AAP demands CBI probe against Majithia

Last Updated: Thursday, January 9, 2014, 22:23

AAP on Thursday demanded CBI probe into the alleged involvement of Punjab Cabinet Minister Bikram Majithia in a drug racket case and urged for his removal.

Six crushed to death under truck while crossing road

Last Updated: Thursday, January 2, 2014, 12:56

Six persons, including two women and a child, were on Thursday crushed to death when they came under the wheels of a truck while crossing a road on Jalandhar-Pathankot national highway.

Freezing chill intensifies; Adampur coldest at minus 2.4 C

Last Updated: Monday, December 30, 2013, 13:19

Freezing cold waves swept across Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh on Monday with most places registering season`s coldest night even as Adampur in Jalandhar district was the coldest place in the plains at minus 2.4 degrees Celsius.

India defeat New Zealand to win Women`s Kabaddi World Cup

Last Updated: Thursday, December 12, 2013, 23:42

India clinched the Women`s Kabaddi World Cup championship for the third time in a row, defeating debutant New Zealand 49-21 in the summit clash played at Guru Gobind Singh sports complex here Thursday.

Doctor caught red-handed doing abortion during raid

Last Updated: Thursday, December 12, 2013, 22:35

In a raid conducted by a team of health department officials, a female doctor was on Thursday caught red-handed for carrying out abortion in outskirts of the city here.

Train passengers stranded for 3 hrs on Amritsar-Delhi route

Last Updated: Thursday, October 17, 2013, 14:29

The trains remained stranded between Bhattian and Phillaur railway stations on Jalandhar-Ludhiana rail section of Amritsar-Delhi down line railway track.

Jalandhar to get CNG in 12-18 months

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 16, 2013, 12:00

After Delhi, Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) supplies to automobiles and piped cooking gas for households will commence in Jalandhar in the next 18 months.

Tunda`s involvement in 1997 Jalandhar blasts suspected: GRP

Last Updated: Monday, August 19, 2013, 22:33

Lashkar-e-Toiba terrorist Abdul Karim Tunda, arrested three days back from the Indo-Nepal border, is suspected to be involved in the 1997 Jalandhar blasts also, the Government Railway Police (GRP) has said.

408 child labourers rescued in Punjab

Last Updated: Monday, July 8, 2013, 17:19

Labour department in Punjab has successfully rescued over 408 children engaged as child labour in the state.

Complaint against BJP member for uploading Sonia Gandhi`s morphed picture

Last Updated: Tuesday, July 2, 2013, 00:20

A complaint was filed with the local police against the uploading of an objectionable picture of Congress president Sonia Gandhi by a BJP activist on a social networking website.