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Woman attempts suicide over dowry demands in Hoshiarpur

Last Updated: Saturday, January 19, 2013, 00:47

A woman allegedly tried to commit suicide by setting herself ablaze after she was repeatedly harassed for dowry by her in-laws in Sham Chaurasi village here, police said on Friday.

Action against hospital staff for abandoning patients

Last Updated: Friday, December 21, 2012, 23:34

A government hospital employee has been suspended while his colleague was repatriated to her parent organisation for allegedly throwing two patients out of its ward.

Suspected dishonour killing reported from Punjab

Last Updated: Saturday, December 8, 2012, 22:13

Police on Saturday said the suspected murder of a 25-year-old woman was a case of dishonour killing with her parents.

NRI, parents booked for dowry harassment

Last Updated: Thursday, December 6, 2012, 18:49

NRI and his parents, presently residing in Italy, were booked for dowry harassment after NRI`s wife lodged a complaint accusing them of subjecting her to physical and mental torture, police said.

Three girls kidnapped in Punjab, one raped

Last Updated: Saturday, November 10, 2012, 18:21

A youth was arrested from Punab`s Moga for allegedly kidnapping three sisters, all minors, from Rani village in the district and raping one of them, police said.

Two brothers killed in mishap in Punjab

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 31, 2012, 13:15

Two brothers were killed when their motorcycle collided with a car on the Phagwara- Hoshiarpur road, triggering angry protests by relatives and villagers who blocked the road.

Man kills daughter, dishonour killing suspected

Last Updated: Tuesday, August 21, 2012, 21:12

In a suspected case of dishonour killing, a young woman was killed allegedly by her father and his aide in the district, police said.

One arrested for NRI woman murder

Last Updated: Saturday, August 18, 2012, 17:59

Police on Saturday claimed to have solved the murder case of an NRI woman with the arrest of one person, police said.

Woman dies in acid attack

Last Updated: Thursday, December 8, 2011, 19:38

A married woman on Thusday died after two unidentified youths threw acid on her here, police said.

Punjab trader robbed of Rs.3.7 lakh, car at gunpoint

Last Updated: Thursday, December 2, 2010, 13:52

A trader was robbed of over Rs 370,000 in cash and his car by four armed men near this Punjab town early Thursday, police said.

Death toll in hooch rises to 22

Last Updated: Friday, October 29, 2010, 19:04

With six more deaths since Thursday night, the toll due to hooch in Dasuya sub division of this district today rose to 22.

Three killed as bus hits train in Hoshiarpur

Last Updated: Friday, June 18, 2010, 12:12

Three people were killed Friday when a mini bus rammed into a train at an unmanned railway crossing in Tanda town here in Punjab, police said.