LUDHIANA: A day after the farm­ house double murder, the police were still groping in the dark. Moga deputy superintendent of police (DSP) Balraj Gill and Monica Kapila, a local resident, were found murdered at Agnihotri farmhouse adjoining Golf Link colony on the Hambran road, 7km from the city, in the ...

AMRITSAR: The city police on Friday claimed to have made a breakthrough in a case pertaining to the death of a 10­ year-old child, whose body was found in the local Ranjit Avenue area on January 30. The boy was reportedly hit by a car and was abandoned after he died, ...

CHANDIGARH: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) informed the Punjab and Haryana high court on Friday that the file carrying the report of then Haryana director general of police (DGP) RR Singh regarding the inquiry against accused SPS Rathore, also a former Haryana DGP, in the Ruchika Girhotra molestation case ...

LUDHIANA: With the formation of the new government in Punjab more than a month away, there is a cloud of uncertainty over the second edition of the Shaheed-e-Azam Bhagat Singh Punjab Games. The inaugural edition was organized with much fanfare by the SAD-BJP government in February-March last year Bollywood star Akshay ...

LUDHIANA: Barjinder Singh, the accused in an honour killing case, was produced in a court on Friday and remanded in two­ day police custody. Gurpreet Singh, SHO, Ladowal police station, said the accused had stuck to his statement that he committed the double murder when he saw his sister, Navdeep ...

GURDASPUR: Resentment prevails among hundreds of retired employees of various municipal councils under the jurisdiction of the local bodies deputy director, Amritsar, over non­ payment of their pension for the last four months. When retired employees contacted respective offices, they were told that the department does not have funds to pay ...

AMRITSAR: The local police claimed to have busted a gang that was allegedly involved in looting gullible people after making them sit in auto-rickshaws and looting them at a secluded place. Eight persons have been arrested and a pistol has been recovered from one of them, police commissioner RP Mittal said. Mittal ...

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 ...

AMRITSAR: An art and craft fete titled 'Srishti – a panorama of ventures and vistas' was held at DAV International School. Chief guest Dr Satish K Sharma, director, DAV college managing committee, New Delhi, and guest of honour Dr KN Kaul inaugurated the event. Science, mathematics and social studies models, besides ...

CHANDIGARH: Punjab chief electoral officer Kusumjit Sidhu said on Thursday that as per latest instructions of the Election Commission, static surveillance teams and flying squads deployed to monitor expenditure and flow of liquor during the assembly elections have been directed to be disbanded. Sidhu said the district administration especially the SSPs ...

AMRITSAR: Jagtar Singh, a patwari in the Sultanwind tehsil revenue circle, Amritsar-1, was dismissed on Thursday on the charges of corruption. The court of Ashok Pal Batra, special judge, Amritsar, had ordered deputy commissioner-cum-collector Rajat Aggarwal to dismiss Jagtar under rule 5(9) of the Punjab Civil Services Rules 1970 (punishment ...

PATHANKOT: The shortage of doctors at the local civil hospital is forcing patients from the town and surrounding areas to go for costlier private treatment. The 50-bedded hospital in this newly-formed district do not have many specialists. Several doctors have left their jobs or got transferred. Patients suffering from bone-related problems ...

AMRITSAR: Set up a few months ago, the University Grants Commission (UGC)­ sponsored coaching centre for competitive examinations at the local Khalsa College is helping border area students for IAS, PCS and probationary officers (POs) exams, besides the UGC's National Eligibility Test (NET). College principal Dr Daljit Singh said 100 ...