Tag: Punjab

Stubble burning in Pakka Kalan village in Bathinda. Punjab recorded more than 700-750 farm fires since September. Stubble burning ‘main cause of pollution in New Delhi’

A Pakistani drone has dropped four packets of heroin weighing around 3.29 kg in the border village of Dhanoe Khurd in Punjab's Amritsar district, officials said.

Making fourth arrest in the allegations by Chandigarh University hostellers over their alleged 'leaked objectionable videos', Punjab Police on Saturday arrested an Indian Army personnel posted in Arunachal Pradesh.

Punjab Police have busted an ISI-backed terror module jointly handled by Canada-based gangster Lakhbir Singh, alias Landa, and Pakistan-based gangster Harvinder Singh Rinda with the arrest of its two operatives, Director General of Police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav said here on Friday.

Amid protests by students over Chandigarh University leaked video, another University in Punjab witnessed massive outrage. A 21-year-old student in Lovely Professional University (LPU) killed himself. The first-year student from Kerala was found dead in his hostel room at LPU.

The college management is pressurising the students to not report the matter to the police.

The BMW Group on Wednesday categorically refuted reports of setting up an auto component plant in Punjab. "BMW Group India has no plans for setting up additional manufacturing operations in Punjab," the German group said in a statement.

In a tragic incident, over 50 people were injured after a high-rise swing malfunctioned mid-air and crashed down from a height of 50-ft. The incident reportedly took place during a fair in Dussehra ground in Punjab's Mohali on Sunday (4 September). As per reports, several people, including women and children have sustained critical injuries following the mishap and were rushed to a local hospital.

Locals present at the fair claimed no safety measures were taken in the conduct of the fair.

Punjab State Women's Commission chairperson Manisha Gulati said she has seen the video and will take suo motu notice of the incident.

Former External Affairs Minister and MP Patiala Preneet Kaur on Thursday held a protest along with women from various constituencies of Punjab before handing over a memorandum to the Deputy Commissioner of Patiala.

This farmer of Punjab's Sangrur is moving his 2-storey house 500-ft away from current spot to make way for express highway. Owner Sukhwinder Singh Sukhi chose to lift and move the house despite of the hefty compensation offered to him for the Delhi-Amritsar-Katra Expressway. Sukhwinder had reportedly spent Rs 1.5 crore to build his dream house which took years to finish.

Punjab has been declared as "controlled area" after the ICAR-National Institute of High Security Animal Diseases, Bhopal, confirmed African swine fever in swine samples from the state's Patiala, Animal Husbandry Minister Laljit Singh Bhullar said on Friday.

Preliminary investigations indicated that the recovered explosives and arms and ammunition were to be used to disrupt peace and harmony and create a sense of terror in the state on or before Independence Day, said the DGP.

The Chief Minister said for fulfilling its major promise, the government has decided to provide 600 units of free power to every household per billing cycle with effect from July 1.