Fire breaks out in Amritsar-Saharsa Garib Rath Express in Punjab, one injured

Fire breaks out in Amritsar-Saharsa Garib Rath Express in Punjab, one injured

People try to douse a fire that broke out in a coach of the Amritsar-Saharsa Garib Rath Express, near Sirhind railway station, in Fatehgarh Sahib district, Punjab, on October 18, 2025 | Photo Credit: PTI A fire broke out in a coach of the Amritsar-Saharsa Garib Rath Express near Sirhind railway station, Fatehgarh Sahib, on … Read more

Cross-border narcotics network busted in Amritsar; 5 kg heroin seized

Cross-border narcotics network busted in Amritsar; 5 kg heroin seized

Amritsar police have busted a cross-border narcotics smuggling network and seized over 5 kg of heroin, officials said on Saturday. One operative, Pawandeep Singh, a resident of Amritsar, was arrested during the operation, part of an ongoing effort to make Punjab drug-free under Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann. According to Punjab DGP Gaurav Yadav, Pawandeep … Read more

After the disaster: Punjab flood victims face displacement and livelihood loss

After the disaster: Punjab flood victims face displacement and livelihood loss

The dark monsoon clouds that hung over Fazilka have given way to sunlight that filters through the eucalyptus trees surrounding the government middle school at Salem Shah village. Kirna Rani, 22, cannot enjoy it. She sits on the floor of the corridor, gently stirring a saucepan of water and a flour-jaggery mixture over a shared … Read more

Schools and colleges to be closed in Punjab till September 7 due to floods

Schools and colleges to be closed in Punjab till September 7 due to floods

Punjab has ordered the closure of all government, aided, private schools, colleges, universities and polytechnics across the state until September 7, 2025, in light of worsening flood conditions. The decision, earlier expected to be lifted by September 3, reflects the increasing urgency of the situation. Education Minister Harjot Singh Bains made the announcement on X, … Read more

Caught on CCTV: 2 Punjab Police officers attack journalist on road, suspended

Caught on CCTV: 2 Punjab Police officers attack journalist on road, suspended

A journalist was publicly assaulted by two police personnel following an argument between them in Punjab’s Batala. The entire incident was captured on CCTV. The accused were suspended after a video of the footage went viral on social media. The incident occurred on August 1 when Balvinder Kumar Bhalla, a freelance journalist, was attacked by … Read more

Vehicle that fatally hit marathoner Fauja Singh identified, driver to be arrested soon: Punjab cops

Vehicle that fatally hit marathoner Fauja Singh identified, driver to be arrested soon: Punjab cops

The vehicle which fatally hit the world’s oldest marathoner Fauja Singh in Punjab’s Jalandhar district has been identified and the driver of the vehicle, an SUV, will be arrested soon, police said on Tuesday (July 15, 2025). Fauja Singh was 114, and the ironies could not be more tragic for the legend who got into … Read more

‘War on Drugs’: Punjab Cabinet gives formal approval to panel overseeing campaign against drug abuse

‘War on Drugs’: Punjab Cabinet gives formal approval to panel overseeing campaign against drug abuse

The house of an alleged drug smuggler being razed in Bathinda on June 16, 2025. | Photo Credit: ANI Even as the Punjab Cabinet also gave ex-post facto approval for the constitution of the high-powered cabinet sub-committee to intensify the ‘War on Drugs’ program, the Congress party came down heavily on the ruling Aam Aadmi … Read more

NIA files chargesheet against three accused in Punjab grenade attack case linked to Khalistan Zindabad Force

NIA files chargesheet against three accused in Punjab grenade attack case linked to Khalistan Zindabad Force

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Saturday (June 15, 2025) chargesheeted three persons in connection with the 2024 case related to a grenade attack at a police post in SBS Nagar district of Punjab. The attack was allegedly planned by banned terror outfit, Khalistan Zindabad Force (KZF). | Photo Credit: PTI The National Investigation Agency … Read more

Pakistan’s Punjab Assembly Speaker Malik Ahmad Khan shares stage with JuD leaders at a rally

Pakistan’s Punjab Assembly Speaker Malik Ahmad Khan shares stage with JuD leaders at a rally

Pakistan‘s Punjab Assembly Speaker Malik Ahmad Khan has shared the stage with top leaders of the Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) at a rally organised by the banned group led by Mumbai terror attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed. Khan, a Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader who reportedly has close ties with the military, attended the rally in Kasur on … Read more

दिल्ली में बारिश का रेड अलर्ट… पंजाब, हरियाणा, UP और राजस्थान तक IMD की चेतावनी

दिल्ली में बारिश का रेड अलर्ट… पंजाब, हरियाणा, UP और राजस्थान तक IMD की चेतावनी

दिल्ली, पंजाब, हरियाणा, उत्तर प्रदेश और राजस्थान के कुछ जिलों में गंभीर गरज के साथ तूफान, 60-80 किमी प्रति घंटे की तेज सरफेस हवाएं और भारी बारिश की संभावना जताई है. विभाग ने इस दौरान लोगों को सतर्क रहने की सलाह दी है. भारतीय मौसम विभाग ने अगले कुछ घंटों के दौरान बारिश होने की संभावना … Read more