Tag: Gurdaspur

Chandigarh: Border Security Force (BSF) troopers shot dead an intruder from Pakistan early on Monday in Punjab’s frontier district of Gurdaspur, a BSF official said. The intruder was shot dead near pillar 15/3, the official added. The identity of the intruder is being verified.

Bhawanipatna: Two members of a Sikh family including a girl drowned while taking bath at Furlijharan water fall, about 15 km from here, police said today. The deceased persons were identified as 34-year-old Narendra Singh, a resident of Gurdaspur of Punjab and his niece 5-year-old Abnit Kaur. Narendra was the maternal uncle of the deceased […]

Batala: At least 16 people were killed in a blast at a firecracker factory in Batala of Gurdaspur district on Wednesday, Punjab Police said. Several people were feared trapped under the debris, they said, adding that the rescue operation was underway. The incident took place around 4 pm at the factory located in a residential […]