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Potholes, hidden beneath pools of water, made driving hazardous

Two bikes from the possession of the accused

Heroin recovered from a field in Amritsar district

Escalation in tension between India and Pakistan has brought down the flow of tourists which has also affected the livelihood of people earning their living by working at dhabas, tea stalls, selling national flags, tricolour caps and other patriotic material...

High-velocity winds with rain affected normal life in Tarn Taran on Sunday with knee-deep water accumulating on roads in town and its surrounding areas. The sudden storm and rain filled the roads and paths with water within no time, halting...

The three-day annual special prayers, organised by Shri Kanchi Kamkoti Punjabi Dharamshala and Dharamvidhya Nyas, to mark Shankaracharya Jayanti concluded here recently. Held at Rani Ka Bagh locality’s Park Lane temple, special prayers were performed and floral tributes offered at...

KKU submits memorandums to MLAs

VDC/WDC members, sarpanches pledge to fight against drugs

The district administration has begun a campaign in collaboration with Initiative of Change, a non-governmental organisation (NGO) from Ludhiana, to make children aware of the ill-effects of drugs in government schools. Addressing the inaugural campaign, the Deputy Commissioner said the...

Accelerate bioremediation, establish processing unit

Unlifted wheat stocks lying in grain markets across the district were drenched by showers today, as most mandis lack adequate shed facilities. The sudden rain caused significant inconvenience to workers, who were seen trying to cover the stocks with tarpaulin...

DGP Gaurav Yadav says Amritsar Rural Police arrest Palak Sher Masih and Suraj Masih on Saturday

A man suffered serious burn injuries after a fire broke out in a house in Jagdamba Colony. Short-circuit was said to be the reason behind the incident. The victim, identified as Rajiv Mehra (55), is stated to be serious and...

In a coordinated action, the Samyukt Kisan Morcha (Non-Political) and Kisan Mazdoor Morcha (Bharat) led delegations of farmers to the District Administrative Complex to submit a memorandum addressing their critical demands. The charter of demands highlighted the widespread damage caused...

Office-bearers of the Amritsar Vikas Manch (AVM), appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, to make every effort to maintain peace across the country in the wake of Pahalgam terror attack. The AVM members condemned the incident and urged the Centre...

A Batala-based wine contractor who also has business interests in Amritsar district claimed that officials of the Excise Department have joined hands with local contractors to push him out of business. Ashwani Kumar, partner of RK Enterprises, said out of...

St Francis Senior Secondary School, Tarn Taran, has proved its academic excellence with outstanding results in both ICSE (Class X) and ISC (Class XII) Board examinations the results of which were declared recently. School principal Sister Jeena informed here today...

The two-day workshop, conducted under the Pradhan Mantri Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (PM-USHA), was inaugurated by the Union Minister of State for Education, Dr Sukanta Majumdar

Our Correspondent Tarn Taran, May 3 A businessman was shot dead in the border village of Dubli on Saturday morning when he was in his office. The deceased has been identified as Jaswant Singh Bittu (45). He had been receiving...

To enhance transparency and prevent unauthorised access, the Amritsar Municipal Corporation has announced to implement biometric entry system at its Municipal Town Planning (MTP) wing, starting next week. According to guidelines issued by Municipal Commissioner Gulpreet Singh Aulakh, all visitors...

In a coordinated action, the Samyukt Kisan Morcha (Non-Political) and Kisan Mazdoor Morcha (Bharat) led delegations of farmers to the District Administrative Complex to submit a memorandum addressing their critical demands. The charter of demands highlighted the widespread damage caused...

Vice-Chancellor of Guru Nanak Dev University (GNDU), Prof Karamjeet Singh, was a key participant in the prestigious national workshop on Multi-Disciplinary Education and Research Universities (MERU), held on May 1, at the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), New Delhi....

The Amritsar Improvement Trust (AIT) has nixed the plan to come up with a Rs 80 crore commercial project, Unity Mall, on prime land in Ranjit Avenue. The decision in this regard was taken at a recently held meeting of...

Caught in the web of the Indo-Pak conflict are Iranian tourists who have been stranded at the Attari border for the past over a week, awaiting nod from the Indian Government to allow nationalities other than Pakistan citizens to cross...

A day after the arrest of a pharmaceutical firm owner by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) following the seizure of psychotropic drugs, the central agency has nabbed two private hospital owners in the case. Identified as Jatinder Malhotra and Rajan,...