In a big turn of luck, a small-time dairy farm owner of Meharban village has won Rs 2.50 crore in a Punjab government lottery.

The police here have booked around 40 persons for making a murderous attack on a Congress Sarpanch in Ghanaur block of Patiala district on Friday following a tussle between two groups of Takhtumajra village.

Members of the Patiala Media Club on Saturday organized a blood donation camp where 41 units of blood were collected. The members of the press club organized the event on National Press Day to commemorate the 550th Parkash Purb of Guru Nanak Dev Ji.

With stubble paddy burning edging towards an end, the ambient air quality of Punjab improved to moderate category on Saturday.

The police have added Section 302 (punishment for murder) of the Indian Penal Code to the FIR registered against the four accused after the death of Sangrur-based Dalit man Jagmel Singh on Saturday.

For many weeks, there was a tussle between the Punjab government and the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) over the control of stage for big events at Sultanpur Lodhi to observe the 550th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev, which led to two parallel platforms. However, post-event analysis reveals that there would not have been much of a difference if only one stage was set for the occasion.

Sangrur police on Friday arrested three persons accused of beating up a Dalit youth and forcing him to drink urine.

The Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee has formed a panel of three senior advocates to analyse the Supreme Court judgement on Ayodhya case with respect to the term Sikh cult.

Police here arrested four members of a gang and seized four weapons from them on Thursday.One of the gang members managed to escape after the gang members fired at the police party.