Hunt on for kingpin of IELTS exam racketPATIALA - Searches were conducted at various places in Punjab and Haryana to arrest the kingpin of a multi-million Rupee racket in the global online English proficiency test exposed Saturday, police said Monday. Devout criminal exposed by CCTV camerasPATIALA - Technology in the hands of god proved to be the nemesis for a ‘religious-minded’ criminal in Punjab when he was caught with the help of CCTV cameras, police said Wednesday. The CCTV footage revealed that the criminal had looted a bank and had then made an offering with the stolen money to a Hindu temple here. Punjab police solve jewellery shop heist, arrest 7PATIALA - The Punjab police have arrested seven people here and recovered stolen gold and diamond jewellery worth Rs.7.3 million from their possession, an official said here Sunday. ‘Punjab equipped to curb ISI designs on reviving militancy’PATIALA - Punjab’s police chief Sunday said that Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) spy agency was trying to revive Sikh militancy in the state but this would be curbed. Punjab Police bust gang of bank robbers, arrest sixPATIALA - With the arrest of six men here, Punjab Police Monday claimed to have busted an inter-state gang involved in bank robberies in Himachal Pradesh and Haryana. Adulterated dairy products seized in PunjabPATIALA - Officials in Punjab have seized huge quantities of spurious diary products from storehouses here on Wednesday. 20,000 sacks of sugar seized by Punjab policePATIALA - Punjab Police has seized around 20,000 sacks of sugar and arrested two persons at Rajpura in Patiala district. Punjab Police recover arms and explosives from militants’ in PatialaPATIALA - Punjab police on Friday arrested three persons in Patiala, including two suspected militants, and recovered large cache of weapons and 2.5 kilograms of RDX from their possession. Honour killing in Punjab goes wrong, leaves woman deadPATIALA - Even as a 21-year-old man was lynched by the girl’s family in neighbouring Haryana in a case of honour killing Wednesday, a similar incident of honour killing in Punjab went wrong when the mother of a youth was killed as she tried to save her son from his angry father-in-law. 4 Punjab power board employees arrested for attacking journalistsPATIALA - Four employees of the Punjab State Electricity Board (PSEB) were arrested for allegedly attacking three journalists of a Hindi daily newspaper here Thursday, said the police. Policy soon to deal with racial discrimination abroad: Preneet KaurPATIALA - The central government would soon formulate a policy to deal with racial discrimination against Indians abroad, Minister of State for External Affairs Preneet Kaur said here Saturday. Parents of students in Australia hold protest march in PunjabPATIALA - Worried parents of students studying in Australia Tuesday held a march here to protest against a series of racist attacks on Indian students in that country and demanded a delegation be sent to get full information. Violence rocks Punjab over Vienna Gurdwara shootoutPHAGWARA/JALANDHAR/PATIALA/AMRITSAR - Several parts of Punjab are experiencing and witnessing heavy bouts of violence in protest of a shooting incident that took place on Sunday in Austrian capital Vienna inside a Sikh Gurdwara. Bomb explosion in waste dump kills five in PunjabPATIALA - At least five people, including two women and a child, were killed when an unused armament shell exploded at a waste dump in Patiala of Punjab on Monday evening. Five killed as shell in metal scrap explodesPATIALA - Five people, including a girl and two women, were killed and two others were injured in this Punjab town Monday evening, as a shell in a heap of scrap exploded, police said. Four killed as shell in metal scrap explodesPATIALA - Four people, including a woman, were killed and three others injured in this Punjab town Monday evening, as an unexploded shell in a heap of scrap exploded, police said. Four killed as shell in metal scrap explodesPATIALA - Four people, including a woman, were killed and three others injured in this Punjab town Monday evening, as an unexploded shell in a heap of scrap exploded, police said. Barkat Sidhu keeping the joy of Sufi singing alivePATIALA - Barkat Sidhu, an exponent of the Patiala gharana, is a sufi singer whose soul-stirring voice moves the listeners with the poetry of timeless poets like Bulleh Shah and Shah Hussain Farid. Fire breaks in forest area in PunjabPATIALA - A major fire broke out in the forest area of Bhadson in this Punjab district Sunday, spreading over a two km area, police said. Amarinder Singh questioned by vigilance teamPATIALA - Former Punjab chief minister and senior Congress leader Amarinder Singh was Sunday questioned by state vigilance department officials at his private palace in this Punjab town, 80 km from Chandigarh. Five infants perish in Punjab hospital firePATIALA - At least five infants were burnt alive when a fire broke out in the photo-therapy ward of the government-run Rajindra Hospital in Punjab’s Patiala town early Saturday, hospital authorities said. Five infants killed in Punjab hospital firePATIALA - At least five infants were burnt to death in a fire that broke out in the phototherapy ward of the government-run Rajindra Hospital in Punjab’s Patiala town early Saturday, hospital authorities said. Sukhbir Badal unfurls tricolour in Amarinder’s hometownPATIALA/CHANDIGARH - Newly appointed Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal made a political statement during Republic Day celebrations Monday by unfurling the national flag in Patiala, the hometown of former Congress chief minister Amarinder Singh. Woman official in Punjab attempts suicidePATIALA - A woman revenue official in Punjab has been admitted to a hospital here after she attempted suicide in this town, 80 km from Chandigarh, police officials said Thursday. |