Peaceniks light candles at India-Pakistan borderATTARI BORDER - In what has become an annual ritual at the Attari-Wagah international border between India and Pakistan, peace activists from both sides assembled at the check post here Friday midnight to light candles and pledge for better relations between both sides. Drug racket busted in Punjab, four arrestedNAWANSHAHR - Punjab Police claimed to have busted a drug racket with the arrest of three Punjab residents and a non-resident Indian (NRI) here Friday. Police also seized 1.8 kg of heroin from their possession. Canadian man arrested with cannabis in PunjabLALRU - Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) sleuths Thursday arrested a Canadian national in Punjab and seized more than 2 kg charas (cannabis) from his possession. Skill training centre for Punjabi youthBATHINDA - India’s thrust on infrastructure has opened up new avenues of employment for the skilled and semi-skilled workforce. Punjab man killed in Italy, family awaits bodyDERABASSI - A 27-year-old man of this Punjab town was found dead in the Italian city of Milan and his grief-stricken family has now sought help from the government to bring his body back home. Fake currency seized in Punjab, four heldNAWANSHAHR - Punjab police busted a fake currency racket here and arrested four people including a resident of Nepal. Fake currency racket busted in PunjabNAWANSHAHR - Punjab Police claimed to have busted an inter-state gang of smugglers of fake currency with international links with the arrest of four people, including a Nepali here Monday. Counterfeit currency notes with the face value of Rs.565,000 have been recovered from their possession. ‘YouTube’ inspired youth to take away ATM in PunjabHOSHIARPUR - 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. Former minister’s son found shot dead in PunjabBATHINDA - Son of a former Akali Dal minister of Punjab was found murdered in his car in this Punjab town Sunday, police said. Vice principal arrested for molestation in PunjabMOHALI - The vice principal of a private school near this Punjab town was arrested Saturday evening on the charges of molesting an 11-year-old student, police said. Robbers take away the whole ATMHOSHIARPUR - 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. BSF raises its first women batallionFEROZEPUR - The Border Security Force (BSF) today inducted 178 women personnel for combat duties at its centre near Ferozepur in Punjab. Chidambaram refuses to comment on Musharraf’s Kargil remarksHOSHIARPUR - 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 borderHOSHIARPUR - 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. Youth spying for Pakistan held in PunjabFEROZPUR - An Indian national suspected of spying for Pakistan was arrested in Ferozepur district in Punjab. 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. Now women will guard the frontiersATTARI - They might not be taking on combat positions straightaway but women guards of the Border Security Force (BSF) will soon be deployed in Punjab villages along the 553-km fenced border between India and Pakistan. Sukhbir Badal files nomination for Punjab assembly seatJALALABAD - Punjab’s former deputy chief minister and Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal Monday filed his nomination papers as the party candidate from the Jalalabad assembly seat in Punjab’s border district of Ferozepur. IAF’s microlight aircraft makes emergency landingMUKTSAR - A microlight aircraft of the Indian Air Force on Monday made an emergency landing on Muktsar-Bhatinda road in Punjab’s Muktsar District following a technical snag in its engine. Rocket attacks: BSF discover another rocket near borderATTARI - Border Security Force (BSF) officials late Friday evening discovered the splinters of another rocket in the paddy fields outside Kaonke village in Attari area. They said it could have been fired along with the three other rockets from Pakistan on July 4. Rocket attacks: Pakistan playing blame game, says BSFATTARI - Border Security Force (BSF) officials Friday criticised Pakistan’s laxity in investigating the July 4 rocket attack on Indian territory and their failure to trace the guilty, saying their counterparts were not taking these attacks seriously and again indulging in a “blame game”. Efforts on to revive tradition of Sanjha Chulahs in Punjab
Ludhiana farmers welcome Union BudgetLALTONKALAN - Farmers of Laltonkalan village in Ludhiana district of Punjab have praised the Union Budget unveiled by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Monday, which focuses on increased spending on farmers and the poor. BSF chief visits Punjab border spot after ‘rocket’ attackATTARI - Amid security concerns in Punjab’s border belt following Saturday night’s ‘rocket’ attack on Indian territory from the Pakistani side, the Director General (DG) of the Border Security Force (BSF) M.L. Kumawat Monday visited the village site where the shells had fallen. Pakistan yet to respond to BSF protest after ‘rocket’ attackATTARI - Amidst security concerns in Punjab’s border belt following Saturday night’s ‘rocket’ attack on Indian territory from the Pakistani side, the Border Security Force (BSF) is awaiting a response from Pakistan Rangers regarding the incident. Two rocket shells fired on Punjab village from Pakistan sideDHANDE VILLAGE - Two rocket shells were fired from across the border into Punjab’s Dhande village on Saturday night. Pakistan terror group behind attack on Indian village?ATTARI - The possibility of Pakistan-based terror groups being behind a ‘rocket’ attack Saturday night near an Indian village is not being ruled out by Indian security officials. BSF investigates blasts near Attari borderATTARI - The Border Security Force (BSF) is investigating two blasts that occurred in a village along the fenced border between India and Pakistan Saturday night. Four Nigerians arrested with drugs in PunjabMOHALI - Punjab police Saturday claimed to have busted an international drug trafficking racket with the arrest of four Nigerian youths here. |
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FAZILIKA - Sanjha Chulha or, traditional common oven has been a part of Punjabi tradition for ages, however, it has been losing it popularity for quite some time.
