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US-based NRI hired contract killers to avenge brother's 1980 killing: Cops

Hoshiarpur, Sept. 24 -- More than four decades after his brother was murdered at Urmur in Hoshiarpur, a US-based non-resident Indian (NRI) allegedly got the son of the man accused killed in an act of ... Read More


HC commutes death penalty of toddler killer to 30-year-jail

Chandigarh, Sept. 24 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court on Wednesday commuted death sentence of a Ludhiana woman convicted of killing a toddler in 2021, to 30 years of rigorous imprisonment without ... Read More


Zirakpur: Biker thrown off flyover after crash with car, dies

Mohali, Sept. 24 -- A 46-year-old man died after a car allegedly hit his motorcycle from the back on the flyover near Sethi Dhaba on the Chandigarh-Ambala highway on Monday night, causing him to crash... Read More


Painter suffers burns after touching high-tension wire in Balongi

Mohali, Sept. 24 -- A 45-year-old painter suffered critical burn injuries after coming in contact with an overhead high-tension power line while working at a house in Balongi village on Wednesday morn... Read More


Spot a drug peddler in city? Tip-off police anonymously

Chandigarh, Sept. 24 -- Calling upon the public to act as the eyes and ears of authorities, UT administrator Gulab Chand Kataria on Wednesday launched anti-drug helplines where the public can report c... Read More


14-year-old found riding bike sans helmet in Panchkula

Panchkula, Sept. 24 -- In blatant disregard for traffic rules, a 14-year-old Class-8 student was found riding a motorcycle without helmet and using an illegal siren near Parshuram Chowk in Sector 14. ... Read More


MC okays agenda to allot 11 sites to Vita in city

Chandigarh, Sept. 24 -- Putting an end to the long-standing dominance of Punjab's homegrown brand Verka in Chandigarh, the General House of the municipal corporation approved the proposal for allotmen... Read More


Gas pipeline damaged during excavation in Dera Bassi

Dera Bassi, Sept. 24 -- Panic gripped Kheri village in the Dera Bassi area after a JCB machine damaged an underground gas pipeline during excavation work on the Pandwala-Sundran-Kheri road on Monday. ... Read More


Sec-22 resident duped of Rs.30L by man posing as CBI official

Chandigarh, Sept. 24 -- A resident of Sector 22-B was duped of Rs.30 lakh after he received a call by an unknown person who claimed to be an official with the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). Ac... Read More


ITBP personnel among two duped of Rs.15L in cyber fraud

Panchkula, Sept. 24 -- Police have registered separate cyber fraud cases where two residents were allegedly duped of a combined Rs.15 lakh; one victim was tricked into installing a fraudulent applicat... Read More