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SBI returns ₹8 crore to victims of Faridkot branch fraud

The State Bank of India (SI) has returned <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>8 crore to aggrieved account holders, who were victims of financial fraud perpetrated by the bank’s cashier Amit Dhingra, at its Sadiq branch in Faridkot district, officials said.

Published 236 days ago

Mohali: 20-gm heroin seized, 1 held

The suspect has been identified as Sukhjeet Singh, a resident of Sandhwa Kotkapura village in Faridkot district. (HT Photo)

Published 427 days ago

Two of Bambiha gang arrested after police encounter in Punjab’s Faridkot

A policeman showing a bullet mark on the police vehicle after Tuesday night’s encounter near Bir Sikhan Wala village in Jaito sub division as Faridkot SSP Pragya Jain looks on. (HT Photo)

Published 551 days ago

Punjab: 23 drug convicts’ properties worth over ₹3 crore seized

As per police records, in 2023, 193 NDPS Act cases were registered in the Faridkot district, while in 2024, 248 cases were registered. (HT File)

Published 559 days ago

Hari Nau Sikh activist’s murder: Punjab police nab key shooters, members of Arsh Dalla gang

The arrested accused Anmolpreet Singh, 23, and (right) Navjot Singh, 26, both residents of Barnala. (HT Photo)

Updated 611 days ago

Facing backlash, Punjab Speaker takes back order seeking teachers’ explanation

Punjab Vidhan Sabha Speaker Kultar Singh Sandhwan has withdrawn his recent order seeking an explanation from a government school headmaster and three women teachers of Faridkot district in connection with a complaint by AAP MLA Amolak Singh. (HT file photo)

Published 626 days ago

Punjab: Sketches of Sikh activist’s ‘shooters’ released

The police have urged the people to share information in case they come across the killers.

Updated 631 days ago

Sandhwan inaugurates Faridkot’s first govt-run shooting range

Punjab Vidhan Sabha speaker Kultar Singh Sandhwan on Thursday inaugurated Faridkot district’s first government-run shooting range at Nehru Stadium. (HT File)

Updated 662 days ago

Murder bid accused escapes custodypolice custody

Accusd Angrez Singh, a resident of Faridkot district, was apprehended on Saturday and escapes custody on Sunday . (HT File)

Updated 694 days ago

Punjab: Faridkot police arrest key accused in 2023 heroin haul case

Gulab Singh, a key accused wanted in the 77-kg heroin haul case of 2023, was arrested in Faridkot district, police said on Saturday. (Representational photo)

Published 696 days ago

Man rapes 14-year-old stepdaughter in Faridkot

Man rapes 14-year-old stepdaughter in Faridkot

Updated 839 days ago

Faridkot: Three gangsters arrested after encounter, one on the run

Faridkot: Three gangsters arrested after encounter, one on the run

Updated 849 days ago

Sacrilege incidents: Faridkot police team to get DGP disc for arresting Kaler

Punjab director general of police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav on Sunday announced to confer the Faridkot police team with the director general’s commendation disc for arresting sacrilege accused Pardeep Kaler. (HT File Photo)

Updated 883 days ago

Man beaten to death by labourer in Kotkapura

The accused has been identified as Ravi Kumar of Kotkapura and was arrested by the police for murder.

Updated 959 days ago

Punjab: 3 of a family die in Kotkapura after roof collapses due to rain

State Disaster Response Force personnel conduct rescue operations in flood-affected regions of Punjab. (ANI Photo)

Updated 1097 days ago

3 powercom employees injured in blaze at grid in Punjab’s Faridkot

Fire tender teams were deputed to douse the blaze and officials said the reasons for the incident are being ascertained (HT File Photo)

Updated 1101 days ago

Punjab: Gangster Goldy Brar’s accomplice, mastermind of dera follower’s murder held

A CCTV grab of five of the six assailants firing at Pardeep Singh, a Dera Sacha Sauda follower and an accused in the 2015 Bargari sacrilege case, at his shop on Hari Nau Road in Kotkapura town of Faridkot district in Punjab on November 10, 2022. (HT Photo)

Updated 1127 days ago

8-year-old girl raped in Faridkot, neighbour booked

The Faridkot police have booked a man for allegedly raping an eight-year-old girl in Faridkot district on Saturday. (Representational image)

Updated 1143 days ago

Kotkapura railway station: ₹45 lakh unaccounted cash recovered from passenger

It is suspected that the cash was supposed to be sent to Jalandhar in connection with upcoming Lok Sabha bypoll. (Representational Photo)

Updated 1172 days ago

Faridkot sacrilege: Accused pastor slits his throat in custody, hospitalised

The accused produced in a local court in Faridkot by police. (HT File)

Updated 1174 days ago

2015 Kotkapura police firing: Punjab govt gives nod to prosecute Badals, 6 others

SIT head LK Yadav entering in the Faridkot court. (HT Photo)

Updated 1175 days ago

₹11-crore coin fraud case: CBI searches 5 locations in Punjab’s Faridkot

Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday conducted searches at five locations in Faridkot district’s Jaitu subdivision in connection with an alleged fraud case wherein coins worth <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>11 crore had gone missing from the vaults of a State Bank of India (SBI) branch in Rajasthan’s Karauli. (Image for representational purpose)

Updated 1180 days ago

Ajnala violence: Faridkot man sent in one-day police remand

Amritsar Rural police brought Gurbhej Singh of Gondara village in Faridkot district on production warrant from the Kapurthala jail in the Ajnala violence case in which Waris Punjab De head Amritpal Singh is the prime accused, officials said on Wednesday. (Image for representational purpose)

Updated 1181 days ago

After 30-year battle, SC grants Faridkot Maharaja’s properties to daughters

The ruling ends a 30-year fight for the inheritance. (ANI)

Updated 1405 days ago

Punjab minister asked medical university V-C to lie on dirty bed. He has quit

Punjab health minister Chetan Singh Jouramajra (R) with BFUHS V-C Dr Raj Bahadur (on bed) at Faridkot medical college and hospital on Friday. (HT photo)

Published 1445 days ago

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