The North News Chandigarh, February 26 Punjab Police on Wednesday said it conducted 546 raids across the state and arrested 148 people on the 36th day of its anti-gangster campaign. The drive “Gangstran Te Vaar” was launched on January 20 this year on the direction of Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann. The police said two […]
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The North News Chandigarh, February 25 Police arrested one and killed in an encounter another of the three people allegedly involved in the murder of two policemen in Gurdaspur, an officer said on Wednesday. The three carried out the killings at the behest of their Pakistan-based handlers backed by spy agency ISI, the officer said. […]
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The North News Chandigarh, February 25 Punjab Chief Minister has said the state police force is “not just Punjab’s police but the nation’s police”, as he pledged ₹1,100 crore for modernisation and highlighted a crackdown on drugs and cross-border threats allegedly backed by Pakistan. Addressing a passing-out parade at the Punjab Armed Police complex in […]
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The North News Hoshiarpur, February 25 An undertrial died on Wednesday while being shifted from the central jail here to a government hospital, triggering a protest by his family members and acquaintances who held a sit-in and blocked traffic for nearly two hours, police said.Munish Bhatti, a resident of Balmik Mohalla, was lodged in the […]
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The North News Hoshiarpur, February 25 Two migrant labourers were killed after they were hit by a train near Mukerian town here, police said on Wednesday. The accident occurred on Tuesday night near Alipur railway level crossing, around six kilometres from Mukerian, on the Jalandhar-Pathankot railway track at a kilometre, they said. Mukerian railway police […]
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By Yoshita Singh New York, February 25 A 57-year-old Sikh man in the US was found dead days after he was kidnapped, with authorities saying he was not the “intended target” of the crime. Avtar Singh was reported missing on February 17 at approximately 8:52 pm in Tracy, California. During the investigation, surveillance footage showed […]
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The North News Chandigarh, February 25 Punjab’s ruling Aam Aadmi Party on Tuesday said the people of the state did not know of gangsters or drugs before 2007 and they flourished under the Shiromani Akali Dal government. The Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) attack came in response to Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal’s […]
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Chandigarh, February 25 The Punjab government has notified a new reward policy to strengthen action against wanted criminals and gangsters, a day after the Cabinet led by Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann approved it. The policy empowers field officers and heads of police wings to sanction monetary rewards to members of the public whose information […]
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The North News Chandigarh, February 25 The Punjab government on Tuesday announced that residents can now enrol in the Mukh Mantri Sehat Yojana at Common Service Centres (CSCs) using only Aadhaar card and Punjab voter identity card. Punjab Health Minister Balbir Singh said people can get on-the-spot registration at any CSC or designated camp across […]
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The North News Chandigarh, February 25 Police have arrested one person in connection with the killings of two policemen in Gurdaspur near the Indo-Pak border, an officer said on Wednesday. Besides the arrest, one man was shot at and wounded in an encounter with the police in Gurdaspur in the morning, the officer said. Gurdaspur […]
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