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BATALA NEWS: Akali Leader In Trouble With Cops
BATALA: The henchmen of a local Akali liquor contractor were taken by surprise when cops thrashed them for misbehaving with locals and the police on Kahnowan road on Monday night. According to information, last night, the liquor contractor’s henchmen raided a cold drink shop at Kahnuwan road and accused the owners of selling liquor.... »
BATALA NEWS: BSP Leader Injured After ‘Attack’ By Akalis
BATALA: A tussle between Akalis and Dalits at Sandalpura village took an ugly turn when a Dalit leader and BSP president of Shri Hargobindpur was allegedly attacked by some Akali workers near Salo Chahal village near here on Thursday. BSP leader Mohan Singh was admitted to the local civil hospital with factures in all... »
BATALA NEWS: Batala ROB – Cheema Meets Sonia
BATALA: Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee vice-president M.M. Singh Cheema on Wednesday met United Progressive Alliance chair person Sonia Gandhi in New Delhi and took up the plight of hundreds of families, who were going to be affected after the construction of a railway over bridge (ROB) on Dera Baba Nanakroad. Residents and shopkeepers are... »
SHRI HARGOBINDPUR (BATALA) NEWS: Sobha’s Art Gallery Loses Its Colour
SHRI HARGOBINDPUR (BATALA): The Sobha Singh Memorial Art Gallery wears a dull expression on the 24th death anniversary of the master painter and sculptor. On September 26, 1986, the then chief minister of Punjab, Surjeet Singh Barnala, laid its foundation stone on the landscape of Shri Harbobindpur, birthplace of the Padma Shri winner. Within... »
BATALA NEWS: Smriti Meets Dalit Woman ‘Victim’
BATALA: Bharatiya Janata Mahila Morcha president and former Rajya Sabha MP Smriti Irani on Thursday visited the home of the Dalit woman who was “paraded naked” at Bhawanpur village on August 10. In making the victim move from pillar to post to seek action against the accused for more than five days, the Batala... »
BATALA NEWS: Missing Girl Traced
BATALA: The police on Monday night traced to Jalandhar railway station a class VI student of local DAV Centenary School, who had reportedly gone missing under mysterious circumstances. Gayatri (12), a resident of Staff Road, came to school on a rickshaw in the Monday morning and reportedly left after keeping her bag in the... »
BATALA NEWS: Woman Paraded Naked
BATALA: Following the Hindustan Times report over assaulting and parading a Dalit Woman naked at Bhagwanpur village on August 10, the police have registered a case against one Baldev Singh and his son Sim and arrested the former. The accused family was reportedly annoyed over a love affair between the woman’s brother-in –law and... »
BATALA NEWS: 3 Held In Robbery Case
BATALA: The Batala police, on Friday, claimed to have solved an Rs 14.5-lakh robbery from a BSNL franchise outlet with the arrest of three persons. A stolen motorcycle and a sharp-edged weapon used in the crime, apart from Rs 3.16 lakh cash, have been recovered from them. Addressing a press conference, Batala SSP D.P.Singh... »
BATALA NEWS: Class 10 Boy ‘Kidnapped’ From Batala
BATALA: A class 10 student of Government High School, Ranger Nangal, was suspected by some unidentified miscreants from Mehta town, near here, on Wednesday evening. Sonu a resident of Bujhawali village under Ranger Nangal police station had gone to the market on a motorcycle after returning from school. However, as he did not return... »
BATALA NEWS: Woman Kills Son-Self-Father-In-Law Booked
BATALA: A mother of four and her six-year-old son were killed after she consumed celphos tablets and made her son and a daughter take the poison over a family dispute at Burhe Nangal village in the district on Wednesday. While Raj Kaur (35) and her son Ladi died on way to the civil hospital,... »