My tip-off prevented major terror attack: Punjab SP

GURDASPUR : Punjab Superintendent of Police (SP) Salwinder Singh on Tuesday said his timely information ahead of the attack on the IAF base in Pathankot alerted security agencies and prevented a major terror strike. The SP had claimed he was abducted by five heavily armed men as he was returning after visiting a shrine on […]

Badal describes AAP as a party of ‘Defectors’

Gurdaspur : Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today described the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) as a party of defectors which was bereft of any ideology for public welfare. The Chief Minister said that the turncoat leaders who had been rejected by the people time and again were joining AAP, which was a clear indication […]

Mohali: Three drug smugglers arrested with Pak SIM cards, foreign weapons

Mohali : Three people have been arrested with ammunition and a SIM card belonging to Pakistan in Mohali.The Punjab police have recovered two AK47s, five pistols and Pakistani mobile SIM cards from the arrested.”They are notorious gangsters, criminals and smugglers. That their modus operandi. They already have pending charges against them and have time and […]

SHO too was present, says ‘tortured’ meat seller

Patiala : Meat seller Manga Singh (who belongs to a backward class) today confirmed that while he was allegedly being tortured by the Sangrur police, the SHO concerned was also present in the police station. Following this, the National Commission for Scheduled Castes issued a notice to the Patiala range DIG Balkar Sidhu, asking him […]