Kapurthala, May 13 : Sixteen members of two families were injured, two of them seriously, in an attack by armed robbers at two village deras situated near village Mothanwala and Maqusudan falling under Sulpurlodhi police station late last night.Two of the seriously injured, Hardayal Singh and Ajit Singh have been admitted in a private hospital at Jalandhar and the remaining injured have been admitted...

Source : Newkerala | 5 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Kapurthala

20 injured in midnight raid by dacoits

dacoits assaulted every member of the families, including women and children, before leaving with Rs 25,000 cash and other valuables. Police said the gang hit the victims on their head with lathis. The victims said they pleaded with the dacoits to spare them and take away whatever they wanted but the gang did not pay any attention to their cries.The dacoits entered the house around 1.30am but the ...

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

SGPC member complains against SAD leader

KAPURTHALA: Amid infighting among Akali leaders over ticket distribution for Block Samiti andleader and former block Samiti chairman alleging that the latter along with another leader thrashed him and his turban had fallen off. He alleged that even his beard was pulled.Makkar, who contested the last elections from Kapurthala, and is the constituency in charge. While the case was registered late evening,...

Source : Times Of India | 17 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Kapurthala

EO caught red handed with bribe money

Vigilance sleuths today arrested Parkash Singh Sandhu, Executive Officer posted at the Kapurthala Improvement Trust red handed with bribe money of Rs 50,000.Rupinder Singh, SSP vigilance Bureau here said that Sandhu had struck a deal with Joginder Singh, a resident of SAS Nagar Mohali for issuing a no objection certificate (NOC) for his plot at Kapurthala.In order to trap the EO, the vigilance sleuths...

Source : Webindia123 | 17 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Kapurthala

Three arrested for minor's rape

gang-raping a 15-year-old girl of village Rajowal of Ludhiana. All the accused, produced in the court on Thursday, were given a remand of one day. They have been identified as Manjit Kaur of Rajowal, Manjinder Singh Aulakh of Jalandhar, and Ranjit Kumar ofManjit Kaur, who is the aunt of the victim, had called the girl (a student of class 9) to her house on the pretext of going for shopping to Jalandhar....

Source : Times Of India | 24 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Kapurthala

Suspected swine flu patient admitted in civil hospital

patient suspected to be in the grip of swine flu has been admitted in the local civil hospital for treatment.The medical authorities though had not confirmed it to be a case of swine flu as yet, but the possibility of the symptoms of the disease was also not ruled out.Patient Sarvan Singh, a resident of Kapurthala was admitted in the Kapurthala civil hospital after he complained of acute headache....

Source : Webindia123 | 43 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Kapurthala

SC panel seeks report on non-registration of case

the complaint of a minor girl that she was sold out by her uncles three years back, when she was 14, under the garb of solemnizing her marriage with a physically challenged person ofDirecting the police to register a case in three days, commission vice chairman Raj Kumar Verka has asked SSP, Kapurthala, to file an affidavit why a case was not registered even though the girl had submitted a written...

Source : Times Of India | 62 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Kapurthala

Luxe Anubhuti coaches to roll out from Kapurthala

officials said on Sunday that the Railway Board had decided to give the order for making these coaches forOfficials said the executive class coaches of Shatabdi would be further modifiedfacilities as comfort will be synonymous with these coaches," said a senior official of theThe officials said they had been informed verbally about the Anubhuti manufacturing job, but were yet to receive any official...

Source : Times Of India | 77 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Kapurthala

Punjab to build 4-lane RoB on Kapurthala-Khojewala highway

has decided to construct a four-lane railways over bridge (RoB) over the Kapurthala-Khojewala Railway link on the Jalandhar-Kapurthala road with a cost of Rs 34 crore. Stating this here today, Punjab PWD Minister Sharanjit Singh Dhillon said the construction of this four-lane RoB would be helpful in solving the ever increasing congestion on roads of this area. Mr Dhillon said the government...

Source : Webindia123 | 174 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Kapurthala

Punjab: Lack of political will fuels stubble burning menace

KAPURTHALA/JALANDHAR: Every six months, when Punjab harvests either paddy or wheat in cyclic pattern, newspapers carry government advertisements - with photographs of chief minister Parkash Singh Badal and his son and deputy CM- appealing to farmers not to burn stubble left over on the field following the harvesting.And, every season, deputy commissioners across the state have a busy time issuing orders...

Source : Times Of India | 195 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Kapurthala