BATALA: Parkash Chand, a resident of Gaunspura, was seriously injured when his neck got stuck in a Chinese kite string. He is admitted at civil hospital and his condition is stated to be serious. Nirmal Singh of Mian Mohalla suffered a deep cut in his neck after his nech hot entangled ...

BATALA: Seeking death penalty for the rape accused, the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) on Friday started a signature campaign here. Giving information, ABVP national executive member Pankaj Mahajan said that to put pressure on the Centre for the formation of a strict law against the rape accused, the student the ...

BATALA: In their drive against the sale of narcotics, the Batala police claim to have arrested a man for carrying 1-kg narcotic powder. SSP Tulsi Ram said that after getting a tip-off, a police team under ASI Parkash Singh laid a naka near Sagarpura village and apprehended Jarnail Singh resident of Kotla ...

BATALA: The Punjab government will offer big incentives and concessions to industrialists in its new industrial policy, industry and commerce minister Anil Joshi, who was on a visit here on the invitation of various industrial associations, said on Thursday. After listening to the problems faced by industrialists, Joshi said the ...

BATALA: Dozens of workers of the forest department staged a protest against the aliwal range officer on Wednesday against the decision to do away with the temporary workers hired by the department a few months back. Raising slogans against the officer, district president of the union Nirmal Singh said the range ...

BATALA: The police raided a ration depot in Ajit Nagar here and recovered 16 drums of kerosene. The depot holder, Lakhwinder Singh, could not produce documents to justify storing kerosene in huge quantities. He has been booked under the Essential Commodities Act and sections 419 and 420, IPC. SAD leader LS ...

BATALA: A married woman constable of 38 Battalion of the Border Security Force (BSF) posted in Shikar village under the Dera Baba Nanak police station ended her life by consuming celphos tablets on Monday evening. The Dera Baba Nanak police have booked her paramour, Raj Kumar, alias Laddi, a resident of ...

BATALA: A gang of armed robbers barged into the house of a eunuch in Basantkot village and took away Rs 3 Lakh and 220 grams of gold ornaments after injuring three persons, including a woman, on Sunday night. Sonia, the owner of the house, said that 15-20 persons armed with sharp-edged ...

BATALA: A DSP posted at the Sri Hargobindpur police station reportedly beat up a police constable (driver) when the constable allegedly reused to obey his orders on Saturday night. Confirming the incident, Batala SSP Tulsi Ram said as soon as he learnt about the incident, he marked an inquiry to SP ...

BATALA: A youth who was under the influence of alcohol opened fire at his neightbour on the dera road on Thursday night. The civil lines police rushed to the spot, but the youth managed to flee. In his complaint, Sukhdev Singh, a resident of khatib locality, said that when he ...

BATALA: A 16-year-old girl from Bhagtana Tulian village under the Dera Baba Nanak police station was allegedly abducted by two labourers here on Friday. In his complaint to police, Harvidner Singh, father of the victim, said his daughter had gone to the fields at around 7 am on Friday, but ...

BATALA: Acting on a tip-off, the batala police, on Monday, arrested two truck drivers for illegally mining sand near VMS College and impounded their vehicles loaded with the material. The accused, Prem Lal and Rahul Kumar, residents of Pandoori, could not produce the documents of their vehicles when asked to ...

BATALA: Three unidentified persons allegedly barged into a gas agency in Ghuman village on Friday night and fled with 52 gas cylinders. The three, who had their faces covered, barged into Ajit Gas Agency, where they were noticed by gatekeeper Rattan Singh, who tried to raise alarm, but the miscreants ...