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22-year-old youth shot dead amid police raid at Jalandhar

Kin allege police fired shots intentionally, Jalandhar SSP claims firing was in self-defence after family attacked the raiding team

Punjab civic polls: Congress retains Kapurthala MC as AAP holds sway in Doaba

Of the 18 local bodies across Jalandhar, Hoshiarpur, Kapurthala and Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar districts that went to polls, the AAP secured a clear majority in 10, while the Congress emerged victorious in three civic bodies

Procurement yet to gain momentum in Doaba

Wheat procurement in Doaba is slow, with minimal arrivals. Experts expect a rise post-April 15 due to weather delays. Farmers urged to ensure dry yields.

LPG shortage worries grip steel-forging firms in Jalandhar

The industrialists have demanded prioritisation of essential non-domestic LPG requirements at the earliest and approval for regulated supply through the nearest oil marketing companies and commercial LPG suppliers

Jalandhar: FCI’s technical assistant caught accepting ₹20,000 bribe

The VB spokesperson said the accused was caught following a complaint by the manager of Guru Tegh Bahadur Rice Mill, Nangal Fidda village

Punjab: Forest guard, aide held for taking bribe

The accused have been identified as Kuldeep Singh, a forest guard, and Darshan Singh, a daily wager, both posted at the forest range office in Nakodar, Jalandhar district

Punjab: Minor detained for Jalandhar gurdwara sacrilege

16-year-old accused is Class 10 student, motive yet to be ascertained, say police officials; Akal Takht acting jathedar  directs SGPC chief secretary to carry out an investigation

Punjab: 2 Haryana men among 3 dead as car hits auto in Jalandhar

Four sustain severe injuries, admitted to a local hospital; the victims had come from Shahabad area of Kurukshetra to pay obeisance at Dera Sachkhand Ballan, say police

Spice of life: Every grain counts, respect food as sustenance, symbol

We need laws, apps, and local networks that make it easy, and expected, for restaurants, caterers, and households to share what they cannot consume

Four Doaba dists account for just 6% of Punjab’s total farm fire cases so far

Jalandhar, SBS Nagar, Kapurthala, and Hoshiarpur have reported 85 cases out of the 1,418 cases reported across Punjab till Thursday

Former national-level player kills stray dog with hockey stick in Jalandhar

On the basis of camera footage, police booked Sharanjit under Section 325 (deliberate act of killing any animal) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act

How clearing blockages on this British-era railway bridge saved 25 Jalandhar villages from Sutlej fury

At 2.1 lakh cusecs on September 3, the Sutlej recorded its highest water flow in four decades. This was much higher than what was seen during the 2023 floods (1.80 lakh cusecs) and 2019 (1.52 lakh cusecs). In 2019 and 2023, as well in 1988, thousands of acres of agricultural land were inundated and hundreds of people displaced when the Sutlej was in spate

Brother-sister duo drowns in seasonal rivulet in Kapurthala

Kapurthala police said as per eyewitnesses, the victims were riding a bicycle, which skidded off the bridge and fell into the swollen rivulet

Saini visits deras in Jalandhar, takes part in Guru Purnima celebrations

Haryana chief minister Nayab Singh Saini on Thursday visited the Divya Jyoti Jagriti Sansthan in Nur Mahal of Jalandhar district in Punjab, and took part in the Guru Purnima celebrations.

Jalandhar leads country in NITI Aayog’s Aspirational Blocks Programme

Jalandhar deputy commissioner Himanshu Aggarwal presented the district’s achievements during a video conference with NITI Aayog officials

Punjab: 12-yr-old abducted twice in a month, women panel seeks report

Victim’s family accuses the Phillaur police of not arresting the accused; Jalandhar (rural) SSP Harvinder Singh Virk says police teams are conducting raids at multiple locations to trace the girl

Pro-Khalistan slogans on walls Jalandhar cops book Pannun, 5 others

Jalandhar Rural senior superintendent of police (SSP) Harwvinder Singh Virk said three youths of a module being operated by Pannun through his foreign associates have been arrested for spray-painting anti-India slogans on the wall of State Public School and National College, both in Nakodar, and on a wall near Jalandhar bypass on the intervening night of February 13 and 14.

Punjab: Tension in Phillaur after SFJ vandalises glass around Ambedkar statue 

Security stepped up, search for accused underway after bid to create tension by banned terror outfit Sikhs for Justice.  

Row erupts after videos of pastor Bajinder assaulting woman, man surface

No complainant has approached us, and we are verifying the location of the incident from the videos: Jalandhar cops

Property registration work hit as revenue officers strike work in Jalandhar

Jalandhar deputy commissioner Himanshu Aggarwal assigned duties to 12 kanungos to initiate the work of registration of properties.

Punjab: Pastor Bajinder Singh booked for sexual harassment

Police said a case has been registered under sections 354 A (sexual harassment), 354 D (stalking), and 506 (criminal intimidation).

Punjab: 2 aides of Bishnoi-Brar gang held after shootout in Jalandhar, arms seized

Swapan Sharma, police commissioner of Jalandhar, said that the duo was in contact with fugitive gangster Goldy Brar and was planning a major crime in the city

Labourer killed in mishap at Bhogpur sugar mill in Jalandhar

A migrant labourer died after he slipped from the conveyor belt at Bhogpur sugar mill in Jalandhar district on Sunday

Punjab crime: Woman, daughter shot dead in Jalandhar, US-based son-in-law booked

Two assailants barge into house at Bhujewal village soon after woman’s husband leaves to drop grandson to school, open fire at point-blank range before setting the mother’s body on fire

Three sisters found dead in trunk in Punjab's Jalandhar

The three girls were reported missing Sunday night at Maqsudan Police Station by their parents when they did not find them home after returning from work.

SAD demands ‘adequate’ relief for flood-hit farmers

SAD president Sukhbir Singh Badal said the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government had betrayed the peasantry by limiting proposed disbursal of relief for paddy crop loss to five acres per farmer and announcing relief of ₹6,800 per acre as per Central government norms

35 hours & counting: Rescue ops on for man stuck in 70-ft-deep pit in Jalandhar

The rescuers are facing trouble as soft earth continued to cave in as they dug deeper to reach Suresh. A pond near the digging site is also posing a challenge, officials said.

Delhi-Katra expressway: Worker stuck in 70-feet deep trench in Jalandhar, rescue op on

The incident took place around 12.30 am when Suresh Kumar along with another technical expert Pawan went into the borewell to bring to free some part of the boring machine, which had got stuck underneath

NIA conducts raids at 2 houses in Jalandhar’s Dalewal village

As per information, the houses belong to UK residents Luvshinder Singh and Balwinder Singh, who are settled abroad for the last 35 years.

Punjab vigilance nabs patwari for charging exorbitant fee in Jalandhar

Punjab Vigilance Bureau has nabbed a patwari in Jalandhar district for charging ₹1,500 fee for the village map, the cost of which decided by the government is only ₹80