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Fazilka District News

Adverse weather, pest attacks: Punjab’s cotton acreage hits record low, achieves only 56% of target

In 2025, cotton was cultivated on approximately 1.19 lakh hectares in Punjab. However, widespread crop losses due to unseasonal rainfall severely impacted production and farmer incomes.

Published 60 days ago

Punjab: Woman, grandson among 3 killed in Abohar road crash

The damaged e-rickshaw and the pickup truck after the accident in Abohar on Tuesday. (HT photo)

Published 82 days ago

4 booked in land encroachment case involving NHAI contractor in Fazilka

The land allegedly encroached by the NHAI contractor.

Published 99 days ago

Punjab: Five injured in Abohar generator explosion

The injured include shop owner Chugh, his sister Pooja, and their mother Neelam, along with a local dhaba operator and a woman customer. (HT)

Published 102 days ago

Two brothers among 3 killed as car rams into roundabout in Abohar

The accident occurred around 1 am when the car, carrying five youths, allegedly lost control and hit the roundabout with force. (HT)

Updated 160 days ago

Fazilka: Punjab Police, BSF seize 2kg heroin, 21 pistols inR joint op near int’l border

The weapons seized by police.

Published 185 days ago

30-year-old man dies as gun goes off accidentally in Fazilka

A 30-year-old man was killed late on Monday night after a loaded pistol accidentally went off at his residence in Balluana assembly segment of Fazilka district. (Getty Images/iStockphoto/ Representational image)

Published 215 days ago

Cross-border smuggling network busted; 1 held, 5kg heroin seized

Providing details of the operation, Fazilka SSOC AIG Gursewak Singh said the police team acted on intelligence inputs regarding the drug consignment following which the operation was launched.

Published 218 days ago

24-year-old shot dead at Abohar court complex, four assailants nabbed

“The four assailants came in a car, and one of them opened fire at Akash, alias Golu Pandit, 24, a resident of Abohar. Six rounds were fired at Akash from close range,” the Fazilka SSP added. (HT)

Published 234 days ago

Punjab: Man shot dead in Abohar court complex, search on for 3 attackers

A youth, Akash, alias Golu Pandit, was shot dead by three car-borne assailants in the parking lot of the Abohar court complex in Fazilka district, where he had gone for a hearing in an Arms Act case, on Thursday afternoon. (File photo)

Published 235 days ago

Punjab: SAD leader Vardev Singh Noni Mann held for 2024 Jalalabad clash

Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader Vardev Singh Noni Mann was arrested in Chandigarh on Tuesday night in connection with a 2024 clash in Jalalabad town of Fazilka district in October last year. (File photo)

Published 271 days ago

2 Fazilka men held for raping, impregnating 12-year-old girl

According to police, the minor girl was lured and sexually assaulted by two men from the same village (HT Photo)

Updated 296 days ago

Punjab: Fazilka man dies in ‘police custody’, kin block highway

Family members of deceased Sajan of Lamochhar Kalan village protest against custodial death in Fazilka on Friday. (HT Photo)

Published 310 days ago

Punjab: Abohar fire officer caught red-handed while accepting bribe

The accused was caught red-handed while accepting the bribe. (HT File)

Published 355 days ago

Govt orders assessment of damage due to waterlogging in Fazilka

Fazilka deputy commissioner (DC) Amarpreet Kaur Sandhu confirmed that directions had been issued to all sub-divisional magistrates (SDMs) to carry out the assessment work at the earliest. (HT)

Published 360 days ago

Punjab farmer who strayed across border gets 1-month jail in Pakistan

In case of non-payment, Amritpal, a resident of Khairkay village in Fazilka’s Jalalabad region, will have to undergo an additional 15 days in custody. He is currently incarcerated in a prison near Islamabad.

Published 365 days ago

Marriage proposal rejected, man attacks woman, mother with knife in Chandigarh

The incident took place on July 23 and the accused was arrested the same day, said Chandigarh Police. (HT)

Published 372 days ago

Punjab: Sanitation inspector arrested while accepting ₹15k bribe

A case has been registered under the Prevention of Corruption Act at the vigilance bureau police station, Ferozepur range. (HT File)

Published 412 days ago

Punjab: Mass evacuations in Ferozepur, Fazilka border villages

People evacuate from the border villages in Punjab on Friday. (HT Photo)

Published 450 days ago

Sarpanch’s husband shot dead in Abohar over digging of drain

Shankar Jalap, 42, was shot dead in Kaler Khera, 28 km from Abohar, Fazilka district, on Thursday, over digging of drain. (HT File)

Published 528 days ago

Two linked to Bishnoi gang held with firearms in Fazilka

A case under Sections 308(2) and 61(2) of the BNS and Sections 25,54 and 59 of the Arms Act has been registered. (HT File)

Updated 608 days ago

Pak national held by BSF in Punjab’s Jalalabad

As per information, during routine surveillance, BSF personnel noticed Naveed’s unusual behavior and approached him for questioning. (HT File)

Updated 641 days ago

Punjab AAP leader shot amid poll nomination dispute with Akali worker

Policement at the clash site in Jalalabad of Fazilka district on Saturday.

Updated 666 days ago

VB lodges corruption case against tax collector in Punjab’s Fazilka

A probe into the case is on (HT File)

Updated 702 days ago

BSF nabs suspected smuggler from near border in Fazilka

Judge Singh, a resident of Dona Nanak village in Fazilka distrcit of Punjab, was roaming suspiciously near the Indo-Pak border in Fazilka when he was nabbed. (HT File)

Updated 713 days ago

Farmer, son killed over land dispute in Punjab’s Jalalabad

A 58-year-old man and his 28-year-old son were brutally murdered over a land dispute in Jalalabad sub division of Fazilka district on Thursday night. (Representational photo)

Updated 744 days ago

Bank manager caught red-handed accepting bribe, arrested

The Punjab vigilance bureau (VB) on Tuesday has arrested Sunil Kumar, assistant manager, posted at State Bank of India branch at Abohar in Fazilka district red handed while demanding and accepting a bribe of <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>10,000. (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

Published 747 days ago

Country’s oldest female voter casts her ballot in Fazilka dist

Country’s oldest female voter casts her ballot in Fazilka dist

Updated 792 days ago

Drone-dropped ‘heroin’ seized in Fazilka

The packet that was reportedly dropped in Retewali Bhaini village of Fazilka. (Photo: X)

Updated 815 days ago

Punjab accident: 17 injured as bus hits tractor-trailer in Abohar

The Punjab Roadways bus landed on a side after it broke through the railings of an overpass following the collision with a tractor-trailer near Govindgarh village, 9km from Abohar, on Thursday morning. (HT Photo)

Updated 830 days ago

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