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Hindustan Times
21 hours ago
- Hindustan Times
Gangsters clash over TV remote in Nabha jail, 1 hurt
A clash broke out at the high-security zone of the new district jail in Nabha on Wednesday, reportedly over a TV remote, leaving one inmate critically injured. As per information, four gangsters – Harpreet Singh alias Happy of Ferozepur, Jaspreet Singh, Shamsher Singh, and Chamkaur Singh, all belonging to the 'Bambiha gang', got into an altercation over the channel playing on TV. While Happy wanted to watch the live telecast from Hemkund Sahib, a revered gurdwara in Uttarakhand, the others wanted to listen to Punjabi songs. The matter soon escalated with the other gangsters attacking Happy with a spoon and a kada, inflicting a deep cut on his nose. He was rushed to the Nabha civil hospital, where doctors recommended consultation of a surgeon as the wound ran deep. However, due to the absence of a surgeon, jail authorities referred him to Government Rajindra Hospital in Patiala, a tertiary healthcare institute, for further treatment. Jail superintendent Inderjit Singh Kahlon said all the inmates involved were co-accused in various criminal cases, including murder, and have been lodged in jail for several years. 'They are old associates, so the injured inmate refused to file any formal complaint or seek action against the attackers. However, we have informed the police about the incident from our end,' he added.
Hindustan Times
6 days ago
- Hindustan Times
Ferozepur: 2.16 kg heroin, intoxicating tablets seized with arrest of 3
Three persons were arrested with 2.16 kg heroin, 360 intoxicating tablets, ₹8.30 lakh drug money in separate cases in Ferozepur on Saturday. The accused in the first case was identified as Harpreet Singh alias Happy, 24, a resident of Nihala Kilcha village, who was caught with 1.062 kg heroin and ₹1.30 lakh drug money. Ferozepur senior superintendent of police (SSP) Bhupinder Singh Sidhu said Happy has been booked under Section 21 of the Narcotics Drugs & Psychotropic Substances Act. In another case, Rajwinder Singh, 24, of Kilche village was nabbed by Ferozepur Sadar police with 1.102 kg heroin on the Kilche-Kamalwala road and booked under Sections 21 and 23 of the NDPS Act. In the third case, Sandeep Kumar alias Aalu, 33, of Bootewala of Tarn Taran district was nabbed with 360 intoxicating tablets, ₹7 lakh drug money, and a Swift car. A case under Section 22 of the NDPS Act was registered against him.
Indian Express
27-05-2025
- Indian Express
Vegetable vendors by day, sellers of stolen SUVs at night: Delhi cops bust auto-lifter gang
They sold vegetables by day and sold stolen luxury cars by night. This inter-state auto-lifting racket was running smoothly till the Delhi Police Crime Branch swooped in. They arrested four Punjab-based receivers and recovered 21 high-end vehicles — including Fortuners, Thars, and Cretas — all bearing fake number plates, forged registration certificates, and tampered chassis and engine numbers, police said Tuesday. The crackdown followed weeks of surveillance and pattern analysis, said police. Investigators noticed that the gang's operations were well-oiled and peaked around midnight, targeting luxury vehicles, which were stolen in a matter of minutes and moved to Punjab, especially its border districts. On May 7, based on a tip-off, a police team intercepted a stolen blue Baleno on the DND Flyway en route to the KMP expressway. The vehicle, bearing fake plates, was reported stolen from South Delhi's Saket. The two men inside — Avtar Singh (40) and Harpreet Singh (32) — were nabbed. A forged registration certificate was also seized from them, said police. During questioning, the duo admitted to being long-time receivers of stolen vehicles, which they sold across Amritsar and Ludhiana after modifying the cars and forging documents. They named their suppliers and admitted to involvement in 15-20 similar transactions. Police subsequently took them on a 10-day remand and launched raids in Punjab's Amritsar and Tarn Taran districts, leading to the arrest of two more accused — Paramdeep of Ludhiana and Manpreet of Ferozepur. Police said their probe revealed a consistent modus operandi: the gang purchased stolen high-end vehicles for Rs 4-5 lakh each, tampered with identification numbers, generated fake registration papers, and resold the cars as legitimate all over Punjab. The accused came from varied backgrounds. Avtar Singh, a former property dealer turned vegetable vendor, had previously been arrested in Amritsar and was linked to over 10 vehicle recoveries. Harpreet Singh, a BCA graduate with a stint in Cyprus as a pig farmer, turned to auto theft after returning to India. Paramdeep once ran an auto-parts factory that collapsed during the pandemic, pushing him into illegal vehicle trading. Manpreet, a civil engineer and former driver, also had two past arrests and a pending divorce case. The recovered vehicles span across multiple police jurisdictions in Delhi and beyond, including Saket, Shalimar Bagh, Tilak Nagar, Khyala, Dwarka, Keshav Puram, Vasant Vihar, and even Ghaziabad and Gurgaon.
Hindustan Times
27-05-2025
- Health
- Hindustan Times
Don't panic, we are well prepared to tackle COVID-19: Ludhiana health dept
Ludhiana: In wake of new cases of COVID-19 surfacing across the country, including the neighbouring states such as Haryana, the local health department has assured the residents that there was no reason to panic. The department said it was prepared and equipped with resources in the eventuality of a wider spread of the disease. 'So far there hasn't been any alert or advisory issued by the department. There is no concern for now. We are prepared to respond to any eventuality with adequate testing facilities, ear marked beds across health centres that can be used for isolation, which we ensure anyway even to prepare for diseases and conditions like dengue and heat stroke. We also have seven government oxygen plants in the district,' said civil surgeon Dr Ramandeep Kaur. 'We will keep the public informed through advisories if there is anything to be concerned about,' she added. Highlighting that new COVID-19 strains aren't as aggressive as the ones seen during the pandemic phase in 2020 and 2021, senior medical officer (SMO), Dr Harpreet Singh, said that the civil hospital had adequate testing capacity, ready availability of wards to for isolation and oxygen plants to meet any possibility. 'The first thing that people need to keep in mind is that the new strains aren't as aggressive as the ones we saw earlier. There are no reports of any cases in the state so far. But even if people do contract this new strain, the chances of hospitalisation are very low,' he added. 'However, we have the capacity to meet any possibility. The testing facility has adequate kits, we have a ward available to turn into an isolation ward with over 30 beds, and there are two oxygen plants in the premises to ensure adequate supply in case of hospitalisation,' he added. According to RT PCR lab in-charge Dr Pallavi Arora, civil hospital has not seen any cases of tests turning out positive in the last one month. 'For around the last one and half years we have had an average of around 30-40 tests daily. There are some positive cases occasionally but in the last one month there haven't been any,' she said. The lab uses around 700-800 testing kits a month and according to Dr Pallavi the supplies come in timely as and when a demand is raised. Though Punjab hasn't confirmed any positive cases so far, however, a woman from Mohali was found COVID-19 positive after falling ill in Yamuna Nagar, adding to Haryana's tally of nine cases so far. As of Monday, there are 1009 active COVID-19 cases in the country according to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare's COVID-19 dashboard.
Time of India
20-05-2025
- General
- Time of India
Bada Mangal becomes a bhandara of brotherhood
Lucknow: Displaying communal amity , members of Sikh community organised and participated in bhandaras ( community feasts ) on the second Bada Mangal on Tuesday. Near the Bada Gurdwara in Aashiana, volunteers served boondi, sharbat and chhole-chawal to people. "Humanity comes first. People fight for religion, but every religion's core is humanity. I'm proud that we are serving people beyond religious boundaries," said Harpreet Singh, 28, a volunteer . In Alambagh, Sikh community organised bhandara opposite the Chandan Nagar Gate Shiva temple. Organisers Satvir Singh Anand and Harish Kohli, who have been conducting the bhandara for nearly eight years, said service knows no religious barriers. The Lalbagh area witnessed a unique collaboration where local businessmen, including members from different communities, joined hands to organise a bhandara. "We've been doing this for 15 years. The whole market contributes, with Sikh volunteers serving and Muslim community members providing financial support," said businessman Shrikant Arora. To beat the summer heat, various bhandaras served refreshing beverages. The Pradesh Adarsh Vyapar Mandal organised special arrangements for rickshaw pullers, truck drivers, and vendors. At Khatu Shyam temple, devotees were served ice cream and sharbat.
