Punjab

Malbros producing dangerous chemicals without nod from Punjab Pollution Control Board

Chandigarh: The management of the Malbros liquor manufacturing factory at Zira has not informed the Punjab Pollution Control Board that…

1 year ago

Disconnect between Punjab Chief Secretary and Chief Minister’s Office sparked spat with Governor

Chandigarh: After the major embarrassment caused to Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann in the spat with the Punjab Governor, the question…

1 year ago

Alarm bells ringing in Punjab

The recent attack on a police station in the border district of Taran Tarn was the fifth of its type…

1 year ago

Punjab Governor puts CM Bhagwant Mann on mat over shunting of top cop from Chandigarh 

Chandigarh:  Punjab Governor and UT Administrator Banwari Lal Purohit has in a hard-hitting reply to Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann informed…

1 year ago

Ex-IAS officer questions Punjab Vigilance Bureau mandate to quiz him in Rs1,000 crore scam

Chandigarh: KBS Sidhu, the retired IAS officer, suspected to be involved in the Rs 1000 crore Irrigation Department scam has…

1 year ago

Mining mafia gains as Punjab fails to adopt Centre’s strict mining law

Chandigarh: Punjab government has failed to adopt the country’s new amended mining and minor minerals Act of 2015 that is…

1 year ago

Terrorists launch grenade attack on police station in Punjab border village 

Chandigarh: Terrorists attacked a police station in Punjab's border district of Tarn Taran with a rocket-propelled grenade last night, police…

1 year ago

Ex-IAS officer KBS Sidhu called for questioning in Rs1,000 crore Irrigation Dept. scam

The Punjab Vigilance Bureau has summoned KBS Sidhu IAS (retired), the then Additional Chief Secretary of the state’s Irrigation Dept,…

1 year ago

Another FIR to be filed against Punjab ex-Minister Dharmsot in Forest Dept. scam

Chandigarh: The Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB) has decided to register a fresh FIR under the Prevention of Corruption Act against…

1 year ago

Foreign-made guns continue to be registered in Punjab despite Central Govt ban

Chandigarh: The registration of thousands of foreign-made weapons continues in Punjab in gross violation of a Union Home Ministry order…

1 year ago

Three proclaimed offenders in sacrilege cases continue to dodge Punjab police for over a year

Chandigarh: The Punjab police has not been able to arrest three accused in the sacrilege cases even though 16 months…

1 year ago

IGP’s report exposes politician-gangster nexus in Punjab

Chandigarh: A report submitted by then Inspector General of Police (IGP) of Punjab’s Organised Crime Control Unit (OCCU) has made…

1 year ago

NIA launches raids to bust gangster-terror nexus in 5 states

New Delhi: In a fresh crackdown on the gangster-terrorist nexus, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Tuesday morning launched massive…

1 year ago

3 top IPS officers indicted for letting accused in custodial rape, extortion case go scot-free

Chandigarh: The Police Complaints Authority (PCA) has indicted three top IPS officers for conducting a shoddy investigation without applying their…

1 year ago

Security agencies gain upper hand over Pakistan-backed terror groups operating in Punjab

Coordinated efforts of the security agencies have given a severe blow to the operations of Pakistan’s ISI-backed gangsters-turned-terrorists in Punjab…

1 year ago

Ex-Minister’s trial in Forest Dept. scam held up as Punjab govt fails to give nod

Chandigarh: The court trial of former Punjab minister Sadhu Singh Dharmsot in the Forest Department corruption scandal has been held…

1 year ago

Gangster-turned-Khalistani Harvinder Rinda dies in Lahore military hospital due to drug overdose

Chandigarh:  Gangster-turned-Khalistani terrorist Harvinder Sandhu alias Rinda, 34, died in a Pakistan military hospital in Lahore today evening due to…

2 years ago

University owned by AAP MP in Punjab cleared of cheating charges in land deal 

Chandigarh: The Department of Rural Development and Panchayats, Punjab, has come to the conclusion that the Lovely Professional University (LPU),…

2 years ago

ED attaches Dubai bungalow of Ludhiana biz man in Rs 5600 crore scam but Punjab cops drag feet

Chandigarh: While the Punjab police have failed to arrest one of the main accused in the Rs 5,600 crore National…

2 years ago

Earthquake rocks Punjab

An earthquake measuring 4.1 on the Richter scale occurred near Amritsar in Punjab early on Monday morning according to the…

2 years ago

Anti-Badal lobby in SGPC gets stronger as BJP comes closer to Sikhs

Chandigarh: The BJP seems to be succeeding in moving closer to the Sikhs, going by the SGPC election results on…

2 years ago