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Sunday, March 15, 2026
TopicPunjab Police

Topic: Punjab Police

‘Poetic justice’ or ‘fake encounter’? Kin contradict police version of 19-yr-old’s death in Gurdaspur

Police say Ranjit Singh shot at them while trying to escape and was subsequently killed in a shootout. The family says CIA killed their son in custody and then staged an encounter.

‘Organised terror group’ suspected behind killings of Punjab cops at Gurdaspur border check post

But 24 hours later, killers yet to be identified. Officials have dismissed an obscure group laying claim to the murders. Gurdaspur opposition MP writes to Amit Shah.

AAP sarpanch shot dead at wedding in Tarn Taran, third such attack on ruling party functionary this year

Punjab Police suspends SHO and DSP hours after daylight shooting; Opposition Congress and Akali Dal hit out at AAP government over law & order ‘anarchy’.

Ludhiana agent ‘settled’ 100 visa cases but bank shows no payouts—ED protests Punjab cops’ probe

After most FIRs against a Ludhiana-based agent were quashed on compromise, ED questioned how complainants were paid when no matching transactions appeared in his accounts. 

Tarn Taran: Murdered law student’s mother asks, ‘How could assailant carry gun into class?’

Footage of incident captured on CCTV shows prime accused Prince Raj standing in group of students including Sandeep Kaur inside classroom at Mai Bhago Law College in Usma village.

HC raps Punjab govt, orders forensic test of ‘zila parishad poll rigging’ audio clip at neutral lab

'If you (govt) have nothing to hide, you should be taking the lead in getting the audio clip examined from a neutral lab,' said Punjab and Haryana High Court Chief Justice Sheel Nagu.

Goldy Brar’s dad no stranger to extortion cases. Ex Punjab cop was arrested in 2021 for ‘helping’ son

Fugitive gangster Goldy Brar's parents, residents of Sri Muktsar Sahib, were Monday arrested in connection with an extortion case from December 2024.

Nearly 1/3rd of gangsters plunging Punjab into chaos sitting on US soil, as foot soldiers face heat

While most wanted gangsters run syndicates from foreign soil, Punjab Police have arrested over 3,200 on-ground operatives in a sweeping statewide operation.

Mann’s ‘Gangstran te Vaar’: Intel boss removed, Punjab Police detains 1300 ‘aides’ of foreign gangsters

The state govt has launched an intense three-day campaign with emphasis on foreign-based operators as it faces criticism over law and order.

Delayed FIR, missing DVR—CBI probe indicts Patiala cops sluggish probe in Colonel Bath assault case

CBI drops attempt-to-murder charge in its charge sheet after AIIMS medical panel rules that injuries of Colonel Bath & his son were not life-threatening.

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Menstrual leave doesn’t work in ‘real world’. And that real world is designed by, for men

When a woman menstruates, when/if she decides to marry, when/if she decides to have kids, should not be factors when looking at a woman’s potential from a hiring standpoint.

US strike on Iran’s key oil export island Kharg raises fears of wider supply disruption

President Trump said the US had bombed military targets on Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf, but spared oil infrastructure.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.