Everything you need to know about Hoshiarpur Road: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Everything you need to know about Hoshiarpur Road: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Hoshiarpur (Punjab), March 4 (IANS) A 26-year-old woman from New Delhi was Monday sentenced to 10 years' rigorous imprisonment by a court in this Punjab town for drug dealing.
Hoshiarpur (Punjab), Feb 15 (IANS) It took just 48 working hours for a court in this Punjab district to decide a rape case, and sentence the accused.
New Delhi/Panchkula, Jan. 8 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday condemned the delay in initiating action against Congress MLA Ram Kumar Chaudhary, who was absconding for past few weeks in connection with the murder of a girl.
New Delhi, Jan 3 (IANS) There was no mercy Thursday too from the cold wave sweeping through the northern states. Temperatures continued to remain below normal, disrupting normal life, and thick blanket of fog affected flights and train services across the region.
Mumbai, Jan 2 (IANS) Bhangra-pop singer-rapper Honey Singh claims he is a victim of a vicious smear campaign launched by his rivals to finish off his rising career as India's foremost live entertainer.
New Delhi, Dec 27 (IANS) An intense cold wave is sweeping northern and eastern India, resulting in over 40 deaths Thursday, officials said.
Amritsar, Dec 3 (IANS) Ending the uncertainty over its participation in the third World Kabaddi Cup in Punjab, the Pakistan kabaddi team finally arrived in India through the Wagah-Attari land border route Monday.
Noida (Uttar Pradesh), Oct 8 (IANS) Over Rs.14 lakh in cash and jewellery along with two vehicles were looted in two incidents here Monday, police said. One person was injured while resisting the robbers.
New Delhi, Oct 1 (IANS) A Sikh militant, who was declared dead 20 years ago, was arrested with three other militants by the Special Cell of Delhi Police, an official said Monday. He added that a drug trafficking racket was also busted.
Hoshiarpur (Punjab), Sep 18 (IANS) A man from Punjab's Hoshiarpur district, who burnt his two sons - aged four and six years - alive in his house in a fit of anger, was Tuesday sentenced to death by a court here.
Chandigarh, June 3 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislator and Punjab chief parliamentary secretary Amarjit Singh Sahi died here Sunday after a massive heart attack. He was 55.
Jalandhar, June 2 (IANS) Claiming it to be the biggest seizure of lifestyle drugs in Punjab, Jalandhar police Saturday said 35 kg of methamphetamine worth Rs.200 crore in the international market has been seized.
For Rukmani Riar IAS topper 2nd Rank her job as a civil servant could be extensions of her training in social work as she has done post-graduation in social entrepreneurship and has won a gold medal from The Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS).
Chandigarh, May 4 (IANS) Two young women from Haryana and Punjab, the states with one of the worst sex ratios in the country, have secured the top two ranks in the civil services examination.
Hoshiarpur, Oct 28 (ANI): Former Pakistani senator Choudhary Muhammad Anwar Bhinder has said that both India and Pakistan must find ways to reduce paperwork related to the granting of visas to citizens of the two counties, especially those wanting to visit religious spots and shrine.
Islamabad, Aug 3 (ANI): Over 50 suspects have been arrested during a search operation against criminals in the area of Quetta on Tuesday.
Chandigarh, Jan.7 (ANI): AISECT, which is India's largest Education and Training Services network, has launched its Common Service Centre (CSC) project in Punjab.
Dasuya (Punjab), Oct. 29 (ANI): At least twelve persons succumbed and over 15 fell ill after consuming country liquor near Dasuya town in Punjab's Hoshiarpur district.
Hoshiarpur (Punjab), Oct.18 (ANI): A militant of the banned outfit Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) managed to escape from detention on Monday in Punjab's Hoshiarpur District.
Amritsar, June 25 (ANI): The Queen's Baton Relay for the 2010 Commonwealth Games (CWG) arrived in India from Pakistan via the Wagah Border on Friday.
Islamabad, Apr 9 (ANI): Pakistan Foreign Office spokesman Abdul Basit has reiterated that the country's nuclear arsenals are fully secure as it would remain the center of attention at the forthcoming nuclear security summit in Washington.
Amritsar, Mar 13 (ANI): Thirteen-year-old Atiq Ahmad was reunited with his family on Friday after he was deported back to Pakistan through Wagah Border, within hours of his release from Hoshiarpur.
Chandigarh, Feb 19(ANI): Union New and Renewable Energy Minister Dr. Farooq Abdullah on Friday laid the foundation stone for two power projects based on biomass in Punjab.
Ferozepur, Dec 21(ANI): Kinnow farming is proving to be a major attraction for farmers in Punjab.
Rorawala (India-Pakistan Border), Sep.11 (ANI): As women constables of the Border Security Force (BSF) were deployed at the India-Pakistan International Border on Friday, a wave of cheer overwhelmed the villagers here.
Maddi (HP), Sep 4 (ANI): A landslide left scores of passengers stranded in Maddi region of Himachal Pradesh.
Ludhiana, Aug.30 (ANI): Satinder Sartaj is today known as a poet and sufi singer not just in Punjab all over the country, even abroad among ethnic Indians.
Hoshiarpur (Punjab), June 22 (ANI): Farmers in Hoshiarpur district, who set up Farmers' Produce Promotional Society (FAPRO) in 2001, have proved how an alert farming community can help bring about a revolution in farming.
Panchkula (Haryana) June 7 (ANI): Haryana police on Saturday seized a huge cache of arms and ammunition and arrested three persons in Panchkula.
Hoshiarpur (Punjab), May 31 (IANS) Five members of a family were killed and three others injured in a road accident here Sunday, police said.
Jalandhar, May 27 (IANS) Punjab, reeling under violence since Sunday, returned to normalcy Wednesday, on a day Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal and his son, Deputy Chief Minister and Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal prayed at the Golden Temple, the holiest of Sikh shrines.
Chandigarh, May 27 (ANI): Punjab is slowly returning to normal, as railway traffic has resumed in the state.
New Delhi, May 26 (ANI): The Centre has provided 2500 personnel of para military forces to Punjab in order to bring the strife-torn situation to normalcy. It has also assured the State of more assistance if required.
Jalandhar, May 26 (IANS) Punjab Tuesday limped back to near normalcy after nearly 40 hours of mayhem and widespread violence as followers of the Dera Sachh Khand sect protested the attack on religious leaders in a Vienna gurdwara Sunday. Most residents stayed home. Many passengers were stranded at various rail stations as about 40 trains were cancelled.
New Delhi, May 25 (IANS) The situation in Punjab 'is not quite normal' and the government hopes peace will return soon, Home Minister P. Chidambaram said Monday as mobs were on the rampage in the state to protest the death of a Sikh sect leader in a clash in a gurdwara in Austrian capital Vienna.
Jalandhar, May 25 (IANS) Several parts of Punjab continued to be on the boil Monday with trains burnt and key highways blocked as violence by followers of the Dera Sachh Khand, opposing the attack on sect leaders in the Austrian capital Vienna, spread and brought the state to a standstill.
Jalandhar/Vienna, May 25 (IANS) Train bogies were torched at the Jalandhar Cantt station, a key highway blocked and vehicles and shops set afire as large parts of Punjab came to a standstill Monday after news that a top leader of the Dera Sachh Khand sect had died of his injuries following a clash in a Vienna gurdwara.
Jalandhar (Punjab), May 25 (IANS) Towns in Punjab remained tense Monday morning after a night of violence Sunday by protestors belonging to a Dalit Sikh sect protesting a clash in a gurudwara in Austria's capital Vienna.
Jalandhar, May 24 (IANS) A clash between two groups in a gurudwara in Austrian capital Vienna in which 11 people were injured Sunday triggered tension in Punjab, with curfew being imposed in this city and several vehicles being torched here and elsewhere in the state.
Hoshiarpur (Punjab), May 16 (IANS) Counting for the Hoshiarpur Lok Sabha seat went through several tense hours Saturday afternoon when an electronic voting machine (EVM) developed a snag at a time when one candidate was leading over another by just 289 votes.
Kolkata, May 12 (IANS) Speciality steel and wire rope manufacturer Usha Martin posted a net consolidated profit of Rs.185.34 crore in 2008-09, up 5.7 percent from Rs.175.39 crore in 2007-08, a top company official said here Tuesday.
Hoshiarpur (Punjab), May 9 (IANS) Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi Saturday attacked the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for trying to divide the country in various ways.
Dasuya (Punjab), May 3 (IANS) The delivery of justice at the people's doorstep in remote areas of Punjab could soon become a thing of the past with the Punjab and Haryana High Court contemplating winding up the state's first mobile court set up nearly 18 months ago.
Shimla, April 25 (IANS) The strike in the 150-year-old Bishop Cotton School here ended Saturday after the management reinstated 23 of the 33 employees it had sacked last December after accusing them of pilferage.
Hoshiarpur (Punjab), April 10 (IANS) Punjab Police has sounded a red alert in the state after a number of weapons and a large quantity of ammunition were stolen from a gun store here early Friday morning, officials said.The theft of weapons ahead of parliamentary elections has left police worried.
Hoshiarpur (Punjab), April 10 (IANS) A number of weapons and a large quantity of ammunition were stolen from a gun shop here early Friday morning, police said.
Abohar, April 9 (ANI): For centuries, women in India have contributed to the family income by working in fields shoulder to shoulder with men of their families. Today, they are trying to give farming a new definition in Punjab.
Mumbai, Mar 23 (ANI): Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab, the lone terrorist captured alive in the Mumbai terror attacks last year, said that he is a Pakistani national.
Noida, March 13 (IANS) A sanitation worker was killed Friday when he came under the wheels of a speeding van here, the police said.
Hoshiarpur (Punjab), Mar 9 (ANI): Ram Dayal, a policeman, lost his legs in an accident when he was on a UN Mission. But, this did not deter him, and he is doing his best to provide free education and facilities to underprivileged rural children of Punjab's Hoshiarpur district. "I was a member of police investigation team in 1999. I was selected to be a part of the United Nation's mission to Kosovo. During the mission, I met with a train accident in Germany. I lost both my lower limbs in the accident and since then I have been using artificial limbs to walk," he said.
Tanda (Punjab), Jan 7 (IANS) A Sikh boy found abandoned in London last year is headed for family trouble in India even before he sets foot on home soil to be reunited with relatives.
New Delhi, Jan 5 (ANI): A Gurudwara will be built at Khurali village in Punjab's Hoshiarpur district where Guru Ravidass visited and stayed for a period of four years, two months and eleven days between the years 1515-1519 AD.
Hoshiarpur, Jan 4 (IANS) The DNA tests of an 11-year-old Sikh boy found abandoned in London last year have established that he belongs to a family near Tanda town in Punjab's Hoshiarpur district and would be returning home soon, family members said Sunday.
Chandigarh, Dec 30 (IANS) There are plenty of job opportunities available abroad for security personnel from India, an official of a security forum said here Tuesday.
Chandigarh, Dec 10 (IANS) Punjab's Mohali and Hoshiarpur districts would by next year have two medi-cities focusing on the needs of the rural populace, the sponsoring group said here Wednesday.
Hoshiarpur (Punjab), Dec 9 (IANS) The sight of hundreds of orange-coloured kinnows hanging on small trees is tempting enough for anyone to get up - close and personal. And that is exactly what a young farmer and his wife in Punjab are offering to tourists from cities as part of experiencing village life.
Shimla, Nov 13 (IANS) The Himachal Pradesh government has now provided legal protection to a dying art form - miniature embroidery on handkerchiefs on the lines of the globally famous Chamba school of miniature painting.
Hoshiarpur (Punjab), Nov 11 (IANS) With women getting ready for patrol duty, gender barriers are falling on the international border between India and Pakistan.
Chandigarh, Nov 10 (IANS) The Punjab Police Monday announced that a state-of-the-art cyber crime police station and forensic science laboratory would be set up in the state.
Kolkata, Oct 24 (IANS) Leading producer of speciality steel and one of the largest wire rope manufacturers globally, Usha Martin Limited, has posted profit after tax of Rs.418.5 million ($8.4 million) in the second quarter of the current fiscal from Rs.358.6 million in the corresponding period last fiscal - an increase of 17 percent, a company release said here Friday.
Hoshiarpur (Punjab), Oct 19 (IANS) News of a 22-year-old Punjab youth's mysterious death in Lebanon came on the same day as his first remittance of Rs.31,000. It was a tragic coincidence for a family that fell victim to the state's thriving illegal immigration racket.
Hoshiarpur (Punjab), Oct 3 (IANS) The National Cadet Corps (NCC) authorities in Punjab Friday initiated action against an official after he allegedly molested a girl cadet. A local journalist who went to cover the incident was beaten up by officials at the NCC camp, the police said.
Hoshiarpur (Punjab), Oct 3 (IANS) The National Cadet Corps (NCC) authorities in Punjab Friday initiated action against an official after he allegedly molested a girl cadet. A local journalist who went to cover the incident was beaten up by officials at the NCC camp, the police said.
Hoshiarpur (Punjab), Oct 3 (IANS) The National Cadet Corps (NCC) authorities in Punjab Friday initiated action against an official after he allegedly molested a girl cadet. A local journalist who went to cover the incident was beaten up by officials at the NCC camp, the police said.
Hoshiarpur (Punjab), Oct 3 (IANS) The National Cadet Corps (NCC) authorities in Punjab Friday initiated action against an official after he allegedly molested a girl cadet. A local journalist who went to cover the incident was beaten up by officials at the NCC camp, the police said.
