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Plea for disclosure of cops' call data junked on privacy grounds

Chandigarh, Feb. 11 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court has rejected a plea regarding the disclosure of call data records (CDRs) and tower location data of police officers, emphasising that such orde... Read More


2 IAS officers promoted

Chandigarh, Feb. 11 -- The Punjab government has promoted 1995-batch IAS officers Jaspreet Talwar and Dilip Kumar to the chief secretary's grade. They have been promoted with effect from January 1 an... Read More


Will participate in Feb 12 unity meet, says Pandher

Patiala, Feb. 11 -- After much deliberation, the Kisan Mazdoor Morcha (KMM) announced on Monday that it would participate in the February 12 unity meeting in Chandigarh. In a letter to the Samyukta K... Read More


Punjab Police SIT registers 8 FIRs against travel agents

Chandigarh, Feb. 11 -- The special investigation team (SIT) constituted to probe illegal human trafficking following deportation of Indians from the US has registered eight first information reports (... Read More


Bittu slams action against 3 aides

Ludhiana/Patiala, Feb. 11 -- The Punjab police on Monday booked two close aides of minister of state for railways Ravneet Bittu. Bant Singh Doburji, former president of Municipal Council, Doraha, was ... Read More


Man shoots mother dead in Charkhi Dadri

Rohtak, Feb. 11 -- A 77-year-old woman was shot dead by her drunk son, who is a retired army personnel, at Charkhi Dadri's Loharwara village on Sunday evening, police said on Monday. The police arrest... Read More


Prosecution in 1984 riots not just for sake of it: SC

New Delhi, Feb. 11 -- Filing appeals against acquittal in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots should be done "seriously" and not as a "formality", the Supreme Court said on Monday as it asked the Centre whether ... Read More


Court discharges Sonu Sood in fraud case

Ludhiana, Feb. 11 -- Actor Sonu Sood has been discharged by a Ludhiana court in an investment fraud case after appearing as a witness. The judgement was passed by judicial magistrate Ramanpreet Kaur ... Read More


Mansa: Gangster injured in shootout

BATHINDA, Feb. 11 -- A criminal, Jasdev Singh alias Jassi puncture, suffered gunshot injuries in an incident of retaliatory firing by the Mansa district police on Monday. Mansa senior superintendent ... Read More


SGPC comes under fire for sacking Giani Harpreet

AMRITSAR, Feb. 11 -- The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) executive committee's decision to sack Takht Damdama Sahib jathedar Giani Harpreet Singh has invited criticism from various Sikh... Read More