Chandigarh : Acting on the recommendations of the Justice Ranjit Singh (retd) Commission, the Punjab Police have included the names of four police personnel, including then Moga SSP Charanjit Singh, in the FIR registered in 2015 in the Behbal Kalan firing incident. The others are Bikramjit Singh (then Fazilka SP), Inspector Pardip Singh and Sub-Inspector Amarjit […]
Chandigarh : The Punjab Government may have put on hold the release of new tubewell connections, but the dramatic rate of fall in the ground water level is likely to continue unabated as the existing tubewells annually draw one and a half times the amount of recharge. As much as 77 per cent of the […]
Chandigarh : Months after the Blue Whale challenge led to a spate of global suicides among teenagers, another viral suicide challenge has now begun to cause trouble. Called the Momo Challenge, this one involves Facebook’s messenger app Whatsapp, and is believed to induce teenagers into violent acts. What’s Momo Challenge? Momo Challenge is a viral challenge […]
Chandigarh : A day after Sangrur MP Bhagwant Mann dared rebel AAP MLAs to resign and face elections after forming a new party, Sukhpal Khaira said they would not resign. Addressing mediapersons here on Wednesday, Khaira said national convener Arvind Kejriwal and Punjab political affairs incharge Manish Sisodia were their leaders and it was up to […]
Patiala : Three days after Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) Narinder Singh, posted at the Sanaur police station, was suspended and a magisterial probe was ordered, the Patiala police on Wednesday registered an FIR against the erring cop. “I have ordered registration of a case against ASI Narinder Singh under Sections 323 (voluntarily causing hurt) and 342 […]