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A number of villages in the Goindwal Sahib area turned into a cantonment area because of heavy police presence, creating tension on Tuesday when officials of the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) came to take possession of the land...

Khalsa College Governing Council (KCGC) office-bearers on Tuesday hailed the victory of its various alumni in the Canadian parliamentary elections. They said they were proud of its senior almuni Sukh Dhaliwal winning for the record six times as MP from...

Several key roads in parts of the city remain in a state of neglect months after they were dug up to install underground pipelines under the 24x7 Canal Water Supply Project, part of the Smart City Mission. Despite the completion...

The attackers, who had been surveilling Ravneet Singh alias Sonu Mota for several days, blocked his path with their scooters and opened fire

Department of botany and Eco Club of DAV College, Amritsar, in collaboration with the Punjab State Council for Science and Technology have set up a hydroponics unit on the campus. Hydroponics is a method of growing plants without soil. Principal...

Over 55,000 commercial establishments under scanner in Amritsar

The Counter Intelligence wing of the city police confiscated 3 kg of heroin and arrested a drug peddler identified as Balvir Singh of Attari here in this connection on Monday. However, his accomplice Harpreet Singh of Mahant Mohalla in Attari...

Pawan K Jaiswar Tribune News Service Amritsar, April 28 Two operatives of the US-based-gangster-turned-terrorist Jeevan Fauji were among three miscreants who were injured in separate encounters in the Amritsar rural and city police commissionerate area here on Monday. They suffered...

Farmers in big number forced Tarn Taran MLA Dr Kashmir Singh Sohal to leave the Government Elementary School at Noordi village, where he had come to inaugurate completed development works on Monday. Farmers and other activists of the Kisan Mazdoor...

Health Minister Dr Balbir Singh, who is also a part of the five member committee to make Punjab drug free, said here today that 5,000 beds were available at government hospitals for addicts undergoing de-addiction treatment in the state. The...

Will seek alternative arrangements, says Ward No. 61 councillor

Cabinet Minister and AAP Punjab chief Aman Arora said the state would emerge as a leading medical hub. Addressing a medical workshop at Lovely Professional University (LPU), Phagwara, he emphasised the state government’s commitment to strengthen healthcare sector to ensure...

In a major drug bust, Customs officials at Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport (SGRDJI), here, apprehended three passengers for attempting to smuggle hydroponic weed (ganja) weighing 22.312 kilograms, valued at approximately Rs 22 crore in the illicit market...

Education Minister Harjot Bains had recently hailed the achievement of 261 students from government schools, who qualified the prestigious JEE Mains exam this year. Recognising their feat, the minister had called it a ‘testament’ to the quality of education in...

India’s drone technology and related industry are estimated to grow from the current Rs 80 crore to Rs 15,000 crore by next year. The Centre is also pushing for developing indigenous drone technology. In line with the projections, IIT Ropar...

Upma Mahajan, Principal of Laurens International School, Batala, shares her insights into the education system. As an educator, I have always believed that it is better to light a single candle than to curse the darkness, especially when it comes...

In a world where convenience and security are paramount, innovation continues to drive change in our everyday lives. One of the latest innovation is the ‘Smart Envelope Box’ system, a unique solution designed to enhance the way we manage postal...

Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) secretary Partap Singh on Monday said they hoped that the Centre would allow Sikh pilgrims to visit Pakistan in June to commemorate the martyrdom of Guru Arjan Dev and death anniversary of Maharaja Ranjit Singh....

Another criminal injured during encounter at Verka bypass

Balvir Singh, a resident of Attari, is held by the Punjab Police's Counter Intelligence

In an initiative to improve sanitation and maintain cleanliness in Amritsar, two MLAs launched separate drives today from different parts of the city. Jeevanjot Kaur, MLA from Amritsar East, flagged off a campaign starting from Hussainpura Chowk near the bus...

Cabinet Minister Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal visited grain markets at Bhagtanwala and Rajasansi on Sunday. During his visit, Dhaliwal took serious note of the slow lifting of procured wheat stock from the markets. Dhaliwal asked officials concerned to expedite the procurement...

Punjab Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Dr Balbir Singh, in a meeting with officials of the district administration and MLAs from the area, at the local District Administrative Complex on Sunday, called upon all sections of society to extend...

To pay homage to the victims of the Pahalgam massacre, the Voice of Amritsar (VOA) organised a candlelight vigil here today evening. The event was organised at Company Garden near the Mahatma Gandhi statue, a universal symbol of peace and...

The Health Department has started installing CCTV cameras and biometric machines at Outpatient Opioid Assisted Treatment (OOAT) centres/clinics in the district to ensure better services for patients coming for drug de-addiction. Speaking during the device installation ceremony at a clinic,...