Punjab
Thieves enter Jallianwala Bagh Martyr's Well, steal Rs 3,000
In a shocking incident, thieves stole nearly Rs 3,000 from the Jallianwala Bagh Martyrs' Well, where hundreds jumped to escape firing by British troops in 1919. The thieves used a rope to climb down into the 15-feet deep well. They entered it by breaking the grill-mesh of its window, Amritsar Police Commissioner S S Srivastava said
Indian-origin taxi driver charged over fatal crash in Aus
A 37-year-old Indian-origin taxi driver has been arrested and charged in Australia with dangerous driving for causing a fatal crash that left an elderly woman dead and 12 persons injured
Driven by poverty, man poisons self, four siblings
A poverty-stricken 21-year-old man allegedly laced burgers with poison killing his four siblings before taking his own life here, police said today. Four of the children who died were minors that included two girls. Police said the incident took place at Luxmi Nagar locality here yesterday night
Eight States to share information on gangsters and drug smugglers in real time: Suresh Arora
Aiming to contain activities of gangsters, drug smugglers, absconders and organized criminals in the Northern states, the inter-state coordination meeting of eight states have decided in principal for effective coordination, mutual sharing of information and creation of common database about such offenders
Veteran journalist Hukam Chand Sharma is no more
Bathinda based Veteran Journalist Hukam Chand Sharma ( 69 ) is no more . He was under treatment in DMC Ludhiana after he suffered paralytic attack last week . The cremation will take place at 2 pm on June 21, 2017 at Ram Bagh , Paras Ram Nagar Bathinda. He is survived by two sons and a daughter
Senators thank Amarinder government for increasing PU grant
The Panjab University senators have hailed the much-needed financial dose to this ailing educational institution given by the Punjab government ion its annual budget for 2017-18 announced on Tuesday
Sidhu terms Punjab budget as "development centric"
Punjab cabinet minister Navjot Singh Sidhu termed the budget presented today by the state Finance Minister Manpreet Singh Badal as "development centric, pro-people and futuristic"
Bus connecting Delhi-Lahore meets accident in Punjab
The 'Sada-e-Sarhad' bus, which runs between India and Pakistan, met with an accident near village Jahankhela in Fatehgarh Sahib on the GT road today, police said
36 boxes of illegal liquor seized in Punjab's Moga, 2 held
Moga: Two persons were arrested here after 36 boxes of illegal liquor from a deserted place on the outskirts of the city, police said today. On a tip off, police raided the place and seized the liquor placed under a piece of cloth last night.
7 Malawi and 1 Afghan children return home with new lease of life
Chandigarh: Seven children from Malawi, Africa, and one from Afghanistan return home after getting a new lease of life. Five girls and two boys from Malawi and a two years old girl Basmina from Afghanistan have been successfully operated under Rotary Club of Chandigarh's Hartline project by Dr. T.S. Mahant, Executive Director, Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery at Fortis Mohali, informed Club Presisdent Neenu Vij.