Balachaur: In yet another incident of "honour killing", a 25-year-old man lost his life on Monday minutes after he had lunch with his newly-wedded wife at a roadside eatery near Punjab's Balachaur town. The brothers of the girl allegedly pumped bullets into him for marrying against their wishes. Ranjit Singh was getting into his car outside the popular 'Hoshiarpurian da Dhaba' with his wife Jasmeet Kaur when he was attacked....
04:02 AM, Apr 17, 2012
Chandigarh: Punjab police is at the centre of a controversy for giving VIP treatment to convicted minister Bibi Jagir Kaur. Some of the uniformed policemen even bowed down to touch the feet of the convicted minister. The VIP treatment, however, did not end there. The former SGPC chief, who was last week convicted of the forced abortion of her daughter Harpreet, was ferried to the Kapurthala jail in an air-conditioned...
09:29 PM, Apr 03, 2012
New Delhi: Gurdaspur will continue to remain under curfew on Friday after communal clashes that broke out in the city on Thursday over the issue of Rajoana execution that left one dead and one injured in police firing. Two groups clashed on Thursday over clemency for Balwant Singh Rajoana, a convict in the assassination case of former Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh. Curfew was clamped following tensions between Shiv Sena...
08:00 AM, Mar 30, 2012
New Delhi: Nearly 60,000 Punjab police personnel and 15 companies of para-military forces have been put on alert after a Chandigarh court ordered that Balwant Singh Rajoana, convicted in former Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh's killing, be hanged as scheduled on March 31. Prohibitory orders under Section 144 banning assembly of five or more persons were clamped at various places as a state wide bandh has been called on Wednesday...
07:40 AM, Mar 28, 2012
New Delhi: The Chandigarh Sessions court on Tuesday ordered execution of Balwant Singh Rajoana on March 31 and also issued a showcause notice and contempt of court against Patiala Jail Superintendent for not carrying out the orders. The Court has returned Rajoana's hanging order to Patiala Jail "for compliance" in the Beant Singh assassination case of 1995. Anupinder Singh Grewal, Additional Advocate General, Punjab, said, "Court has asked to carry...
04:21 PM, Mar 27, 2012
Chandigarh: Punjab police and paramilitary forces on Tuesday conducted a flag march in various places apprehending violence in the wake of possible execution of Balwant Singh Rajoana, a convict in the assassination of former Chief Minister Beant Singh. Security forces have been conducting repeated flag march at various places in the state including Moga, Jalandhar and Ludhiana, to instill a sense of confidence among residents. Punjab's DGP Sumedh Singh Saini...
01:13 PM, Mar 27, 2012
New Delhi: The body of Balraj Singh Gill, a Deputy Superintendent of Police of Punjab Police, has been recovered at a farmhouse near Ludhiana. Gill's body was found along with a woman's body. Sources said that foul play is not being ruled out with the DSP's throat having been found slit. The police said that they are investigating the matter. ...
09:28 AM, Feb 02, 2012
Mansa SSP Pradeep Yadav said that the police are investigating the incident, promising action against the guilty. ...
08:24 AM, Jan 23, 2012
Sukhna: Even before the controversy over the slapping of a female teacher by an Akali Dal Sarpanch could die, there was a face off between the teachers and the police in Punjab. Protesting teachers and villagers were roughed by the policemen at Sukhna village in Muktsar. The incident occurred when the teachers and the villagers blocked the entry of Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal into the village. The Chief...
12:57 PM, Dec 07, 2011
New Delhi: In a shocking case of police atrocity from Punjab's Kapurthala district a 15-year-old boy was allegedly tortured after being arrested on charges of theft in June. The teenager was allegedly kept in illegal custody for 36 hours and brutally tortured by the area Deputy Superintendent of Police. He was beaten, given electric shocks and was allegedly made to confess under duress. "They took me away without any notice...
11:44 AM, Jul 08, 2011
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01:05 PM, Dec 24, 2008
Two uniformed police constables created a spectacle in Jalandhar on Monday. ...
01:21 AM, Jun 10, 2008
Adelaide: Australian pacer Peter Siddle feels his team's bowlers have strangled India in the ongoing Test series and being the spearhead, he will not loose the grip by sitting out of the fourth and final Test even though its result is inconsequential to the final scoreline. The biggest thing so far in the series is the pressure we have been building against them. We have strangled them and I'd like...
12:38 AM, Apr 13, 2008
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