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67-year-old woman murdered in Kapurthala village

The deceased has been identified as Ram Pyari, mother-in-law of Hardaspur village sarpanch Balwinder Kaur who belongs to BJP.

Police said the body was found with injury marks on the neck and mouth. “ Valuable goods from the house were found missing,” police added.

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Published on Apr 15, 2025 08:04 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Jalandhar

VB arrests panchayat secy for accepting ₹15,000 bribe

However, the co-accused in the case, Hardyal Singh, block development and panchayats officer (BDPO) of Kapurthala, managed to evade arrest by fleeing the scene.

The Vigilance Bureau (VB) on Wednesday arrested Parmjit Singh, a panchayat secretary from Jhall Bimbri village in Kapurthala district, for demanding and accepting a bribe of <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>15,000. (Representational image)

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Published on Mar 18, 2025 08:41 PM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Kapurthala

All six US deportees from Kapurthala belong to Bholath sub division

Punjab’s NRI belt of Doaba accounts for 14 illegal migrants with six belonging to Kapurthala district, four from Jalandhar and two each from Hoshiarpur and Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar.

Security personnel deployed at Amritsar airport on Wednesday before the military aircraft carrying the first batch of illegal Indian immigrants arrived. (Sameer Sehgal/HT)

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Published on Feb 05, 2025 04:33 PM IST

ByNavrajdeep Singh

Protesters demand arrest of assailants who killed fuel pump staff

Kulwant Singh, a fuel pump employee, was shot dead by three assailants near Kheeranwali village on Kapurthala-Goindwal road in Kapurthala district on February 1.

Locals along with his family members blocked the Talwara-Una road at Adda Bhavnor for an hour, according to officials. (HT File)

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Published on Feb 04, 2025 05:00 AM IST

ByPress Trust of India, Hoshiarpur

Punjab Vigilance Bureau nabs ASI ₹5k bribe money in Kapurthala

A spokesperson of the VB said Singh was caught red-handed following a complaint lodged by Gurjit Kaur, a resident of Fattudhinga village in Kapurthala district.

Acting on the complaint, the VB laid a trap and caught the ASI red-handed while accepting the bribe in the presence of two official witnesses. (Shutterstock)

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Updated on Jan 02, 2025 07:22 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Kapurthala

Punjab: Speeding cars claim 4 lives in road crashes in Jalandhar and Kapurthala

Four persons, including two women, died in separate road accidents in Jalandhar’s Goraya and Kapurthala district on Sunday night

The mangled remains of a car after the mishap on the Jalandhar-Ludhiana national highway near Goraya on Sunday night. (HT Photo)

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Updated on Dec 31, 2024 05:30 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Jalandhar

Three killed in Kapurthala road mishap

Three youths were killed in a road accident at Tibba village of Kapurthala district late night on Monday. All the deceased were in their 20s. Police said the accident took place on the Sultanpur Lodhi-Talwandi road when a motorcycle and a scooter collided with each other.

Three youths were killed in a road accident at Tibba village of Kapurthala district late night on Monday. The deceased have been identified as Chand Kumar and Davinder Singh of Talwandi Chaudharian village and Sahil Kumar of Bidhipur village of the district. (Getty Images/iStockphoto/ Representational image)

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Updated on Jun 19, 2024 05:16 AM IST

ByHTC, Kapurthala

Sultanpur Lodhi gurdwara clash: Takht jathedar blames CM for violation of maryada

The incident took place on November 23 last year when Kapurthala police tried to intervene between the two Nihang groups who had been at loggerheads over the control of the gurdwara. A home guard jawan was killed while 10 persons including four policemen and two local journalists were injured in the clash.

The Akal Takht jathedar Giani Raghbir Singh on Sunday blamed chief minister Bhagwant Mann and Punjab Police for firing and violation of maryada (religious protocol) at Gurdwara Akal Bunga Chhauni Nihang Singhan at Sultanpur Lodhi in Kapurthala district. (PTI File Photo)

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Updated on Jan 22, 2024 06:46 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Amritsar

Kabaddi player shot dead in Punjab; SAD chief's ‘jungle raj’ dig at CM Mann

The incident also sparked a political row with Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) chief Sukhbir Singh Badal hitting out at the Bhagwant Mann-led AAP government.

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Published on Sep 22, 2023 09:04 PM IST

ByHT News Desk

₹285 cr released for flood relief in Punjab, says minister Jimpa

Punjab revenue, rehabilitation and disaster management minister Bram Shanker Jimpa on Saturday said that chief minister Bhagwant Mann has released ₹285.32 crore to all 23 districts of Punjab to compensate the flood damage till August 31

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Updated on Sep 03, 2023 12:10 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent

Waterlogging delays girdawari process in Kapurthala villages

Meanwhile, Congress MLA from Sultanpur Lodhi Rana Inder Partap Singh said step-motherly treatment was being meted out to Kapurthala district.

Kapurthala villages bore the brunt of floods twice, first due to swollen Sutlej and then due to Beas last week.

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Updated on Aug 25, 2023 12:48 AM IST

ByNavrajdeep Singh, Kapurthala

Punjab: Army, NDRF rescue 300 from flood-hit villages in Kapurthala

Some parts of Hoshiarpur, Gurdaspur and Rupnagar and Kapurthala districts were submerged following the release of excess water from the Pong and Bhakra dams this week.

A rescue operation underway in the inundated Mand area of Bholath sub division in Kapurthala district on Thursday. (HT Photo)

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Updated on Aug 17, 2023 04:04 PM IST

ByPress Trust of India

SHO, ASI among 5 booked for taking ₹20 lakh bribe to release drug peddler in Punjab

During the interrogation of Gujral, it came to the fore that the accused was earlier arrested by Subhanpur police in Kapurthala on March 11 in an NDPS Act case registered at Sultanpur police station by then SHO Harjeet Singh. But the accused was released from police custody after giving the bribe

Eight days after the Jalandhar rural police arrested a drug peddler with 6kg of heroin, two policemen, including a sub-inspector from Kapurthala district, are among five people booked for releasing the accused drug smuggler Gujral Singh after taking a bribe of <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>20 lakh.

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Updated on Jun 21, 2023 12:41 AM IST

ByNavrajdeep Singh, Kapurthala

Illegal sand mining on Beas banks continues unabated in Tarn Taran

The residents of Gagrewal, Jalalabad and Bhalojala villages in Khadoor Sahib sub-division say they have been complaining to the mining department about the illegal practice for the last one year, but to no avail.

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Published on Mar 12, 2020 10:25 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Tarn Taran | ByAnil Sharma, Tarn Taran

CONSUMER FORUM ORDER:Corporation to pay ₹80,000 for selling substandard seeds

JALANDHAR The district consumer disputes redressal forum has penalised Punjab State Seeds Corporation Limited (PSSCL) for providing substandard wheat seeds to a Kapurthala-based farmer. The forum directed the corporation to pay a compensation of ₹70,000, besides the litigation cost of ₹10,000 to Gurmit Singh within a month.

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Published on Feb 14, 2020 11:03 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Jalandhar | ByHT Correspondent

Man kills wife for not serving lunch

KAPURTHALA A 45-year-old man allegedly hacked his wife to death with a spade when she refused to serve lunch to him at Kamewal village in Kapurthala district on Thursday. The Fattu Dhinga police registered a case against accused Prem Singh, 45, under Section 302 (murder) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) on Friday following a complaint filed by his 19-year-old son Mangal.

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Published on Jan 24, 2020 10:23 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Kapurthala | ByHT Correspondent

HC issues notice to state, DGP on Kapurthala man’s plea for protection

The Punjab and Haryana high court on Thursday issued a notice to the Punjab government and the director general of police (DGP) on the plea of Kapurthala Charan Singh, seeking protection from his real estate business partner Ranjit Singh, who had been allegedly threatening him.

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Published on Dec 26, 2019 11:06 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Jalandhar | ByHT Correspondent, Jalandhar

550th Parkash Purb: Women camping in Sultanpur Lodhi to serve langar to devotees

Women from nearby areas are offering sewa (service) from morning till late evening.

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Published on Nov 04, 2019 10:12 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | ByGagandeep Jassowal, Sultanpur Lodhi

550th Parkash Purb: SGPC to dedicate first event to Bhai Mardana

Artists will play various string instruments, including rabab, during the nagar kirtan that will be taken out from Kapurthala village to Sultanpur Lodhi on Nov 1

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Updated on Oct 29, 2019 11:09 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | ByGagandeep Jassowal, Sultanpur Lodhi

Dept fully prepared to contain disease outbreak, says health minister

Specialists doctors have been deputed at the civil hospital of Lohian and Sultanpur Lodhi

Villagers filling the breach at Jania village near Lohian on Saturday(HT Photo)

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Updated on Aug 24, 2019 11:23 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | ByHT Correspondent

Controversy over Kapurthala village imposing entry tax on commercial vehicles to generate revenue

Deputy commissioner DPS Kharbanda said the matter came to light recently and he will fix the responsibility of concerned officials who have allowed the Nangal Lubana panchayat to impose an entry tax without an approval from the government.

The sarpanch Ajmer Singh said the entry tax on commercial vehicles was imposed after taking feedback from villagers as this money will be utilised to repair roads and other development works.(HT File / Photo used for representational purpose only)

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Published on Jun 24, 2019 11:20 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Kapurthala | ByJatinder Mahal, Kapurthala

‘Missing’ for 3 weeks, 17-year-old Kapurthala girl found murdered

5 persons, including her male friend and three of his family, booked for murder, kidnapping; one arrested

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Updated on Mar 18, 2019 09:58 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Kapurthala | ByHT Correspondent

Apex gurdwara body elections to be held on November 13

Besides the president, a general secretary, senior vice-president, junior vice-president and 11-member executive committee are elected in the session held every year in November.

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Updated on Oct 19, 2018 10:06 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Amritsar | ByHT Correspondent

Jalandhar-Panipat 6-laning: NHAI pulls up firm, wants final deadline

The move comes after the Punjab government took up the issue with the Union road, transport and highways ministry recently.

In Punjab, the road passes from Patiala, Fatehgarh Sahib, Ludhiana, Jalandhar and Kapurthala districts.(HT File)

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Updated on Jun 14, 2018 10:35 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | ByRavinder Vasudeva, Chandigarh

Herculean task for DLMW to produce 60 electrical locomotives in 10 months

Deadline March ’19: The delay in purchase and supply of raw material for the production of electric locomotive engines had halted the work at the workshop for around a month.

The DLMW developed and dispatched two electric locomotives earlier this year.(Bharat Bhushan/HT)

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Updated on Jun 07, 2018 03:37 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Patiala | ByNavrajdeep Singh, Patiala

Drug supply racket busted in Jalandhar, Nigerian among 3 held

The police recovered 780 gm of heroin, ₹8.8 lakh and a Zen car from their possession.

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Published on Jun 05, 2018 12:14 PM IST

Hindutstan Times, Jalandhar | ByHT Correspondent, Jalandhar

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The deceased has been identified as Ram Pyari, mother-in-law of Hardaspur village sarpanch Balwinder Kaur who belongs to BJP.

However, the co-accused in the case, Hardyal Singh, block development and panchayats officer (BDPO) of Kapurthala, managed to evade arrest by fleeing the scene.

Punjab’s NRI belt of Doaba accounts for 14 illegal migrants with six belonging to Kapurthala district, four from Jalandhar and two each from Hoshiarpur and Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar.

Kulwant Singh, a fuel pump employee, was shot dead by three assailants near Kheeranwali village on Kapurthala-Goindwal road in Kapurthala district on February 1.

A spokesperson of the VB said Singh was caught red-handed following a complaint lodged by Gurjit Kaur, a resident of Fattudhinga village in Kapurthala district.

Four persons, including two women, died in separate road accidents in Jalandhar’s Goraya and Kapurthala district on Sunday night

Three youths were killed in a road accident at Tibba village of Kapurthala district late night on Monday. All the deceased were in their 20s. Police said the accident took place on the Sultanpur Lodhi-Talwandi road when a motorcycle and a scooter collided with each other.

The incident also sparked a political row with Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) chief Sukhbir Singh Badal hitting out at the Bhagwant Mann-led AAP government.

Punjab revenue, rehabilitation and disaster management minister Bram Shanker Jimpa on Saturday said that chief minister Bhagwant Mann has released ₹285.32 crore to all 23 districts of Punjab to compensate the flood damage till August 31

Meanwhile, Congress MLA from Sultanpur Lodhi Rana Inder Partap Singh said step-motherly treatment was being meted out to Kapurthala district.

Some parts of Hoshiarpur, Gurdaspur and Rupnagar and Kapurthala districts were submerged following the release of excess water from the Pong and Bhakra dams this week.

During the interrogation of Gujral, it came to the fore that the accused was earlier arrested by Subhanpur police in Kapurthala on March 11 in an NDPS Act case registered at Sultanpur police station by then SHO Harjeet Singh. But the accused was released from police custody after giving the bribe

The residents of Gagrewal, Jalalabad and Bhalojala villages in Khadoor Sahib sub-division say they have been complaining to the mining department about the illegal practice for the last one year, but to no avail.

The Punjab and Haryana high court on Thursday issued a notice to the Punjab government and the director general of police (DGP) on the plea of Kapurthala Charan Singh, seeking protection from his real estate business partner Ranjit Singh, who had been allegedly threatening him.

Women from nearby areas are offering sewa (service) from morning till late evening.

Artists will play various string instruments, including rabab, during the nagar kirtan that will be taken out from Kapurthala village to Sultanpur Lodhi on Nov 1

Specialists doctors have been deputed at the civil hospital of Lohian and Sultanpur Lodhi

Deputy commissioner DPS Kharbanda said the matter came to light recently and he will fix the responsibility of concerned officials who have allowed the Nangal Lubana panchayat to impose an entry tax without an approval from the government.

5 persons, including her male friend and three of his family, booked for murder, kidnapping; one arrested

Besides the president, a general secretary, senior vice-president, junior vice-president and 11-member executive committee are elected in the session held every year in November.

The move comes after the Punjab government took up the issue with the Union road, transport and highways ministry recently.

Deadline March ’19: The delay in purchase and supply of raw material for the production of electric locomotive engines had halted the work at the workshop for around a month.

The police recovered 780 gm of heroin, ₹8.8 lakh and a Zen car from their possession.

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