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‘No visible sign of sacrilege’, says police after man beaten to death in Punjab’s Kapurthala gurudwara

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A day after a man was lynched in Amritsar for attempted sacrilege at Amritsar’s Golden Temple, an unidentified man was allegedly beaten to death by locals at Nizampur in Punjab’s Kapurthala district on Sunday for allegedly disrespecting the ‘Nishan Sahib’ at the village Gurudwara. Inspector-General, Jalandhar Range, GS Dhillon today said that as per investigations … Read more

Schools in Punjab closed, night curfew imposed in 8 districts amid surge in COVID-19 cases

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The Punjab government imposed night curfew in four more districts on Friday and closed all schools amid a rise in coronavirus cases in the state, officials said. In total, the night curfew is imposed from 11 pm to 5 am in eight districts – Ludhiana, Patiala, Mohali, Fatehgarh Sahib, Jalandhar, Nawanshahr, Kapurthala and Hoshiarpur. The … Read more