Amritsar: The family of Kirandeep Kaur, a 24-year-old from Tarn Taran district of Punjab who was stabbed to death at her home in London on the morning of July 12, has appealed for help to bring her body back to India for her final rites.Folding his hands before those arriving to offer condolences at their…
Amritsar: A 28-year-old painter who had been missing for two days was found dead on July 15 in a motor room near GT Road in Mallian village. Locals spotted the body of Gurpreet Singh, a resident of Thothia, bearing head injuries.According to his mother, Sukhwinder Kaur, a local panchayat member, Gurpreet was last seen leaving…
Chandigarh: Punjab Congress president Amrinder Singh Raja Warring on Thursday backed party MLA and Punjab leader of opposition Partap Singh Bajwa amid his standoff with the AAP govt and alleged that Congress councillors in Qadian had been subjected to pressure by the incumbent AAP.Praising Bajwa for “standing up to the intimidation” by the AAP govt,…
Chandigarh: Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Thursday handed over licences to 2,800 new ration depot holders, saying the move would benefit nearly 5.5 lakh ration card holders by bringing ration distribution closer to their homes.Addressing the newly appointed depot holders at Vikas Bhawan in Mohali, Mann said the additional depots would spare beneficiaries from…
Amritsar: A confrontation over an alleged secret marriage turned fatal when a woman and her cousin set her former boyfriend on fire in Punjab’s Majitha, only to be dragged into the flames themselves, police said on Thursday.Finding out her ex-boyfriend Sandeep Singh had married another woman, Rajwinder invited him home on the pretext of a…
Ferozepur: Two men on a motorcycle opened fire at a shop in Ferozepur’s Zira town on Thursday afternoon in an alleged bid to extort money from its owner. The shopowner, Suresh Kumar, said this was the second such attack on a property owned by him in the past 20 days, and that he and his…
Bathinda: The Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB) has arrested an inspector posted at Cooperative Society, Tapa, Barnala district, for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 50,000. A VB spokesperson said Harsh Bansal allegedly demanded Rs 1 lakh to clear pending retirement dues of Jang Singh, a former co-operative society secretary. The deal was settled at Rs…
Chandigarh: In a move aimed at addressing the shortage of doctors in govt hospitals, the Punjab govt has extended the Modified Assured Career Progression (MACP) scheme to medical officers appointed on or after July 17, 2020, bringing all govt doctors under a uniform career progression framework.The decision is expected to make govt service more attractive…
Panchkula: To curb malaria and dengue during the monsoon season, the health department has issued notices to several households where mosquito larvae were detected during inspections.District malaria officer Dr Sonu Arora said a special campaign is under way in all high-risk areas of the district. Health workers are conducting door-to-door surveys, inspecting water containers and…
Bathinda: Jailed Waris Punjab De co-founder Gurdeep Singh Bukkanwala has announced his candidature for the 2027 Punjab assembly elections from Moga.The announcement was made Thursday via a Facebook post on Bukkanwala’s page. Bukkanwala is a close associate of late Deep Sidhu and incarcerated Khadoor Sahib MP Amritpal Singh. Bukkanwala was arrested in March 2023 under…
