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Director General of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), Rajwinder Singh Bhatti, today paid obeisance at the Golden Temple. He was later honoured at Sri Darbar Sahib Information Centre by SGPC secretary Partap Singh. On the occasion, a letter written...

The second day of Jashan-2025, the inter-departmental cultural festival of Guru Nanak Dev University (GNDU), continued to witness vibrant participation and artistic fervour at the university campus. Held in the spirit of celebration and creativity, today’s events showcased a rich...

Following the interrogation of Baljinder Singh, an associate of Harpreet Singh, alias Happy Passia, the Amritsar Rural Police have confiscated a hand grenade along with 186 gm of heroin from his residence at Macchiwala village. Happy Passia was arrested by...

Ambassador of France to India, Dr Thierry Mathou, visited Guru Nanak Dev University (GNDU), with the purpose of reinforcing academic collaboration between India and France. Ambassador Mathou was received by vice-chancellor Prof Karamjeet Singh and other senior faculty and staff...

IF heritage walks are your thing, then the photo walk heritage tour, being organised by Punjab Photo Walks, Timeless Amritsar and Picwala on April 27, is surely up your alley. The event is a guided tour of the walled city,...

The Punjab Government has issued a notification for registering private schools, institutions and playway schools working in the field of early child care and education (ECCE) to ensure the all-round development of children. Assistant Commissioner Gursirmanjit Kaur said that the...

Cloudy skies, scattered rainfall and gusty winds in parts of the Majha region have led to anxiety among farmers in the middle of the wheat harvesting season. While no official crop damage has been reported so far, the unpredictable weather...

At Dhun Dhai Wala, a small village in the border belt of Tarn Taran district, the memory of Naik Lal Singh is cherished. A martyr of the Battle of Saragarhi, one of the best known but scarcely documented war, Naik...

The foundation of Tarn Taran was laid by Sri Guru Arjun Dev in 1596

Balwinder Singh has been invited to contribute to conservation of historic sites including memorial of Akali Phoola Singh

The Municipal Town Planning wing of the Amritsar Municipal Corporation has intensified its drive against illegal constructions in the city, taking action against illegal constructions in Queens Road and New Golden Avenue areas over the last two days. On Wednesday,...

The city police have booked three persons on the charge of abetment to suicide after a college teacher ended her life. The victim hanged herself at a hostel room in the college complex on Tuesday. The police handed over the...

Ujala Cygnus Group of Hospitals has announced a strategic partnership with Amandeep Hospitals, a leading healthcare provider in Punjab and the Jammu & Kashmir region, operating five multi-super-specialty hospitals with more than 800 operational beds. As part of the agreement,...

Two persons were killed and four seriously injured when a Srinagar-bound car overturned near Madhopur, near here, on Friday. Passersby took the injured to the Civil Hospital, Pathankot. Two persons were declared ‘brought dead’ while the injured were taken to...

Along with weapons, the BSF has also recovered over a 100 rounds of ammunition so far this month. Eight pistols and nearly 100 rounds were recovered near the border in March and three pistols were recovered in February

Earlier, the police had recovered a Glock pistol and 523g of heroin based on the disclosure of Baljinder Singh’s co-accused, Palwinder Singh

Recover one Glock 9mm pistol and one PX30 .30 calibre pistol

Based on intelligence inputs, an extensive search operation was carried out in the Amritsar sector on April 17, a BSF officer says

World Heritage Day, observed on 18th April, was marked with enthusiasm at Shri Ram Ashram Public School, The Mall. Students from Grades I to VIII participated in a range of activities to honour this occasion. The Heritage Food Festival saw...

In the first statutory meeting convened by the Electoral Registration Officer (EO) in Tarn Taran on Thursday, only seven out of the 25 elected Municipal councillors attended to take the oath of office. The meeting, which was held at the...

In yet another drone-dropped smuggling attempt, alert troops of the Border Security Force (BSF) confiscated arms, ammunition and narcotics in two separate incidents along the Amritsar and Tarn Taran border belt. A BSF spokesperson stated troops had received a tip-off...

Farmers under the banner of the Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee (KMSC) gathered at Bandala village to question Punjab Cabinet Minister Harbhajan Singh ETO over the recent police action against protesting farmers at the Haryana borders. The protesting farmers alleged both...

Led by the Panj Piaras, a Nagar Kirtan procession, dedicated to the Parkash Purb of fifth Sikh master Guru Arjan Dev and ninth master Guru Teg Bahadur was taken out from Darbar Sahib on Thursday. The Nagar Kirtan procession was...

A large number of devotees took part in the Nagar Kirtan procession taken out to mark the Parkash Purb (birth anniversary) of Guru Teg Bahadur here on Thursday. The procession, organised by the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC), started off...

In order to nail snatchers and robbers, the Amritsar Rural Police have adopted a novel way. They have brought snatchers and gangs of robbers under the ambit of stringent Section 111 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS). Section 111 of...