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Chandigarh, Jul 11 (PTI) The Punjab assembly on Friday witnessed noisy scenes, with Congress MLAs staging a brief walkout over the Abohar businessman murder incident and Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann and some AAP MLAs engaging in a verbal spat with Congress's Partap Singh Bajwa. As the proceedings began on the second day of the special session, Leader of Opposition Bajwa raised the issue of the murder of businessman Sanjay Verma in Abohar on July 7 by three assailants and demanded a discussion o ...Read More >
Chandigarh, Jul 11 (PTI) The Punjab Assembly on Friday unanimously passed a resolution against the deployment of CISF personnel at the Bhakra-Nangal dam project of the Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB), saying the state police has been duly protecting the installations for the last 70 years. The resolution stated that if the BBMB deploys CISF personnel, the Punjab government will not bear any financial burden arising from such deployment. The resolution against the deployment of the Central ...Read More >
The mother of the accused was previously arrested by Punjab Police in June in a separate narcotics case. In a drug bust on the outskirts of Jammu city, police on Thursday arrested a brother-sister duo and seized 550 grams of heroin valued at ₹70 lakh in the international market. The accused have been identified as Gurjeet Singh and his sister Navneet Kour, both residents of Tanda village in R S Pura. The arrests were made during routine checking at the Balol checkpost in the Miran Sahib area, ...Read More >
Chandigarh, Jul 10 (PTI) Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann said his government will present in the state assembly a draft bill for harsher punishment against the sacrilege acts on Friday. Addressing the media after chairing a cabinet meeting, Mann said the government will seek the opinion of all stakeholders and religious bodies for the proposed legislation. The chief minister also took a jibe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his foreign visits and said he finds time to tour foreign coun ...Read More >
Chandigarh, Jul 10 (PTI) Punjab BJP president Sunil Jakhar on Thursday launched a scathing attack on the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government over the issue of bringing a bill against sacrilege acts in the state assembly, calling it as "yet another propaganda" and questioned its seriousness and intention to bring perpetrators of desecration of religious texts to justice. He asked Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann-led government to clarify whether it consulted religious institutions and why the draft bil ...Read More >
Jalandhar: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) govt is set to introduce new legislation providing for harsher punishment in sacrilege cases in Punjab. However, chief minister Bhagwant Mann's govt is yet to address the proverbial elephant in the room -- the long-pending justice in cases related to the sacrilege of Sikh scriptures in 2015.Justice in sacrilege cases was a key promise made by AAP ahead of the 2022 assembly polls. An inordinate delay in justice in these cases, however, has created a perception ...Read More >
Chandigarh: The Punjab Police on Wednesday said they have foiled a major terror plot orchestrated by Pakistan-based terrorist Harwinder Rinda and recovered a cache of arms from a forest area in Gurdaspur. Preliminary investigation has found that the consignment was pushed into India by Pakistani agencies and Rinda as part of a premeditated plan to carry out attacks at multiple locations in Punjab aiming to disrupt public peace, Director General of Police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav said. Acting swiftly ...Read More >
Chandigarh, Jul 9 (PTI) Delhi minister and BJP leader Manjinder Singh Sirsa on Wednesday accused the AAP government in Punjab of playing politics over the issue of sacrilege, much like the Congress did during its regime. He stated that the AAP government had promised to put perpetrators of 'beadbi' (the act of sacrilege against religious texts) incidents behind bars. "Now, they are saying they will frame a law to address this issue. This indicates that they have failed to prevent sacrilege inci ...Read More >
Hyderabad: An FIR has been registered after a hoax bomb threat prompted a huge security scare at Shaheed Bhagat Singh International Airport last week. A note "bomb inside" was found on a tissue paper in the lavatory of an IndiGo flight that had come in from Hyderabad on July 5. The note was discovered during a routine cleaning procedure after everyone had disembarked, according to officials. The plane was to proceed to Delhi when the message was found by ground staff, who promptly alerted the ...Read More >
Chandigarh, Jul 9 (PTI) Punjab police on Wednesday said they have foiled a major terror plot orchestrated by Pakistan-based terrorist Harwinder Rinda and recovered a cache of arms from a forest area in Gurdaspur. Preliminary investigation has found that the consignment was pushed into India by Pakistani agencies and Rinda as part of a premeditated plan to carry out attacks at multiple locations in Punjab, Director General of Police Gaurav Yadav said. ...Read More >
Gurdaspur (Punjab) [India], July 9 (ANI): The Anti-Gangster Task Force (AGTF) Punjab has successfully stopped a major terror plot by Harwinder Rinda, a Pakistan-based Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) operative supported by Pakistan's ISI. Using important information, the AGTF team found and took away weapons from a forest in Gurdaspur. They recovered two AK-47 rifles with 16 bullets, two magazines, and two hand grenades before these weapons could reach Harwinder Rinda's helpers. In a post on ...Read More >
Chandigarh, Jul 9 (PTI) Punjab police on Wednesday said they have foiled a major terror plot orchestrated by Pakistan-based terrorist Harwinder Rinda and recovered a cache of arms from a forest area in Gurdaspur. Preliminary investigation has found that the consignment was pushed into India by Pakistani agencies and Rinda as part of a premeditated plan to carry out attacks at multiple locations in Punjab, Director General of Police Gaurav Yadav said. "In an intelligence-led operation, the Anti ...Read More >
Bathinda (Punjab) [India], July 8 (ANI): Bathinda Police have seized 40 kilograms of heroin, commonly referred to as chitta, and arrested six alleged smugglers, senior officials confirmed. Investigations are ongoing to determine whether the consignment has any links to cross-border networks in Pakistan. Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Amandeep Kondal said that the seizure was made during a targeted operation by the Crime Investigation Agency-1 (CIA-1) team, which stopped a suspicious blac ...Read More >
Chandigarh, Jul 8 (PTI) Punjab Police has registered an FIR in connection with a hoax bomb threat on an IndiGo flight that landed at the Shaheed Bhagat Singh International Airport here from Hyderabad last week, officials said on Tuesday. A tissue paper reading "bomb inside" was found in a lavatory during the cleaning of the aircraft after it landed at the airport on July 5, according to the officials. After the note was found, a thorough search of the aircraft was carried out, but no explosive ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Pro-Khalistan terrorist and ISI's key henchman Harpreet Singh, alias Happy Passia, is expected to be extradited from the US to India soon. Passia was held on April 17 in Sacramento, California, by FBI and US Immigration & Customs Enforcement and is lodged at a detention centre in the US.Passia's arrest prompted an appreciation post from agency chief Kash Patel. "Captured: Harpreet Singh, part of an alleged foreign terrorist gang here illegally in the US, who we believe was involved in ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 7 (ANI): Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare & Rural Development, Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Monday inaugurated the 11th edition of the India Maize Summit, organized by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) in association with (IIMR) Indian Institute of Maize Research. Speaking at event, Chouhan emphasized that 'Farmers' sewa is our mool mantra,' reaffirming the government's commitment to farmer-centric policies. He outlined a mul ...Read More >
PTC Web Desk: India is set to receive wanted Khalistani terrorist Happy Passia from the United States in the coming days, as extradition proceedings near completion. Central security agency officials have confirmed that Passia, currently in US custody, will soon land at the Delhi Airport under heavy security arrangements. Happy Passia, a key figure linked to multiple terror attacks across Punjab, was apprehended on April 17 in Sacramento, California, by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (I ...Read More >
New Delhi: Khalistani terrorist Harpreet Singh alias Happy Passia is likely to be extradited to India, claimed media reports citing sources. However, there is no official confirmation in this regard. According to reports, the Indian agencies contacted the concerned authorities in India about the extradition of Passia. He was charged in connection with a grenade attack on a police station in Punjab's Gurdaspur district on December 12 last year. Passia is also reportedly accused in 14 grenade att ...Read More >
CHANDIGARH: Senior Shiromani Akali Dal leader Bikram Singh Majithia, who is the brother-in-law of party president Sukhbir Singh Badal, was today sent to 14 days judicial custody in a disproportionate assets case by a court in Mohali. Amid tight security arrangements, Majithia was produced before the court. The police also detained several prominent SAD leaders and workers in different parts of the state in the morning to prevent them from coming towards Mohali. Speaking to the media after the ...Read More >
Chandigarh: A Mohali court on Sunday sent senior Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader Bikram Singh Majithia to judicial custody after his 4-day remand ended. He has been sent to New Jail, Nabha, district Patiala, till July 19, the next date of hearing. Majithia was brought to Mohali court despite it being a Sunday amid heavy police presence in the court complex since morning where a score of SAD leaders and workers protested against police action following which they were detained. It may be reca ...Read More >
Chandigarh: A local court in Punjab on Sunday sent senior Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader Bikram Singh Majithia to judicial custody for 14 days in a disproportionate assets case related to drug trafficking. Majithia was produced before a court in the Mohali district amid tight security. He was serving vigilance remand, which ended today. Public prosecutor Ferry Sofat told the media that the SAD leader has been sent to judicial custody for two weeks and will be lodged in New Nabha Jail. "We d ...Read More >
Chandigarh, Jul 6 (PTI) A court in Punjab's Mohali district on Sunday sent Shiromani Akali Dal leader Bikram Singh Majithia to judicial custody for two weeks in a disproportionate assets case. Amid tight security arrangements, Majithia was produced before the court. Speaking to reporters after the court hearing, public prosecutors Ferry Sofat and Preet Inderpal Singh said Majithia has been sent to judicial custody for two-weeks and will be lodged in New Nabha Jail. Earlier on July 2, a court h ...Read More >
According to CCTV footage and eyewitness accounts, the attackers -three unidentified men on a motorcycle - opened fire at Jugraj Singh at close range. The brother of a deceased gangster allegedly involved in the assassination of Punjabi singer Sidhu Moosewala was shot dead in public at Channan Ke village under Mehta police station limits in Amritsar district on Saturday. The victim has been identified as Jugraj Singh, 28. He was the younger brother of gangster Jagroop Singh alias Rupa. The lat ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 5 (ANI): The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested two 'US donkey route' human traffickers after searches at two locations in Himachal Pradesh and Delhi, the agency said on Saturday. The accused, identified as Sunny alias Sunny Donker of Dharamshala in Himachal Pradesh's Kangra district and Shubham Sandhal alias Deep Hundi of Ropar in Punjab, and currently residing in Delhi's Peeragarhi, were associates of Gagandeep Singh alias Goldy, arrested earlier in March ...Read More >
Faridkot deputy superintendent of police (DSP), crime against women cell, Rajanpal, was arrested for offering a bribe of ₹1 lakh to the reader of senior superintendent of police (SSP) Pragya Jain on Friday. The accused had approached the SSP's personal staff to bury a complaint of corruption against him. SSP Jain said the case against Rajanpal was registered under the Prevention of Corruption Act at the Faridkot city police station. Assistant sub-inspector (ASI) Jaswinder Singh, the reader to ...Read More >
Chandigarh: Punjab and Haryana High Court on Friday adjourned the hearing to July 8 on the petition of senior Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader Bikram Majithia who had challenged his ''illegal arrest and subsequent remand'' by Punjab Vigilance Bureau in a disproportionate assets (DA) case. Asking Punjab's reply on Majithia's petition against his arrest, Justice Tribhuvan Dahiya's bench deferred the hearing to July 8 without any interim relief to Majithia. Majithia's counsel Arshdeep Singh Kler ...Read More >
Kolkata, Jul 4 (PTI) Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha member Samirul Islam on Friday said that two habeas corpus petitions have been filed before the Calcutta High Court against the Odisha Police, alleging that several migrant labourers from West Bengal were detained there without following due legal process. A habeas corpus petition is a legal remedy seeking direction to produce a person who is missing or has been illegally detained. Also Read | 'Chakka Jam' in Bihar on July 9: RJD Leader Tejas ...Read More >
Bengaluru, Jul 4 (PTI) The Karnataka High Court on Friday extended interim protection to BJP MLC and opposition whip in Legislative Council N Ravikumar in connection with a criminal case registered against him for allegedly making "derogatory remarks" about the state's Chief Secretary Shalini Rajneesh. Justice SR Krishna Kumar issued an order restraining the police from initiating any coercive steps against Ravikumar until his petition seeking to quash the FIR is heard on July 8. Also Read | ' ...Read More >
Pragya Jain, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Faridkot, said DSP Rajanpal Singh approached her office and attempted to offer a bribe of Rs 1 lakh through an ASI. A deputy superintendent of police (DSP) in Punjab's Faridkot was arrested Friday morning for allegedly attempting to offer a bribe to a senior officer to settle a corruption complaint filed against him. The police identified the arrested officer as Rajanpal Singh, a DSP posted with the Crime Against Women Cell in Faridkot. Acco ...Read More >
Chandigarh, July 4 (SocialNews.XYZ) In an action against corruption in government departments, Punjab Police on Friday arrested its Deputy Superintendent of Police (Crime Against Women), Rajanpal, who was posted in Faridkot town. Officials said the accused official had tried to offer a bribe of Rs one lakh to officials posted in the office of the Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) to quash a corruption complaint filed against him. "Following this revelation, an FIR (first information report ...Read More >
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