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Vigilance arrests another accused in PSIEC plot allotment case

A case under Sections 409 (criminal breach of trust by public servant), 420 (cheating), 465/467/468/471 (forgery) and 120-B (criminal conspiracy) of the Indian Penal Code, and various Sections of Prevention of Corruption Act has already been registered in the VB police station in Mohali.

The Punjab vigilance bureau has made another arrest in connection with the Punjab Small Industries Export Corporation (PSIEC) industrial plot allotment case, which allegedly caused a loss of <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>1.52 crore to the state government. (HT File)

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Updated on May 25, 2024 06:08 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Chandigarh

Jammu murder case; Police steps up probe, 2 vehicles seized

Avtar Singh, 40, son of Balbir Singh, was hit on his head with an iron rod by a group of goons in the presence of a police party, following a scuffle over a piece of land in Greater Kailash area of Jammu and had died of excessive bleeding

The police examined the CCTV footage of the area around the crime spot and digitally picked up relevant evidence, he said adding that eight people have been detained so far in the case. (iStock)

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Updated on May 08, 2024 06:06 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Jammu

Ludhiana: Two men arrested with 1kg heroin

The accused have been identified as Avtar Singh, 35, of Jatana village, Khanna. and Sachin, 21, of Amritsar. Police recovered 1.02 kg heroin from their possession. They had tied the drugs on their waists with a piece of cloth

Drug peddlers arrested by STF in Ludhiana on Tuesday. (HT File)

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Updated on Apr 24, 2024 07:54 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Ludhiana

Pathankot resident held with banned injections, gets 10-yr-jail

Police recovered 10 intoxicating injections, including Pheniramene Maleate Kevil 10 ml, 10 syringes and 10 intoxicating injections of Buprenorphine I P Omegesic 2 ml from his possession. Kumar could not produce any license or permit for possessing the same

The convict, identified as Rohit Kumar of Pathankot alias Happy was convicted by the special court of Avtar Singh on Wednesday under Section 22 of NDPS Act. (Stock photo)

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Updated on Apr 01, 2024 08:02 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Mohali

Speeding car claims biker’s life in Panchkula

The biker’s friend witnessed the accident; he told the Panchkula police that he was in his car, while his friend was moving ahead on a motorcycle

The victim, Avtar Singh, was a resident of Sector 14, Panchkula, and in his early 30s. (iStock)

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Updated on Oct 28, 2023 08:32 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Panchkula

Haryana: Two drug peddlers arrested in Kurukshetra

Two drug peddlers were arrested with 85kg poppy husk by the crime investigation agency of Kurukshetra police, officials said on Sunday

Avtar Singh and Kamaljeet Singh were caught on NH 154D near Murtazapur. They were sent to jail by the district court. (HT file)

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Updated on May 01, 2023 04:37 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Karnal

Ludhiana: Dreaming to settle abroad, man loses ₹26 lakh to wife

A Dehlon village resident, hoping to settle abroad through a spouse visa, ended up losing ₹26 lakh to his wife, who moved to Canada using the money

The accused are booked under Sections 420 and 120-B of the IPC and efforts were underway to nab the accused. (iStock)

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Updated on Apr 24, 2023 12:07 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Ludhiana

2 nabbed with 18-kg opium in Punjab’s SBS Nagar

Senior superintendent of police (SSP) Bhagirath Singh Meena said a team led by CIA incharge Avtar Singh was patrolling in the area of Sadar Banga police station when the police party intercepted two persons coming from Khamacho village side

The crime investigation agency of the SBS Nagar district police arrested two persons with 18-kg opium here on Tuesday.

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Updated on Apr 19, 2023 01:14 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Sbs Nagar

London High Commission violence: NIA takes over case; Khanda, Gurcharan & Jasvir named suspects

The NIA has taken over investigations into the March 19 violence and dishonour of the Indian National Flag by Sikh extremists at the Indian High Commission in London. A case has been registered against the suspects under various sections of the IPC and UAPA. The incident has strained relations between India and the UK, with the Modi government seeking strict action against the suspects, including Avtar Singh aka Khanda, whose parents were part of the ISI-sponsored terrorist movement in Punjab.

According to inputs received from Delhi Police, the Home Ministry handed over the investigations to NIA on April 13 after the Special Cell registered a case on the incident on March 23 on the basis of a complaint filed by a London High Commission official present during the time of violence. (AP File Photo)

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Updated on Apr 19, 2023 12:55 AM IST

ByShishir Gupta, New Delhi

Ludhiana carpenter attacks wife, son with axe; booked

A carpenter in Kotala, Samrala allegedly attacked his wife and son with an axe, leaving them critically injured. The accused fled with his younger son.

The victims have been referred to PGIMER, Chandigarh, sensing their critical condition. (HT photo)

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Updated on Apr 07, 2023 01:33 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Ludhiana

Ludhiana carpenter attacks wife, son with axe; booked

The reason that prompted the attack has not been ascertained yet, bu the Ludhiana-based couple’s neighbours, told police that the accused was a drug addict and would often beat up his wife

The Ludhiana resident hacked his wife and a 17-year-old son with an axe in Kotala of Samrala. (HT File)

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Updated on Apr 06, 2023 04:09 PM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Ludhiana

Mohali resident arrested with 260gm heroin, pistol

Case was registered under Sections 21A-61-85 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, and sections 25-54-59 of the Arms Act at the STF police station in Phase 4

Dheeraj Sharma alias Sunny’s Bolero was stopped at the police blockade near the T-point of Gurdwara Sahibzada Ajit Singh in Phase 2 where he lives.(Getty Images/iStockphoto/For representation)

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Updated on Oct 06, 2020 10:39 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Mohali | ByHT Correspondent, Mohali

Illegal colony right under Hoshiarpur municipal corporation’s nose and it doesn’t bat an eyelid

Even after being declared an illegal colony, the levelling work continues on site in the Punjab town and the revenue department has approved five land registrations

Land being levelled at the site of the Guru Nanak Colony on Adamwal road near Hoshiarpur on Friday.(HT photo)

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Published on Sep 12, 2020 11:41 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Jalandhar | ByHT Correspondent

Covid-19: With no transport, patients discharged from Chandigarh hospitals stranded

With a curfew in place, patients discharged from UT hospitals are stranded at hospitals in the absence of transport facilities. According to official estimates from Chandigarh’s Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), the 50 or so patients from other states, who are being discharged daily, need to go home.

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Updated on Mar 27, 2020 01:01 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | ByAmanjeet Singh Salyal, Chandigarh

35-year-old man found murdered in Amritsar village

Police have registered a case under Section 302 (murder) against some unidentified persons at the Jandiala police station.

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Published on Mar 17, 2020 10:39 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Amritsar | ByHT Correspondent

₹10 cr assets of 11 drug convicts seized at notorious Moga village

On Thursday, 22 acre agricultural land worth ₹4 crore of smugglers was seized by the district police.

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Published on Mar 06, 2020 11:01 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Moga | ByParteek Singh Mahal, Moga

Sahnewal man gets 5-year RI for causing wife’s miscarriage

The couple was married on November 8, 2013, and the accused kept harassing her for dowry, even after she got pregnant

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Updated on Feb 20, 2020 10:46 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | ByHT Correspondent, Ludhiana

2 weeks after Amritsar jailbreak, iron roads seized from 2 inmates

Around two weeks after three undertrials escaped from the Amritsar central jail, the authorities have seized two iron roads from two inmates. This has, once again, raised a question mark on the security of the prison. On February 2, three undertrials had made a hole in a barrack wall using an iron rod and escaped the high-security jail by scaling its inner and outer walls.

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Published on Feb 15, 2020 10:27 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Amritsar | ByHT Correspondent, Amritsar

Voting for Delhi wrapped up, AAP’s Atishi takes time off for herself

This time round, the AAP leader contested from the Kalkaji constituency, which was earlier represented by AAP’s sitting MLA Avtar Singh. Singh was denied a ticket and the Aam Aadmi Party selected Atishi instead to contest from Kalkaji.

AAP’s Atishi posted pictures of herself reading a book and relaxing at home on Sunday on Twitter.(PHOTO CREDIT: TWITTER.)

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Updated on Feb 09, 2020 04:38 PM IST

Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByHT Correspondent

Delhi Elections 2020: AAP announces final leg of campaigns ahead of Delhi polls

Delhi Elections 2020: According to the AAP’s Delhi convener Gopal Rai, the last phase of the party’s campaign will comprise a road show of chief minister Arvind Kejriwal in New Delhi assembly on January 21, the day he files his election nomination.

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Friday announced the next and final phase of the party’s campaign ahead of the February 8 assembly polls in Delhi.(Sanchit Khanna/HT PHOTO)

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Updated on Jan 18, 2020 03:58 AM IST

Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByHT Correspondent, New Delhi

62 Muktsar, Fazilka patwaris refused promotion in 8 years: RTI

MUKTSAR For some strange lure, patwaris posted in Muktsar and Fazilka districts don’t like promotion in their profession. Sample this: 38 patwaris refused promotion in Muktsar and 24 in Fazilka between 2010 and 2018, information procured under the Right to Information (RTI) Act reveals.

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Published on Jan 05, 2020 10:43 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Muktsar | BySarbmeet Singh

HC deadline nears, new Maur blast, SIT launches hunt for 3 dera followers

Bathinda With just three weeks left with the ‘new’ Special Investigation Team (SIT), formed in October, to complete the probe into Maur twin-bomb blasts and submit a report in the Punjab and Haryana high court by January 18, a hunt is on for the three accused named in the case in February 2018.

Officials examine the blast crime scene in Maur Mandi on Wednesday.Photo by(Sanjeev Kumar/HT)

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Updated on Dec 26, 2019 11:16 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Bathinda | ByHT Correspondent

Army job promise: Ludhiana jeweller’s daughter duped of ₹1 lakh

A man duped a jeweller of ₹1 lakh on the pretext of securing a job for his daughter as a clerk in the Indian Army. The complainant, Avtar Singh of Preet Nagar in Shimlapuri, said he had come in contact with the accused, Chandar Bhushan Pandey, a native of Bihar who was living near Matharu Chowk in Shimlapuri, in 2016.

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Published on Nov 26, 2019 11:38 PM IST

HT Correspondent | ByHT Correspondent, Ludhiana

Batala police forms SIT to probe murder of Akali leader

Former cabinet minister Bikram Singh Majithia and local SAD leader Ravi Karan Singh Kahlon had threatened a dharna in front of the SSP office if police did not arrest the accused in 48 hours

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Published on Nov 25, 2019 01:09 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | ByHT Correspondent, Batala

Rajpura: 40 persons attack Cong sarpanch, brother booked

As many as 40 persons entered at private hospital in Rajpura town of Patiala district, attacked the sarpanch of Takhtumajra village with sharp-edged weapons, and stabbed him in the left eye over a gurdwara committee dispute. The accused have also looted ₹80,000, a mobile phone and a gold chain from the victim.

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Updated on Nov 16, 2019 10:57 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | ByHarmandeep Singh, Patiala

Ludhiana MC’s light wing in soup for withholding information

The matter came to fore when city-based RTI activist Gaganish Khurana approached the information commission

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Updated on Oct 29, 2019 10:25 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | ByHT Correspondent, Ludhiana

Warder in soup for carrying phone inside prison

Earlier on October 13, an assistant superintendent Jaswinder Singh Randhawa, warder Surjeet Singh and head constable Ravinder Singh were suspended after three inmates were caught using mobile inside cell block, which is a high-security block.

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Published on Oct 23, 2019 10:42 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | ByHT Correspondent, Ludhiana

Congress objects to North MCD renaming ‘Gandhi Ashram Road’ in Narela

The civic body renamed the road in a function attended by the north body mayor, Avtar Singh, and standing committee chairperson, Jai Prakash, on September 4. The civic body officials said Bansal was a freedom fighter.

The Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee (DPCC) has objected to the North Delhi Municipal Corporation renaming a road in Narela from Gandhi Ashram Marg to Lala Jagannath Bansal Road after the name of the grandfather of a man who is close to the Bharatiya Janata Party.(Sonu Mehta/HT PHOTO)

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Updated on Sep 10, 2019 01:52 AM IST

New Delhi | ByHT Correspondent

Senior forest officer commits suicide

A case has been registered and investigation is on, a police official said in a press statement.

The incident has nothing to do with workload because there were hardly one or two files to look after because there was not any backlog, he said.(HT image)

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Updated on Sep 08, 2019 09:51 PM IST

Bengaluru | ByPress Trust of India

Bharti Kisan Union demands compensation for damaged crops in Muktsar

The farmers alleged that though a month had elapsed since their crop was damaged due to heavy rain, they had still not received relief from the government. The farmers also held protests to highlight the issue but to no avail.

While many farmers have re-sown the paddy crop, they said this had put additional monetary strain on them.(File photo)

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Updated on Aug 27, 2019 06:40 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Muktsar | BySarbmeet Singh

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A case under Sections 409 (criminal breach of trust by public servant), 420 (cheating), 465/467/468/471 (forgery) and 120-B (criminal conspiracy) of the Indian Penal Code, and various Sections of Prevention of Corruption Act has already been registered in the VB police station in Mohali.

Avtar Singh, 40, son of Balbir Singh, was hit on his head with an iron rod by a group of goons in the presence of a police party, following a scuffle over a piece of land in Greater Kailash area of Jammu and had died of excessive bleeding

The accused have been identified as Avtar Singh, 35, of Jatana village, Khanna. and Sachin, 21, of Amritsar. Police recovered 1.02 kg heroin from their possession. They had tied the drugs on their waists with a piece of cloth

Police recovered 10 intoxicating injections, including Pheniramene Maleate Kevil 10 ml, 10 syringes and 10 intoxicating injections of Buprenorphine I P Omegesic 2 ml from his possession. Kumar could not produce any license or permit for possessing the same

The biker’s friend witnessed the accident; he told the Panchkula police that he was in his car, while his friend was moving ahead on a motorcycle

Two drug peddlers were arrested with 85kg poppy husk by the crime investigation agency of Kurukshetra police, officials said on Sunday

A Dehlon village resident, hoping to settle abroad through a spouse visa, ended up losing ₹26 lakh to his wife, who moved to Canada using the money

Senior superintendent of police (SSP) Bhagirath Singh Meena said a team led by CIA incharge Avtar Singh was patrolling in the area of Sadar Banga police station when the police party intercepted two persons coming from Khamacho village side

A carpenter in Kotala, Samrala allegedly attacked his wife and son with an axe, leaving them critically injured. The accused fled with his younger son.

The reason that prompted the attack has not been ascertained yet, bu the Ludhiana-based couple’s neighbours, told police that the accused was a drug addict and would often beat up his wife

Case was registered under Sections 21A-61-85 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, and sections 25-54-59 of the Arms Act at the STF police station in Phase 4

Even after being declared an illegal colony, the levelling work continues on site in the Punjab town and the revenue department has approved five land registrations

Police have registered a case under Section 302 (murder) against some unidentified persons at the Jandiala police station.

On Thursday, 22 acre agricultural land worth ₹4 crore of smugglers was seized by the district police.

The couple was married on November 8, 2013, and the accused kept harassing her for dowry, even after she got pregnant

This time round, the AAP leader contested from the Kalkaji constituency, which was earlier represented by AAP’s sitting MLA Avtar Singh. Singh was denied a ticket and the Aam Aadmi Party selected Atishi instead to contest from Kalkaji.

Delhi Elections 2020: According to the AAP’s Delhi convener Gopal Rai, the last phase of the party’s campaign will comprise a road show of chief minister Arvind Kejriwal in New Delhi assembly on January 21, the day he files his election nomination.

MUKTSAR For some strange lure, patwaris posted in Muktsar and Fazilka districts don’t like promotion in their profession. Sample this: 38 patwaris refused promotion in Muktsar and 24 in Fazilka between 2010 and 2018, information procured under the Right to Information (RTI) Act reveals.

Bathinda With just three weeks left with the ‘new’ Special Investigation Team (SIT), formed in October, to complete the probe into Maur twin-bomb blasts and submit a report in the Punjab and Haryana high court by January 18, a hunt is on for the three accused named in the case in February 2018.

Former cabinet minister Bikram Singh Majithia and local SAD leader Ravi Karan Singh Kahlon had threatened a dharna in front of the SSP office if police did not arrest the accused in 48 hours

The matter came to fore when city-based RTI activist Gaganish Khurana approached the information commission

Earlier on October 13, an assistant superintendent Jaswinder Singh Randhawa, warder Surjeet Singh and head constable Ravinder Singh were suspended after three inmates were caught using mobile inside cell block, which is a high-security block.

The civic body renamed the road in a function attended by the north body mayor, Avtar Singh, and standing committee chairperson, Jai Prakash, on September 4. The civic body officials said Bansal was a freedom fighter.

A case has been registered and investigation is on, a police official said in a press statement.

The farmers alleged that though a month had elapsed since their crop was damaged due to heavy rain, they had still not received relief from the government. The farmers also held protests to highlight the issue but to no avail.

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