Articles by Vishal Rambani
Sidhu road rage case: Justice delayed but delivered, says victim’s family
Family of road rage victim Gurnam Singh says that justice has finally been delivered after 34 years and thanks God

Updated on May 19, 2022 06:51 PM IST
Navjot Sidhu and 1988 road rage case: A timeline
Hearing the review petition filed by Patiala resident Gurnam Singh’s family, the Supreme Court imposed the jail sentence on former Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu

Updated on May 19, 2022 04:29 PM IST
Border sub-divisions burn ₹552-cr hole in PSPCL pocket
Account for around 50% of power theft in state; the power corporation loses ₹1,200 crore to pilferage

Published on May 17, 2022 12:50 AM IST
Punjab records highest farm fires in last five years
The area of stubble burning has also increased and the number of farm fires is set to rise further as the Punjab Remote Sensing Centre collects data up to May 31, which would be highest in five years

Published on May 15, 2022 01:08 AM IST
Vishal Rambani, Patiala
BoI’s Sangrur SP on the run after being booked for graft
Sangrur: A Punjab Police superintendent of police (SP) is on the run after his aide was arrested on charges of accepting a ₹3 lakh bribe in a case handled by the officer, people aware of the matter said on Tuesday

Published on May 11, 2022 01:24 AM IST
PSPCL floats tenders to buy 2000 MW solar power from Punjab and outside
The PSPCL will procure 1000 MW solar power from within Punjab, while another 1000 MW will be purchased from outside the state

Published on May 11, 2022 01:06 AM IST
Vishal Rambani, Patiala
Punjab Police SP on the run after aide arrested for bribe in CM Mann’s Sangrur
Sangrur SSP has set up a special investigation team (SIT) headed by superintendent of police (Headquater) to arrest SP Karanveer Singh who is wanted for accepting a bribe and to investigate the case.

Updated on May 10, 2022 10:21 AM IST
PSPCL faces financial burden of ₹ 800 crore for importing coal
The PSPCL has been from the last one year urging the Centre to increase coal supplies and has already floated the tender for importing coal

Published on May 08, 2022 12:56 AM IST
Vishal Rambani, Patiala
Adding lemon in ration bill proves costly for Kapurthala jail official
Minister orders suspension of jail superintendent after inspection finds a number of irregularities, including embezzlement and mismanagement

Published on May 06, 2022 01:57 AM IST
Vishal Rambani, Patiala
Anything can be planted in Punjab’s fertile land but not hate: Mann
Reiterates government decision will not spare anyone involved in nefarious attempts at weakening the strong social bonding among people of the state

Published on May 03, 2022 04:38 PM IST
Punjab Police chief takes U-turn on FIR against two former DIGs
One of the former deputy inspectors general (DIG) of police Lakhminder Singh Jakhar is related to Aam Aadmi Party MLA Kulwant Singh Sidhu

Published on May 02, 2022 05:43 PM IST
Patiala clash: Key accused Parwana among six more held
A Patiala court has sent the Sikh preacher Barjinder Singh Parwana to four-day police remand; nine accused have been arrested in the case so far

Published on May 02, 2022 12:32 AM IST
Key accused in Patiala clashes among 6 arrested
Inspector general of police (Patiala range) Mukhwinder Singh Chhina said 24 people were identified as accused in the clash.

Published on May 01, 2022 11:47 PM IST
Patiala violence: Key conspirator Parwana not new to controversies
Barjinder Singh Parwana, a self-styled head of Damdami Taksal Rajpura and the “prime conspirator” of Patiala violence, is not new to controversies

Published on May 01, 2022 01:48 AM IST
Vishal Rambani, Patiala
Day after violence, uneasy calm in Patiala
Patiala IG, SSP among 6 cops shunted out; 6 FIRs registered for violence; two more men held; Sikh radical leader Parwana identified as main conspirator

Published on May 01, 2022 01:39 AM IST
Vishal Rambani, Patiala
3 Patiala cops shunted, 6 FIRs filed on violence
Meanwhile, mobile internet and SMS services, which were suspended from 9.30am by the state’s home affairs and justice department, were restored around 4pm.

Published on Apr 30, 2022 11:39 PM IST
Patiala violence: How police, admn were caught napping
On April 17, Shiv Sena (Bal Thackeray) led by Harish Singla had announced to counter the ‘Khalistan march’, but cops failed to take any action

Updated on Apr 30, 2022 01:11 AM IST
Four injured in Patiala clashes, curfew imposed
According to police, clashes erupted between members of a right-wing group and Sikh radicals during an anti-Khalistan rally.

Updated on Apr 29, 2022 11:45 PM IST
Patiala violence: 2 hurt in clashes near Kali temple, curfew till 6 am Saturday
Patiala violence: Police said it was in talks with the chief of the local Shiv Sena, one of the two groups involved in clashes.

Updated on Apr 29, 2022 05:47 PM IST
Vishal Rambani | Edited by Chandrashekar Srinivasan
PSPCL bleeds as power demand soars by 50% in scorching April
In the absence of timely support from the state government, the PSPCL had no other option but to go for a short-term loan of ₹500 crore for the purchase of power in April

Updated on Apr 29, 2022 01:16 AM IST
Vishal Rambani, Patiala
Case against Alka Lamba: Congress leaders throng Rupnagar SSP office
Led by Warring and Bajwa, Congress workers reach Rupnagar SSP office along with Alka Lamba; police defer questioning the Delhi Congress leader

Updated on Apr 28, 2022 12:24 AM IST
Vishal Rambani, Rupnagar
Punjab is facing acute power crisis
Amid depleting coal supplies, Punjab has further slipped into an acute electricity crisis due to the outage of two more power-generating units -- one each of Talwandi Sabo and Ropar thermal plants

Updated on Apr 27, 2022 01:42 AM IST
Vishal Rambani, Patiala
Centre hikes Punjab’s transmission capacity; will help meet peak electricity demand
Centre has given a major relief to the state by enhancing Punjab’s power transmission capacity from outside state to a record 9,000 MW. Punjab now can meet power demands of 15,500 MW during summers

Published on Apr 26, 2022 02:49 AM IST
Vishal Rambani, Patiala
AAP’s power freebie in Punjab meaningless when there is no power: Sidhu
Accompanied by former party legislators, Sidhu said it was for the first time in Punjab that people were forced to brave power cuts even when paddy sowing season was yet to start.

Published on Apr 25, 2022 09:53 PM IST
Vishal Rambani, Rajpura (patiala)
Punjab govt suspends mining officer of Mohali, Rupnagar for laxity
Suspension of Vipan Kumar comes a day after state mining minister Harjot Singh Bains ordered strict action against illegal sand and gravel mining
Updated on Apr 22, 2022 12:25 PM IST
Punjab Police book ex-AAP leaders Kumar Vishwas, Alka Lamba
Police teams serve notice on both leaders for promoting enmity by making “false statements” against AAP national convener and Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal’s Khalistan links in run-up to recent Punjab elections

Updated on Apr 20, 2022 03:36 PM IST
As prices of sand soar, Punjab government plans to take over mining
The move by the Punjab governement comes after it terminated the contracts of two sand mining clusters and suspended operations of two others in the state in February

Updated on Apr 19, 2022 01:12 AM IST
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Vishal Rambani/Gurpreet NibberTraffic on Ropar-Ambala route hit after goods train derails in Punjab
Sixteen wagons of the goods train got derailed when the driver applied power brakes to avoid hitting cattle that had strayed onto the track

Published on Apr 18, 2022 02:04 PM IST
Ex-Patiala jail superintendent booked for extortion
Following a judicial inquiry that has unearthed another extortion, torture and drug racket in Patiala Central Jail, the police have booked a former jail superintendent, a former deputy superintendent and an ex-warder.

Published on Apr 18, 2022 01:28 AM IST
Vishal Rambani, Patiala
Punjab govt likely to announce 300 units of free electricity on April 16
At a press conference in Jalandhar on Thursday, chief minister Bhagwant Mann had said: “On the 16th April, we will give great good news to the people of Punjab”, indicating it could announce free power supply to households

Updated on Apr 16, 2022 01:17 AM IST