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Two Bhagwanpuria gang shooters held

AMRITSAR, Dec. 12 -- Batala police have arrested two absconding shooters linked to the Jaggu Bhagwanpuria gang involved in multiple murder cases, officials said. The accused have been identified as Sa... Read More


Mann cracks whip on lapses in road work, orders notice, payment freeze

Patiala, Dec. 12 -- Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Thursday ordered a show-cause notice against a contractor and freeze on further payments after detecting irregularities in the construction o... Read More


Suspended SSP chargesheeted for 'biased conduct'

Chandigarh, Dec. 12 -- Former Tarn Taran senior superintendent of police (SSP), Ravjot Kaur Grewal, who was suspended by the Election Commission of India (ECI) ahead of the assembly bypoll, has been f... Read More


In Muktsar, Sukhbir targets AAP, invokes Badal senior's legacy

BATHINDA, Dec. 12 -- Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Badal held rallies for the upcoming elections of the Zila Parishad and Block Samitis in his home district, Muktsar, on Thursday. Addres... Read More


Govt school teacher booked for sexually assaulting minor students

Barnala, Dec. 12 -- A teacher at a government middle school in Barnala has been booked for sexually assaulting female schoolchildren, police said. The action comes days after a social activist sent a ... Read More


Seven IAS officers shifted in Punjab

Chandigarh, Dec. 12 -- The Punjab government on Thursday issued transfer and posting orders of seven IAS officers and one PCS officer with immediate effect. Tejveer Singh, additional chief secretary (... Read More


exemption to BLOs from poll duty cancelled by state election commission

Sangrur, Dec. 12 -- A day after the chief electoral officer exempted booth-level officers (BLOs) from poll duty in the December 14 Zila Parishad and Block Samiti elections, the secretary of the State ... Read More


Rename 'Veer Bal Diwas': MP Kang

Chandigarh, Dec. 12 -- Anandpur Sahib MP Malvinder Singh Kang on Thursday urged the central government to honour Sikh sentiments by renaming "Veer Bal Diwas" on December 26 as "Sahibzade Shaheedi Diwa... Read More


Missing saroops FIR: SGPC urges Takht to issue edict

Amritsar, Dec. 12 -- Terming the Punjab government's move to register an FIR in the matter of 328 missing holy saroops of Guru Granth Sahib as a direct challenge to Akal Takht, the supreme temporal se... Read More


SC notes high pendency in lower courts during Lakhimpur case trial

New Delhi, Dec. 12 -- The Supreme Court on Thursday noted the urgency to have more courts and judges to handle mounting pendency of cases in trial courts, as it was told that the judge conducting the ... Read More