Chandigarh, Jan 29 (IANS) The high-security Punjab and Haryana Civil Secretariat, guarded by the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), was evacuated on Thursday after a bomb threat email was received in the office of the National Informatics Centre (NIC), officials said.Besides the CISF, Chandigarh Police, along with its counterparts from Punjab and Haryana, bomb squads and the Fire Brigade, were deployed in the Secretariat, which houses offices of the Chief Ministers of both states, their C…
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Jalandhar, Jan 15 (IANS) A trial court in Punjab’s Jalandhar, on Thursday, ordered the removal and blocking of a “doctored” video featuring former Delhi Chief Minister Atishi. The video clip, which purportedly showed her making controversial remarks about the ninth Sikh master, Guru Tegh Bahadur, was found to be digitally manipulated to incite communal tension.Acting on an application of the cybercrime police, the court of Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate in Jalandhar said the video’s circul…
New Delhi, Jan 13 (IANS) Delhi Assembly Speaker Vijender Gupta said on Tuesday that Punjab Police had sought 10 more days but have been told to file their report on the Atishi video matter within three days.“Punjab Police have replied asking for 10 days’ time, but looking at the seriousness of the matter, the Delhi Assembly Secretariat has given them only three days to submit the full report by January 15,” Gupta said at a Press Conference over developments arising out of the use of “unpar…
Jaipur, Dec 24 (IANS) Two people were killed and eight others injured in a horrific road accident in Rajasthan’s Nagaur district on Wednesday. The accident occurred on National Highway 89 near Tehla village in the Riyambari subdivision. According to police, a car travelling from Jaipur to Balotra lost control and overturned, rolling several times before coming to a stop. The vehicle was severely damaged, and two occupants died on the spot. The impact was so intense that the sound was heard fro…
Jalandhar, Dec 23 (IANS) A Special Court (PMLA) in Punjab sentenced a cross-border drug trafficker to three years’ rigorous imprisonment along with a fine of Rs 10,000, an ED official said on Tuesday. Athar Sayeed was convicted under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002, by Special Judge (PMLA), Jalandhar, on Monday, the official said.The Special Court also ordered the confiscation of Rs 17 lakh proceeds of crime (PoC) detected by the probe agency.The Directora…
Mumbai, Dec 23 (IANS) Popular Punjabi singer Guru Randhawa paid a heartfelt tribute to legendary musician Ustad Puran Shah Koti, who breathed his last on Monday.Randhawa took to his official Instagram handle and uploaded a throwback clip of one of Ustad Puran Shah Koti’s jamming sessions in which everyone in the room was seen soaking in the beautiful melody by the legend. While on the harmonium, he crooned one of his melodious tunes.Randhawa said that the Punjabi musician will always be remember…