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Panic swept through Chandigarh and parts of Punjab on Monday morning after several schools, the Punjab and Haryana secretariat, and the Ferozepur district court received bomb threats via email. The threats, purportedly sent by an outfit called Khalistan National Army, triggered evacuations and search operations by bomb disposal and dog squads. In Chandigarh, three major educational institutions -- St Stephen's School in Sector 45, Ryan International School in Sector 49, and Shivalik Public Scho ...Read More >
The counter-intelligence wing of the Punjab Police, in coordination with the Chandigarh Police, on Saturday solved the April 1 grenade attack on the BJP headquarters in Sector 37 on Saturday. "Five members of a terror module have been arrested, while the two primary perpetrators have been identified," said director general of police Gaurav Yadav. The arrested individuals have been identified as Balwinder Lal alias Shami of Majari village in SBS Nagar, Jasvir Singh alias Jassi of Bharapur villa ...Read More >
Chandigarh: Continuing its swift action in the Chandigarh grenade attack case amidst the ongoing drive to make Punjab a safe and secure state as per directions of Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann, Counter Intelligence wing of Punjab Police in joint operation with Chandigarh Police and with the assistance of Haryana Police has successfully arrested the two main perpetrators -- who had lobbed hand grenade outside the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) office in Sector 37, Chandigarh -- from Rewari in ...Read More >
CHANDIGARH: The Counter-Intelligence wing of the Punjab Police, in a joint operation with Chandigarh Police, and with the assistance of Haryana Police arrested the two main accused over the grenade attack that took place outside the Punjab Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) office in Chandigarh. The accused were arrested in Rewari, Haryana, completing the unravelling of a Pakistan's ISI-backed terror module within 48 hours of the initial arrests. The accused were allegedly promised Rs 2 lakh by their ...Read More >
Chandigarh, Apr 5 (PTI) Punjab Police has arrested two alleged perpetrators of a recent blast outside the BJP headquarters in Chandigarh, taking the total number of arrests in the case to seven, a senior police officer said on Sunday. The accused were allegedly part of a module backed by Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), and were taking directions from their handlers in Germany and Portugal, police said. The latest arrests were made in Haryana's Rewari on Saturday night in a joint ...Read More >
Chandigarh, April 5 (SocialNews.XYZ) Punjab Police's Counter Intelligence Wing, in a joint operation with Chandigarh Police and with the assistance of Haryana Police, have arrested the two main perpetrators who had lobbed a hand grenade outside the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) office in Chandigarh, said Director General of Police (DGP) Punjab Gaurav Yadav here on Sunday. Those arrested have been identified as Gurtej Singh and Amanpreet Singh, both residents of Rattangarh in Ropar. They were arr ...Read More >
Chandigarh, Apr 5 (PTI) Two men, allegedly the main perpetrators of the blast outside Punjab BJP headquarters here, have been arrested, Punjab Director General of Police Gaurav Yadav said on Sunday. They were arrested in Haryana's Rewari on Saturday night, he said. "They are Gurtej Singh and Amanpreet Singh. Both are residents of village Ratangarh under Morinda Police Station in Punjab's Rupar," the police chief said at a press conference here. On April 1, around 5 pm, a blast occurred outsid ...Read More >
Chandigarh BJP office blast: In a significant breakthrough in blast outside Chandigarh BJP office , the Chandigarh Police and the Counter Intelligence wing of the Punjab Police unearthed an ISI-backed module with the arrest of five operatives and the recovery of a hand grenade, a .30 Zigana pistol and 10 live cartridges from their possession. The suspects have been identified as Balwinder Lal, alias Shami, of Majari village in Nawanshahr; Jasvir Singh, alias Jassi, of Bharapur village in Nawans ...Read More >
CHANDIGARH: A low-intensity blast outside the Punjab Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) office in Chandigarh has been solved with the arrest of five accused in a joint operation by Punjab Police and Chandigarh Police, the officials said. They were allegedly acting on directions of handlers based in Portugal and Germany, backed by Pakistan's ISI. Punjab Director General of Police Gaurav Yadav said on Saturday that the Counter Intelligence wing of Punjab Police, in coordination with Chandigarh Police, ...Read More >
Three days after the arrest of CREST project director Sukhwinder Singh Abrol in the ₹83-crore fraud case, the Chandigarh Police on Wednesday arrested an accountant, Sahil Kukkar, as the probe into the alleged siphoning of funds gained pace. A resident of Sector 78, Mohali, and originally hailing from Fazilka, Punjab, Kukkar joined the investigation on Tuesday. But during interrogation, he failed to clarify or justify multiple transactions amounting to crores that were funnelled into shell fi ...Read More >
Chandigarh, Apr 4 (PTI) Five individuals, part of a module backed by Pakistan's ISI, have been arrested in connection with the blast incident outside the Punjab BJP headquarters in Chandigarh, said Punjab Director General of Police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav on Saturday. The Counter-Intelligence wing of Punjab Police, in a joint operation with Chandigarh Police, solved the Chandigarh grenade attack case, DGP Yadav said. Police recovered one hand grenade and one .30 bore Zigana pistol along with ammuni ...Read More >
Chandigarh: Five individuals have been arrested in connection with the blast incident that occurred outside the Punjab BJP headquarters in Chandigarh, said Punjab Director General of Police Gaurav Yadav on Saturday. The Counter-Intelligence wing of Punjab Police, in a joint operation with Chandigarh Police, solved the Chandigarh grenade attack case, DGP Yadav. "Five persons involved in the incident have been arrested, and the two perpetrators involved in the attack have been identified," Yadav ...Read More >
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], April 4 (ANI): In a significant breakthrough, the Counter-Intelligence wing of Punjab Police, in coordination with Chandigarh Police, has solved the Chandigarh grenade attack case and arrested five individuals involved in the incident. The two main perpetrators behind the attack were also identified. According to the official, they have recovered one grenade along with another cache, and operations are ongoing to apprehend the remaining absconding accused. Also Rea ...Read More >
CHANDIGARH: Punjab and Chandigarh Police jointly arrested five accused over the low-intensity blast that took place outside the Punjab Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) office in Chandigarh. The accused were allegedly working on the directions of Portugal and Germany based handlers who were backed by the ISI of Pakistan. The grenade attack was carried out outside the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) office at Sector 37 in Chandigarh on Wednesday. Notably, terror group Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) h ...Read More >
Chandigarh, April 4 (SocialNews.XYZ) Punjab Police's Counter Intelligence Wing, in a joint operation with the Chandigarh Police, have solved the Chandigarh grenade attack case on the BJP office with the arrest of five accused involved in the incident and recovered one hand grenade and one .30 bore Zigana pistol along with ammunition from their possession, State Director General of Police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav said here on Saturday. Those arrested have been identified as Balwinder Lal alias Shami, ...Read More >
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], April 4 (ANI): In a significant breakthrough, the Counter-Intelligence wing of Punjab Police, in coordination with Chandigarh Police, has solved the Chandigarh grenade attack case and arrested five individuals involved in the incident. The two main perpetrators behind the attack were also identified. According to the official, they have recovered one grenade along with another cache, and operations are ongoing to apprehend the remaining absconding accused. Adressin ...Read More >
A blast outside the Punjab Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) headquarters in Chandigarh on Wednesday evening triggered panic in the area, with police confirming that a "crude explosive device" appears to have been hurled at the site. No casualties were reported. Terror group Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) has taken responsibility for the blast which occurred around 5 pm. A team of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has started investigation. The Punjab BJP headquarters is located in Sector ...Read More >
Following a blast near the Punjab BJP office in Chandigarh, Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann defends his government and reiterates Punjab's claim to the city, sparking a political blame game over law and order. Photographs: ANI PhotoKey PointsA blast occurred outside the Punjab BJP office in Chandigarh, prompting political reactions and blame.Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann criticised political rivals for holding him responsible for incidents in Chandigarh, asserting his right to comment on the city's affa ...Read More >
New Delhi/Punjab, April 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), on Friday, expressed concern about the current law and order situation in Punjab, saying that the state is again under "narco-militancy". Additionally, the BJP held the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)-led state government responsible for "increased terrorism" in the state. The reactions come days after a low-intensity explosion was reported outside the BJP's office at Sector-37 in Chandigarh. Congress MP Manish ...Read More >
Chandigarh [India], April 2 (ANI): A day after a blast outside the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) office in Chandigarh, a political row erupted with the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Minister on Thursday accusing the BJP of an intelligence failure in the Union Territory, while the ruling party hit back, terming such incidents "condemnable" and warned of strict action against the perpetrators. An explosion took place outside the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) office in Punjab's Chandigarh Sector 37 on Wedne ...Read More >
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], April 2 (ANI): An explosion took place outside the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) office in Punjab's Chandigarh Sector 37 on Wednesday evening. Chandigarh Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Kanwardeep Kaur said that the blast occurred at around 5 pm, adding that preliminary findings suggest the use of a "crude" explosive device. Also Read | CBSE Rolls Out Curriculum on Computational Thinking, AI for Classes 3-8 From 2026-27 Academic Session. "At around 5 PM, we g ...Read More >
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], April 2 (ANI): An explosion took place outside the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) office in Punjab's Chandigarh Sector 37 on Wednesday evening. Chandigarh Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Kanwardeep Kaur said that the blast occurred at around 5 pm, adding that preliminary findings suggest the use of a "crude" explosive device. "At around 5 PM, we got information that an explosion was heard near the BJP Office in Sector 37. Our teams reached here, and prima facie ...Read More >
Chandigarh, April 1: A suspected low-intensity explosion occurred outside the Punjab BJP headquarters in Sector 37 on Wednesday afternoon, triggering a city-wide security alert. While the blast caused damage to parked vehicles and left visible marks on the party office's boundary wall, no casualties or injuries have been reported so far. The incident took place around 5:00 PM near the entrance of the state party office. According to Chandigarh Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Kanwardeep Kau ...Read More >
The government announced that 1992-batch IPS officer OP Singh would continue as officiating DGP until further orders and posted Kapur as the Chairman of the Haryana Police Housing Corporation. The Haryana government late Sunday evening formally relieved Director General of Police Shatrujeet Kapur of his responsibility as the DGP, two months after he was sent on leave amid controversy surrounding the alleged suicide of senior IPS officer Y Puran Kumar. The government, however, announced that 19 ...Read More >
Chandigarh murder case: The investigation involved examination of CCTV footage from nearby areas, analysis of call detail records, and raids at multiple suspected hideouts. The Chandigarh Police claimed to have solved the murder case of a 25-year-old man by arresting three persons, including the main conspirator. The case came to light after Neha, a resident of Milk Colony, Dhanas, reported her brother Akash missing on October 18, three days after he failed to return home. On October 19, Akash ...Read More >
Chandigarh: A parade was organised in Sector 17 Tuesday in memory of police martyrs. DGP Sagar Preet Hudda, IG Puspendra Kumar, SSP Kanwardeep Kaur, along with other police officers, paid tributes to their martyred colleagues on the occasion. The families of the martyrs were also present. From Sept 1 last year to this Aug 31, a total of 191 police personnel made the supreme sacrifice of their lives in the line of duty. tnnChandigarh Police also remembered its ten police personnel who sacrificed ...Read More >
Haryana IPS officer Y Puran Kumar's autopsy was conducted at the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, after his family gave consent for the same, ending a stalemate over the post-mortem of the IPS officer who allegedly shot himself at his private residence in Sector 11. The cremation of Haryana IPS officer Y Puran Kumar, who allegedly committed suicide on October 7, will take place here around 4 pm on Wednesday, sources said. Kumar's autopsy was condu ...Read More >
New Delhi: In the runup to Bihar assembly polls, the alleged death by suicide of Haryana cadre Dalit IPS officer Y Puran Kumar - resulting in mobilisation by his community in the state and political leaders from across the spectrum, including NDA allies, seeking justice for him - has put the ruling BJP at unease. The incident has also brought to the fore the caste overtones in Haryana's society and bureaucracy, with IAS and IPS lobbies taking slightly different stand on the issue. The alleged ...Read More >
Chandigarh: The nomination process for Punjab's lone Rajya Sabha seat took an unexpected turn on Monday as Navneet Chaturvedi, national president of the Janata Party, staked his claim by filing a fresh nomination as an independent. He asserted he had the signatures of 10 AAP MLAs as proposers, the authenticity of which the returning officer will establish during the scrutiny process on Tuesday.Speaking to TOI, Chaturvedi said that his nomination was a "symbolic fight" with the objective of bring ...Read More >
Chandigarh [India], October 17 (ANI): Following the post-mortem of late IPS officer Y Puran Kumar, Chandigarh Police has revealed that the post-mortem examination findings are consistent with the circumstances indicated in the preliminary inquest and final note. Chandigarh Police said, "The post-mortem examination findings are consistent with the circumstances indicated in the preliminary inquest and final note." In a heartfelt tribute, both daughters of Haryana-cadre IPS officer Y. Puran Kuma ...Read More >
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