A suspected shooter in the Sidhu Moose Wala murder case has been arrested by the Punjab Police, sources said on Friday. The man is believed to be a part of the group that fired at the Punjab singer-politician. The 28-year-old rapper was shot dead in the Mansa district of the state on May 29. Nine […]
As many as 100 police personnel of the Fatehgarh Sahib Police early Thursday morning searched 20-25 flats at Homeland Society in Mohali.The Ropar Police are searching Eden Court on Landran road. The Mohali Police are at Jal Vayu Vihar since early morning. For the past one week, police have been searching three upscale housing societies […]
The single-day rise in new coronavirus infections in the country was recorded over 7,000 after 99 days, registering around 39 per cent jump in daily cases, while the daily positivity rate crossed 2 per cent after 111 days, the Union Health Ministry said on Thursday.A total of 7,240 infections were recorded in a span of […]
Thousands of people started coming early on Wedesday to attend the ‘Antim Ardas’ for Punjabi singer Sidhu Moosewala–who was shot dead on May 29–at Baharli Anaj Mandi in Mansa.Moosewala’s brutal killing sent shockwaves across the country and abroad, as thousands of his funs, supporters turned up at his residence after the news of his death. […]
The Vigilance Bureau has arrested former Punjab minister Sadhu Singh Dharamsot under the Prevention of Corruption Act.Official sources said he was arrested from Amloh in connection with the recent arrest of DFO Guramanpreet Singh in a corruption case. The arrested DFO and contractor Harminder Singh Hummy reportedly gave details to the bureau indicating wrongdoings in […]
The Enforcement Directorate on Monday conducted raids against arrested Delhi minister Satyendar Jain as part of a money-laundering investigation being conducted against him, officials said. The raids, including that at the residential premises of Jain in Delhi and certain other locations, are being conducted as part of a “follow up” in the case, they said. […]
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), without citing any incident particularly, asserted on Sunday that it respects all religions and strongly denounces insult of any religious personality. The BJP statement, however, can be seen as an attempt to defuse a controversy over comments allegedly made by party spokesperson Nupur Sharma against Prophet Mohammed, leading to violence […]
In a major setback to the Congress in Punjab, five of its leaders and former ministers Raj Kumar Verka, Balbir Singh Sidhu, Sunder Sham Arora, Gurpreet Singh Kangar and Kewal Dhillon joined the BJP here on Saturday.Those joining the BJP today also include former Congress MLA Amrik Dhilon, former SAD MLA Sarup Chand Singla and […]
A serious attempt was made to destabilise Punjab’s power supply on Saturday by removing at least 1200 clippings from the rail tracks between Sarai Banjara and Rajpura thermal power plant. While two rakes carrying coal passed through the tracks this morning, luckily there was no untoward accident. This has been done on the day there […]
Union home minister Amit Shah will meet the family of Punjabi singer and rapper Sidhu Moose Wala, whose murder last week sent shockwaves across the country. He will meet the family at Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) headquarters in Chandigarh or at a private hotel in Sector 35. The minister visited the city to inaugurate Khelo […]