New Delhi, July 2 (IANS) Delhi Police’s Special Cell has arrested four men from Punjab and Delhi for conspiring to carry out a terror attack in the National Capital at the behest of Pakistan-based ISI handler Shahzad Bhatti, officials said on Thursday. Officials said the accused were allegedly operating under the directions of handlers across the border and were tasked with carrying out terror-related activities in Delhi.The four accused have been identified as Shubdeep Singh (23), Gurjant Singh…
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Chandigarh, June 24 (IANS) The Punjab Police have achieved a success in 152-day old ‘Gangstran Te Vaar’ operation by recovering a cache of 713 illegal arms from the possession of gangsters’ accomplices, Director General of Police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav said. The Punjab Police’s Anti-Gangster Task Force (AGTF) on Tuesday also recovered 218 magazines with a total of 2,009 rounds of ammunition. “The gangsters heavily lure youngsters to carry their illegal works, and offering them illegal weapons is one…
New Delhi, May 20 (IANS) The crime landscape in Punjab is fast changing with terror groups and criminal networks deploying new strategies almost daily to disrupt law and order. While the larger push that is being made is for a separate Khalistan nation, these syndicates at play are carrying out low intensity explosions to keep the state on the boil. The Khalistan networks are also trying to replicate the Mumbai underworld model of grooming juveniles for low-cost, high-success attacks.The police …
Chandigarh, May 4 (IANS) In a crackdown on organised crime in Punjab’s border-sharing villages, the police in Tarn Taran have come down heavily on the drug trade involving Pakistan, which had been enabling gangsters to finance and run their illegal operations in the state. Over the past three months, since the ‘Gangstran te Vaar’ operation by the government, the district police have registered 490 cases under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, arrested 630 individua…
Amritsar, April 4 (IANS) The BJP on Saturday staged a state-level protest here, demanding justice for the family of state Warehousing Corporation District Manager Gagandeep Randhawa and a CBI investigation into the case. Speaking on the occasion, state BJP President Sunil Jakhar said the party would continue its movement until the family receives justice. He emphasised this is not a political programme but a fight for justice. He added that what happened with Randhawa could happen to anyone, whi…
Chandigarh, April 4 (IANS) Punjab Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Anindita Mitra on Saturday said the state is fully prepared for the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, with all preparatory activities progressing in a structured and time-bound manner. Highlighting the progress achieved so far, she said a comprehensive pre-SIR mapping exercise has been undertaken across all districts of the state.As per the latest data as of April 4, 74.27 per cent of the electors in Punjab…
Chandigarh, March 6 (IANS) Even as the Budget session of the Punjab Vidhan Sabha is underway and the government is highlighting its claims of maintaining an “upright” law and order situation while projecting policing initiatives, a village sarpanch was shot dead in broad daylight in Moga district on Friday. Sarpanch of Patto village, Harvinder Singh Happy, was gunned down in the Baghapurana area of Moga.According to initial reports, armed assailants arrived in a vehicle, surrounded the sarpa…
Hyderabad, March 4 (IANS) As the Indian Women’s Hockey Team prepares for the FIH Hockey World Cup 2026 Qualifiers in Hyderabad, Telangana, 24-year-old midfielder Baljeet Kaur is among the players eager to make an impact and assist India in qualifying for the World Cup. “Our goal is to win and qualify for the World Cup. We want to perform well and give our best so that we can bring a medal for the country,” Baljeet said. Baljeet also thinks the current team has the right mix to accomplish s…
Chandigarh, Feb 4 (IANS) In a major breakthrough against trans-border narcotic smuggling networks, Punjab Police, in a joint operation with the Border Security Force (BSF), has recovered 3.925 kg heroin from agricultural fields of the Border Outpost (BOP) in Kaalian in Tarn Taran, said Director General of Police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav here on Wednesday.Apart from recovering the heroin consignment, police teams have also recovered a DJI Matrice drone, used by the Pakistan-based smugglers to push the …
New Delhi, Jan 31 (IANS) Punjab is witnessing a new pattern whereby arms and ammunition have been coming into the state in large numbers. The ISI has been focusing heavily on Punjab in recent months and has enhanced operations.In the most recent cases, the agencies have observed that the arms that are being delivered are primarily to be used for extortion. This signals the involvement of the gangster network, which has been tasked with raising funds for the ISI. The funds are, in turn, meant to …