AMRITSAR — The Border Security Force (BSF) has shot dead a Pakistani intruder along the International Border in Punjab, officials said Thursday. The man was shot during the intervening night of May 7-8 in the Ferozepur sector, they said. He was found crossing the International Border purposefully in the dark, the officials said, adding that […]
CHANDIGARH — Jammu and Kashmir minister Sakina Itoo Saturday met Punjab Governor Gulab Chand Kataria and sought urgent steps for instilling a sense of security among the J-K residents currently staying in Punjab and Chandigarh. Abdullah deputed his cabinet ministers to various cities across the country in the wake of reports claiming harassment of Kashmiri […]
CHANDIGARH — A Kashmiri student has claimed that she was harassed by some locals in Punjab’s Mohali in the aftermath of the Pahalgam terror attack, prompting the Punjab State Women Commission to take suo motu cognisance of the incident. The female Kashmiri student in Kharar stated that some locals abused and harassed her and her […]
CHANDIGARH — Amid escalating tensions between India and Pakistan after the Pahalgam terror attack, the Kartarpur corridor at Dera Baba Nanak in Punjab’s Gurdaspur district remains open for pilgrims to offer prayers at the Kartarpur Sahib gurdwara in the neighbouring country. The Kartarpur corridor links the Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Pakistan, the final resting place […]
CHANDIGARH — Four persons were killed while 11 others were injured after a bus rammed into a brick-laden tractor-trolley in Punjab’s Jalandhar district on Monday, police said. The accident took place near the Kala Bakra area in Jalandhar when the bus was going to Jammu from Rajasthan, police said. When the tractor-trolley came on the […]
NEW DELHI (KIMS) — In a major breakthrough, Punjab Police busted a cross-border smuggling racket and arrested two associates of foreign-based drug smuggler Navpreet Singh, alias Nav Bhullar, on Sunday. Police in a statement said, “Punjab Police recovered 105kg of heroin, 31.93kg of caffeine anhydrous, 17kg of DMR, 5 foreign-made pistols, and 1 desi katta.” […]
LAHORE — Three women, including a mother and a daughter, came under acid attack for allegedly refusing a marriage proposal in Punjab province of Pakistan, police said on Tuesday. The incident took place in Muzaffargarh district of Punjab, some 390kms from Lahore, on Monday. Sawera, 20, her mother Kalsoom Bibi, and cousin Sania, 6, were […]
CHANDIGARH — The Border Security Force (BSF) has lodged a strong protest with Pakistan Rangers after the neighbouring country displayed a large photograph of Kashmiri separatist leader Late Syed Ali Shah Geelani of Hurriyat Conference at the Attari -Wagah joint check post. According to sources, the photograph has been put up near the site of […]
PATHANKOT — The Punjab Police and Army personnel on Wednesday conducted a search operation after a woman spotted seven “suspicious” men in a village in Pathankot district. A sketch of one of the suspects has also been released, said a senior police official. The woman informed the police that seven “suspicious” men came to her […]
CHANDIGARH — An AK-47 assault rifle, two magazines and 40 cartridges were seized by the BSF from a field near the India-Pakistan border in Punjab’s Ferozepur district, a spokesperson of the force said on Saturday. The seizure was made during a search operation by the Border Security Force on Friday after noticing a drone movement […]