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...
Over 55,000 commercial establishments under scanner in Amritsar
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
Six travel agents have landed in police net for defrauding their clients of Rs 40 lakh on the pretext of sending them abroad in three different cases. In the first case, Santosh Kumari, a resident of Pakhopur village, complained to...
With the Punjab Police on high alert following the massacre of around 25 tourists and a civilian at Pahalgam in Jammu and Kashmir five days ago, the city police today carried out surprise checking at hotels and inns located around...
Days after the arrest of Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) Inspector Manjit Singh with 1 kg of heroin, the Amritsar city police commissionerate have registered another FIR against him in connection with mysterious disappearance of 5.47 kg of heroin from...
A student of Guru Nanak Dev University (GNDU), Harpreet Singh (32), was found dead under mysterious circumstances in his hostel room here last night. He originally hailed from Mukerian in Hoshiarpur district. He was a PhD student. The police said...
Harried residents, who are irked over regular traffic jams, have approached Gurdaspur MP Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa to get traffic lights installed at strategic places from his MPLAD fund. Batala is a part of the Gurdaspur parliamentary constituency. Delegations of residents...
The Regional Transport Office (RTO) held a meeting with its employees and issued instructions to reduce the pendency of cases with them. Regional Transport Officer Khushdil Singh emphasised upon the need to prioritise public work and ensure that online services...
Replace overhead wires with underground cables
India has warned that those who fail to exit the country after the deadline passes will face legal action under the newly enacted Immigration and Foreigners Act, 2025
Arrest a man from Amritsar; seize arms and ammunition, money from him