Malerkotla: A blast shook a locality in Punjab’s Malerkotla city on Friday evening, alarming residents and putting police on heightened alert.The explosion occurred around 5:30pm in a garbage pile near Lasara Drain bridge. The residence of former Punjab DGP Mohammad Mustafa and his wife, former cabinet minister Razia Sultana, is around 500m from the site.Witnesses…
SONIPAT: A 14-year-old schoolgirl’s mysterious death in Haryana’s Sonipat district has triggered a major police investigation after villagers alleged foul play and claimed strangulation marks were found on her neck. The case took a dramatic turn when police rushed to the cremation ground and recovered ashes from the funeral pyre for forensic examination. According to…
JHAJJAR: In a chilling incident linked to an alleged gang rivalry, a young man was shot dead after armed assailants sprayed more than 20 bullets at him in Haryana’s Jhajjar late on Tuesday night.The victim, identified as Hitesh alias Gullu, a resident of Subana village, was attacked outside his house while he was reportedly speaking…
Chandigarh: A 21-year-old youth allegedly died by suicide at his house in Badheri village, Sector 41 area, Thursday. The deceased, Mohd Gulzar, was living alone in the house.Police said a handwritten note was recovered from the spot. Gulzar’s neighbour, Sabana, informed the police after finding him hanging from a rope inside the house.A Sector 39…
Chandigarh: UT chief secretary H Rajesh Prasad Friday directed the excise & taxation department to tighten enforcement and maintain strict vigil over excise licensees, warning of breach proceedings against violators of policy provisions.At a review meeting, Prasad stressed the need to curb illegal movement and sale of liquor through preventive and punitive action. He also…
Chandigarh: The municipal corporation’s proposal to recruit over 270 employees through direct recruitment has been pending with the UT administration for more than two months, with no final decision yet.Sources said the proposal was initially examined by the local bodies department and has now been forwarded to the personnel department for a decision.MC officials maintained…
Chandigarh: With the Election Commission of India (ECI) initiating the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in the state, Punjab chief electoral officer Anindita Mitra on Friday held a meeting with representatives of registered and recognised political parties and urged them to appoint booth-level agents (BLAs) at the earliest to ensure transparency and smooth…
JALANDHAR: A four-year-old child fell into a borewell while playing near his home in Chak Samana village, around 20 km from Hoshiarpur, on Friday evening, triggering a massive multi-agency rescue operation that lasted nearly nine hours. Hoshiarpur senior superintendent of police (SSP) Sandeep Kumar Malik told TOI around 11 pm that rescue teams had reached…
Patiala: Three inmates, including one convict and two undertrials, allegedly attempted to escape from Patiala Central Jail in the early hours of Friday, but were apprehended by jail security personnel and police team within a few hours.The inmates were identified as Rahul Kumar Pandey, Vikram Singh and Karandeep Singh. They allegedly used makeshift ropes by…
Patiala: The Aam Aadmi Party representatives on Friday held a protest demonstration at Fountain Chowk here against the BJP-led central govt over the hike in petrol and diesel prices.The protest demonstration was led by Tejinder Mehta, the AAP district president and chairman of the district planning committee.Mehta said the BJP govt at the Centre was…
