BATHINDA: Punjab government has conceived a plan of Rs 800 crore to provide potable water to 1300 villages in the state within two years. With this, all the 13000 Punjab villages would have potable water facility. Punjab deputy chief minister Sukhbir Singh Badal said the state government is also committed to provide underground sewerage to all villages with a population of more than 5000 and the projected...

Source : Times Of India | 1 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Bathinda

Tantrik held on rape charges

the district has arrested a 55-year-old tantrik on the accusation of raping a 15 years old. The Talwandi Sabo resident Dulla Singh's wife was not keeping well and he had called tantrik Gurdial Singh on late Wednesday night to treat her.Gurdial Singh injected some intoxicants into Dulla, who fell unconscious. As per the complaint made to the police, the tantric tried to make sexual advances towards...

Source : Times Of India | 1 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Bathinda

Peoples Party of Punjab demands inquiry into rigging of pools

BATHINDA: Accusing the ruling Shiromani Akali Dal of misusing the official machinery to rig and win thehas demanded an inquiry by a sitting judge of Punjab and Haryana high court into the undemocratic means used by SAD. To highlight the misadventure of ruling party, the PPP on Thursday held a dharna at Bathinda district administrative complex where party chief Manpreet Singh Badal accused the ruling...

Source : Times Of India | 2 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Bathinda

Robbers fire at bank guard, snatch Rs 49 lakh, his gun

decamped with a trunk containing Rs 49 lakh in Giddarbaha town of Muktsar district on Wednesday afternoon. The guard, who sustained bullet injuries, has been hospitalized in Bathinda.Bathinda IG Nirmal Singh Dhillon said that assailants fired at him from a .32 pistol, snatched the trunk and decamped with the gun of the guard. "Police have dispatched teams to different places to arrest the robbers,"...

Source : Times Of India | 3 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Bathinda

Robbers snatch Rs 49 lakh from bank guard

of robbery some unidentified persons on Wednesday afternoon decamped with booty of Rs 49 lakh of a bank after firing at the guard of a bank at Giddarbaha in district Mukatsar. The incident has put question mark over the safety of banks. The assailants also took away the gun of bank guard before fleeing. injured guard with bullet injuries has been hospitalized at Bathinda.Bathinda IG Nirmal Singh Dhillon...

Source : Times Of India | 3 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Bathinda

International Biodiversity day at Central University of Punjab

BATHINDA: International Biodiversity Day was celebrated on Wednesday by centre for environmental science and technology of. Central University, which is committed to the cause of finding solutions to the issues of environment and human health observed the day in collaboration with Punjab Biodiversity Board.Vice Chancellor Prof. Jai Rup Singh spoke on the importance of biodiversity and stressed that...

Source : Times Of India | 3 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Bathinda

HMEL refinery adjacent village boycott Punjab PRI polls

BATHINDA: The residents of Kanakwal, a small village just adjacent to Mittal-Hindustan Petroleum refinery boycotted the votes on Sunday held for Zila Parishad and Panchayat Samiti elections.The villagers, earlier last month, had blocked passage to the refinery after two blasts had occurred from the refinery in quick succession. The villagers had asked the Punjab government to relocate them as they...

Source : Times Of India | 6 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Bathinda

Peaceful polling in Bathinda, Sangrur, Barnala

BATHINDA/SANGRUR/BARNALA: Barring stray incidents, polling passed off peacefully at Bathinda, Sangrur and Barnala districts for Zila Parishad andFormer union minister Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa, Punjab finance minister Parminder Dhindsa along with family members cast their votes at native village Ubhawal in Sangrur.Punjab chief minister's former principal secretary Darbara Singh Guru was among the first...

Source : Times Of India | 6 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Bathinda

SAD leaders' kin make their way into civic polls

already been elected unopposed in the elections to be held on Sunday and others are making all efforts to win the polls.Punjab education minister Sikandar Singh Maluka's son Gurpreet Singh has been elected unopposed from Bhagta zone of Bathinda zila parishad, Malout MLA Harpreet Singh's wife Avneet Kaur has been elected unopposed from Malout zone of Mukatsar zila parishad.Interestingly, the post of...

Source : Times Of India | 7 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Bathinda

Adampur incident: Police denies politics behind murderous attack on PPP leader

BATHINDA: The Bathinda police has refuted the allegations of politics behind the murderous attack on Peoples Party of Punjab (PPP) leader on Thursday.Lakha Sadhana's friends turned foes had actually conspired to kill Lakha but his accomplice died in the murderous attack.The plan to kill Lakha was prepared in the jail, police claimed. The police have identified 8 members of the gang involved in the...

Source : Times Of India | 8 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Bathinda