Punjab's ruling Aam Aadmi Party and the opposition BJP are at loggerheads over the law and order situation, with gangsters like Lawrence Bishnoi and Jaggu Bhagwanpuria operating with impunity in the state.

Pavittar Singh Batala, a gangster from Punjab who is on the NIA's most wanted list, was arrested along with seven other Khalistani terrorists by the FBI in the United States in a gang-related kidnapping case.

On the first day of the special session of the Punjab Assembly, political leaders across party lines addressed the alleged involvement of gangster Lawrence Bishnoi in the murder of Abohar-based businessman Sanjay Verma.

Two members of a gang linked to jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi were shot dead in an encounter with the police in Punjab's Panj Peer Tibba, a day after they killed a businessman in Fazilka district. A policeman was also injured in the gunfight.

The mother of jailed gangster Jaggu Bhagwanpuria and another person accompanying her died after being shot at by unidentified bike-borne people in Punjab's Batala, police said on Friday.

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) conducted searches at 18 places across Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh in a terror conspiracy case, linked to pro-Khalistani groups and other anti-national elements who attempts to revive terrorism.

Gangster Lawrence Bishnoi, who is in a Gujarat jail, and his former associate Goldy Brar, who is in America, are scouting for shooters for their respective gangs, sources have told NDTV.

On a late May afternoon in 2022, Sidhu Moose Wala, the popular Punjabi musician, was driving his black Mahindra Thar SUV near his native village in Punjab's Mansa district when two vehicles began to tail him.

The grenade attack at BJP leader Manoranjan Kalia's home in Punjab's Jalandhar was masterminded by Zeeshan Akhtar, a close associate of gangster Lawrence Bishnoi and a wanted accused in the murder case of NCP leader Baba Siddiqui, sources said

A senior police officer of Punjab has been sacked for facilitating the recording of an interview with gangster Lawrence Bishnoi by a private television channel while he was in the custody of the CIA (Crime Investigation Agency) in Kharar.

The Punjab Police nabbed three associates of a gangster following a brief encounter in Jalandhar on Thursday.

A gangster was shot dead on Wednesday while trying to escape police custody when he and a few other accused in a murder case were taken to a place here to make some recoveries, officials said.

Seven Punjab Police officers were suspended by the state government over gangster Lawrence Bishnoi's 2022 interview from jail.

The chilling murder of popular Punjabi singer Sidhu Moose Wala in Punjab's Mansa district in 2022 brought gangster Lawrence Bishnoi international attention. Fast forward a couple of years, and he is once again under the spotlight.

The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Thursday said it hopes that action against officers, who facilitated the interview of dreaded gangster Lawrence Bishnoi when in police custody, would not be confined to lower rank officials but extend to the highe

The Supreme Court on Tuesday junked a plea by jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi against Punjab and Haryana High Court order to form a special investigation team and register FIRs over his interview with a TV channel while in jail.

The Punjab Police on Monday said it has busted an interstate weapon smuggling module with the arrest of two operatives of Canada-based terrorist Lakhbir Singh alias Landa.

The Punjab Police Sunday arrested two gangsters, who were allegedly involved in two firing incidents, after a brief encounter near Rajpura in Patiala district.

A day after chargesheeting Goldy Brar in the Karni Sena chief murder case, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday searched nine locations in Punjab at the premises of associates of designated terrorist Goldy Brar.

A court in Punjab's Mansa district on Wednesday framed charges against jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi and 26 other accused in connection with the Sidhu Moosewala murder case.

Days after the arrest of two shooters who allegedly opened fire outside actor Salman Khan's home, the police, tracking gang activities, revealed the new modus operandi of gangster Lawrence Bishnoi's syndicate.

An alleged gangster from Jammu was shot dead by some unidentified persons outside a shopping mall in Punjab's Mohali on Monday, police said.

Three operatives of gangster Goldy Brar have been arrested in a joint operation by the Punjab Police and central agencies, Director General of Police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav said on Sunday.

Punjab Police on Saturday said it has arrested a close aide of gangster Lawrence Bishnoi who arranged hideouts for the killers of singer Sidhu Moosewala.