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IAF Apache helicopter makes precautionary landing in Punjab’s Pathankot

Pilot, co-pilot safe and no casualty or damage at Haler village that falls under Nangal Bhur police station’s jurisdiction.

Apache helicopters of the Indian Air Force. The precautionary landing by an Apache helicopter due to a technical snag during a routine sortie at Haler village in Punjab’s Pathankot district comes exactly after a week after a similar landing in UP’s Saharanpur. (PTI file photo)

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Published on Jun 13, 2025 04:58 PM IST

BySurjit Singh

‘Pakistanis came in Indian Airways…’: Tharoor tells when Pak lost ‘last’ chance

Tharoor slammed Pakistan’s handling of the Pathankot probe, saying its investigators visited Indian bases but returned blaming India for the attack.

Speaking at the interaction organised by the Consulate General of India in New York, Shashi Tharoor reiterated India’s clear message to Pakistan.(via HT)

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Updated on May 26, 2025 07:04 AM IST

ByLingamgunta Nirmitha Rao

Life returning to normal in Punjab's border districts

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Published on May 12, 2025 11:31 AM IST

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Projectile hits forest hill in Kangra, no casualty

Kangra deputy commissioner Hemraj Bairwa said the projectile hit an uninhabited area and no one was injured. He added that splinters were also found at a few places in the district.

A projectile hit a forest hill at Damtal village in Himachal’s Kangra district on Saturday. (HT Photo)

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Published on May 11, 2025 08:22 AM IST

ByShailee Dogra, Shimla

HRTC suspends night bus services to some Punjab cities, Jammu

According to the data, around 25 Himachal buses ply on these routes. The buses en route to Mata Vaishno Devi shrine in Katra have been called back.

The move comes amid attacks in these areas as tensions between India and Pakistan continue to escalate. (HT File)

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Published on May 10, 2025 08:02 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Shimla

Pak resorts to heavy shelling after India thwarts its airstrikes | 10 updates

Amid rising tensions, India neutralised drone and missile attacks from Pakistan targeting military installations. The BSF stopped a major infiltration attempt.

A security personnel stands next to a house destroyed by Pakistani artillery shelling at the Salamabad village in Uri, about 110kms from Srinagar on Thursday. (AFP)

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Updated on May 09, 2025 07:42 AM IST

ByHT News Desk | Edited by Aniruddha Dhar, New Delhi

'No losses': Military confirms missile-drone attack by Pakistan on 3 bases

The Indian Armed Forces said that the threat was neutralised by as per SoP with kinetic & non-kinetic means.

View of a blackout in the city, amid cross border shelling from Pakistan in the wake of 'Operation Sindoor', in Jammu, Thursday, May 8, 2025.(PTI)

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Updated on May 09, 2025 04:01 AM IST

ByHT News Desk

Schools in Punjab border districts to remain closed

This comes after the military strikes were carried out under ‘Operation Sindoor’, two weeks after the massacre of 26 civilians in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam.

Students return home after schools closed, following the air strike by India on terrorists in Pakistan, in Amritsar on Wednesday. (Sameer Sehgal/Hindustan Times)

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Published on May 08, 2025 05:32 AM IST

ByHTC, Chandigarh

Wife of BSF constable detained by Pakistan Rangers leaves for Pathankot

She left with her eight-year-old son saying she wants to meet her husband’s commanding officer at Pathankot.

Rajani, the wife of BSF constable Purnab Kumar Shaw who is in Pakistan custody, at her residence in Hooghly’s Rishra, West Bengal. (PTI Photo)

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Updated on Apr 28, 2025 03:45 PM IST

ByTanmay Chatterjee

Illegal arms smuggling module busted in Pathankot, 2 arrested

One 9 mm Glock pistol, one .30-bore pistol, two .32-bore pistols, four magazines and 39 cartridges were recovered from them, says Punjab DGP

The weapons seized by police in Pathankot, Punjab.

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Published on Mar 07, 2025 07:34 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Chandigarh

BSF foils intrusion bid, guns down Pakistani intruder in Pathankot

BSF observed suspicious movement across near the Tashpatan border outpost (BoP) in Pathankot. The intruder was challenged by the personnel but paid no heed and kept moving towards the fence. Sensing threat, the personnel neutralised him.

The Border Security Force shot dead an intruder and foiled an infiltration bid along the international border in Pathankot early on Wednesday. (Representational photo)

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Published on Feb 26, 2025 11:36 AM IST

ByRavi Krishnan Khajuria

Mohali: 15-year jail for 31-year-old man caught with restricted injections

The police said Kumar was apprehended from near a T-point near Gurudwara Sahib, Booth Market, Sunny Enclave, Kharar, based on suspicion while ASI Kewal Singh, along with a police party, was patrolling the area

A Mohali special court also imposed a fine of <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>1.50 lakh on convict Rohit Kumar, of Pathankot. (Getty image)

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Updated on Aug 09, 2024 08:56 AM IST

ByNikhil Sharma, Mohali

Warring urges Jaishankar for help in search of missing Pathankot crew member

Former Navy officer Rajinder Singh, 59, who hails from Pathankot, is among the six missing crew members.

Congress MP Amarinder Singh Raja Warring

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Updated on Jul 28, 2024 07:10 AM IST

ByTarsem Singh Deogan, Ludhiana

12 injured after bus falls into Beas near Manali

All the injured persons were rushed to local hospitals in Manali and were discharged after being administered emergency medical care

The bus lying on the banks on the Beas river near Manali. (Aqil Khan/HT)

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Updated on Jul 27, 2024 10:04 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Shimla

Punjab guv Purohit to embark on 3-day visit to border villages from July 23

Amid spike in terror activities in the adjoining Jammu region, Punjab governor Banwarilal Purohit will be on a three-day tour of border villages of Punjab from July 23 to 25

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Updated on Jul 22, 2024 06:26 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent

Pathankot man arrested for issuing bomb threat leaflets

The police on Sunday arrested a man for scattering threatening pamphlets on Daki Road in Balaji Nagar in Pathankot

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Updated on Jul 22, 2024 06:18 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent

Punjab exports first shipment of Pathankot’s litchi to England

According to horticulture minister Chetan Singh Jouramajra, efforts will be made to export other horticultural crops as well in collaboration with the horticulture department and the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority.

The litchi cultivation in Punjab covers 3,250 hectares with production of approximately 13,000 metric tonnes, says horticulture minister Chetan Singh Jouramajra. (Picture for representational purpose only)

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Published on Jun 30, 2024 10:05 PM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Chandigarh

Pathankot resident held with banned injections, gets 10-yr-jail

Police recovered 10 intoxicating injections, including Pheniramene Maleate Kevil 10 ml, 10 syringes and 10 intoxicating injections of Buprenorphine I P Omegesic 2 ml from his possession. Kumar could not produce any license or permit for possessing the same

The convict, identified as Rohit Kumar of Pathankot alias Happy was convicted by the special court of Avtar Singh on Wednesday under Section 22 of NDPS Act. (Stock photo)

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Updated on Apr 01, 2024 08:02 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Mohali

EC transfers five SSPs in Punjab for fair Lok Sabha elections

Election Commission said officials have been transferred as a pre-emptive measure to dispel any apprehensions of the administration being biased or perceived to be compromised.

Punjab chief electoral officer (CEO) Sibin C said on Thursday that the Election Commission had transferred Himanshu Aggarwal as the Jalandhar DC and Sarangal as the Gurdaspur DC. (HT Photo)

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Updated on Mar 21, 2024 07:49 PM IST

ByHT Correspondent

Farmers’ Bharat Bandh call leaves commuters stranded as buses stay off roads in Punjab

Punjab Roadways, Punbus and PRTC Contract Workers’ Union are supporting the SKM’s bandh call. During the day, farmers held demonstrations at many places across Punjab under the banner of the SKM.

Members of the trade union and Saunkat Kisan Morcha during a protest in Bathinda on Friday. (Sanjeev Kumar/HT)

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Updated on Feb 17, 2024 07:54 AM IST

ByHT Correspondents, Chandigarh/jalandhar/bathinda/amritsar

Ludhiana: Facebook friend, four aides kidnap, gang-rape married woman

The Jamalpur police lodged an FIR against the accused identified as Maskeen of Tarn Taran, Gaggu and Sharif, while two accused are yet to be identified

The accused gang-raped her repeatedly and held her captive for 15 days. (HT)

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Updated on Feb 17, 2024 05:10 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Ludhiana

BJP workers welcome Ayodhya-bound special trains with flowers at Ludhiana Railway Station

The train was shown the green flag by the BJP’s district president Rajnish Dhiman at at Ludhiana Railway Station

Train from Pathankot to Ayodhya being welcomed by the BJP workers at Ludhiana Railway Station on Friday. (HT Photo)

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Updated on Feb 10, 2024 06:32 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Ludhiana

Bodies of two missing tourists found near Billing

Police had launched a search and rescue operation on Monday after Abhinandan’s friends filed a missing report at the Bir police station

Kangra additional superintendent of police Bir Bahadur said that after the post-mortem, the bodies have been handed over to the relatives and the matter is being investigated (iStock)

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Updated on Feb 08, 2024 06:10 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Dharamshala

Punjab and Haryana HC orders to shift all 258 MBBS students of Chintpurni Medical College to other institutes

The first writ petition was filed by 51 students in July 2023 and later a group of 65 students filed another writ petition.

The Punjab and Haryana high court ordered the National Medical Commission (NMC) and the Punjab government to shift all 258 students of Chintpurni Medical College in Pathankot to other colleges

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Updated on Jan 17, 2024 09:00 AM IST

ByTarsem Singh Deogan, Ludhiana

Pathankot: Congress ex-MLA held in illegal mining case

Poclain machine and a tipper were also recovered from the spot; on the statement of the mining officer, a case will be registered against all the accused

“Former Congress MLA from Bhoa, Joginder Pal, was arrested after he was found involved in illegal mining”, said a spokesperson in a press release. (File)

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Updated on Dec 30, 2023 08:34 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Pathankot

Punjab VB team raids grain markets to check bogus billing

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. Suspecting foul play in a paddy purchase on Diwali, Gurkirat Kirpal Singh on Monday has asked the VB to investigate the matter.

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)

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Updated on Nov 15, 2023 06:06 AM IST

ByVishal Rambani, Chandigarh

Pathankot: Inter-state liquor smuggling racket busted, 3 held

The arrested individuals have been identified as Surinder Kumar alias Sonu Daung, Manik alias Ajay Mahajan, and Shiv Kumar alias Chiku of HP.

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Updated on Nov 03, 2023 08:22 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Amritsar

"Won't allow forces luring Hindus for conversion", says Bageshwar Dham chief Dhirendra Shastri

Bageshwar Dham Chief Dhirendra Shastri has once again sparked the debate on Sanatana when he said that he wants the foreign powers not to enter Temples, Gurudwara and lure innocent Hindus.

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Updated on Oct 23, 2023 10:54 AM IST

ByHT Analytics

ED raids ex-minister Lal Singh’s educational trust in PMLA case

ED sleuths conducted searches in the money laundering case being probed by the Central Bureau of Investigation

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Updated on Oct 18, 2023 05:16 AM IST

ByRavi Krishnan Khajuria, Jammu

Who was Shahid Latif, Pathankot attack conspirator, killed in Pakistan?

An alleged commander of the Jaish-e-Mohammad, Shahid Latif was one of the main handlers of the Pathankot attackers.

Shahid Latif was killed near Masjid Noor in Sialkot's Daska on Wednesday.

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Updated on Oct 11, 2023 03:10 PM IST

ByPoulomi Ghosh

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Pilot, co-pilot safe and no casualty or damage at Haler village that falls under Nangal Bhur police station’s jurisdiction.

Tharoor slammed Pakistan’s handling of the Pathankot probe, saying its investigators visited Indian bases but returned blaming India for the attack.

Life returning to normal in Punjab's border districts

Kangra deputy commissioner Hemraj Bairwa said the projectile hit an uninhabited area and no one was injured. He added that splinters were also found at a few places in the district.

According to the data, around 25 Himachal buses ply on these routes. The buses en route to Mata Vaishno Devi shrine in Katra have been called back.

Amid rising tensions, India neutralised drone and missile attacks from Pakistan targeting military installations. The BSF stopped a major infiltration attempt.

The Indian Armed Forces said that the threat was neutralised by as per SoP with kinetic & non-kinetic means.

This comes after the military strikes were carried out under ‘Operation Sindoor’, two weeks after the massacre of 26 civilians in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam.

She left with her eight-year-old son saying she wants to meet her husband’s commanding officer at Pathankot.

One 9 mm Glock pistol, one .30-bore pistol, two .32-bore pistols, four magazines and 39 cartridges were recovered from them, says Punjab DGP

BSF observed suspicious movement across near the Tashpatan border outpost (BoP) in Pathankot. The intruder was challenged by the personnel but paid no heed and kept moving towards the fence. Sensing threat, the personnel neutralised him.

The police said Kumar was apprehended from near a T-point near Gurudwara Sahib, Booth Market, Sunny Enclave, Kharar, based on suspicion while ASI Kewal Singh, along with a police party, was patrolling the area

Former Navy officer Rajinder Singh, 59, who hails from Pathankot, is among the six missing crew members.

All the injured persons were rushed to local hospitals in Manali and were discharged after being administered emergency medical care

Amid spike in terror activities in the adjoining Jammu region, Punjab governor Banwarilal Purohit will be on a three-day tour of border villages of Punjab from July 23 to 25

The police on Sunday arrested a man for scattering threatening pamphlets on Daki Road in Balaji Nagar in Pathankot

According to horticulture minister Chetan Singh Jouramajra, efforts will be made to export other horticultural crops as well in collaboration with the horticulture department and the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority.

Police recovered 10 intoxicating injections, including Pheniramene Maleate Kevil 10 ml, 10 syringes and 10 intoxicating injections of Buprenorphine I P Omegesic 2 ml from his possession. Kumar could not produce any license or permit for possessing the same

Election Commission said officials have been transferred as a pre-emptive measure to dispel any apprehensions of the administration being biased or perceived to be compromised.

Punjab Roadways, Punbus and PRTC Contract Workers’ Union are supporting the SKM’s bandh call. During the day, farmers held demonstrations at many places across Punjab under the banner of the SKM.

The Jamalpur police lodged an FIR against the accused identified as Maskeen of Tarn Taran, Gaggu and Sharif, while two accused are yet to be identified

The train was shown the green flag by the BJP’s district president Rajnish Dhiman at at Ludhiana Railway Station

Police had launched a search and rescue operation on Monday after Abhinandan’s friends filed a missing report at the Bir police station

The first writ petition was filed by 51 students in July 2023 and later a group of 65 students filed another writ petition.

Poclain machine and a tipper were also recovered from the spot; on the statement of the mining officer, a case will be registered against all the accused

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. Suspecting foul play in a paddy purchase on Diwali, Gurkirat Kirpal Singh on Monday has asked the VB to investigate the matter.

The arrested individuals have been identified as Surinder Kumar alias Sonu Daung, Manik alias Ajay Mahajan, and Shiv Kumar alias Chiku of HP.

Bageshwar Dham Chief Dhirendra Shastri has once again sparked the debate on Sanatana when he said that he wants the foreign powers not to enter Temples, Gurudwara and lure innocent Hindus.

ED sleuths conducted searches in the money laundering case being probed by the Central Bureau of Investigation

An alleged commander of the Jaish-e-Mohammad, Shahid Latif was one of the main handlers of the Pathankot attackers.

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