The death of a government school teacher in Punjab's Gurdaspur has triggered a police investigation after colleagues alleged he had expressed distress over the workload linked to the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise.
Punjab Police arrested seven people and seized eight pistols and two grenades in a single day. Investigators say foreign handlers with ISI links directed operatives on the ground in both Jalandhar and Gurdaspur.
A government official here said all six sensitive districts -- Ferozpur, Pathankot, Fazilka, Amritsar, Gurdaspur and Tarn Taran -- that share borders with Pakistan have already been placed on high alert.
The Chandigarh administration on Friday issued an air warning of a possible attack, following which sirens were sounded.
Even as the Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB) decided to release excess water released from dams in neighbopuring Himachal Pradesh…
An official spokesperson said Punjab Urban Development Authority (PUDA) and other special development authorities including Greater Mohali Area Development Authority (GMADA), Patiala Development Authority (PDA), Jalandhar Development Authority (JDA), GLADA, Amritsar Development Authority (ADA) and Bathinda Development Authority (BDA) had put up various properties for e-auction which started on 1 September.
On the complaint filed by Sub-Divisional Magistrate Balbir Raj Singh, Bains was booked under seven sections of the Indian Penal Code, most of the offences non-baliable.
The cause of the blast, which damaged the buildings in radius up to 200 metres, is yet to be ascertained, police said.
A police official said that the firecracker manufacturing unit was running illegally and its licence to manufacture crackers had expired in 2013.
Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh expressed his anguish over the loss of lives in the mishap.
