Harpreet Kaur

Two years after he crossed border inadvertently, Pakistani teenager gets to go home on January 14

Additional home secretaries of Punjab and Delhi have been directed to bring Mubshar Bilal from Hoshiarpur and Sajjad Haider, who is in detention in Delhi, to the Attari-Wagah border under police escort at noon on January 14 so that they may be handed over to Pakistani Rangers and their families

‘It’s never too late for learning’: This Punjab man gets masters’ degree at 83

A native of Daata village of Hoshiarpur, Gill had left his studies after completing graduation from Khalsa College, Mahilpur, in 1957 and taking a teaching course from Khalsa College, Amritsar, the following year.

Preferred over bigwigs, Congress bets big on this doctor

His candidature has upset many Congressmen, including former Union minister of state Santosh Chowdhary. Incidentally, Raj Kumar is the only sitting Congress MLA in Punjab to have been picked to contest the Lok Sabha elections.

Hoshiarpur Lok Sabha seat: Alternating between BJP and Congress since 1998

The political landscape of the Hoshiarpur constituency altered with the entrance of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in the arena which polled around 2.13 lakh votes in 2014.

Sukhpal Khaira says will provide Punjab a new third front

Targeting Arvind Kejriwal, Khaira said the Delhi chief minister “harps on autonomy for Delhi but is hell bent on stifling democratic voices within his own party”.

After cholera, vector-borne diseases pose threat in Hoshiarpur

Poor maintenance of roads, choked drain pipes and deep potholes result in accumulation of water, which become a breeding place for mosquitoes and other carriers of vector-borne diseases.

Surge in diarrhoea, cholera cases in Hoshiarpur; two deaths reported

The number of patients being treated for diarrhoea at the local civil hospital has gone up to 140, from 84 on Sunday.

Newborn dies after ambulance driver leaves mother, infant on road outside hospital

The driver left the mother, infant when family expressed inability to pay him more.

The magic of Mahilpur: FIFA fever running high in soccer town

Known as the football nursery of the state, Mahilpur football academy has churned out at least 200 players who have played at the national and international levels.

Don’t want bloodshed, but will retaliate if Pak violates truce: BSF DG

KK Sharma said India was a peaceful country and did not want bloodshed but, if challenged, its security forces give a befitting reply to the enemy.

Slow lifting of wheat leaves Hoshiarpur farmers worried

The administration claimed that 90% of the stock was procured by Pungrain, Markfed, PUNSUP, Punjab State Warehousing Corporation, Punjab Agro, FCI.

Knew of affair, says family of Punjab woman who converted, married in Pakistan

Family members say Kiran Bala had dropped hints that she may not be coming back.

Want to see my husband’s face one last time, says wife of man killed in Iraq

His mother says they had sent him to Iraq after taking a loan of Rs 2.5 lakh, which is yet to be repaid.

Gold loan scam in Punjab: SBI branch manager, financier booked

Fraud Case: Borrowers have blamed the financier who, they say, mortgaged substandard gold in their names without their knowledge; empanelled jeweller certified fake gold as pure.

SBI gold loan scam in Hoshiarpur: Complaint filed against borrowers

RTI activist Rajiv Vashisht, who has apprised the Reserve Bank of India, the  Prime Minister’s Office and the Union finance minister of the scam demanding a thorough probe, said that without bank officials' involvement it, could not have taken shape.

Anti-rabies vaccine to be administered intradermally: Punjab govt

The directorate of health has asked civil surgeons to strictly follow the new guidelines and cite reasons in their monthly reports in case the vaccine is administered using the old technique.

Newly recruited doctors to get full salary, says Manpreet Badal

At present, the newly recruited medical are paid only basic salary during probation period of three years .

After 3 years in confinement, ray of hope for deaf and mute Pakistani boy

The boy in question has already spent three years in confinement, which is the maximum time period a delinquent can be detained.

In India for past 3 years, another Pakistani boy awaits repatriation

The boy, around 18, who is not able to hear and speak, had crossed over to India in the Dera Baba Nanak sector in November 2015.

Stray cattle destroying crops in Kandi, Bet areas

In the Bet (floodplains along the river) area, herds of roz (feral cows) come out of nowhere at night and invade the farms.

Hoshiarpur’s big clock starts ticking after 81 years

The chime did not peal for decades but no effort was made by the municipal authorities to set it right.

Lahore lawyer seeks to make British government party in Bhagat Singh case

The three young men were sentenced to death in the murder case of British police officer John P Saunders.

Credit war in Punjab’s Hoshiarpur over Modi’s gift to Trump: Who made the wooden chest?

Cottage Industries Corporation (CIC), which has been supplying plastic and wood inlay items to the PM’s office through the Central Cottage Industries Corporation of India (CCICI) for decades, claimed that the wooden chest was made to order at their workshop. But another artisan father-son have claimed the chest is made by them

Amarinder promises fair real estate policy in Punjab

Canada’s Sajjan relives childhood at Punjab house, sleeps on cot on the roof

Ignoring the air-conditioned bedroom of his recently renovated house, he opted for a ‘manji’ (woven cot) on the terrace in the company of his security officer from Canada!

Bombeli set to keep date with Canadian defence minister Harjit Sajjan

Canadian defence minister Harjit Singh Sajjan’s native village, 15 km from here, is agog with excitement on the eve of his visit. Notwithstanding the controversy generated with Punjab chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh calling him “a Khalistani sympathiser”, the villagers are gearing up to accord a rousing welcome to the visiting dignitary.

Canadian defence minister Harjit Sajjan to visit native village in Hoshiarpur on April 20

Canadian defence minister Harjit Singh Sajjan’s visit to his native village Bombeli has finally been confirmed.

Jadhav shadow on repatriation of 2 Pak kids lodged in Hoshiarpur

The chill in India-Pakistan relations following death sentence to former Indian naval officer Kulbhushan Jadhav by a Pakistan military court recently may delay the repatriation of two children lodged in an observation home meant for undertrial adolescent offenders here.

‘I’ll be back in a few days’: Indian shot dead in Washington was on vacation

The grief-stricken family of the 26-year-old man awaiting the body has approached external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj, who has asked investigation agencies in the US to get the culprits apprehended.

Punjabi youth planned to go to UK but US vacation cost him dear

The 26-year-old, who was shot dead in Washington’s Yakima city, had joined his friend’s convenience store only two days before he was killed.