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 […]
New Delhi : The death sentence of 15 Indians, lodged in Kuwaiti jails, has been commuted to life imprisonment by the Emir of Kuwait, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said today. Swaraj said the Emir had also directed that the sentences of 119 Indian nationals be reduced. The minister thanked the Emir of Kuwait for […]