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 […]
CHANDIGARH — The State Special Operation Cell-Amritsar police along with a central agency busted a module of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militant outfit, Punjab Police said on Saturday. The Operation Cell also arrested two persons in this case who are residents of Jammu and Kashmir, they said. Two improvised explosive devices, two hand grenades, a pistol, two […]
CHANDIGARH — The Government of Punjab on Wednesday provided Rs. 1 Crore financial assistance to the families of soldiers who were killed in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir. Chief Minister of Punjab Bhagwant Mann handed over the cheques worth ₹1 crore as financial assistance to the family members of four soldiers who were killed […]
CHANDIGARH — Four soldiers from an artillery unit have been killed in a firing incident at the Bathinda Military Station in Punjab early on Wednesday morning. “A firing incident reported in the early hours of the morning around 4.35 am inside the Bathinda Military Station. Station Quick Reaction Teams were activated. Area was cordoned off […]