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Giants prepare for winter

India, Nov. 16 -- As winter tightens its grip on the tricity region, the giant serpents are in a hurry to eat. Rock pythons are very active after the monsoon wanes and lurk near game trails in the scr... Read More


Terror & terrariums yonder the terrace

India, Nov. 16 -- It's been a melancholy start to the month. Somewhere Death did knock, somewhere Death did mock. The 10/11 blasts rent the air of an already beleaguered metropolis with a new pollutan... Read More


BSF apprehends smuggler with 11kg heroin, arms in Gurdaspur

GURDASPUR, Nov. 16 -- The BSF on Saturday arrested a smuggler from Pakhoke Mahimara village in the Dera Baba Nanak area of Gurdaspur district with 11 kg heroin and weapons. The arrested accused was id... Read More


'Holy City' status for Amritsar: HC seeks reply from Punjab

Chandigarh, Nov. 16 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court has sought response from the Punjab government on a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking declaration of Amritsar as 'holy city' and taking ... Read More


Return certificates to students: HC to medical college

Patiala, Nov. 16 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court has ordered the immediate return of original documents belonging to MBBS students at White Medical College and Hospital (formerly known as Chintpu... Read More


SSP suspended for failing to act against gangsters

Amritsar, Nov. 16 -- The Punjab government on Saturday ordered the suspension of Amritsar Rural Police senior superintendent of police (SSP) Maninder Singh for his alleged failure to take action again... Read More


Cabinet okays separate cadre for BBMB

Chandigarh, Nov. 16 -- The Punjab cabinet on Saturday gave its nod for creating a separate cadre of employees to be posted in the Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB). A decision to this effect was tak... Read More


trader shot dead in Ferozepur

Ferozepur, Nov. 16 -- A 32-year-old shopkeeper was shot dead on Saturday evening in the bustling Main Bazaar near Delhi Gate in Ferozepur. Naveen Arora, who ran a dupatta shop and lived at local Sadhu... Read More


MP-based weapons smuggling ring busted; 9 pistols seized, 1 held

AMRITSAR, Nov. 16 -- The Counter Intelligence (CI), Amritsar, foiled a planned targeted killing by busting a Madhya Pradesh (MP)-based weapons smuggling module with the arrest of one operative and rec... Read More


2,165 criminals arrested in past nine days, says Hry DGP

Chandigarh, Nov. 16 -- The Haryana Police have arrested 2,165 criminals including wanted and absconding offenders involved in serious crimes in the past nine days. Director general of police (DGP) OP ... Read More