NRI shot near Abohar over ‘property dispute’

Abohar : Canada-based NRI Balkaran Singh Bhullar (57) was shot dead by car-borne assailants outside his farmhouse near Balluana village of Fazilka district on Thursday. Preliminary investigation indicated that at least four persons alighted from a car and fired seven shots from .12 and .315 rifles and fled. The NRI reportedly died on the spot. The […]

Police Commemoration Day observed at PAP in Jalandhar

Jalandhar, October 21 : The 58th Police Commemoration Day was observed at the Punjab Armed Police grounds here on Saturday. DGP Suresh Arora laid the wreath at the martyrs’ memorial erected inside the PAP campus here. Following this, the names of all 383 martyrs from the police and paramilitary forces of 2017 were read out […]

Veteran journalist’s murder: CCTV footage of 5 suspects released

Mohali, October 21 : A month after the murder of veteran journalist KJ Singh and his mother at their residence at Phase 3B1 here, the Mohali police on Saturday released CCTV footage of five suspects. The suspects, including two turbaned ones, were seen carrying out a recce of the victims’ house from 4 pm to […]

CM okays hike in ‘creamy layer’ income cap for OBCs

Chandigarh : Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh today approved increase in the gross annual income limit for the “creamy layer” of the Other Backward Classes/Backward Classes from Rs6 lakh to Rs8 lakh. The decision is in line with the Union government’s directive to ensure greater social justice and inclusion of members of the Other Backward […]

RSS leader murder: 2 cops suspended for not pursuing stolen bike case

Ludhiana : Head constables Balraj and Deep Chand were suspended on Thursday in connection with the RSS worker Ravinder Gosain murder case. The two had had not pursued the complaint of a motorcycle theft received on October 10. The same motorcycle was used by the two armed men while killing the RSS worker on October […]