Amiens (France), October 1 : Twenty-nine fans were hurt, five of them seriously, when a barrier collapsed at a stadium in the northern French city of Amiens as away supporters celebrated their opening goal. A fence separating Lille fans from the pitch gave way as they surged forward to celebrate the goal against Amiens, a […]
New Delhi : Anwar Ali and Prabsukhan Singh Gill have many things in common. Both hail from Punjab and are part of India’s Under-17 football World Cup squad. The two honed their skills at the All India Football Federation’s (AIFF) regional academy in Goa during their days as U-14 footballers. Both belong to families with […]
Tarn Taran :An encounter between the Special Task Force (STF) of the police and a gang of smugglers in the district’s Kot Budha village last evening left three policemen injured. Gang leader Joginder Singh alias Sammi of Ferozepur’s Nihala Khilcha village was arrested. The police recovered 500-gm heroin, Rs34 lakh, 10 live rounds and a Pakistan-make […]
Jalandhar : The rural police have arrested five members of the Gurpreet Singh Sekhon gang who was the mastermind behind the Nabha jailbreak. They recovered two pistols, a gun, live cartridges and a car bearing a fake registration number from their possession. The police said the gangsters were hatching a conspiracy to free gangster Ramandeep Singh, […]
Anandpur Sahib : Five members of a family reportedly drowned in the Bhakra canal near here. The victims have been identified as Rajpal (33), his wife Charno Devi (28), and children Rishu (8), Manu (4) and Harpreet (infant) of Dhanera village. They had left for Himachal Pradesh in a pick-up van on September 28. The […]