High Court allows firm disqualified by Bathinda Improvement Trust to participate in auction

Friday 14 November '08

Bathinda Improvement Trust has allegedly committed irregularities in finialising the goods carrier companies that could participate in the restricted auction of Goods Booking Agency sites...

Student held for rape, making obscene MMS

Monday 10 November '08

A student of Plus One in Bhuchho has been arrested for allegedly filming obscene video of his girlfriend, a student of Class X, after "administering" her an intoxicant.

Sinking feeling: earth-level goes down, houses develop cracks in Bathinda village

Friday 7 November '08

A case of the level of earth going down has surfaced in Bathinda district with at least two houses in Chakk Fateh Singh Wala village developing major cracks.

‘Ignored’ at state function, Mayor and others hit out at district administration

Tuesday 4 November '08

The Bathinda district administration today came under fire from Mayor Baljit Singh Beer Behman, Senior Deputy Mayor Tarsem Goel...

Man, 2 sons get life term for twin murder

Saturday 1 November '08

The court of Additional Session Judge RS Rai today awarded life sentences to three persons, a man and his two sons, in a twin murder case, where a couple was shot dead in November 2005 in Bathinda.

Bickering in Bathinda Congress comes to fore

Saturday 1 November '08

Infighting in the Bathinda Congress came to the fore today on the occasion of a party function held to mark the 24th death anniversary of slain Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.

‘Ass’ good as it gets for farm sector

Thursday 30 October '08

Every donkey has his day. And in India, this humble animal will soon have a field day, quite literally.

Cops unleash fury on teachers

Monday 27 October '08

The Muktsar police today reportedly went on a rampage to give a severe thrashing to agitating computer teachers...

Conman poses as SP, extracts money from cops

Saturday 25 October '08

The police force in the region is facing a strange challenge. An anonymous caller, who calls up SHOs and introduces himself as an SP with crime branches in metros like Delhi and Mumbai...

Acid attack on sisters

Thursday 23 October '08

Two motorcycle-borne youths today morning allegedly threw acid on two sisters who were going to work on a two-wheeler.

Major breach inundates over 100 acres

Wednesday 22 October '08

Days before work was to begin on the Raunta distributary to increase its capacity by 20 per cent

Bollywood dream lands Pakistani teenager in Indian jail

Tuesday 21 October '08

A Pakistani national Sultan Zareen has reportedly urged the Indian Government to release, on humanitarian grounds...

Akal Takht Jathedar finds few listeners at Talwandi Sabo

Tuesday 21 October '08

On the last day of celebrations of 300th Guruta Gaddi Diwas, there were few listeners for the address of Akal Takht jathedar Giani Gurbachan Singh...

PM for Amritsar seat: Leaders submit resolution to observer

Wednesday 15 October '08

Demanding that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh contests the parliamentary polls from Amritsar...

Fear of terror strikes: Cops sound statewide alert

Saturday 11 October '08

Punjab Police have sounded a high alert in the state to avoid terror strikes during the ongoing festive season.

Finally, CCI starts cotton purchase

Thursday 9 October '08

The Cotton Corporation of India (CCI) today finally entered the market, giving a relief to the farmers, who had been selling their produce to private players at a price lower than the MSP of Rs 2,800 per quintal.

Revenge: ‘KCF terrorist’s main target was Mahesh Inder’

Wednesday 8 October '08

Binder Singh, an alleged Khalistani Commando Force terrorist who was arrested by Bathinda police recently...

In Mansa, man killed over Rs 100

Tuesday 7 October '08

This is the pits. A man was killed following a dispute over Rs 100 in a Mansa village past midnight today.

Kotkapura DSP who accused senior of corruption transferred

Friday 3 October '08

Kotkapura DSP Raj Kumar Jalotra, who had reportedly locked up his office and proceeded on an extended leave out of fear after reporting to higher authorities that a senior police officer had misappropriated funds...

Bomb hoax creates panic in Mansa

Thursday 2 October '08

A Call from a mobile phone at the landline number of Station Superintendent of Mansa Railway Station at 11:30 am kept the staff of railways, GRP, district administration and local police on tenterhooks for more than six hours today.

PSEB officials locked up in a house, beaten up

Friday 26 September '08

Two officials of the Punjab State Electricity Board (PSEB) found themselves in an unsavory situation after they were allegedly locked inside a house in Bhodipura village...

Since Feb 13, Bathinda got a project every third day

Friday 26 September '08

When Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal and SAD (B) chief Sukhbir Badal would lay foundation stone of Yatri Niwas to be built at a cost of Rs 2.3 crore in Talwandi Sabo tomorrow...

I’m not in race for PM’s post: Rahul

Wednesday 24 September '08

Amidst the slogans of 'Rahul Gandhi zindabad' and hordes of people jostling to have a glimpse of him or touch him, MP and All India Congress Committee General Secretary Rahul Gandhi had his feet firmly on the ground.

Despite expulsion, official website still has Capt’s name in list of MLAs

Tuesday 23 September '08

His expulsion from the Punjab Assembly and the subsequent legal battle launched by him notwithstanding...

CBI team in Sirsa, perusing records of Chautalas’ assets

Thursday 18 September '08

A two-member CBI team today landed in Sirsa to conduct raids and start perusal of the revenue records of the properties belonging to former Haryana chief minister Om Parkash Chautala and his family.