Amritsar: A youth, identified as Amarjot Singh, was shot dead on Mehsimpura Road in Amritsar, with the case initially mistaken for a road accident.Senior superintendent of police (rural) Suhail Qasim Mir said the incident occurred on Friday evening on an isolated stretch of road. Passersby spotted a motorcycle lying on the road and found the…
Fazilka: A clash broke out between a police team and locals during a land dispute in Fazilka on Sunday, with personnel allegedly manhandled and a video of the incident going viral. Police said at least eight people have been booked in the case, including four named accused. Two have been arrested so far, while efforts…
Bathinda: The crop residue burning cases continued to rise in Punjab and Haryana, with the two states recording 661 incidents on Sunday.Punjab reported 417 crop residue burning cases, pushing the cumulative total in the state so far this season to 2,820. In the last seven days, Punjab registered 2,551 cases.Sangrur remained the worst-affected district with…
Shimla: The Himachal Pradesh Police have once again bagged the top position in the country for the average response time under the Emergency Response Support System (ERSS) for the month of April.According to the latest rankings, the state police recorded an impressive average event response time of 3 minutes and 36 seconds.Dadra, Daman and Diu…
Patiala: A PhD scholar at IIT-Ropar has alleged physical assault and sexual harassment by her supervisor, triggering outrage after she detailed her claims in a social media post on Saturday.In her post on X, the researcher alleged that the faculty member punched her in the eye after she refused what she described as inappropriate demands….
Shimla: The anti-drug special task force (STF), Kullu, carried out an operation against illegal opium cultivation in Mandi district on Saturday and destroyed over 1.8 lakh opium plants.Acting on intelligence inputs, the STF team raided Sehad village under Katola sub-tehsil. During the raid, officials discovered illegal opium cultivation spread across nearly six bighas of private…
Shimla: The weather department on Saturday issued an alert for thunderstorms accompanied by lightning and gusty winds with 30-40 kilometres per hour speeds at isolated places across Himachal Pradesh, excluding Kinnaur and Lahaul and Spiti districts, from May 3 to 5.It has also forecast light to moderate rain or snowfall at several locations in the…
Patiala: Punjab Police on Saturday said three terror strikes across the state — CIA Moga grenade attack, Sirhind railway track blast and Shambhu railway track blast — were part of a single, coordinated conspiracy run by a terror module receiving directions from handlers based in Pakistan and Malaysia, with links spanning the US.The breakthrough followed…
Three teenage boxers from Chandigarh have earned spots in the Indian squad for the upcoming Asian U-17 Boxing Championships in Tashkent. CHANDIGARH: Three teenage boxers from the city have been named in the Indian squad for the coming Asian U-17 Boxing Championships to be held in Tashkent, marking a milestone for Chandigarh boxing.Fifteen-year-old Ranveer will…
Times News NetworkChandigarh: A 25-year-old man was found murdered in the forest area near a petrol pump in Manimajra on Saturday morning. A leather belt was tied around the neck of the deceased, Krishan Pandey. The body was found in semi-naked condition. The victim, a resident of Mauli Jagran, worked as a watchman in the…
