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Punjab BJP top brass called to Delhi amid organisational rejig talks

Chandigarh, June 13 -- The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) high command on Friday evening called a meeting of Punjab BJP's senior leadership in New Delhi amid ongoing organisational restructuring in the ... Read More


Kejriwal names Mann as CM face, claims polls may be held in Nov

BATHINDA, June 13 -- Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convener Arvind Kejriwal on Friday declared Bhagwant Mann as the party's chief ministerial face for the upcoming Punjab assembly elections, which he... Read More


ED recovers Rs.8.5 lakh, $8,600 from Amritsar rice firm premises

Jalandhar, June 13 -- The Enforcement Directorate (ED) seized cash amounting to Rs.8.5 lakh and $8,600 (approximately Rs.8.2 lakh) during searches conducted on the premises of Punjab Basmati Rice Limi... Read More


Duo opens fire at shop after Rs.50L extortion call

Jalandhar, June 13 -- Two unidentified scooter-borne assailants opened fire at a readymade garments shop in the Santokhpura area of Jalandhar on Friday afternoon, allegedly after the shop owner receiv... Read More


Hepatitis A case tally reaches 27; health minister blames Patiala MC for outbreak

Patiala, June 13 -- As many as 11 fresh cases of Hepatitis A cropped up in Patiala on Friday, with Punjab health minister Dr Balbir Singh holding the municipal corporation (MC) and residents who insta... Read More


Two held for killing man after land dispute verdict

Hoshiarpur, June 13 -- Days after a court ruled a land dispute in his favour, a 47-year-old man was hacked to death at Hoshiarpur's Mannan village on Thursday evening. Police said the victim, Harpinde... Read More


Search for Faridabad trekker halted due to heavy rain

Mussoorie, June 13 -- A joint search operation involving the forest department, police and the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) for a 48-year-old tourist from Haryana who went missing during a tre... Read More


VB books ex-sarpanch, 4 others for Rs.2-cr bungling

SANGRUR, June 13 -- The Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB) has registered a case against five persons, including a former sarpanch of Balad Kalan village in Sangrur district, for allegedly embezzling nearly... Read More


CBI arrests 2 railway staffers for demanding Rs.60,000 bribe

Ferozepur, June 13 -- The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested two employees of the Ferozepur railway division in connection with an alleged bribery case involving a departmental discipl... Read More


sacrilege bid at gurdwara: Cops get 1-day to quiz accused

Amritsar, June 13 -- Punjab Police on Friday secured one-day remand of the 19-year-old youth, arrested for a sacrilege attempt at Gurdwara Shaheedi Asthan Baba Gurbaksh Singh in the Golden Temple comp... Read More