Three held with drugs worth Rs.40 crore
Three people were arrested in Punjab's Jalandhar district with heroin worth Rs.40 crore smuggled from Pakistan, police said on Sunday.
"On a tip off, we laid a trap on the outskirts of Jalandhar on F
Now college principals can issue learner's driving licences in Punjab
Getting a learner's driving licence just got easier in Punjab with the government authorising principals of colleges and other educational institutions to issue these to students after testing their k
Punjab govt plans stern action against chemist shops near NIS
The Punjab state government has promised to take stern measures against the chemist shops located near the National Institute of Sports (NIS) Patiala in the wake of the recent dope scandal that has rocked the sporting fraternity.
Newly-wed strangled to death by father
In a shocking incident, a 17-year-old newly wed girl, who declined to live with her 50-year-old husband, was allegedly strangled to death by her father and other family members at Kasan village in Kai
To check abortions, Haryana to track pregnancies
In a move that could become controversial and be seen as an invasion of privacy, Haryana’s health department has started equipping all community health centres across the state with a “Mother and Chil
Punjab asks schools to ban leather shoes
The Punjab government has urged government schools to ban the wearing of leather shoes, officials said on Friday.
Punjab's Director of Public Instruction (DPI)-Schools, issued the directive after the
‘House full’ at border parade at Attari-Wagah
Believe it or not but these days the angry eye-balling and furious boot stomping that comprises the evening retreat parade at the India-Pakistan Border at Attari-Wagah west of Amritsar City, is running to jam-packed houses much like the opening of the latest Bollywood potboiler.
Patient burnt alive in oxygen cylinder blast
A 55-year-old patient, on late Monday, was burnt alive after an oxygen cylinder blasted at the ICU room in government PGIMER hospital here, police said.
"Kindar Singh, a cancer patient, was burnt al
Patient burnt alive in oxygen cylinder blast
A 55-year-old patient was tonight burnt alive after an oxygen cylinder blasted at the ICU room in government PGIMER hospital here, police said.
"Kindar Singh, a cancer patient, was burnt alive after
Class X student gangraped in Panchkula
A 15-year-old girl, a student of Class X, was allegedly kidnapped and gangraped by two youths known to her brother in Haryana's Panchkula, police said today.
The two accused have been been arrest