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Juvenile among 8 held with 15 pistols

AMRITSAR, Oct. 8 -- Police have apprehended eight persons, including a juvenile, following three separate operations in Amritsar and recovered 15 sophisticated pistols along with 15 live cartridges, P... Read More


SC orders fresh polls in 50 Punjab wards

Patiala, Oct. 8 -- The Supreme Court has ordered fresh elections in 50 municipal wards in Patiala and Moga districts, holding that the electoral process in these wards was vitiated by widespread obstr... Read More


2 workers run over by reversing car at Hisar workshop; one dead

Rohtak, Oct. 8 -- One workshop worker was killed and another critically injured after a reversing car ran over them on Delhi Road near Satrod village in Hisar on Wednesday, police said. The incident t... Read More


HC initiates contempt case against two nat'l dailies over Dera Sacha Sauda ads

Chandigarh, Oct. 8 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court has sought response from Dera Sacha Sauda and editors and publishers of two national dailies over publishing Dera Sacha Sauda advertisements cla... Read More


76-year-old ex-sarpanch held in 1985 land record forgery case

Rohtak, Oct. 8 -- Police have arrested a 76-year-old former sarpanch, Shiv Lal, in connection with an alleged manipulation of land revenue records and preparation of forged documents in a nearly four-... Read More


Farmers protest delay in paddy procurement in Jind, Fatehabad

Rohtak, Oct. 8 -- Alleging delay in paddy procurement, farmers from Fatehabad and Jind districts blocked a road in Jind's Alewa for several hours on Wednesday, bringing traffic to a halt and leaving c... Read More


Minor girl alleges rape by social media friend in Rohtak; 1 booked

Rohtak, Oct. 8 -- A minor girl has alleged that a youth from Rohtak, whom she befriended on Instagram, sexually assaulted her after giving her a drink laced with a narcotic substance, police said. Acc... Read More


Stepmother held for beating 5-year-old Abohar girl to death

Ferozepur, Oct. 8 -- A five-year-old girl from Abohar in Fazilka district died on Tuesday evening after being allegedly assaulted by her stepmother, police said. Police have arrested the stepmother, A... Read More


Canada removes report calling India top foreign interference threat

Toronto, Oct. 8 -- The Canadian government removed an intelligence report that described India as the "second most pervasive FI (foreign interference) perpetrator" in the country after pro-Khalistan s... Read More


Info panel slaps notice on Punjab edu official

Chandigarh, Oct. 8 -- Pulling her up for withholding information under the Right to Information Act, the Punjab State Information Commission has issued a show-cause notice to the public information of... Read More