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muktsar news

Two killed, 3 injured in group clash over water channel in Muktsar

Two men were killed and three others injured during a clash between two groups over an irrigation channel at Kothe Dashmesh Nagar in Muktsar on Friday night.
Published on Feb 07, 2026 12:25 pm IST

Punjab: AAP returns to stage as 5 parties to slug it out at Maghi Mela

Preparations for the SAD rally in full swing at Muktsar on Tuesday. (Sanjeev Kumar/HT)
Published on Jan 14, 2026 03:58 am IST

Rural body polls: Congress number 2, but drubbing in key bastions a worry

In the block samiti, the Congress won 612 of 2,838 seats, far below the expectations for a party that has traditionally been a dominant political force in the state.
Published on Dec 19, 2025 09:04 am IST

Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann targets Badals over civic neglect, drugs in their home district

The Punjab CM also targeted SAD chief Sukhbir Singh Badal, alleging that he publicly admitted wrongdoings before the Akal Takht only to end long-standing political disputes. (HT File)
Published on Nov 03, 2025 06:26 am IST

2 nabbed with 4kg heroin in Muktsar

The heroin seized by police.
Published on Sept 20, 2025 08:04 am IST

Wild cats spotted in Muktsar village, forest dept sets up cages

Wild cats pair spotted near Sangu Dhaun village in Muktsar.
Published on May 16, 2025 09:48 am IST

Muktsar village sarpanch disqualified over conviction in 2014 criminal case

The Punjab and Haryana high court on October 30, 2015, had suspended the sentence of the sarpanch in Mukstar. (Shutterstock)
Published on Mar 08, 2025 09:46 am IST

Gharial rescued from Muktsar may have swept downstream from Harike: Experts

Punjab’s chief wildlife warden Dharminder Sharma said the gharial was a sub-adult, under 10 years of age. It is uncommon for gharials to stray so far from their natural habitat, he added. (HT Photo)
Updated on Jan 24, 2025 07:48 am IST

All eyes on Muktsar Maghi Mela

Preparation for SAD rally in full swing at Muktsar on Monday. (Sanjeev Kumar/HT)
Updated on Jan 14, 2025 06:50 am IST

Punjab records 147 fresh farm fires

Despite stringent action against defaulters, farm fire cases are being recorded from different parts of Punjab. (HT File)
Updated on Nov 23, 2024 08:26 am IST

Police to look into Gidderbaha panchayat poll aspirants’ complaints of bias

Muktsar SSP Tushar Gupta on Thursday asked SP (headquarters) Kamalpreet Singh Chahal to look into complaints of bias in the rejection of nomination papers of panchayat election aspirants from 29 villages of Gidderbaha assembly constituency. (Photo: X)
Published on Oct 11, 2024 02:02 pm IST

{Rejection of nomination papers} State election panel summons Gidderbaha SDM, 4 other officials

Warring alleged that nominations were cancelled after several candidates were allocated election symbols. (HT File)
Updated on Oct 09, 2024 10:30 pm IST

Jamun cultivation a juicy delight for farmers of Fazilka & Muktsar

A cluster of about five villages from Fazilka and Muktsar districts have emerged as a horticulture model by earning an additional income from jamun cultivation, a fruit that hardly needs any investment. (Sanjeev Kumar/HT)
Updated on Jul 22, 2024 06:34 am IST

Rain triggers waterlogging in south Malwa

Commuters wade through a waterlogged road on the Power House road in Bathinda on Saturday. (Sanjeev Kumar/HT)
Published on Jul 06, 2024 10:48 pm IST

15-year-old gangraped in Nakodar, 8 arrested

A 15-year-old girl who came to Nakodar from Muktsar to pay obeisance at a ‘dera’ was raped by eight persons, police said on Sunday. (Representational image)
Updated on Apr 22, 2024 07:36 am IST

Tributes paid to former Punjab CM Parkash Singh Badal

INLD supremo Om Prakash Chautala, senior Akali leader Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa and others attend a meeting organised to commemorate the first death anniversary of former Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal, at Badal village in Muktsar on Sunday. (PTI)
Updated on Mar 11, 2024 08:48 am IST

Man shot dead by friends after argument in Muktsar

Muktsar senior superintendent of police (SSP) Bhagirath Singh Meena said the main accused Luvpreet Singh Chahal was arrested and the weapon and an SUV used in the crime were also recovered.
Updated on Dec 22, 2023 08:32 am IST

Punjab: Youngster shot dead by friends after argument in Muktsar

A 22-year-old man was shot dead by his estranged friends after an argument in Muktsar on Wednesday night. (Representational photo)
Published on Dec 21, 2023 03:08 pm IST

Punjab VB team raids grain markets to check bogus billing

Following a complaint by the food, civil supplies and consumer affairs secretary, Gurkirat Kirpal Singh about bogus purchase in grain markets on Diwali, nearly 40 teams of the Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB) raided various grain markets to access stock of paddy procured in the wee hours on Tuesday. (HT File Photo)
Updated on Nov 15, 2023 06:06 am IST

Farm fires back in Punjab, 214 cases reported in fortnight

Farmers burn stubble after harvest a paddy crop in field. Amritsar, on Saturday. (Sameer Sehgal/HT)
Updated on Oct 01, 2023 11:01 pm IST

Bar council calls for suspension of work over lawyer’s ‘custodial torture’

The Bar Council of Punjab and Haryana (BCPH) on Monday exhorted all the Bar associations in two states and Chandigarh to suspend work on Tuesday in protest against alleged torture of a lawyer in Muktsar. (Getty Images/iStockphoto/ Representational image)
Updated on Sept 26, 2023 01:11 am IST

Muktsar bus mishap: Search op on; villagers demand widening of bridge

Members of farmer unions staged a protest at a toll plaza near Warring village on Muktsar-Kotkapura road on wednesday. (HT photo)
Published on Sept 21, 2023 12:53 am IST

2-crore blood money paid, Muktsar man to return from Saudi Arabia

Balwinder Singh (HT photo)
Updated on Sept 08, 2023 12:04 am IST

285 cr released for flood relief in Punjab, says minister Jimpa

Punjab revenue, rehabilitation and disaster management minister Bram Shanker Jimpa on Saturday said that chief minister Bhagwant Mann has released 285.32 crore to all 23 districts of Punjab to compensate the flood damage till August 31.
Updated on Sept 03, 2023 12:10 am IST

3 held for killing Muktsar man, staging murder as hit and run

The accused have been identified as Jaswinder Singh, Jatinder Singh and Rupinder Singh. (Representational Photo)
Updated on Apr 29, 2023 12:54 am IST

Sex-test racket busted in Ferozepur, two held

The Faridkot health department busted a sex-determination racket with the arrest of two people at Alewala village of Ferozepur district.
Updated on Apr 15, 2023 12:51 am IST

Wheat arrival picks up in Punjab mandis

Farmers use a combine harvester in a wheat field during harvesting season in Amritsar on Wednesday. (PTI)
Updated on Apr 13, 2023 01:26 am IST

Punjab’s Malwa region witnesses lean buying

Officials attribute lean procurement activity to slow harvesting in the region. (HT Photo)
Updated on Apr 12, 2023 12:40 am IST

Harvesting wheat crop another challenge for rain-hit Punjab farmers

With at least 14 lakh hectares (40 per cent) of 34.90 lakh hectares of wheat sown in Punjab impacted by rain, high-velocity winds and hailstorm, another challenge that farmers face now is difficulty in harvesting the crop
Updated on Apr 05, 2023 01:22 am IST

Sukhbir, Harsimrat lead Akali chakka jam against farm bills

Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal and Bathinda MP Harsimrat Kaur Badal during a protest against the farm bills at their native Lambi village in Muktsar district on Friday.
Published on Sept 25, 2020 04:56 pm IST