Mohali: More than five years after Youth Akali Dal functionry Vikramjit Singh Middukhera, alias Vicky, was shot dead in Sector 71, the name of Shaganpreet Singh, former manager of slain Punjabi singer Sidhu Moose Wala, has resurfaced in the gangster network following a recent police encounter in Ludhiana.Punjab Police have named Shaganpreet and gangster Balwinder…
The family claims Baljinder, who had been driving trucks in Dubai for nearly a decade, never knowingly carried any narcotic substance. PATHANKOT: For Jaswinder Singh and his wife Gurmeet Kaur, every passing day has become a painful wait for news about their son Baljinder Singh, a truck driver who, according to the family, has been…
Rohtak: Retired IAS officer Desraj Dhingra, brother-in-law of former Rajya Sabha MP Shadilal Batra, was allegedly assaulted in DLF Colony late on Sept 11 after asking that a car parked outside his house be moved.According to Dhingra’s complaint, he returned from Delhi around 12.30am to find a Volkswagen blocking his gate. His driver approached former…
Farmers block Rampura-Maur road at Mandi kalan village in Bathinda By: Gurvinder SinghCHANDIGARH: Punjab’s power crisis continued on Sunday, with power minister Tarunpreet Singh Sond saying the state was receiving 1,051 MW less than its share from the Central Power Pool.He urged the Centre to ensure Punjab gets its full allocation, saying uninterrupted supply was…
Ludhiana: Police killed two suspected hitmen in an encounter Sunday afternoon, intercepting them just one km from a memorial event they were allegedly sent to attack in Ludhiana.Police commissioner Swapan Sharma said the two, identified as Karanjot Singh alias Nona and Sandeep Singh, both from Amritsar, were sent by wanted gangsters Balwinder Singh alias Dony…
Gunfire at the residence of Punjabi singer Gulab Sidhu in Barnala district, as captured by CCTV footage BATHINDA: Three masked men fired shots at the residence of noted Punjabi singer Gulab Sidhu in Pharwahi village in Barnala district early Sunday.According to CCTV footage obtained by Barnala police, the incident took place at around 1.33am, when…
Sunny Singh at the site where the historic Saragarhi Post once stood Amritsar: Nearly eight decades after Partition severed access to one of the most significant Sikh military sites in the region, the Sikh community in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) on Saturday observed the 129th anniversary of the Battle of Saragarhi at Saragarhi village in…
Punjab Police has made headlines with the extradition of fugitive Amrit Dalam from Moldova CHANDIGARH: Punjab Police has brought back fugitive criminal Amrit Dalam alias Amritpal Sing, one of the most wanted gangsters linked to the Jaggu Bhagwanpuria gang, from Moldova, marking the force’s first successful extradition of a wanted criminal from a European country.A…
Chandigarh: Banking operations across the city were severely disrupted on Friday as bank employees and officers joined a nationwide strike called by the United Forum of Bank Unions (UFBU) to demand a five-day work week.Protesting staff gathered at Bank Square in Sector 17 to stage a dharna. UFBU Chandigarh convenor Priyvrat stated that employees were…
Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Singh Mann Chandigarh: Aam Aadmi Party on Wednesday restructured its top decision-making bodies ahead of the high stakes Punjab election, inducting Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann and state finance minister Harpal Singh Cheema into its 10-member Political Affairs Committee (PAC)Earlier, Mann was a special invitee to PAC, the party’s apex body….
