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Hit-and-run case: Driver who fled after running minor over arrested in Punjab

Police traced and arrested a truck driver in Punjab after hitting a 15-year-old on Mumbai-Ahmedabad highway. The victim died in the incident.

Investigators said the trio were returning to their home at Kailanga in Bhiwani after meeting a relative living in Kasan, Manesar, when the accident occured. (Representational Image)

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Updated on Apr 23, 2024 09:08 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent

Amritpal Singh: Arrest or surrender? Conflicting versions emerge

Videos on social media show Amritpal walking inside the gurdwara before making a brief speech and later coming out to surrender.

Even as the Punjab Police claim that pro-Khalistan leader Amritpal Singh was arrested from Rode village in Moga on Sunday morning, villagers and people who were with the ‘Waris Punjab De’ chief said he surrendered.

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Updated on Apr 24, 2023 03:35 AM IST

ByParteek Singh Mahal

Now, 65-year-old man found dead near Qaumi Insaaf Morcha’s tents in Mohali

Ruling out any foul play, Mohali police said the deceased, Jagtar Singh of Raipur Kalan, Mohali, died of cardiac arrest

Mohali police said on Wednesday, the man took a bath and had the morning tea with other protesters. Later, when he went to an open area near the protest site to relieve himself, he collapsed on the ground. (iStock)

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Updated on Apr 13, 2023 01:50 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Chandigarh

Crackdown against Amritpal: Assam detainees not in illegal custody, Punjab tells HC

Says associates of radical Sikh preacher, Amritpal Singh, sent to Dibrugarh in Assam are detained under the National Security Act 1980 and not in illegal custody

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Updated on Apr 11, 2023 11:37 PM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Chandigarh

One hurt as Nihangs clash among each other near Quami Insaaf Morcha protest site in Mohali

Police have arrested a Nihang Sikh and booked eight others for attempt-to-murder, rioting, unlawful assembly and criminal conspiracy. The accused have been identified as Nihang Mela Singh, 38, who is under arrest, and Fateh Singh, Jung Singh, Mor Singh, Rajput, Jassa, and three unidentified persons, who have been booked.

The victim, identified Babbar Singh alias Chanddi Nihang, 29, of Manimajra, has received a deep cut on his left wrist, besides two wounds on arm, due to the sword attack. (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

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Updated on Apr 10, 2023 03:49 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Mohali

Chandigarh: Two Nihangs clash with swords, one seriously injured

The victim has been identified as Chanddi Nihang (37) of Manimajra, Chandigarh. Police said he was admitted to the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education & Research (PGIMER)

Police said that the incident took place on midnight Saturday after two men landed into a heated argument while they were sitting near a park in Sector 52 (Representative Photo)

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Updated on Apr 09, 2023 05:02 PM IST

ByHT Correspondent

Pleas from NSA detainees: HC defers hearing for April 11

Pleas demanded that they be allowed to meet the detainees and directions be given to the Punjab government to provide copies of orders, whereby these persons have been detained under the National Security Act (NSA) and sent to Dibrugarh jail in Assam

The Punjab and Haryana high court. (HT File Photo)

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Updated on Apr 07, 2023 11:01 PM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Chandigarh

Of 822 tainted cops in Punjab, 17% being probed for corruption

Department of home affairs deputy secretary Vijay Singh Chauhan submitted the report after a high court order in September in which the state was told to submit details of FIRs against all serving state police officers along with the nature of criminal cases.

Of the 822 cops booked in Punjab, 18 are inspectors, 24 sub-inspectors, 170 assistant sub-inspectors and the remaining are constables and head constables.(Representational photo)

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Published on Oct 10, 2020 06:30 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | BySurender Sharma

Ludhiana police recover 2 lakh litres of spurious liquor, 2 held

Police conducted a raid at a spot near the Sutlej riverbank following a tip-off and found the liquor hidden there and made the two arrests

File photo of the anti smuggling wing of the police destroying illicit country made liquor near Sutlej river in Ludhiana in June this year.(HT Photo)

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Updated on Aug 02, 2020 10:41 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Ludhiana | ByHT Correspondent, Ludhiana

Woman, lover held for husband’s murder

Amrik Singh was reportedly poisoned by Geeta, 40, and Surjit Singh, 26, of Bamba village, on June 12

An Ambala woman was arrested for allegedly poisoning her husband.(HT photo)

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Updated on Jun 15, 2020 11:44 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Ambala | ByHT Correspondent

Fear of more rain gets farmers jittery amid delayed wheat procurement in Chandigarh

Close to 10,000 tonne wheat had been procured by the end of April last year, while this year, only 4,750 tonne has been procured

Farmers at the grain market in Sector 39, Chandigarh, during the procurement of their wheat on Friday.(Anil Dayal/HT photo)

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Updated on Apr 26, 2020 09:46 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | ByRajanbir Singh, Chandigarh

Unsung Heroes: Braving virus, Surjit & co maintain the greens at Chandigarh Golf Club on daily basis

Five of the course maintenance staff is staying inside the premises of the golf course, and as usual their day starts at 5am.

Assistant course manager Surjit Singh along with his team maintaining the course of the Chandigarh Golf Club on Saturday.

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Updated on Apr 12, 2020 01:00 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | BySaurabh Duggal

Mohali labourer falls into brick kiln chamber, charred to death

He could not be pulled out as the chamber was burning, it takes about 24 hours for it to cool down.

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Published on Mar 05, 2020 12:27 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Mohali | ByHT Correspondent, Mohali

Overloaded auto overturns in Ludhiana, 10 students injured

Class 8 students were headed to a centre to take PSEB board exams; say their teachers hired the auto, principal claims otherwise

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Published on Mar 03, 2020 10:51 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Ludhiana | ByHT Correspondent, Ludhiana

Behbal Kalan firing: Victim’s brother writes to CJI, seeks protection to witnesses citing threat

The brother of Kishan Bhagwan Singh, one of those who died in the 2015 Behbal Kalan police firing incident, has written a letter to Chief Justice of India (CJI) Sharad Arvind Bobde seeking police protection to all the witnesses in the case, claiming threat to their lives.

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Published on Feb 18, 2020 10:57 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Faridkot | ByParteek Singh Mahal, Faridkot

Self-styled Taksalis are ‘jaali’ Akalis: Sukhbir

Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal on Thursday termed the rebel SAD leaders “jaali Akalis” (fake Akalis) and said the self-styled Taksalis have backstabbed the party under a Congress conspiracy to weaken it. Speaking during a dharna organised by the SAD-BJP outside the Faridkot senior superintendent of police (SSP) office against the alleged misrule of the Congress government in the state, Sukhbir said suspended Akali leader Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa enjoyed a name in politics due to the SAD.

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Published on Jan 30, 2020 11:16 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Faridkot | ByHT Correspondent, Faridkot

Police crack down on travel agents in Ludhiana, register 8 FIRs

The Division Number 2 police have booked a travel agent, Vatan Arora alias Lucky, of Rajasthan’s Alwar following the complaint of Shamsher Singh of Islam Gunj in Ludhiana.

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Published on Jan 01, 2020 10:24 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | ByHT Correspondent, Ludhiana

15 kg heroin seized in Amritsar, 6 held

The counter-intelligence wing of Punjab Police on Friday arrested six drug peddlers and recovered 15kg heroin from their possession at Ghonewal village under Ramdas police station in the district. In a press release issued here, officials of the wing said that following a tip-off, a team of the counter-intelligence unit, Amritsar, set up a naka at Ghonewal T-point and arrested the six drug peddlers and recovered 15 packets of heroin (of 1 kg each) from their possession.

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Updated on Dec 20, 2019 10:54 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Amritsar | ByHT Correspondent, Amritsar

Flats for ’84 riots-hit families: Society chief ‘made crores’, victims meet MLA, seek help

Simarjeet Singh Bains asked committee members to bring specific proof against accused

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Published on Nov 25, 2019 10:39 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | ByHT Correspondent, Ludhiana

₹7 lakh robbed at gunpoint from steel factory’s office in Ludhiana

Four men wearing helmets restrain office employees using tape, make off with cash kept in drawer Four armed men robbed ₹7 lakh from the employees of a steel mill in Industrial Area B near Miller Ganj on Friday afternoon and escaped with ease in broad daylight.

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Published on Nov 08, 2019 10:56 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Ludhiana | ByHT Correspondent, Ludhiana

Three held with 12 mobile phones in Ludhiana

The trio was nabbed during a special checking in Kitchlu Nagar when they were roaming in the area on the motorcycle

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Updated on Oct 25, 2019 10:43 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Ludhiana | ByHT Correspondent, Ludhiana

‘Pioneers of change’: CM lauds farmers not burning stubble

Describing the progressive farmers who have refrained from burning paddy stubble, as pioneers of change, Punjab chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Monday called upon them to join the state government in launching a campaign to persuade farmers to give up the practice in the interest of the environment.

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Published on Oct 15, 2019 01:01 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | ByHT Correspondent, Chandigarh

Woman dies saving daughter from collapsing roof near Ludhiana

The young girl, while recalling the horrific incident, stated that her 40-yr-old father Surjit Singh, had started reconstructing their house and had already dismantled two rooms.

Villagers say officials arrived shamefully late(HT image)

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Updated on Aug 19, 2019 09:46 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Ludhiana | ByTarsem Singh Deogan

3-year-old boy bludgeoned to death at Amritsar village, accused held

The victim’s family alleged that the accused Jatinder Kumar ,45, of the same village is an occultist and the minor was killed to fulfil some supernatural rituals, however, police were yet to determine the motive behind the killing.

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Updated on Apr 29, 2019 08:31 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Amritsar | ByHT Correspondent

Sajjan Kumar accuses CBI of tutoring witness

The fact that the witness was giving information contrary to his police statements in 1985 point to him being tutored, Kumar’s counsel said

The case was transferred from the Karkardooma court to the Patiala House court by the Delhi High Court, which had directed the district judge to video record the proceedings.(PTI)

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Updated on Apr 10, 2019 09:50 AM IST

New Delhi | ByPress Trust of India

India, Pakistan must hire home-bred coaches, says Islahuddin Siddique

Islahuddin Siddique feels that there are many good coaches in India and Pakistan and that they should be given same terms as one would give a foreign coach.

Islahuddin Siddique played during Pakistan hockey’s Golden Era, from 1967 to 1979.(HT Photo)

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Updated on Dec 11, 2018 05:49 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Bhubaneswar | BySandip Sikdar

Punjabi singer Harman Sidhu arrested with heroin in Sirsa, remanded in police custody

Sidhu told police that he has been a drug addict for the past six to seven months and purchased drug from a Delhi-based Nigerian national.

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Updated on Sep 30, 2018 09:56 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Sirsa | ByHT Correspondent

SHO who booked Cong candidate resigns citing pressure, withdraws

The SHO had filed an FIR against Hardev Singh Laddi Sherowalia on Friday.

Congress’ Hardev Singh Laddi Sherowalia was on Friday booked on charges of illegal sand mining.(For representation)

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Updated on May 04, 2018 09:18 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Shahkot (Jalandhar) | ByParampreet Singh Narula, Shahkot (jalandhar)

15 hours after being named as Congress nominee, Ladi booked for illegal mining

Mohan Singh, general secretary of the Bhatha Major Union, in his complaint stated that “illegal mining was on in villages with the support of Congress Halka in-charge Hardev Singh Ladi Sherowalia”.

Congress leader Hardev Singh Ladi Sherowalia(HT File)

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Updated on May 05, 2018 09:29 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Shahkot (Jalandhar) | ByParampreet Singh Narula, Shahkot (jalandhar)

In Mohali, 6-year-old child spends three days beside mother’s body

Armaan Singh told the police that he did not eat anything the day his mother hanged herself with her dupatta, but had biscuits, chips and fruits stacked in the fridge whenever he felt hungry over the next two days.

Police officials outside the residence of deceased Jaspinder Kaur in Mohali on Saturday.(HT Photo)

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Updated on Apr 22, 2018 01:33 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Mohali | ByHT Correspondent

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Police traced and arrested a truck driver in Punjab after hitting a 15-year-old on Mumbai-Ahmedabad highway. The victim died in the incident.

Videos on social media show Amritpal walking inside the gurdwara before making a brief speech and later coming out to surrender.

Ruling out any foul play, Mohali police said the deceased, Jagtar Singh of Raipur Kalan, Mohali, died of cardiac arrest

Says associates of radical Sikh preacher, Amritpal Singh, sent to Dibrugarh in Assam are detained under the National Security Act 1980 and not in illegal custody

The victim has been identified as Chanddi Nihang (37) of Manimajra, Chandigarh. Police said he was admitted to the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education & Research (PGIMER)

Pleas demanded that they be allowed to meet the detainees and directions be given to the Punjab government to provide copies of orders, whereby these persons have been detained under the National Security Act (NSA) and sent to Dibrugarh jail in Assam

Department of home affairs deputy secretary Vijay Singh Chauhan submitted the report after a high court order in September in which the state was told to submit details of FIRs against all serving state police officers along with the nature of criminal cases.

Police conducted a raid at a spot near the Sutlej riverbank following a tip-off and found the liquor hidden there and made the two arrests

Amrik Singh was reportedly poisoned by Geeta, 40, and Surjit Singh, 26, of Bamba village, on June 12

Close to 10,000 tonne wheat had been procured by the end of April last year, while this year, only 4,750 tonne has been procured

Five of the course maintenance staff is staying inside the premises of the golf course, and as usual their day starts at 5am.

He could not be pulled out as the chamber was burning, it takes about 24 hours for it to cool down.

Class 8 students were headed to a centre to take PSEB board exams; say their teachers hired the auto, principal claims otherwise

The brother of Kishan Bhagwan Singh, one of those who died in the 2015 Behbal Kalan police firing incident, has written a letter to Chief Justice of India (CJI) Sharad Arvind Bobde seeking police protection to all the witnesses in the case, claiming threat to their lives.

The Division Number 2 police have booked a travel agent, Vatan Arora alias Lucky, of Rajasthan’s Alwar following the complaint of Shamsher Singh of Islam Gunj in Ludhiana.

Simarjeet Singh Bains asked committee members to bring specific proof against accused

Four men wearing helmets restrain office employees using tape, make off with cash kept in drawer Four armed men robbed ₹7 lakh from the employees of a steel mill in Industrial Area B near Miller Ganj on Friday afternoon and escaped with ease in broad daylight.

The trio was nabbed during a special checking in Kitchlu Nagar when they were roaming in the area on the motorcycle

The young girl, while recalling the horrific incident, stated that her 40-yr-old father Surjit Singh, had started reconstructing their house and had already dismantled two rooms.

The victim’s family alleged that the accused Jatinder Kumar ,45, of the same village is an occultist and the minor was killed to fulfil some supernatural rituals, however, police were yet to determine the motive behind the killing.

The fact that the witness was giving information contrary to his police statements in 1985 point to him being tutored, Kumar’s counsel said

Islahuddin Siddique feels that there are many good coaches in India and Pakistan and that they should be given same terms as one would give a foreign coach.

Sidhu told police that he has been a drug addict for the past six to seven months and purchased drug from a Delhi-based Nigerian national.

The SHO had filed an FIR against Hardev Singh Laddi Sherowalia on Friday.

Mohan Singh, general secretary of the Bhatha Major Union, in his complaint stated that “illegal mining was on in villages with the support of Congress Halka in-charge Hardev Singh Ladi Sherowalia”.

Armaan Singh told the police that he did not eat anything the day his mother hanged herself with her dupatta, but had biscuits, chips and fruits stacked in the fridge whenever he felt hungry over the next two days.

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