Punjab plays host to youth festival showcasing country’s diverse cultureABOHAR - Dayanand Anglo-Vedic (DAV) College in Punjab’s Abohar city recently organized a youth festival that showcased country’s diverse and vibrant culture, which included folk dances and music. Punjab to set up 13 new collegesMOHALI - Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal Saturday announced that 13 new degree colleges would come up in the state by next year at a cost of Rs.104 crore. Punjab-trained private guards for CWGHOSHIARPUR - Trained guards from Punjab will help private security agencies to secure the venues of the 2010 Commonwealth Games (CWG) to be held in New Delhi October next year. One killed, 15 injured in tractor-train collisionABOHAR - At least one person was killed and 15 injured Thursday when a tractor-trolley collided with a passenger train at an unmanned railway crossing near Punjab’s Abohar town. Gang of robbers busted in PunjabRAJPURA - Punjab police claimed to have busted a gang of robbers with the arrest of seven people in this town Wednesday. Goods worth millions of rupees have been recovered from their possession, officials said. Hunt on for kingpin of IELTS exam racketPATIALA - Searches were conducted at various places in Punjab and Haryana to arrest the kingpin of a multi-million Rupee racket in the global online English proficiency test exposed Saturday, police said Monday. Fake currency worth Rs 900,000 seized in PunjabFEROZEPUR - Alert patrolling personnel of the Border Security Force (BSF), deployed along the India-Pakistan border, seized counterfeit currency notes worth Rs. 900,000, said Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of BSF Rajesh Gupta on Saturday. BSF recovers counterfeit currency in PunjabFEROZEPUR - Sleuths of the Border Security Force (BSF) recovered counterfeit currency notes with a nominal value of Rs.900,000 in Punjab’s Ferozepur district, officials said Saturday. Four held in Punjab with 15 kg of opiumRAJPURA - Four people were arrested in this Punjab town Thursday with nearly 15 kg of opium, police said. After movie trip, Punjab students land up in hospitalROPAR - Authorities in Punjab’s Ropar district Thursday ordered a probe into an incident in which students from a village government school were illegally transported on a tractor-trolley for a film show held here by the district administration. Radical Sikhs disrupt train service in PunjabAMRITSAR - Activists of the radical Sikh outfit Dal Khalsa today blocked trains and buses in Amritsar to enforce the Punjab bandh called by them to protest the alleged inaction against the 1984 riots accused. Five killed in Punjab road accidentBALACHAUR - Five people including four of a family were killed when their car collided with a truck, near this town in Punjab’s Nawanshahar district Sunday, police said. Heroin worth Rs.25 crore seized, two held in PunjabJALANDHAR - Two people were arrested and at least 5 kg of heroin, worth Rs.25 crore in the international market, was seized from them in this Punjab city, police said Wednesday. Punjab zoo introduces battery-run vehicles for visitorsZIRAKPUR - In order to curb pollution and maintain the environment’s ecological balance, visitors who come to Punjab’s Chhatbir zoo can use a battery-operated vehicle rather than their personal car inside the premises, officials said Wednesday. Gurudwara Shahid Ganj commemorates the martyrdom of Sikh soldiersMUKTSAR - Situated 30 miles from Faridkot, Muktsar in Punjab commemorates the martyrdom of 40 Sikh soldiers three centuries ago. Devout criminal exposed by CCTV camerasPATIALA - Technology in the hands of god proved to be the nemesis for a ‘religious-minded’ criminal in Punjab when he was caught with the help of CCTV cameras, police said Wednesday. The CCTV footage revealed that the criminal had looted a bank and had then made an offering with the stolen money to a Hindu temple here. Nigerian man, Indian wife held with drugs in PunjabKHARAR - A Nigerian man and his Indian wife were arrested in this Punjab town for allegedly running a drug racket, police said Wednesday. ‘Punjab equipped to curb ISI designs on reviving militancy’PATIALA - Punjab’s police chief Sunday said that Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) spy agency was trying to revive Sikh militancy in the state but this would be curbed. BSF-Pakistan Rangers exchange sweets at border on DiwaliATTARI - Border security officials from India and Pakistan exchanged sweets at the Attari-Wagah border joint checkpost Saturday to mark the festival of Diwali. Five-day annual fair dedicated to Baba Sheikh Farid held in FaridkotFARIDKOT - A five-day-long annual fair promoting communal harmony and dedicated to Baba Sheikh Farid, a 12th century Sufi saint, was recently organized in Punjab’s Faridkot city. Sadqi border check-post overflows with patriotism during Beating Retreat ceremonySADQI BORDER - Thousands of people from across India and even abroad come to Punjab to witness the Beating Retreat ceremonies held at the Sadqi joint check-post at India-Pakistan Border in Punjab. NRI family lands in Punjab jail, hours after marriageHOSHIARPUR - A family of NRIs from Britain and the US, including a groom who rode an elephant for his wedding, his mother and his sisters, have landed in prison here — just hours after the ceremony. Punjab Police solve one-day-old bank robbery, one heldLUDHIANA - Acting swiftly, the Punjab Police have solved a day-old bank robbery in Batala district with the arrest of a state government employee, officials said Sunday. To minimise reaction time, India to station all MiG 29s along Pak borderADAMPUR - To beef up air defence capabilities and react in quickest possible time along the international border with Pakistan, the Indian Air Force has decided to station all its MiG 29 squadrons at Adampur, the second largest Air Force base in the country. Rs.23 lakh looted from Punjab bankBATALA - An unidentified man assaulted a cashier of the State Bank of Patiala in this north Punjab town Saturday afternoon and looted Rs.23 lakh from him, police said. Farmers urge Punjab Government to buy their cotton productABOHAR - Farmers in the Abohar region of Punjab are demanding that the State Government buy their cotton produce. Mother arrested for killing sonsMOGA - A woman was arrested in this Punjab town for conspiring to murder her two minor children in connivance with her lover, police said Sunday. Missing brothers found murdered in fieldsMOGA - The bodies of two minor children, missing since Thursday evening, were found in the paddy fields in this Punjab district, police said. Both had apparently been strangled. Five-day annual fair dedicated to Baba Sheikh Farid concludesFARIDKOT - A five-day-long annual fair marking communal harmony and dedicated to Baba Sheikh Farid, a Sufi saint, concluded in Punjab’s Faridkot district on Wednesday. Adulterated dairy products seized in PunjabPATIALA - Officials in Punjab have seized huge quantities of spurious diary products from storehouses here on Wednesday. |
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