Punjab-trained private guards for CWG

HOSHIARPUR - Trained guards from Punjab will help private security agencies to secure the venues of the 2010 Commonwealth Games (CWG) to be held in New Delhi October next year.

NRI family lands in Punjab jail, hours after marriage

HOSHIARPUR - A family of NRIs from Britain and the US, including a groom who rode an elephant for his wedding, his mother and his sisters, have landed in prison here — just hours after the ceremony.

Punjab cop flees with kids after murdering wife

HOSHIARPUR - A Punjab police cop Sunday evening brutally stabbed his wife to death in this Punjab town and then fled with his sons, police said.

‘YouTube’ inspired youth to take away ATM in Punjab

HOSHIARPUR - It took an ‘inspiration’ from a similar crime in California state in the US and posted on internet website ‘YouTube’ for two youth in this Punjab town to take away the automated teller machine (ATM) of a leading private bank here Friday.

Robbers take away the whole ATM

HOSHIARPUR - Unable to break open the Automated Teller Machine (ATM) of a private bank here, robbers took away the entire machine late Friday night.

Starry-eyed young women set to guard borders (To go with ‘BSF women step closer to creating history at the border’)

HOSHIARPUR - The 178 women, most of them from small towns and villages, inducted into the paramilitary Border Security Force (BSF) here Saturday to guard the international borders, are starry-eyed at the thought of being the first women in this job crucial to India’s security.

Chidambaram refuses to comment on Musharraf’s Kargil remarks

HOSHIARPUR - Home Minister P. Chidambaram Saturday refused to comment on former Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf’s remarks that the Kargil conflict in 1999 was a “big success” for Pakistan as it forced India to start talks on the Kashmir issue.

BSF women step closer to creating history at the border

HOSHIARPUR - As they thumped their feet into the ground for the final parade as trainees, they all knew that they are just a step away from their destination - of being the first women to be guarding India’s international borders.

Punjab farmers bring revolution with cooperative society

HOSHIARPUR - Farmers in Hoshiarpur district, who set up Farmers’ Produce Promotional Society (FAPRO) in 2001, have proved how an alert farming community can help bring about a revolution in farming.

Operation Bluestar: Eyes gone but soldier has no regrets

HOSHIARPUR - The last time the former soldier saw military action was when the army launched its assault on the Golden Temple complex in Amritsar 25 years ago to flush out armed militia as part of Operation Bluestar. Blinded after a burst of fire from inside the holiest of Sikh shrines hit him, Thakur Jagpal Singh shows no remorse.

Five of family killed in accident in Punjab

HOSHIARPUR - Five members of a family were killed and three others injured in a road accident here Sunday, police said.

Curfew in Hoshiarpur

HOSHIARPUR - Curfew was imposed in this Punjab town Monday following violent protests by members of the Dera Sachh Khand here who went on the rampage as news came in of an attack on leaders of the sect in the Austrian capital Vienna.

With a 289 margin, Punjab EVM develops snag

HOSHIARPUR - Counting for the Hoshiarpur Lok Sabha seat went through several tense hours Saturday afternoon when an electronic voting machine (EVM) developed a snag at a time when one candidate was leading over another by just 289 votes.

Afzal to be hanged when his turn comes: Rahul Gandhi

MOHALI/HOSHIARPUR - Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi Saturday said Afzal Guru, who is on death row after being convicted for the 2001 parliament attack, will be hanged when his ‘turn comes’.

BJP dividing the country: Rahul Gandhi

HOSHIARPUR - Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi Saturday attacked the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for trying to divide the country in various ways.

Radical Sikh group again voices ‘Khalistan’ demand

HOSHIARPUR - Radical group Dal Khalsa reiterated its demand for a separate Sikh homeland Wednesday, the 23rd anniversary of what it calls ‘Khalistan declaration day’.

Congress banks on Dera support in Punjab

HOSHIARPUR - The Congress is banking on the controversial Dera Sacha Sauda sect votes in the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections.

Alert sounded over theft of weapons in Punjab

HOSHIARPUR - Punjab Police has sounded a red alert in the state after a number of weapons and a large quantity of ammunition were stolen from a gun store here early Friday morning, officials said.The theft of weapons ahead of parliamentary elections has left police worried.

Weapons, ammunition stolen from gun shop in Punjab

HOSHIARPUR - A number of weapons and a large quantity of ammunition were stolen from a gun shop here early Friday morning, police said.

Hoshiarpur policeman providing facilities to underprivileged children

HOSHIARPUR - Ram Dayal, a policeman, lost his legs in an accident when he was on a UN Mission. But, this did not deter him, and he is doing his best to provide free education and facilities to underprivileged rural children of Punjab’s Hoshiarpur district.
“I was a member of police investigation team in 1999. I was selected to be a part of the United Nation’s mission to Kosovo. During the mission, I met with a train accident in Germany. I lost both my lower limbs in the accident and since then I have been using artificial limbs to walk,” he said.

Husband arrested over NRI wife’s murder in Punjab

HOSHIARPUR - The Punjab Police Saturday claimed to have solved the murder of an NRI woman with the arrest of her husband and two others.

NRI woman from Vancouver shot dead in Punjab village

HOSHIARPUR - A day before she was to fly back to Canada, an Indian woman based in Vancouver was Thursday shot dead by unidentified assailants at her village in Punjab’s Hoshiarpur district, the police said.