SANGRUR: The local police claimed to have arrested a truck driver and recovered around 12 quintal of poppy husk on Monday. The driver’s name is Baljit Singh, and his accomplice, Sheetal Singh, is reported to have fled. Acting on a secret input, a police team intercepted Baljit’s truck near Kular ...

SANGRUR: Bachitter Singh, serving a life sentence, of village Guara, was beaten to death by two inmates at the high-security Sangrur jail on Thursday. Sonu Singh of village Majhi and Jit Singh of village Kanganwal had an argument with the deceased over watching a particular TV channel. The minor issue ...

SANGRUR: A small-time farmer Balbir Singh of Mubarakpur Tungan village under the Sandaurh police station reportedly committed suicide on Monday. The victim shot himself with his licensed .12-bore double barrel gun. Balbir is survived by wife, daughter and a son. Police are yet to find out why did he take the ...

Sangrur: Members of the Unemployed ETT Teachers’ Union on Tuesday blocked traffic on Chhajla road to protest against their not being allowed to proceed towards the sangat darshan programme at Dirba. The protesters, under state general secretary Harpreet Singh, were demanding that regular jobs for them be advertised soon. Meanwhile, ...

SANGRUR: Amandeep Singh, who had reportedly killed his advocate father Jaswant Singh Sohi on December­ 7, was arrested on Friday near the railway station here. Sangrur SSP Harcharan Singh Bhullar said the FIR against him was lodged by his mother Harvinder Kaur. The police said Amandeep, an engineering student at Fatehgarh Sahib, ...

SANGRUR: Farmers blocked traffic on Malerkotla-Khanna road at Bhurthala Mander purchase centre against the continued distress sale of paddy with the agencies rejecting stock over specifications. The farmers, raising anti-government slogans, also held a blockade on Sangrur­ Ludhiana highway near Dhuri. The protestors warned of intensified stir if their grouses were ...

SANGRUR: A newly married couple, Gurtej Singh and Rajwinder Kaur, ended their lives by consuming some poisonous substance on Tuesday evening at Maidewas village in the Sunam sub-division. The man died immediately after consuming the substance while his wife breathed her last in hospital. In her dying declaration, she alleged that ...

DIRBA (SANGRUR): The family of Satgur Singh, who is among 17 Indians on death row in DAB, is praying to the almighty for his acquittal, even as a Sharjah Court is likely to pronounce its verdict on Wednesday. Satgur, a resident of Tallghanaur village, and others had appealed against the verdict ...

SANGRUR: SSP H.S. Bhullar has cautioned students against taking to evils like drug addiction. He was addressing students at 'Zest-10' at Bhai Gurdas Institute of Engineering and Technology here. Kimi Jindal and Amandip Singh were adjudged 'Ms and Mr fresher', respectively. SOURCE-HT

SANGRUR: Three of a migrant family, including a child, were killed and two children were injured seriously after a roof collapse in Bassiarkh village near Bhawanigarh on Monday night. Their daughter Kunti Rani and son Garish Kumar are in hospital. The family, hailing from Bareilly district in UP, were tenants ...

SANGRUR: Amargarh police have booked two swindlers on the charge of duping two youth by arranging them fake visas for Canada for Rs 17.2 lakh. The accused include a suspended FCI manager, Harbhajan Singh, who is facing corruption charges, and his son Lakhvir Singh Lakha. The duo, residents of Bholath ...

MALERKOTLA (SANGRUR): Curfew has been re-imposed in Malerkotla. The relaxation after 6 am on Wednesday was short-lived. The civil and police administration re-imposed the restrictions from 7 pm to 6 am in the wake of a rumour campaign on short-messaging service (SMS) that anti-social elements could resume violence. Subdivisional Magistrate (SDM) Gurloveleen ...

MALERKOTLA (SANGRUR): Hit by communal tension; the town seemed to return to normalcy on Tuesday, with the district administration first lifting the curfew from 11 am to 2 pm, and then extending it to 6pm. However, the curfew would still be implemented from 6 pm to 6 am. Curfew was imposed on ...