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Mohali: Man held for thrashing, dragging 10-yr-old girl by hair in Dera Bassi

The accused, identified as Nirmal Singh, a gardener and resident of Lohara Wala Mohalla, Dera Bassi, was arrested after a video of him beating the victim with slippers and dragging her by her hair came to fore

Driver held with illegal knife in Chandigarh’s Sector 52

The accused, identified as Nirmal Singh, a resident of Kajheri in Chandigarh, used to work as a private driver; he was arrested following a tip-off

Ex Haryana minister Nirmal Singh joins Congress

The joining was done in the presence of general secretary in-charge of Haryana Congress Deepak Babaria, former Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, state Congress president Udai Bhan and MP Deepender Hooda

Two AAP leaders in Haryana quit party, set to join Congress

According to sources, they are likely to join back the Congress on January 5 in New Delhi in the presence of a senior leader from the central leadership of the party.

Ex-Dy CM’s palatial bungalow controversy: J&K Tribunal to hear matter on April 13

The appeal filed by former deputy chief minister (CM) Nirmal Singh’s wife Mamta Singh was heard by the J&K Special Tribunal on Thursday and the matter was deferred for April 13 for continuation of further arguments

Cow shooting shows who Nirmal Singh truly is: BJP MLA Aseem Goel

Controversy comes at a time when Ambala city is gearing up for its municipal corporation polls

Fake call centre racket targeting senior citizens busted, 6 arrested

They targeted senior citizens who had purchased insurance policies from different companies and lured them to deposit money to get a huge amount supposedly after their insurance policies matured

Industrial Training Institutes to reopen in Punjab on September 21

The directorate of technical education has asked all state-run and private ITIs to make arrangements for classes in adherence with Covid-19 guidelines

Man, 25, dies, friend hurt as mini truck hits motorcycle

Pillion rider Karan Kumar of Mullanpur died on the spot, while Mukesh Kumar was referred to Rajindra Hospital in Patiala for treatment of multiple fractures

KLF running cross-border narco-terror network: NIA

Malwa farmers scripting success story in pig farming

Nirmal Singh, 39, a farmer from Lubaniawali village in Muktsar is making handsome profits from pig farming. Starting with 10 animals in 2015, he now has 100 pigs. Like Nirmal, a large number of farmers are adopting pig farming due to high returns. Farmers rear pigs for breeding as well as meat production.

Told not to block traffic flow, 4 assault two cops in Ludhiana village

Four men allegedly assaulted two police personnel after they were told to not create hurdles in traffic movement in Daad village on Tuesday evening. While two of the men were arrested on the spot, their two accomplices managed to escape. Those arrested have been identified as Gurwinder Singh and Gurpreet Singh, residents of Thakkarwal village, while the accused who managed to escape are Teerath Singh and Amarjit Singh.

Youth murdered in Patiala: Four days on, accused still at large

Four days after a youth was allegedly murdered, the accused are still at large. The district police and CIA Patiala are groping in dark. Despite carrying out multiple raids at different locations, police have failed to arrest any of the accused. On January 29, Gurdeep Singh alias Deepak, of Gagarpur village, was shot at and two of his friends had received bullet injuries.

STATUTES ROW: SGPC backs Sikh bodies’ demand

Blurb: The Akal Takht-formed panel to call on Amritsar DC today, submit report to jathedar in five days The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) on Thursday supported the demand of Sikh bodies for removal of folk dancers’ statues raised by the previous SAD-BJP government on Heritage Street in Amritsar.

27 years on, six Punjab Police personnel convicted of abducting, killing Tarn Taran-based Baba Charan Singh, five others of family

Baba Charan Singh, and five other relatives, including nephew Balwinder Singh, who was a constable with Punjab Police, and his father, Gurmej Singh, were abducted by the police from different places in April 1993 and later shown to have escaped from custody

Akali sarpanch’s husband murder:5 booked for harbouring accused in Amritsar

Three days after Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) Sarpach’s husband was killed, Amritsar rural police on Saturday booked five persons for harbouring the accused. Those booked are identified as Gurjit Kaur of Umarpura village and Manjit Singh, Sukhwinder Singh, Bakhsish Singh and Kulbir Singh of Pandoori village.

Shutrana MLA rues poor dvpmt, figures show constituency given ₹75 cr

Even though Congress MLA from Shutrana, Nirmal Singh, upped ante against his own government over poor development, the constituency registered maximum state government sanctioned projects since the Congress took over the reins of the state in 2017. The two-time MLA also threatened to sit on protest outside the residence of chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh from January 1 onwards if the government failed to consider a list of development plans in his assembly segment.

Cash at judge’s door: Prosecution witness retracts from statement

Retired high court judge Nirmal Yadav is facing trial for receiving ₹15 lakh from a Delhi-based hotelier, Ravinder Singh, in 2008. Besides Yadav and Ravinder, the other accused in the case are city-based businessman Rajiv Gupta, one Nirmal Singh and since deceased, Sanjeev Bansal, the then additional advocate general, Haryana

Didn’t tap phones of Congress MLAs, say Patiala police

SSP says tapping cannot be done without permission of home dept; adds that its paperwork is cumbersome

Haryana verdict: BJP prevails in twin Ambala City, Cantt seats

Anil Vij’s personal rapport with voters and the “report card” detailing his performance in the past five years helped the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader retain the Ambala Cantonment seat, as results for the Haryana assembly elections were declared on Thursday.

Haryana elections: Ambala Cantt records its lowest turnout

Ambala Cantonment registered the lowest turnout in its history with only 62% of the total 1.96 lakh voters turning up to exercise their right. The voter turnout in the Ambala City seat also fell sharply to 60.4% against the 2014’s 70% as the elections took place for the Haryana Vidhan Sabha on Monday.

Ambala City: Candidates’ last-ditch efforts to take potshots at each other

As the election day approaches, development issues in the Ambala City assembly segment have taken a back seat. The three main contenders — Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA and candidate Aseem Goel, Congress candidate and turncoat Jasbir Singh Malour, and former Congress minister and now rebel Nirmal Singh — are attacking each other on corruption, criminal cases and issues of moral integrity.

Gang involved in robbing vehicles at gunpoint busted in Tarn Taran, three held

Police on Monday busted a gang involved in robbing vehicles at gunpoint and arrested three of its members on a tip-off, from T-point Jotishah, 25 kms from the district headquarters. However, five of the gang’s members managed to flee the spot, police said.

Two friends killed as speeding car rams into overloaded truck on Patiala-Samana road

Two friends died after their speeding car rammed into an overloaded truck near Kheri village on Patiala-Samana road, 25km from district headquarters, on Sunday night. The deceased have been identified as Avtar Singh Virk, 30, and Gurpreet Singh Warraich, 27, both residents of Samana.

Taxi driver found murdered at Pinjore village

Parvinder Singh Bittu, a 40-year-old taxi driver who reportedly picked up five passengers from the Kalka railway station for Baddi in Himachal Pradesh, was found murdered at Khedawali village in Pinjore on Wednesday in mysterious circumstances. His family learnt of the death when they visited a health centre in Kalka and were shown an unclaimed body, police said.

Extortion: Former sarpanch, aide land in police net

During questioning, the accused confessed of extorting money from three more persons by using similar threats

Lok Sabha election: Ex-minister Ranike is SAD pick from Faridkot

SAD president Sukhbir Badal is believed to have experimented by bringing in Ranike to Faridkot to reign in infighting in the party and bring the local flock together.

Amritsar train tragedy: Four months on, SIT yet to fix criminal responsibility

Three days after the tragedy, the then Punjab director general of police (DGP) Suresh Arora directed the government railway police (GRP) to hold a probe into the incident.

‘A cop asked, kitne murge bhun diye’: 1984 riots witness recalls horror

Eight years later, Jagdish Kaur’s account served as clinching evidence in the conviction of Kumar and five other accused by the Delhi High Court on Monday.

Woman among six booked for killing husband in Sangrur

Police say that Jasvir had tried to mislead them by lodging a missing complaint of Nirmal, saying that he was missing since August 29.