LUDHIANA: Amid the nationwide clamour for death penalty to rapists for the gangrape of a 13-year-old girl in the district. The accused – in the age group of 25-30 years – abducted the girl on Monday evening and then raped her. She was later released, following which her parents lodged a ...

FEROZEPUR: A Woman is among three people given death sentence for killing her daughter and the latter’s boyfriend for honour. Paramjit Kaur of Nurpur Sethan village, and her partners in crime, Gurbhej Singh and Billa of Kotwal village, are whom district and sessions judge Fatehdeep Singh held guilty in the final ...

ROHTAK: An elderly farmer was beaten to death allegedly by his son over monetary dispute in Chuliana village under Sampla police jurisdiction in Rohtak district on Sunday night. The deceased has been identified as Sri Ram, aged about 75. The police have filed a case against Suresh, the victim's son, who ...

JALANDHAR: Chief Commissioner, Gurdwara Elections, Justice Harphool Singh Brar, on Tuesday warned that applicants could attract provisions of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) for submitting false information as voters. Brar, along with secretary A.S. Narula, was here to review voter roll preparations. He said though there were no penal provisions in ...

JALANDHAR: A Canada-based NRI alleged that his son, Ajay Pal Singh (14), was beaten up by cops and booked in a false case. Addressing media persons on Wednesday, NRI Parminder Singh Mann, a resident of Model Town, said his son's teacher informed him on the phone on September 25 that Ajay ...

JALANDHAR: The city police on Monday booked a man for allegedly having murdered his wife in the Makhdoom Pura locality here. The police said the accused, Rajinder Singh alias Bittu, was married to Arti (34) about eight years ago and had a matrimonial dispute with her ever since. Surjit Singh, the father ...

CHANDIGARH: Contrary to their claims of keeping the law and order situation under control, the Punjab Police have let nearly prisoners facing trial escape from custody during past three and a half years. "According to sources, the majority of these prisoners were filling charges in cases related to drugs, snatching, rape, ...

JALANDHAR: Parents of a minor girl, Sunaina (14), who was allegedly raped and murdered in November 2009 on the Kala Sanghian road, on Wednesday accused the City police of inaction, as no arrest has been made so far. Father Makhan Singh and mother Manjit Kaur on Wednesday-sat outside Police Commissioner Gaurav ...

JALANDHAR: The city police on Wednesday arrested three persons, two of them women, for fraud using an agency arranging house help as a front. The 'agency' gave out advertisements in which contact numbers were given out. Complainants said on a call, one of the three would visit the caller at their ...

JALANDHAR: The city police on Thursday claimed that they had solved the recent murder of Bikkar Singh, chief of a dera at Daduwal village near here, with the arrest of his brother; the latter's paramour and three others. The suspects have been identified as brother Manjinder Singh (28), his paramour Charanjit ...

BATALA: Rejected by his family for his wayward ways, a man on Wednesday threw acid on his wife and three children after they refused to go home with him. Gurmeet Singh, a resident of Kot Dhandal village under Sekhwan police station, was allegedly a drunkard who, having sold his property and ...

JALANDHAR: The district police (Rural) on Thursday claimed to have busted an inter-state gang of highway robbers and contract killers with the arrest of five members, from whom 10 pistols were recovered. Acting on a tip-off that a gang was planning a robbery in Kartapur area, an Indica car was intercepted ...

CHANDIGARH: The failure of the Punjab Police to keep a check on rising incidents of snatching has prompted the state government to bring about an amendment in the Indian Penal Code (IPC) to subject snatchers to stricter punishment. After consulting senior officials, the state government has decided to bring the amendment ...