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Thursday, April 25, 2024
TopicPunjab Police

Topic: Punjab Police

Punjab Police file zero FIR over farmer’s death, body taken home & cremated after 8 days in mortuary

Following registration of FIR, postmortem was conducted on deceased Shubhkaran Singh’s body in Patiala. His family will be given Rs 1 cr compensation & his sister a job in Punjab Police.

Week after farmer’s death, no FIR or inquest. Punjab & Haryana Police look the other way

Shubhkaran Singh was allegedly killed in a police firing on 21 February. It’s now learnt that Punjab Police may have no jurisdiction over the case. 

Ludhiana police arrest YouTuber in UP for hurting religious sentiments, followers cry vendetta

Arrest made on pastor's complaint that an X account linked to YouTuber posted insulting comments against Christians & targeted youth of the community.

Who is Bhaana Sidhu, activist & vlogger whose arrest has put Mann-led AAP govt on the back foot

Balwant Singh alias Bhaana Sidhu is facing 7 cases lodged against him since May 2023. Oppn leaders allege his arrest is attempt by Mann-led AAP govt to 'smother dissent'.

Punjab cops arrest Nihang Sikh for killing man who made ‘video confession of intended sacrilege’

Police say victim was found hiding in bathroom in early hours of Tuesday. He claimed in ‘confession video’ that he was sent to gurudwara to commit sacrilege in exchange for money.

Punjab Police SIT to probe cops accused of ‘forcing lawyer to engage in unnatural act with client’

Three of six policemen booked on order of chief judicial magistrate have been arrested. SAD demands CBI probe, while lawyers’ body announces will continue strike till Friday.

From militancy victim to a life of crime — who was Sukhdool Singh, gangster slain in Canada

Absconding gangster had alleged links to Sikh separatists and designated terrorist Arsh Dalla. Sukhdool had fled to Canada on forged documents in 2017.

Amid row with Canada, Punjab Police raid 1,000 locations ‘linked’ to Goldy Brar

Seen as crackdown on associates of Brar, suspect in 2022 murder of Punjabi singer Sidhu Moose Wala. Comes amid tensions between India & Canada, where Brar lived for 5 yrs.

Row over ‘kirpan’ in Yaariyan 2 song: Punjab cops ask actor & filmmakers to join probe

Two separate FIRs have been lodged in Jalandhar and Amritsar against actor, directors & producer for hurting Sikh sentiments through alleged use of kirpan in film song.

After third low-intensity blast at Golden Temple, Punjab Police arrest five ‘highly radicalised’ Sikhs

The five suspects were allegedly responsible for three blasts in five days. The explosions could have been to protest against police action against Amritpal and his men.

On Camera

Imtiaz Ali obsesses over vulgarity, misses Chamkila’s cultural resistance against purity

Peter Manuel's ‘Cassette Culture’ showed the booming Bhakti music during the '80s and '90s when Anoop Jalota, Gulshan Kumar achieved success by singing the sanitised Bhajans.

Economists vs statisticians — the battle being fought over the soul of India’s GDP data

Economists say there are weaknesses in India’s GDP data. But statisticians claim the accusations are based on flawed understanding, saying while GDP has problems, the economists are looking in the wrong places.

India and Japan hold 10th round of consultations on disarmament, non-proliferation, and export control

The two sides also discussed ways to strengthen cooperation in outer space security, conventional weapons, and export control

These 6 states are key for Modi’s ‘400 paar’ target. They’re also where Opposition can stop him

While this contest looks so predictable in large swathes of our political landscape, it is also more keenly contested than 2019 in some states.