Punjab

The Mohali administration is all set to check illegal travel agents operating in various parts of the district. Mohali Deputy Commissioner Girish Dayalan said he would depute his staff to tackle this unlawful activity from tomorrow. The step has been taken following a state-wise list (which is claimed to be …

Three SITs of Punjab Police and the CBI, which probed 3 politically sensitive cases related to desecration of Guru Granth Sahib in Bargari have failed to make any headway. They contradicted each other instead of nabbing culprits. Four years on, the most important question — who did it — remains …

Furious at their daughter having recently married against their wishes, a Dalit family of Dhalla village, 35 km from here, allegedly killed three members of the groom’s family at nearby Naushehra village on Monday night. The deceased are Joginder Singh, a farmer, 65; son Pawandip, 19; and daughter Prabhjit, 18. …

Two persons were killed and 10 others injured in a blast in the furnace of a factory in Jhabewal village on the Ludhiana-Chandigarh road in the wee hours of Friday. B.C. Steel factory deals in remodeling hot iron and several employees were on the job when the blast occurred. All …

A Dhariwal-based middle-aged woman, who was lured by a unscrupulous agent to travel to Kuwait where she was promised a job but was later sold to a Pakistani man in July last year, has been rescued following the efforts of MP Sunny Deol, Gurdaspur District Legal Services Authority and two …