Punjab
CBI arrests Chandigarh SDM, her husband, middleman in Rs 50k bribery case?
Chandigarh: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) arrested Shilpy Pattar Dutt, sub-divisional magistrate (east), Chandigarh, her husband Dhiraj and a middleman GS Brar in graft case.
Braid-chop hysteria grips state, 10 cases in a day
Muktsar: At least 10 new cases of braid chopping were reported in the state on Saturday, with seven of them from Muktsar alone.
Boy cooked up kidnap story to meet grandfather
Morinda: The ‘kidnapping’ of a local 11-year-old boy two days ago on Thursday turned out to be a cooked-up story.
Duleep Singh’s kin moves court against filmmakers of 'Black Prince'
Amritsar: Alleging distortion of facts, city-based Damandeep Singh Sandhawalia has moved the Delhi High Court against the makers of Hollywood film “The Black Prince”. Damandeep’s ancestor Thakur Singh Sandhawalia was a cousin of Maharaja Duleep Singh, on whose life the film is based.
Americans call to combat racism, violence on 5th anniversary of Wisconsin gurdwara shooting
Washington: Cutting across party lines, various people in the US have called for combating racism, intolerance and violence during the fifth anniversary of the tragic Oak Creek massacre that killed six innocent Sikhs five years ago.
STF arrests 5 police officials, 3 persons for snatching heroine, cash form drug trafficker
Chandigarh: In its drive against drug trafficking, the Special Task Force Punjab today arrested five police personnel attached with State Counter Intelligence and three private persons who have snatched 300 gm heroin and extorted Rs 8 lakh from a drug trafficker by impersonating as STF unit Fazilka.
Rahul meets Capt Amarinder to condole the death of his mother
AICC Vice President Rahul Gandhi called on Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh here on Saturday evening to condole the death of the latter's mother Rajmata Mohinder Kaur.
Son of Haryana BJP chief arrested, gets bail also in stalking case
Chandigarh: Vikas Barala (23), son of Haryana BJP president Subhash Barala has been arrested by Chandigarh police along with his friend identified as Ashish Kumar (22) on charges of stalking the daughter of an IAS officer. Later, the accused granted bail also.
Woman commits suicide in police custody
Ludhiana: A woman arrested on charges of fraud committed suicide inside police station, Dugri here on Friday morning.
Ludhiana court grants bail to Rakhi Sawant
Ludhiana: Bollywood actor Rakhi Sawant on Saturday got bail from the court here in the case related hurting religious sentiments of Valmiki community by making derogatory comments against Bhagwan Valmik.