Belan Brigade fights for change

As per a report:

In Ludhiana city in Punjab a group of women, campaigns in election season with their rolling pins (Belans). They call themselves the 'Belan Brigade', using the humble rolling pin as their mascot to convince people to stay away from the lure of drugs and money in exchange for their votes. Read more here at......Belan Brigade fights for change

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Drug fever high in Punjab elections

Punjab politicians had the voters literally on a drug high. Not only liquor, the candidates in fray ensured that people get the drug of their choice. The drug menu on table during a fortnight long elections had a wide range -- from heroin, poppy seeds, drug power, intoxicating tablets to syrup.

How easily and widely the drugs and intoxicants were available during the state elections could be gauged from the election commission's seizure of drugs worth Rs 40 crore. The drugs seized, are normally, not more than 10-15 % percent of the total circulation.Read More................Drug fever high in Punjab elections

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Man perched atop eucalyptus tree in Protest

Zirakpur: While the drama surrounding his ‘elevated’ protest continues, Avtar Singh Nagla refuses to budge. Sitting atop a eucalyptus tree the past four days, some 40-foot above the ground, this politician says only Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal can bring him down.

Avtar, in his late 30s, is demanding a fresh probe in a nearly four decades old land dispute. Read More at : Man still perched atop eucalyptus tree in Punjab

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Driver abducts excise officials to evade toll tax

Rajpura: A man allegedly tried to abduct two excise officers when he was being asked for a toll tax at a check post in this Punjab town, police said.

The driver of a Swift car sped away, along with two Excise and Taxation officials, to escape paying tax at the toll barrier in Patiala's Rajpura, around 35 km from the state capital Chandigarh. Read More................Driver abducts excise officials to evade toll tax

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Where dogs get to eat before people

KHANPUR (PATIALA): Unknown to most outside Patiala, a diktat by Alaa Singh (1695-1765) is cast in stone by villagers, and is followed till this day and dogs get to eat before worshippers at the temple — all three meals of the day. Read More................For 300 years, every dog had its day in Punjab

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Rat delays Air India flight by 11 hours

Amritsar: Rat! It's that creature again that held up a London-bound Air India flight by nearly 11 hours from the Rajasansi airport here Saturday.

Flight AI-187, which was scheduled to depart at 6.30 a.m. Saturday, finally left for London around 5.26 p.m. after Air India provided a new aircraft.

There were 238 passengers on the flight.

"The flight finally left at 5.26 p.m. today. Air India provided a new aircraft to take the passengers to London," Air India manager Ashwini Kumar Arora told IANS. Read More................Rat delays Air India flight by 11 hours

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Sikh priest caught watching porn video in gurudwara

LUDHIANA: In an incident that shocked gurdwara goers on Tuesday, a granthi (Sikh priest) was caught watching clips of a porn film on his mobile phone that was hidden under the table on which he had kept the scripture. Read More................Granthi caught watching porn clips in gurdwara

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'YouTube' inspired youth to take away ATM in Punjab

It took an 'inspiration' from a similar crime in California state in the US and posted on internet website 'YouTube' for two youth in this Punjab town to take away the automated teller machine (ATM) of a leading private bank here Friday. Read More................'YouTube' inspired youth to take away ATM in Punjab

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A school to train monkeys

Several years ago, the celluloid Dunston checked into a luxury hotel; his mates in Patiala could now end up being put through finishing school.

The Punjab government has sought clearance from the Central Zoo Authority to set up an ultra-modern facility to tame, train, rehabilitate and teach manners to rogue monkeys. It has identified a location on Dakala Road in Patiala, and sanctioned Rs 1 crore for a 100-monkey ‘resource-cum-rehabilitation centre’. Read More................Punjab govt brainwave: Rs 1 crore for a school to train monkeys

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Man chops wife, her cousin’s hands on suspicion of affair

Patti (Punjab): The Punjab Police Monday arrested three people, including a registered medical practitioner (RMP), after he chopped off the hands of his newly wedded wife and her cousin brother on the suspicion that they were having an affair in this border-area town of Punjab. Read More................Man chops wife, her cousin’s hands on suspicion of affair

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Idiots Club highlights free liquor distribution in polls

Amritsar : With the festivity surrounding parliamentary elections across the country at a high, several contestants in Punjab are ensuring voters' support with liquor distribution through the backdoor.

Punjab's 'Idiots' Club', known for its humour-cum-satirical approach on important developments that affect comman men's life, recently put up a street show to highlight what's happening in gross violation of Code of Conduct and despite police presence. Read More................Idiots Club highlights free liquor distribution in Punjab villages in polls

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Cop shoots stray dogs with AK-47

Amritsar: A Punjab police officer Wednesday found himself on the wrong side of law when, enraged with stray dogs coming close to his pet, he pumped the roadside strays with bullets from the AK-47 rifle of his official gunman. Read More................Punjab police officer shoots stray dogs with AK-47, now in dock

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It's now raining liquor in Punjab villages!

Amritsar: The biggest festival in politics-the Lok Sabha elections-has not only intensified political activities, but also brought a big cheer to the faces of boozers and liquor manufacturers.

A visit to villages in Punjab in the run-up to elections shows that it is party time in the countryside. Country liquor is being offered to all those who fancy it with gusto and without gumption. Read More................It's now raining liquor in Punjab villages!

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Swiss couple awaits clearance for ponies at Attari check post

ATTARI (AMRITSAR): A Swiss couple Matthias and Celina, who are on a tour around the globe to promote peace, are stranded at the Indo-Pak Joint Check Post here for the last two months, owing to a lack of documents for two ponies. Read More................Swiss couple awaits clearance for ponies at Attari check post

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Baby boy for sale

New Delhi - In yet another shocking incident that illustrates the deep-rooted prejudice against female children in India's society, police have arrested four people in connection with the attempted sale of a newborn baby boy in the northern Punjab state. Read more................Baby boy for sale: bizarre crime shows India's deep-seated gender bias

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Want to settle abroad, offer a Plane to God!

JALANDHAR (Punjab - India): Want to seek greener pastures abroad? Come to a gurudwara here and offer a plane and who knows your wish might get fulfilled.

This may sound strange but Punjabi youths, especially from the Doaba region, have been thronging the Gurudwara Sant Baba Nihal Singh Ji Shaheedan in Talhan to offer toy planes so that their wishes of going abroad and getting lucrative jobs are fulfilled.

Toy planes, inscribed with names of different carriers, are found in front of the Guru Granth Sahib. Read more................Want to settle abroad, offer a plane to god!

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Students take Munnabhai route to MBBS

Punjab: Hundreds of Munnabhai's have attained MBBS degrees in Punjab in the past few years, with assistance from nine gangs. The Punjab Police identified 35 persons who provided assured seats in medical colleges to students. Read more............Punjab students take Munnabhai route to MBBS

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'Dead' man in legal battle to say he is alive

Kharar (Punjab): Sital Singh Bagi's life sounds like a script of a Bollywood masala flick.

The 67-year-old ex-IAF man has been fighting a nine-year legal battle to prove that he is the "real" Sital Singh Bagi and not "dead" as his family had got him declared after he fled home allegedly to escape terrorists and did not surface for a decade. Read more........................"Dead" ex-IAF man in nine-year legal battle to say he is alive

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4,035 - Kg Sandwich

Students from a leading private school in the industrial city of Ludhiana in Punjab have created a record of sorts by making a sandwich weighing 4,035 kg.

The ingredients included nearly 2,500 kg of Indian breads, 1,400 kg of vegetables, 100 kg of 'paneer' (cottage cheese), 500 kg of pasta, 35 kg ketchup and 25 kg of cream.The completed sandwich weighed 4,035 kg. Read more.......................................Yummy: Ludhiana school students make 4,035-kg sandwich

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Fight over shoes leaves teenager dead

Moga (Punjab): A quarrel over a pair of shoes between two teenaged friends left one of them dead in this Punjab town Monday, the police said.

The victim, Gurlagan Singh, 16, was allegedly shot in his face from point blank range with a .32 bore revolver by his friend Gurvinder Singh in a village here, 200 km from Chandigarh. Read more......................Fight over shoes leaves teenager dead in Punjab

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