BATALA: A debt-ridden farmer of Veela Teja village under Fatehgarh Churian allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself with a ceiling fan on Friday. The body of Baljinder Singh was found at his tube well by the family members. His wife Harjeet Kaur said Baljinder Singh was the sole breadwinner for the ...

BATALA: On Thursday, late Lieutenant Navdeep Singh, a native of Gurdaspur , will be honoured with the nation's highest peacetime gallantry award - the Ashok Chakra. President Pratibha Devi Singh Patil will confer the award on the occasion of the 63rd Republic Day. Lieutenant Navdeep Singh, part of the famous ...

BATALA: The Batala police have arrested a gangster Sukhwinder Singh alias Lala and his two associates. A double-barrel gun, nine cartridges sharp-edged weapons and five bullet proof jackets have been recovered from their possession. In a press conference, SSP Batala Gurkirpal Singh said that a joint police party led by SHO ...

BATALA: In a setback to SAD candidate Lakhbir Singh Lodhinangal, police on Thursday arrested his close companion and Batala Block Samiti chairman Kanwaljit Singh Rosy for allegedly abusing and threatening the assistant returning officer. In his complaint to police, assistant returning officer and block development officer Baljeet Singh alleged Rosy used ...

BATALA: Local BJP MLA Jagdish Sawhney said in a press conference on Thursday that he was resigning from the BJP to protest against the party's decision to give the Batala BJP seat to SAD. He said he would oppose the state BJP president Ashwani Sharma's candidature from Pathankot. Sawhney added ...

BATALA: On the direction of the Punjab Election Commission, the Batala police chief transferred five station house officers and two police post in charges on Monday. Dera Baba Nanak SHO Paramjeet Singh was transferred to Police Lines while anti­ fraud cell SHO Paramjeet Singh was posted as SHO, Dera Baba Nanak. Ghaina-Ke-Banger ...

BATALA: Education minister Sewa Singh Sekwhan is in the midst of a controversy. The mother of a Canadian NRI has alleged that he was shielding her son's murderers. The NRI, Gurinder Singh, was murdered in September this year. In a press conference, the deceased's mother, Parkash Kaur alleged that Sekhwan was ...

BATALA: The district administration, Gurdaspur, has made all arrangements to conduct fair and free forthcoming assembly elections in the district. The decision to this effect was taken at a meeting held under the chairmanship of district returning officer and deputy commissioner Mohinder Singh, Kainth at Panchayat Bhawan on Monday. He said returning ...

BATALA: The Punjab roadways employees struck work for a day and protested against the state government at Batala in front of the roadways' depot on Friday and blocked traffic on Jalandhar road. A large number of employees of Punjab Roadways, including drivers and conductors, took part in the protest on the ...

BATALA: Two persons were killed while two others were seriously injured, when a tractor on which they were travelling suddenly over­ turned near Bohar Wadala village on Tuesday. SOURCE-HT

BATALA: Kishore Kumar, additional session’s judge, Gurdaspur, on Thursday framed charges against six accused in the murder of a youth at Pahari Gate two years back. After framing charges, the court had sent Varun Kansra, Sahil Khosla, Jatinder Singh Padda, Mani Kapoor, Gaurav Chaowan and Nikhil Kansra to judicial Custody ...

BATALA: Local BJP MLA Jagdish Sahni, while distributing eques worth Rs 20.5 lakh to 23 village panchayats of Qadian block, said that the SAD-BJP alliance will contest the next assembly elections on the basis of development work done by them. He advised his audience to keep in mind the performance ...

BATALA: Laxmi Kanta Chawla, social security, women and child development minister, said on Friday the state government should remove all foundation stones depicting her name that were installed outside various hospitals built during her tenure as health minister. She also lauded the state the health department for removing her picture from ...