for an imm... Read More


Ludhiana scrap shop explosion kills worker

Ludhiana, April 22 -- An explosion at a scrap unit in Ludhiana's Hambran area on Tuesday killed a 40-year-old worker and seriously injured another. The blast occurred when the workers were processing ... Read More


Another Punjab-origin man held for violence linked to extortion

Toronto, April 22 -- Another Indian-origin man was arrested in connection with extortion-related violence in Calgary, Alberta, in Canada, making it the second arrest in the case, while a warrant has b... Read More


Five arrested with 7kg heroin in Amritsar

AMRITSAR, April 22 -- Police busted two inter-linked, cross-border narcotics smuggling cartels with the arrest of five persons and recovered 7kg of heroin from their possession, said Punjab director g... Read More


Mann hard-sells state as business hub in Holland

Chandigarh, April 22 -- Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Tuesday held a series of engagements in the Netherlands to strengthen economic cooperation and foster people-to-people connections. A roa... Read More


Fewer avian guests take flight as enforcement slips out of sight

Chandigarh, April 22 -- The Punjab forest department in its latest report has flagged erratic wildlife enforcement trends and a troubling decline in migratory bird populations across Punjab's key wetl... Read More


Ludhiana bizman loses Rs.20 crore to cyber swindlers

Mohali, April 22 -- A Ludhiana-based industrialist lost nearly Rs.20 crore to cyber fraudsters, the Punjab State Cyber Crime Police Station, Mohali, stated on Tuesday. An FIR has been registered and a... Read More


Rs.5L relief for sexual assault victim's kin

Karnal, April 22 -- The Panipat Juvenile Justice Board ordered Rs.5 lakh assistance for the family of a boy who was subjected to unnatural sexual assault over two years ago, officials said on Tuesday.... Read More


Over dozen ED raids on I-PAC, cop, bizman ahead of WB polls

New Delhi, April 22 -- It isn't just the political parties that have been busy in West Bengal over the past month, in the run-up to the assembly elections in the state (the first phase of the two-phas... Read More


13 killed, several injured in Kerala fireworks unit blast

Thrissur, April 22 -- At least 13 people were killed and several others injured in a blast at a fireworks manufacturing unit at Mundathicode in central Kerala's Thrissur district on Tuesday, officials... Read More