Six students killed in bus-train collision in Punjab

JALANDHAR - At least six children and the driver of a school bus were killed Wednesday morning when their vehicle collided with a passenger train at an unmanned railway crossing in Punjab’s Jalandhar district.

Four killed as school van collides with train in Punjab

JALANDHAR - At least four people have been killed, including three school children, and several others injured when a school van collided with the Ferozepur-Bathinda Express at a railway crossing at Gumtala village in Jalandhar on Wednesday morning.

Four killed, 15 injured in school bus-train collision

JALANDHAR - Three children and the driver taking them to school were killed Wednesday morning when their bus collided with passenger train at an unmanned railway crossing in Punjab’s Jalandhar district.

Three children, driver killed in school bus-train collision

JALANDHAR - At least four people, including three children, were killed and several injured Wednesday morning when their school bus collided with a passenger train at an unmanned railway crossing in Punjab’s Jalandhar district.

Punjabi films attract budding singers

JALANDHAR - Punjabi singers Gurdas Mann and Harbhajan Mann’s success is not just inspiring many youngsters towards singing but also instilling a feeling to take to acting world in Punjabi cinema.

Puran Shah Koti, the legendry guru of many Punjabi singers

JALANDHAR - Having dedicated his life to popularize Sufi music, Ustad Puran Shah Koti is today held in deep respect by some of the best known names of the Punjabi music world.

Advani slams UPA govt. policy on Nepal, Sri Lanka

KOLKATA/JALANDHAR - Senior Bharatiya Janata (BJP) leader LK Advani has pulled the incumbent UPA government up over its polices towards Nepal and Sri Lanka.

We don’t need certificate from anyone: Sonia Gandhi

JALANDHAR/CHANDIGARH - Appreciating Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh’s leadership to make Pakistan admit terrorists carrying out Mumbai terror attacks belonging to its soil, Congress President on Sunday said that her party did not require anyone’s certificate on the issue of fighting terrorism in the country.

Singer Hans Raj Hans to contest LS polls from Jalandhar on a SAD ticket

JALANDHAR - Punjabi sufi singer Hans Raj Hans will contest the general elections from the Jalandhar parliamentary constituency on a Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) ticket.

Ex-cricketer Azharuddin files nomination papers from Moradabad

MORADABAD/ JALANDHAR/COIMBATORE - Former cricket skipper and Congress candidate Mohammad Azharuddin filed his nomination papers from the Moradabad parliamentary constituency.

Punjabi girls redefining their role by joining police force

JALANDHAR - A growing number of Punjabi girls are taking to unconventional career streams and there is a growing interest among them to join the Punjab police force.

Jalandhar Sikhs intensify protests over clean chit to Tytler

JALANDHAR - Hundreds of Sikhs burnt effigies of Congress leaders, including party president Sonia Gandhi, and vandalized party’s office in Jalandhar as the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) gave clean chit to former Union Minister Jagdish Tytler in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots case.

Victims of anti-Sikh riots ransack Jalandhar Congress office

JALANDHAR - A group of protesters claiming to be victims of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots Saturday ransacked the main office of the Congress in this Punjab city.

Jalandhar youth stabbed to death in Glasgow

JALANDHAR - A family in this Punjab city has been left shattered after it received news that their son was stabbed to death in an unprovoked incident in Glasgow city in Scotland last week.

NRI arrested for raping minor daughter in Punjab

JALANDHAR - In a third shocking case of its kind in the country in the last two weeks, an NRI father was arrested by the Punjab police Saturday for allegedly raping his 13-year-old daughter.

Three die as water tank collapses

JALANDHAR - A game of cards under the shadow of a water tank in this Punjab city Saturday proved fatal for three factory workers when a part of the tank collapsed and fell on them.

Narrow escape for Pathankot-Delhi Express in Punjab

JALANDHAR - Hundreds of passengers of the Pathankot-Delhi Express train had a lucky escape Saturday as it was stopped by applying emergency brakes, barely 100 metres away from a stationary engine near here.

Badal to induct son as Punjab deputy chief minister

JALANDHAR/CHANDIGARH - Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal has decided to induct his son Sukhbir as deputy chief minister - probably the first case in Indian politics where a father and son will be holding such positions.

Vegetables, commodities’ shortages feared as truckers begin strike

CHANDIGARH/JALANDHAR - With truck operators beginning their nationwide strike, shortage of vegetables and other essential commodities is expected in markets across India.

Two Punjab schoolboys arrested for printing fake currency

JALANDHAR - Two teenaged schoolboys who wanted to become rich hit upon the idea of printing fake currency notes. However, they were caught when trying to palm off fake Rs.500 notes and handed over to police.