Akali Dal wins Punjab by-pollJune 15th, 2009 JALANDHAR - The Akali Dal candidate Monday won the by-election to Nurmahal assembly seat in Punjab's Jalandhar district, defeating the Congress nominee by a margin of 15,033 votes. Akali Dal's Rajwinder Kaur got 50,963 votes while her Congress rival, Gurbinder Singh Atwal managed to get only 35,930 votes, a spokesperson of the state poll panel told IANS.
Punjab by-poll passes off peacefullyJune 12th, 2009 JALANDHAR - Polling in the by-election to the Nurmahal assembly seat in Punjab's Jalandhar district passed off peacefully Friday, with the voter turnout expected to cross 70 percent, officials said. "Till 5 p.m.
Situation in Punjab under control: BadalMay 25th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today claimed that the violence sparked by the killing of a Sikh preacher in Austria was confined only to a few areas in Jalandhar and the situation is under control. "The situation is normal.
Jalandhar witnesses violence over Sikh Gurudwara shooting in ViennaMay 25th, 2009 JALANDHAR - At least three bogies of Kanyakumari-Jammu Tawi Express were put on fire and another train near Phagwara attacked by agitated protestors on Monday morning over Sikh Gurudwara shooting incident in Vienna. Authorities have closed down the Jalandhar-Phagwara National Highway to prevent escalation of the violence.
Train coaches set afire in Punjab, highway blockedMay 25th, 2009 JALANDHAR - Mobs in Punjab Monday set railway coaches on fire at the Jalandhar Cantt railway station and blocked the National Highway No.1 to protest clashes at a gurdwara in Austria's capital Vienna that left one dead and many injured.
Four killed, 15 injured in school bus-train collisionMay 20th, 2009 JALANDHAR - Three children and the driver taking them to school were killed Wednesday morning when their bus collided with passenger train at an unmanned railway crossing in Punjab's Jalandhar district. Fifteen children were also injured when the Akal Academy School bus that had picked up the students from their homes and was on its way to school met with the accident near Gumtala village near Jalandhar.
Three children, driver killed in school bus-train collisionMay 20th, 2009 JALANDHAR - At least four people, including three children, were killed and several injured Wednesday morning when their school bus collided with a passenger train at an unmanned railway crossing in Punjab's Jalandhar district. The bus, belonging top Akal Academy school, had picked up the students from their homes and was taking them to school Wednesday morning when the accident took place near Gumtala village in Jalandhar district.
Six students killed in bus-train collision in PunjabMay 20th, 2009 JALANDHAR - At least six children and the driver of a school bus were killed Wednesday morning when their vehicle collided with a passenger train at an unmanned railway crossing in Punjab's Jalandhar district. While three students and the driver died on the spot, three critically injured children were declared brought dead at a hospital in Ludhiana city.
Two railway policemen stabbed to death in DelhiMay 16th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Two railway policemen were stabbed to death by a goon in central Delhi, police said Saturday. Two Railway Police Force (RPF) personnel E.
Teenager stabs aunt for spurning proposalMay 6th, 2009 BHOPAL - A 19-year-old boy here stabbed his aunt when she rejected his advances, police said Wednesday. The incident occurred late Tuesday when the accused Guddu Tiwari reached the house of the victim, a mother of two and who happens to be his aunt, and finding her alone proposed to her.
Singer Hans Raj Hans to contest LS polls from Jalandhar on a SAD ticketApril 27th, 2009 JALANDHAR - Punjabi sufi singer Hans Raj Hans will contest the general elections from the Jalandhar parliamentary constituency on a Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) ticket. Hans Raj Hans, who has received the Padma Shri award, said he wants to work for the poor.
Student stabbed to death in Ghaziabad road rageApril 8th, 2009 GHAZIABAD - A Class 12 student of a Delhi school was stabbed to death in a case of road rage after he refused to partake in a motorcycle race with three unidentified men here, police said Wednesday. The incident occurred late Tuesday night in Abhay Khand area under the Indirapuram police station of this satellite town adjoining the capital.
Youth kills cousin after making her pregnantMarch 3rd, 2009 GHAZIABAD - A youth in Ghaziabad district of Uttar Pradesh killed his cousin sister - with whom he had illicit relations - after discovering she was pregnant, police said Monday. The youth, Arun called his cousin to his friend's house in Sarvodaya area under Hapur Dehat police station Friday on the pretext of settling down at some far-off place and tried to strangle her after administering her some intoxicant, superintendent of police (rural) K.K.
Suspecting infidelity, Delhi man kills wifeFebruary 27th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A 35-year-old woman was stabbed to death by her husband in front of their children Thursday after the couple fought over her suspected infidelity, police said. The victim Usha's husband Raj Kumar stabbed her several times in the servant quarters of Jodhpur House, police said.
Five stabbed to death at Belgian day care centreJanuary 22nd, 2009 BRUSSELS - Five people, including three children, were reportedly stabbed to death Friday at a day care centre in Dendermonde in northwest Belgium, Flemish broadcaster VRT reported. The assailant has been arrested by the police, the report said.
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