DSP among four cops suspended in under-trials escape case

Phagwara, December 9 : Four policemen, including DSP (Jail) Gurpreet Singh, three head constables Harpal Singh, Kabul Singh and Mangat Singh, were on Saturday suspended over the alleged negligence of duty after two under-trials escaped from the Phagwara Sub-jail on Thursday. DSP (Jail) Rajinder Singh has been given additional charge of the DSP (Jails) in […]

Brothers arrested in murder case of Lovely university’s B Tech student

Phagwara, December 9 : Police on Friday night arrested two brothers over the murder of Ashish Kumar, a B Tech student of Lovely Professional University (LPU) in Phagwara. The two, Rahul and Ashok Kumar, were arrested from near Kot Rani, while four others are still at large. They were arrested under the Section 302/452/148/149 of […]

SAD activists block roads across Punjab to protest attack on party men

Chandigarh, December 8- To protest against the alleged attack on their party leaders by Congress workers at Mallanwala on Thursday, SAD activists on Friday blocked traffic at various place across Punjab.SAD-BJP leaders blocked the National Highway No 1 at Ladowal Chowk in Ludhiana district. Senior Akali leaders, including Sahnewal MLA Sharanjit Singh Dhillon, former MLAs […]

Candidates disqualified, Oppn parties up in arms

Chandigarh : A day after the last date for filing nominations for elections to three municipal corporations and 32 nagar panchayats and councils, the Opposition parties – SAD-BJP and AAP – today alleged that papers of their candidates were rejected on frivolous grounds. SAD president Sukhbir Singh Badal threatened to launch an agitation against the […]

Cabinet expansion after Dec 18, says Punjab CM

Amritsar : The expansion of the Punjab Cabinet is on the cards, but there will be no Deputy CM. Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh, launching a ‘vision document’on urban development at a function here today, said: “Certainly, we will go for Cabinet expansion after the Gujarat election results on December 18. Except once, the Congress […]