Chandigarh, March 24 Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Tuesday said the state police is capable of probing the alleged suicide of an official in Amritsar and asserted that the investigation would be conducted fairly. His remarks came amid opposition parties demanding a CBI probe into the death of Gagandeep Singh Randhawa, the district manager […]
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Hoshiarpur, March 24 Two unidentified persons riding a motorcycle allegedly opened fire at the house of a local trader in the Garhdiwala area here and fled the scene, police said on Tuesday. No one was injured in the incident that took place around 10 pm on Monday. The assailants fired three rounds at the main […]
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The North News Chandigarh, March 24 The post-mortem examination of Gagandeep Singh Randhawa, a Punjab State Warehousing Corporation official who died by suicide after allegedly accusing former minister Laljit Singh Bhullar of harassment, will be conducted in Amritsar on Tuesday, police said. The autopsy will be carried out at the post-mortem house of the Government […]
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Rahul Chawla The North News Dehra, March 24 A major road accident was narrowly averted on Monday evening when a bus carrying 35 pilgrims from Jalandhar lost control and crashed into a hillside on the Mubarakpur–Ranital National Highway (NH-503) near Dhaliyara. The incident occurred around 5 pm at one of the dangerous sharp bends in […]
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Chandigarh, March 24 Punjab minister Harjot Singh Bains on Monday said the government will soon confer ownership rights on shopkeepers, residents and other occupants of surplus land in Nangal, Talwara and adjoining townships, asserting that the land belongs to the state and not to the Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB). The move will end decades […]
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Hoshiarpur , March 23 A 48-year-old bank guard shot himself accidentally while cleaning his double-barrelled gun in Talwara town here on Monday, police said. Gurmail Singh, a native of Maddipur village under Dasuya Police Station limits, is a gunman at a Punjab National Bank branch in Talwara. According to police, the incident happened around 1 […]
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Chandigarh/Amritsar, March 23 A Border Security Force constable, who was picked up by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) for questioning on March 3, has died in the central agency’s custody, with his family alleging that he had been brutally assaulted. BSF constable Jaswinder Singh was picked up from Jammu on March 3 for questioning in […]
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The North News Chandigarh, March 23 Former Punjab Minister Laljit Singh Bhullar has been arrested by Punjab Police in connection with the alleged suicide of a senior state warehousing official, in a case that has triggered a major political row in the state, according to sources. Bhullar was held on Monday in connection with the […]
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The North News New Delhi, March 23 Union Home Minister Amit Shah has said he will immediately order a CBI investigation into the alleged suicide of a Punjab government official if all MPs from the state jointly submit a written request. The assurance came in the Lok Sabha on Monday after Congress MP Gurjeet Singh […]
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The North News Chandigarh, March 23 The Punjab Police’s Counter Intelligence unit in Amritsar has busted an alleged narcotics smuggling module, arresting two suspects and recovering 5kg of heroin in what officials described as a major breakthrough. In a post on X, Punjab DGP Gaurav Yadav said that the preliminary investigations had revealed links to […]
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