CHANDIGARH: In what could spell out more trouble for Shiromani Akali Dal supremo Sukhbir Badal’s brother-in-law Bikram Majithia, a Mohali court on Friday dismissed anticipatory bail plea by him after Congress-led government in the courtroom described him as a “powerful politician between 2007- 17 who no officer could touch”. The investigations had begun in 2013 […]
NEW DELHI: Indian off-spinner Harbhajan Singh, who earned the sobriquet Turbanator in 2001 after a gut-wrenching performance in one of the most keenly fought India-Australia Test series where he scalped 32 wickets, has announced retirement from all forms of cricket. He played 103 Tests, 236 ODIs and 28 T20Is for India and picked up 417, […]
LUDHIANA/NEW DELHI: A damning terror alert sent by Punjab Police ADGP (internal security) has raised several questions on preparedness by the Punjab Police before the bomb blast at district and session court complex in Ludhiana that left one dead and six injured on Thursday. Did Ludhiana Police or Punjab Police overall lightly take such big […]
CHANDIGARH: With the back to back two alleged incidents of sacrilege in different cities of Punjab, the Punjab Police Intelligence department had issued an advisory to all the officials of the Punjab Police to hold adequate vigil and security arrangements in place to control law and order in the state. In an advisory sent on December […]
LUDHIANA/NEW DELHI: Ludhiana court complex was on Thursday rocked by a high-intensity explosion, leaving one dead in a throwback to 2017 assembly Punjab elections when blast in Bhatinda’s Maur had derailed the peaceful elections, adding chaos to deteriorating law and order over weekend sacrileges and lynchings. Six people were also grievously injured in Thursday’s blast […]
CHANDIGARH: Punjab government overnight changed its police chief, a few hours after a closed door meeting of Congress leaders including CM Charanjit Singh Channi and Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu at Punjab Congress Bhawan on Thursday night. The Channi government, in a notice issued on Thursday (December 16, 2021), appointed Siddharth Chattopadhyaya as Director-General […]
CHANDIGARH: Day after a grenade blast took place at the Indian Army’s Triveni Gate near Pathankot’s Dheerapul, the Punjab police claimed to have foiled a terror attack in Punjab with the arrest of one person and recovery of two life grenades, live bullets and gun here on Wednesday. According to the spokesperson of Director General […]
ROHTAK: A Special Investigation Team (SIT) from the Punjab Police on Monday reached Sunaria Jail in Rohtak to question Dera Sacha Suda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim in connection with a 2015 sacrilege case of Sri Guru Granth Sahib in Faridkot, Punjab. Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh has been in Sunaria Jail in Rohtak after being convicted […]