AMRITSAR: Baba Farid University of Health Science’s Vice­ Chancellor Dr S.S. Gill has expressed concern over the fewer number of professors in the field of anatomy and forensic sciences. Gill, who was the chief guest on the opening day of the 55th Annual Conference of the International College of surgeons here ...

FEROZEPUR: Senior Superintendent of Police S.P.S Parmar, on Thursday, suspended an Assistant Sub Inspector and two head con­ stables for allegedly favoring accused in a case of forcible recovery. Mukhtiar Singh of Ferozepur City alleged that officials of Tata Finance Company, Ludhiana, took away his two trucks in September last year ...

MOGA: Police on Thursday registered a fraud case against a travel agent hailing from Bilaspur village for duping two persons of Rs 16 lakh on pre­ text of sending them abroad. In his complaint to police, Manjinder Singh said travel agent Bhim Sen took Rs 16lakh from him and his friend ...

MoD Likely To Issue Notification For Jalandhar, Ferozepur , next Year, Punjab aggress to Compensate over Rs 4.5 cr loss JALANDHAR: The Ministry of Defence (MoD) is likely to issue a notification on abolition of octroi in Jalandhar and Ferozepur Cantonments next year following Punjab government's in-principle decision to compensate these ...

MALLAN (MUKTSAR): After successfully implementing the ambitious project of providing RO-treated water in Gidderbaha villages, Finance Minister Manpreet Singh Badal has gifted e-health centers to the people of his home constituency. Three e-clinics were thrown open for the public on Tuesday at three. Gidderbaha villages - Mallari, Doda and Kotbhai - as ...

NAKODAR: Mehatpur police have booked a head constable and four others for the murder of Mukhtiar Singh (65). The SHO said a case under Section 302 IPC was registered against Lakha, posted at Jalandhar Police Lihes, Aman, Sonu, Sukhdev, Rakesh. Mukhtiar's wife said they wanted to get the land on ...

SANGRUR: The District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum on Wednesday ordered the Sangrur Scan Centre to pay a couple a compensation of Rs 5 lakh. Jasbir Kaur and her husband Paramjit Singh of Dharmgarh in Sun am had demanded a compensation of Rs 10 lakh on account of mental agony and litigation ...

FEROZEPUR: The district police on Wednesday said they had busted two gangs of drug peddlers and seized 19 quintal of poppy husk besides a firearm. SSP.S.P.S Parmar said the Zira police on a tip-off intercepted a truck (HR-58-4323) and nabbed two of its occupants, Ajaib Singh and Sukhdev Singh of Moga. ...

Two arrested in Jalandhar JALANDHAR: The police claim to have recovered 5 kg heroin worth Rs 25 crore in the international market with the arrest of Gurnam Singh and Kashmir Singh of Hashimpura village in Ajnala, Amritsar. The Indica car used for delivery of the 10 packets has been impounded. The ...

NAKODAR: A minor girl of Boparai Kalan village, who has given birth to a child, has now accused six village residents of raping her. The Nakodar police record­ ed her supplementary statement on Saturday in the court of Judicial Magistrate (First Class) under Section 164 of the CrPC. Earlier, the ...

LUDHIANA: A high-powered fact­ finding committee of agri-scientists will decide the fate of the PAU-201 paddy variety promoted by Punjab Agricultural University. Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar has formed this committee of eight scientists to take a view on the entire controversy surrounding the variety. This was decided at a meeting ...

CHANDIGARH: The Punjab government will finalize the master plans for Jalandhar, Patiala and Bathinda by February next. The government on Tuesday submitted before the Division Bench comprising Chief Justice T. S. Thakur and Justice Mahesh Grover that the process, of completing the plans had been expedited. The government filed the affidavit in ...

MOGA: The Moga police have named one of the head con­ stables from Baghapurana police station that together with Home Guard Jawan Swarn Singh aided escape of a drug peddler by alerting him to a raid in return for Rs 1.251akh. Two head constables had accompanied Swam Singh to Ikkatar Singh's ...