Markets were shut up to 2pm in view of the Punjab bandh call by the Qaumi Insaaf Morcha in Patiala on Friday Patiala/Bathinda/Amritsar/Chandigarh: Normal life was disrupted across several districts of Punjab on Friday after a statewide bandh called by the Qaumi Insaaf Morcha and backed by hardline Sikh bodies and farmer unions shuttered businesses…
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Haryana Akali Dal president Harkesh Singh Mohri Kurukshetra: The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) and the Jannayak Janta Party (JJP) on Friday slammed the Congress party over Rohtak MP Deepender Singh Hooda’s “role model” remark for Sajjan Kumar, who was convicted for the 1984 anti-Sikh riots and died in jail while serving a life term on…
Rewari: Two youngsters were killed while another was critically injured when a group of assailants allegedly attacked them with sticks and sharp-edged weapons on the outskirts of Rewari city on Friday.According to police and eyewitness accounts, the assailants first rammed into the motorcycle-borne youths near Gokalpur. Once the youths were brought down, the three were…
SAD functionary Bikram Singh Majithia Chandigarh: Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann’s officer on special duty (OSD), Rajbir Singh Ghuman, has sent a defamation notice to Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader Bikram Singh Majithia over alleged remarks and accusations made against him.The legal notice comes in response to allegations recently levelled by Majithia against Ghuman, which…
Bahadurgarh: A dispute between sanitation workers and Independent MLA Rajesh Joon erupted on Friday when a group of workers reached the legislator’s office to press for the resolution of their long-pending demands.The confrontation reportedly began during a heated exchange between the sanitation workers and the MLA. Rajendra, the workers’ representative, objected to what he described…
During the escape, one of the accused stole a .32 bore licensed pistol, which was loaded with seven bullets, from a drawer. Times News NetworkChandigarh: A man was allegedly stabbed twice after he intervened to stop a fight between two youths near a liquor vend in Sector 41 late on Aug 17, police said. Sector…
Indian national linked to Lawrence Bishnoi gang placed on FBI’s most wanted list Chandigarh: The FBI has added an Indian national linked to the Lawrence Bishnoi criminal network to its Criminal Enterprise Investigations most wanted list.The suspect, identified in court documents as 26-year-old “No Name Given Kamal“, was charged in a federal indictment unsealed in…
Bathinda: Villagers of Kotbhara and Ramgarh Bhundar in Bathinda have alleged that a newly laid 4-km link road connecting the two villages has started peeling off and developing cracks within a week of its construction.Villagers claimed the road surface could be peeled away by hand at several spots, raising concerns about the quality of the…
Checking points have been set up at strategic locations in Mohali and Chandigarh, especially along district borders, with intensive checking of vehicles and individuals planned at entry and exit points Mohali/Chandigarh: Security has been tightened across Mohali and Chandigarh ahead of the Punjab bandh called by Qaumi Insaf Morcha on Friday, with police stepping up…
