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Wednesday, September 3, 2025
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Topic: Ferozepur

‘What if Hussainiwala Bridge is blown up?’ Not just drones, 1971 memories haunted these border villages

During the 1971 war, India blew up the Hussainiwala Bridge, which connects 15 villages near the Ferozepur border to the rest of Punjab across the Sutlej River.

Ferozepur woman dies days after suffering burn injuries in drone strike by Pakistan

Sukhwinder Kaur had suffered 100% burn injuries in the attack. Her husband is still battling for his life at a hospital in Ludhiana.

‘Not afraid to die’—in 2 Ferozepur border villages, elders stood guard all night, youth dug bunkers by day

As India-Pakistan tensions rose, the elderly in Habibwala and Jalalwala sent away their sons, daughters-in-law and grandchildren to safer areas, and stayed behind on drone duty.

How drone blast turned dinner time into horror for one Ferozepur family day before India-Pak ceasefire

They had just sat down to eat when something struck their car & a blast tore through the area, engulfing them in flames. All family members suffered critical burns & serious injuries.

Three of a family injured as Pakistani drone hits residential area in Punjab’s Ferozepur, 1 critical

According to eyewitnesses, a drone fell on a part of the victims’ house, causing a parked vehicle to catch fire. They rushed to put out the fire and sustained burn injuries.

‘Never felt so far from home’—Bathinda residents cry for families as drones fly over Ferozepur

Several people in Bathinda are stranded away from their families in Ferozepur, which went under blackout as Pakistani drones struck residential areas, injuring three members of a family.

Day after Op Sindoor, intruder from Pakistan shot dead by BSF at Punjab border outpost

The intruder allegedly did not heed a warning to stop, ThePrint has learnt. His body has been handed over to the Ferozepur district police.

Why Punjab town defied Akal Takht call to boycott last rites of 19-yr-old ‘sacrilege’ accused

On 4 May, Bakshish Singh was lynched by mob for tearing page from Guru Granth Sahib at local gurdwara. Family claims act ‘unintentional’ & 19-yr-old was battling mental health issues.

19-year-old youth beaten to death for ‘desecration’ of Guru Granth Sahib in Punjab’s Ferozepur

Police said Bakshish Singh, a resident of Talli Gulam village, allegedly tore some pages of Guru Granth Sahib after entering the premises of gurdwara in Bandala village.

PM Modi could have been killed by drone or telescopic gun, claims Union Minister Giriraj Singh

Singh also alleges high-level conspiracy linked to Punjab CM’s office behind the ‘security breach’ that led to the PM’s visit to Ferozepur being cancelled Wednesday.

On Camera

Trump’s 4,500 troops can topple Nicolás Maduro—not fix Venezuela

The US troops could dislodge the government in Caracas, but it won’t be enough to police a country ringed by drug cartels and insurgents.

A Rs 33,000 cr ‘banking fraud’: ED’s case against Arvind Dham, Amtek’s web of ‘500 shell companies’

ED has accused Amtek promoter Arvind Dham of controlling web of nearly 500 shell companies operating as a layered structure, with up to 15 levels of indirect ownership, to divert funds.

‘Real-time, all-climate’ explosives detector could enhance airport & border security—no dogs, no swabs

Bengaluru-based CeNS designs accurate, portable, and cheap sensor using surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy. It could significantly reduce risks at vulnerable choke points. 

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.