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Chandigarh: Five passengers including a woman were killed and over two dozen were injured after a private bus fell into a drain in Punjab’s Faridkot district on Tuesday, officials said. The accident occurred on the Faridkot-Kotkapura road at around 8 am when the bus carrying 36 passengers was going from Muktsar to Amritsar, they said….
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Further investigation is underway in the matter, the sources said. Chandigarh: A “low-intensity explosion” took place in Raimal village in Punjab’s Batala on Monday evening, causing panic in the area. Police sources said a “loud sound” was heard near a house, which is stated to be owned by a relative of a police personnel. It…
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New Delhi: A large amount of cash and liquor have been seized from a car with a “Punjab government” sticker in election-bound Delhi, police said yesterday, adding that AAP pamphlets were also found in the car. The BJP soon launched an attack on the Aam Aadmi Party, after which the Punjab government clarified the car…
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A group of doctors performing a surgery at a government-run hospital in Punjab’s Patiala were forced to halt the procedure after alleged continuous power outages, including the emergency lights in the operation theatre (OT). A viral video from Rajindra Hospital in Patiala shows the doctors and staff standing around the patient, who was being operated…
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A two-year-old girl was killed after she was run over by a vehicle belonging to the management of a private school in Punjab’s Barnala, police said on Tuesday. The incident, which was captured on CCTV, took place at Sacred Heart Church on Monday, when the child, Zoya, was playing on the premises. Visuals show the…
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Punjab recorded a total of 36,663 farm fires in 2023. (File) Chandigarh: Punjab recorded a 70 per cent reduction in farm fires this season, said Agriculture Minister Gurmeet Singh Khuddian here on Saturday. Punjab reported 10,909 stubble-burning incidents from September 15 to November 30 this year, compared to 36,663 such incidents in the corresponding period…
The two accused men are still at large, the police said. (Representational) New Delhi: The Delhi Police has arrested a 23-year-old woman from Ludhiana over her alleged involvement in the rape case of a minor, officials said on Sunday. The accused was declared a proclaimed offender in the case, which was registered at the Kanjhawala…
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The operation led to the recovery of four sophisticated Glock-19 pistols, police said. (Representational) Chandigarh: Punjab Police in a joint operation with central agencies have busted a Pakistan-backed arms smuggling module with the arrest of two operatives from Tarn Taran, Director General of Police (DGP), Gaurav Yadav, said on Thursday. “The operation led to the…
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A case has been registered against the pastor. (Representational) Chandigarh: A 30-year-old man was thrashed to death in Punjab’s Gurdaspur district allegedly by a pastor and eight others in an attempt “to get his body rid of the devil”. Samuel Masih, a resident of Singhpura village in Dhariwal in Gurdaspur, was suffering from seizures and…
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New Delhi: The Supreme Court has intervened to halt the opening of a road outside Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann’s residence in Chandigarh. The decision, made today, comes as a response to concerns raised by both the Centre and the Punjab government regarding security threats associated with the road’s opening. A bench of Justices Sanjiv…
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