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As part of the ongoing campaign against drug trafficking and criminal elements, the Jalandhar Rural Police, under the leadership of SSP Harvinder Singh Virk and Sarabjit Rai, SP Investigation, are conducting several anti-drug operations in various police stations. To make...
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Guru Gobind Singh Public School (GGPS), Nainowal Vaid, has once again upheld its reputation for academic excellence as its student, Snehjit Kaur Saini, emerged as the district topper in the CBSE Class X board examinations, securing an outstanding 99.4 per...
Nine cases under the NDPS Act were registered from various blocks of Nawanshahr today. The police arrested 11 drug peddlers with 64 gm heroin and intoxicating tablets and capsules. The accused have been arrested from Banga, Rahon, Balachaur and Kathgarh....
Rotary Club Phagwara Gems, in collaboration with Bharat Vikas Parishad Charitable Trust, Punjab, organised its third artificial limb-fitting camp under club president Rotarian Pawan Kumar Kalra. The camp was held at Shri Mahavir Jain Model High School, Model Town, Phagwara,...
More than 150 shopkeepers and residents from Punjab Avenue, Urban Estate, Phase I, held a protest against the railway authorities over the closure of the C-8 railway crossing. The crossing was shut on April 25 following the opening of the...
The Khel Udyog Sangh has raised the issue of getting VAT recovery notices. Group members said the VAT assessment of 2017-18 had been done but the one-time settlement policy was not yet implemented. City industrialists have repeatedly flagged the non-implementation...
As part of the ongoing initiative “Yudh Nashian Virudh”, the CIA staff of Commissionerate Jalandhar apprehended three persons and seized four illegal pistols (.32 bore), eight rounds and 150 gram of heroin. Commissioner of Police Dhanpreet Kaur said on May...
A 23-year-old woman died after falling off the ninth floor of a building at Lovely Professional University (LPU) here. The police said the incident that took place on Saturday afternoon seemed to be a case of suicide. The woman, a...
Preliminary reports suggest that the incident has been ruled as a suicide
The Sadar police have registered a case against a man accused of illegally harvesting and selling wheat from the land of another villager. A complaint was lodged by Kuljit Singh, a resident of Sapror village. In his statement to the...
A powerful gas cylinder explosion in the early hours of Friday created panic in Dhilwan town of Kapurthala district. The incident occurred around 1:30 am at the residence of Amarjeet Singh in Patti Ramu village. According to his wife Surinder...
Hundreds of deserving candidates, who have cleared the rigorous examination process, now stand disillusioned and betrayed by the Department of School Education. In March 2020, the Department of School Education took a bold step to promote young, dynamic talent to...
The Phagwara unit of the Indian Medical Association (IMA), led by Dr Tushar Aggarwal, organised a public awareness seminar today to mark World Hypertension Day. Eminent physician Dr Anil Tandon educated the audience on the latest hypertension guidelines and preventive...
Pushpa Gujral Science City celebrated World Telecommunication Day with the theme “Gender Equality in Digital Transformation”. Over 150 students and teachers from schools across Punjab took part in the event with great enthusiasm. Dr Rajesh Grover, Director, Pushpa Gujral Science...
World Hypertension Day was observed across health institutions in Hoshiarpur district with a district-level awareness rally aimed at educating the public about blood pressure management. Dr Pawan Kumar Shagotra, the Civil Surgeon, flagged off the rally from the Civil Surgeon...
The “Yuddh Nashian Viruddh” campaign took a significant step forward as the Nasha Mukti Yatra was launched by the MLA of Hoshiarpur Assembly Constituency in the villages of Naru Nangal Khas and Naru Nangal Kila. While addressing the villagers, the...
Senior BJP Kisan Morcha leader and national farmers’ representative Sukhminderpal Singh Grewal today (Saturday) launched a blistering attack on the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Government in Punjab, describing it as the “worst, most incompetent and directionless” regime the state has...
On the occasion of National Dengue Awareness Day, a seminar was held at the District Training Centre in Kapurthala to raise awareness about dengue fever prevention. Addressing the gathering, Civil Surgeon Dr Rajiv Parashar highlighted the alarming fact that even...
In a unified push to strengthen the ongoing “Yudh Nashe De Virudh” (War against drugs) campaign, the civil administration of Phagwara organised a meeting with members of the local Chemist Association to promote responsible pharmaceutical practices and address the misuse...
Two unidentified youths approached car occupants, brandished a pistol, and forced them out of their vehicle
All accused booked under relevant sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act
Eight dwellings reduced to ashes leaving several families homeless
Victim’s photo circulated among police stations across the state
70 bottles of liquor recovered from the possession of the accused
Seven accused arrested | Two vehicles used in the crime recovered
The legal application, filed under Sections 22-B and 22-C of the Legal Services Authorities Act, was submitted by Dutta through his counsel Advocate JP Singh