The police today faced an embarrassing situation after a woman accused a cop of accepting bribe from drug peddlers during a cordon and search operation (CASO) at Bazigar Basti in Faridkot city. Police teams, including women officials, conducted raids at...
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Subedar Balwinder Singh (retd), who spent his life guarding the nation, had never imagined in his wildest dream that his pharmacist son Amarjot Singh will be found involved in cross-border drug smuggling. “In the past two years, our life turned...
The war against drugs is far from over as the big fish involved in the smuggling of narcotics are still operating with impunity, opined several people who attended a government programme against the menace here. The event was held at...
Our Correspondent Hoshiarpur, May 17 Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Saturday alleged that the drug menace plaguing the state was a “legacy of previous governments”. The Chief Minister made the remarks at a gathering at Tanda’s Jalalpur village, where...
The police in two separate instances arrested three persons for drug smuggling and seized 1.01 kg of heroin, besides Rs 45.19 lakh in cash, from their possession here on Saturday. Those arrested have been identified as Rahul Singh, alias Kalu...
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The police here have started a probe after a 23-year-old student of Khalsa College in Patiala was arrested in Haryana's Kaithal for allegedly spying for Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI). The college authorities said the student, Devinder Singh Dhillon, used to...
Making it clear that litigants should not suffer merely because judicial proceedings are delayed for reasons beyond their control, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has ruled that the judiciary must adopt a corrective, rather than punitive, stance in matters...
Action against 10 judicial officers in past 10 months
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has provisionally attached immovable property worth Rs 1.29 crore belonging to former AIG Ashish Kapoor for the alleged violation of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). The ED had initiated investigation on the basis of...
The India-Pakistan conflict, in spite of the ceasefire, has started to take its toll on the economy of the border state. Debt-ridden Punjab is not only anticipating immediate losses in its revenue generation, but also staring at the possibility of...
All benches hearing criminal bail petitions — barring two — will begin proceedings from 9 am, an hour earlier, starting May 19 until the onset of summer vacations on May 29
Aparna Banerji Tribune News Service Langroya, May 17 Sunita Rani, who sold drugs till a year and a half ago, now relies on cattle for sustenance. She's one among hundreds of former drug peddlers from the Langroya village at...
The college authorities said the student used to miss classes and was also missing from the college for almost a month
DC Varjeet Walia said under the scheme, the youth who want to opt for Agniveer recruitment would be prepared both for written and physical test by the district administration
A second batch of 14 trucks carrying dry fruits and herbs from Afghanistan crossed over to India through the Attari-Wagah integrated check-post on Saturday.According to officials, 162 trucks carrying perishable items from Afghanistan had been stranded on the Pakistan...
The order, issued by the Punjab and Haryana High Court Chief Justice, aims at expeditious disposal of bail matters
The panel comprised Justice Meenakshi I Mehta, Justice Vinod S Bhardwaj, Justice Pankaj Jain, among others
Panic gripped the Focal Point area after the object appearing to be a grenade was found on Saturday morning
Action taken against former AIG Ashish Kapoor under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, says the federal probe agency
Azerbaijan and Turkiye had expressed their solidarity with Pakistan during Operation Sindoor
The project would lead to displacement of a large number of people — who have raised constructions along the roadside — and thousands of trees would also be axed along the stretch
First cargo consignment enters from Pakistani side after start of hostilities
The SGPC on Friday provided a financial assistance of Rs 5 lakh each to the families of four Sikhs who died in cross-border shelling by the Pakistan army in Poonch (J&K) recently. SGPC president Harjinder Singh Dhami visited Poonch and...
Arshdeep Kaur, 15, the daughter of a peasant at Chaunda village in Amargarh constituency of Malerkotla district, is on cloud nine as she scored perfect 100 per cent in the Punjab School Education Board exam results declared today. As multiple...
The original application period was from April 25 to May 15
Simply Punjab: The Punjabi culture of home-brewed liquor vs the hooch tragedy
Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Minister Lal Chand Kataruchak has claimed that the state government has procured the entire 130.03 lakh metric tonne (LMT) wheat that arrived in mandis till the closure of the procurement season on May 15....
Sukhwant Singh of Wahabwala village allegedly died by suicide. Married only six months ago, he went missing from his home on Tuesday. His body was found hanging from a tree near the Amarpura-Bhagu road. His mother Kuljit Kaur alleged that...
After Pakistan targeted areas of most districts of the state during the recent Indo-Pak conflict, the Punjab Pradesh Beopar Mandal (PPBM), a representative body of a host of trades and industries, has sought Rs 25,000 crore package for Punjab from...
Tarn Taran district with its 98.08 pass percentage in the results of the Tenth standard, declared by the PSEB on Friday placed third position in the state. A total number of 12979 students appeared in the exam and 12730 were...
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