Chandigarh: The US authorities have arrested Harmanveer Singh, who is linked to a drug network involving Canada-based alleged drug lord Ravinder Singh Dhanda, in Stockton, California, bringing the total number of arrests under Operation Hard Ball to 28 across three federal indictments.The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) said Harmanveer was captured on Tuesday by the…
The victim’s pet dog helped police trace the burial site after days of searching (AI image used for representational purpose only). MOHALI: Justice was served in a murder case, thanks to a pet dog, with a court in Punjab’s Mohali sentencing a man to life imprisonment for killing his friend over Rs 40,000 in 2021….
Chandigarh: Former Punjab BJP president Sunil Jakhar on Thursday urged students protesting over the NEET paper leak to remain vigilant against “political exploitation”, alleging that the Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party were trying to hijack the movement for political gains.Invoking the legend of the Pied Piper of Hamelin, Jakhar described students as “the nation’s…
Barnala: The Punjab State Scheduled Castes Commission and Punjab State Women Commission has taken suo motu cognisance of the July 22 police action on sanitation workers in Barnala, seeking a report from the SSP by July 28.The move comes just a day after the National Commission for Safai Karamcharis had taken note of the incident…
Chandigarh: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Thursday asserted that not a single recruitment examination paper had leaked in Punjab during the tenure of the AAP govt led by chief minister Bhagwant Mann.AAP state media in-charge Baltej Pannu said the Congress and the BJP were “deliberately twisting facts”. “The incident reported in Faridkot was not…
Amritsar: Punjab Police have busted a cross-border smuggling module involved in trafficking of illegal arms and narcotic substances in Amritsar, arresting two people and seizing six sophisticated pistols, 1kg of heroin, 1 kg of opium and Rs 10,000Police commissioner Gurpreet Singh Bhullar told the media on Thursday the two accused, Joga Singh and Manpreet Singh,…
Amritsar: Akal Takht officiating jathedar Giani Kuldip Singh Gargajj has urged youngsters not to sell their land or ancestral property to finance their dreams of settling abroad, saying migration should not come at the cost of losing their roots.Interacting with youths from Punjab and Haryana in Southall, UK, Gargajj said many of them had expressed…
Bathinda: Punjab water resources department has issued notices to an executive engineer and two sub-divisional engineers in connection with felling of trees and violation of environmental norms during the remodelling and lining of the side slope of the Sirhind Canal in Ludhiana and adjoining areas. The July 21 notices have asked executive engineer Damandeep Singh…
Amritsar: The Punjab BJP on Thursday said that death row convict Balwant Singh Rajoana’s latest communication to the officiating jathedar of Akal Takht, Giani Kuldip Singh Gargajj, amounted to an acknowledgment of the party’s Sikh leadership as an important interlocutor in matters involving the party’s central govt and Panthic concerns.Punjab BJP spokesperson Sarchand Singh told…
Panchkula: Deputy commissioner Satpal Sharma Thursday directed all departments to coordinate with the health department, organise special camps and identify eligible beneficiaries to accelerate the preparation of Ayushman Cards under the Ayushman Bharat and Chirayu Haryana schemes.Chairing a review meeting at the mini secretariat, Sharma stressed that no eligible citizen should be deprived of the…
