Punjab News - Find all Breaking News, News Headlines, Current News, Daily News, and Weekly News in news.amrujala.com.http://news.amarujala.comChandigarh:In a shocking incident, a Class IV student was allegedly sodomised by five minors and a 19-year-old youth in the staff quarters on the Panjab University campus here. The accused, who have been arrested, also made an MMS of the boy, whi...http://news.amarujala.com/state/punjab/8-year-old-sodomised-7784-6.htmlFri, 27 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMTNewspapersChandigarh:Former Haryana DGP S P S Rathore, convicted of molesting teenager Ruchika Girhotra, has paid the highest amount of Rs 9,05,001 for a fancy number for the new luxury car bought by him for his lawyer wife. Rathore has paid the highest am...http://news.amarujala.com/state/punjab/Rathore-pays-Rs-9.05-lakh-for-fancy-number-plate-7769-6.htmlWed, 25 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMTNewspapersJALANDHAR:The nine-day rescue operations in which 23 bodies were extricated and 62 people rescued from the rubble of a blanket factory that collapsed on April 15, came to an end today. District Magistrate Priyank Bharti appreciated the role of Na...http://news.amarujala.com/state/punjab/Building-collapse-Rescue-operations-end-7764-6.htmlWed, 25 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMTNewspapersAMRITSAR:Alert troopers of the Border Security Force (BSF) have seized a consignment of 12 kg of heroin from the Amritsar sector of the international border between India and Pakistan, BSF officials said here Tuesday. The attempt by smugglers to ...http://news.amarujala.com/state/punjab/BSF-seizes-12-kg-of-heroin-on-Punjab-border-7760-6.htmlTue, 24 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMTNewspapersBatala:A BSF jawan allegedly committed suicide by shooting himself in the Dera Baba Nanak sector here, BSF sources said today. According to the sources, Vishwajit, a resident of Pakhria Uha in West Bengal was posted in 38 BSF battalion and deploy...http://news.amarujala.com/state/punjab/BSF-jawan-commits-suicide-in-Punjab-7756-6.htmlTue, 24 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMTNewspapersAmritsar:An alleged drug smuggler was arrested and five kg of heroin worth Rs 25 crore in the international market seized from his possession, officials said today. On a tip off, the Special Operation Cell of Counter- Intelligence (SOC) intercept...http://news.amarujala.com/state/punjab/Drug-smuggler-held,-heroin-worth-Rs-25-crore-seized-7740-6.htmlSat, 21 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMTNewspapersChandigarh:In the wake of Jalandhar factory collapse, Punjab government today offered 60 acres of land for stationing a battalion of the National Disaster Response Force permanently in the state. Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal made the announ...http://news.amarujala.com/state/punjab/Badal-offers-free-land-for-stationing-NDRF-battalion-7734-6.htmlFri, 20 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMTNewspapersChandigarh:The Rs.21,500 crore Guru Gobind Singh Refinery near Bathinda town - the largest investment in Punjab since independence - will be formally inaugurated by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh April 28, Punjab officials said here Thursday. The ...http://news.amarujala.com/state/punjab/PM-to-inaugurate-Bathinda-refinery-7732-6.htmlThu, 19 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMTNewspapersChandigarh:Light to moderate rains today lashed most parts of Punjab and Haryana, delaying harvesting of wheat crop and causing loss to the stock lying in open in the grain market for auctioning and procurement purposes. Rain showers accompanied ...http://news.amarujala.com/state/punjab/Rain-lashes-Punjab,-Haryana-7687-6.htmlWed, 11 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMTNewspapersChandigarh:Angered over their friend being caught while cheating in examination, two youths ran their car over a teacher in Haryana''s Sonepat district, police said. The youths identified as Vikram and Hariom ran their car over 37-year-old Rakesh...http://news.amarujala.com/state/punjab/Teacher-catches-student-while-cheating-in-exam,-killed-7668-6.htmlMon, 09 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMTNewspapersChandigarh:Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal will administer the oath of office and secrecy to 21 Chief Parliamentary Secretaries on April 10 at a function here. Those who would be sworn in include Balbir Singh Ghunnas, Nand Lal, Sohan Si...http://news.amarujala.com/state/punjab/21-CPSs-to-be-sworn-in-on-April-10-7645-6.htmlFri, 06 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMTNewspapersChandigarh:Rail traffic was disrupted in Punjab after workers of the BJP Kisan Morcha stopped trains at several places in the state demanding a bonus for farmers and implementation of M S Swaminathan report. Movement of a few trains, including De...http://news.amarujala.com/state/punjab/Rail-traffic-hit-in-Punjab-because-of-BJP-Kisan-Morcha-protest-7616-6.htmlTue, 03 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMTNewspapersChandigarh:Three cases of swine flu have so far been reported at the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research here this year. The cases were reported during the last one week, the first one being from Saharanpur in Uttar Pradesh,...http://news.amarujala.com/state/punjab/Swine-flu-cases-reported-in-PGIMER-7606-6.htmlMon, 02 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMTNewspapersPatiala:A Sikh youth allegedly committed suicide apparently in support of Babbar Khalsa militant Balwant Singh Rajoana, a claim denied by the Police. The deceased had been identified as Ranjit Singh Chaudhary of Ghula Cheeka town in neighbouring ...http://news.amarujala.com/state/punjab/Sikh-youth-commits-suicide-7587-6.htmlFri, 30 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMTNewspapersChandigarh:Pakistan''s Deputy Attorney General Muhammad Khurshid Khan today called on Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal and emphasised the need to strengthen age-old ties between India and Pakistan. Disclosing this here, an official spoke...http://news.amarujala.com/state/punjab/Pak-Deputy-Attorney-General-calls-on-Badal-7582-6.htmlFri, 30 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMTNewspapersChandigarh:Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal Friday ordered a magisterial inquiry into the violence in Gurdaspur, where curfew continued after a youth was killed in police firing following a clash over the fate of Balwant Singh Rajoana, on d...http://news.amarujala.com/state/punjab/Curfew-continues-in-Gurdaspur,-Badal-orders-probe-7577-6.htmlFri, 30 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMTNewspapersChandigarh:Curfew was today clamped in Gurdaspur city following heightened tension between right-wing Hindu activists and Sikhs. “Curfew has been imposed in Gurdaspur City after tension mounted between some Shiv Sainiks and other youths, includin...http://news.amarujala.com/state/punjab/Curfew-in-Gurdaspur-city-7573-6.htmlThu, 29 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMTNewspapersChandigarh:Skirmishes between Sikh protesters and right-wing Hindu activists took place at Jalandhar and Patiala today during a day-long bandh called by radicals in support of Balwant Singh Rajoana, convicted in the Beant Singh killing case. Seve...http://news.amarujala.com/state/punjab/Minor-skirmishes-during-bandh-7566-6.htmlWed, 28 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMTNewspapersMoga:The Punjab government would prepare a comprehensive agricultural policy with special focus on research and development to boost farm productivity, a state minister said today. The SAD-BJP alliance would take all possible steps to raise the i...http://news.amarujala.com/state/punjab/Punjab-to-frame-farm-policy-Minister-7549-6.htmlSat, 24 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMTNewspapersChappar Chiri:With 85-year-old Akali Dal patriarch Parkash Singh Badal at the helm, it''s mostly the old faces that stand out in the newly sworn Punjab Cabinet, whose average age comes to 60 years. Badal is the oldest member of his Council of Min...http://news.amarujala.com/state/punjab/Average-age-of-Punjab-Cabinet-is-60-years-7484-6.htmlWed, 14 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMTNewspapers