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Public Works Minister Harbhajan Singh ETO today slammed senior SAD leaders Harsimrat Kaur Badal and Bikram Singh Majithia, dismissing their social media video on a Bathinda link road as misleading propaganda. He said the Punjab Government was constructing nearly 45,000 km of roads across the state, and the Kotfatta to Ramgarh Bhundar stretch in Bathinda […]
Garbage and dead animals found floating in the Boha distributary, which supplies water to several drinking-water schemes and a large number of fields, have triggered concern in Mansa district. Former Union Minister and Bathinda MP Harsimrat Kaur Badal also shared a video highlighting the alleged water pollution. The distributary runs from Bakhshiwala to Boha through […]
A pall of gloom and suspicion has descended on the town after the body of a 19-year-old youth, identified as Daksh, was found under mysterious circumstances near the medical college here. While police have suggested that substance abuse may have caused the death, the victim’s family has alleged that he was murdered and his body […]
Nearly 35 schoolchildren had a narrow escape this afternoon when the school bus in which they were travelling back home suddenly caught fire on Bibiwala Road in Bathinda. The exact cause of the fire is not known yet. All students managed to escape safely after breaking the rear glass and a windowpane of the bus. […]
Muktsar police have arrested eight members of a family from Haryana, including six women, for their alleged involvement in an inter-state gang of thieves and traced property worth about Rs 50 lakh allegedly purchased with the proceeds of thefts. The police have also recovered 250 gm of stolen gold ornaments. According to the police, the […]
An Assistant Loco Pilot (ALP) was allegedly attacked with a sharp-edged weapon by three unidentified men in the Railway Colony area late on Thursday night. The victim, Sandeep Kumar Meena, was returning home after duty when the accused allegedly intercepted him near the Railway rest house around midnight. One of the attackers struck him on […]
A day after several farmers gathered at the SDM office in Maur raising suspicions over a drone survey being conducted in the area, Department of Town and Country Planning clarified that the exercise was aimed at preparing a Geographic Information System (GIS)-based master plan. Sandeep Kumar, Senior Town Planner, Bathinda, said the master plan would […]
Vigilance Bureau sleuths have caught two Canal Department employees in Moga while accepting a bribe of Rs 50,000. The accused have been identified as Bir Singh and Jagdev Singh. According to officials, the action followed a complaint by Soni, a resident of Talwandi Bhai town. The complainant alleged that the two had promised to secure […]
The Punjab bandh call given by the Qaumi Insaaf Morcha in support of the release of ‘Bandi Singhs’ received widespread support across the Malwa region on Friday. Markets, shops, several schools and public transport remained shut in various districts, with Muktsar, Bathinda, Barnala and Mansa witnessing an almost complete bandh. The shutdown was observed from […]
Faridkot and Moga districts observed a near-total shutdown on Friday in response to the state-wide Punjab bandh call given by the Qaumi Insaaf Morcha, demanding the release of Bandi Singhs — Sikh prisoners who continue to remain in jail despite having completed their sentences — and to protest the police action against marchers at the […]
In a heartwarming example of community spirit, 48 farmers came together to help a fellow farmer save his paddy crop after he accidentally sprayed a wrong pesticide on his fields at Kalalwala village in Bathinda district. The farmers gathered at the fields of 35-year-old Kuldeep Singh on August 15 and manually cut the damaged paddy […]
Residents of nearly 60 villages, particularly in the Maur subdivision of Bathinda district, have raised strong objections to an ongoing survey, expressing fears that the exercise could be linked to land acquisition. According to village residents, some people conducting the survey failed to produce identification documents and were seen marking red and yellow lines on […]
The Punjab State and Chandigarh Human Rights Commission has taken suo motu cognisance of a report that appeared in The Tribune, titled ‘3 women climb atop water tank, seek action in sexual abuse cases’, and has sought a report from the Barnala SSP a week before the hearing in the matter on October 27. Three […]
A wedding ceremony turned chaotic in Sandhwan village, the native village of Punjab Vidhan Sabha Speaker Kultar Singh Sandhwan, near here, when police in civil clothes forcibly detained the bride’s father from the middle of the Anand Karaj rituals, triggering a scuffle between family members and policemen. According to family members, the man was whisked […]
At least seven people have died allegedly due to drug consumption in Bathinda, Mansa, Fazilka, and Ferozepur districts over the past week, highlighting the continuing drug menace in the Malwa region. In Fazilka district alone, three people allegedly died of drug overdose in three days. In Fazilka district, 25-year-old Pawan Kumar of Danewala Satkosi village […]
The key accused in the murder case of social media influencer Kanchan Kumari, alias Kamal Kaur Bhabhi, Amritpal Singh Mehron, was brought from Bathinda Central Jail to the local civil hospital for a medical check-up on Wednesday. He was later taken back to the jail after undergoing an ultrasound examination, amid tight security arrangements. Amritpal […]
Three women climbed a 60-foot-high water tank at the District Courts Complex here on Wednesday, threatening to jump in case immediate action was not taken against the three men who had allegedly sexually exploited them on the pretext of marriage. The District Courts Complex and the District Administrative Complex, which houses the SSP office, are […]
A video purportedly showing a youngster being thrashed with an iron rod at Tungrali village in the Talwandi Sabo sub-division of Bathinda district has surfaced on social media. In the video, the victim is seen lying in a half-naked condition while some people have caught him. Another youngster is allegedly seen repeatedly hitting him with […]
The Moga police have registered a case against four persons for allegedly duping a resident of Machike village of Rs 46 lakh on the pretext of settling a woman in Canada and arranging a match for a US-based refugee. The accused have been identified as Veerpal Kaur, her father Sukhjinder Singh, her mother Kamaljeet Kaur […]
A young kabaddi player was allegedly murdered with sharp-edged weapons and iron rods at Nangal Kalan village in Mansa district, reportedly over a dispute linked to the recent panchayat elections. The deceased has been identified as Amandeep Sharma, alias Mangu, a labourer who also participated in kabaddi tournaments. The Mansa Sadar police have registered a […]
The Akali Dal (Waris Punjab De) will announce nearly half of its candidates for the upcoming Assembly election in less than a month, said Tarsem Singh Khalsa, father of incarcerated Khadoor Sahib MP Amritpal Singh, during a programme at Bhikhi in Mansa district on Tuesday. Tarsem Singh said, “A five-member committee has already been formed […]
Samreet Kaur from Bathinda was the star performer in the girls’ under-16 80m hurdles final on Monday, the second day of the 101st Punjab State Junior Athletics Championship at Guru Nanak Stadium here. Samreet clocked an impressive 12.64 seconds to clinch the gold medal, comfortably surpassing the junior national qualifying standard of 13.5 seconds. SAS […]
