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MP Gurjeet Aujla had earlier criticised ‘destruction of playgrounds’ for political events

F or those looking to tap into their creative side, city-based artist Smiley Chaudhary is curating a special Pattchitra painting workshop. Hosted by Chaudhary, who runs Indian Art Atelier—a startup supported by GNDU—the workshop will feature classes led by West...

Action follows complaints that clearance not sought from defence authorities

A horrifying case of sodomy has been reported from a village falling under the Chabal police station. A teenage was sodomised and a video of the incident was uploaded on social media. SHO Ashok Meena said on Friday that the...

Residents of Wadala Bhoma village in Majitha are up in arms against a local woman allegedly involved in drug peddling. They alleged that inaction by the police and the district administration forced them to take the path of agitation. Malkeet...

With the security forces on high alert following the ghastly terrorist attack at Pahalgam in Jammu and Kashmir, the police commissionerate today carried out surprise checking at spa centres, hookah bars and saloons, besides hotels across all three zones of...

A joint team of the police and the BSF recovered a packet of heroin from fields belonging to a farmer identified as Baldev Singh of Van Tara Singh village on Thursday. Khalra SHO Sub-Inspector said here today that the police...

The Amritsar (Rural) police have arrested two drug peddlers in separate incidents and recovered 1.335kg of heroin along with two pistols and a car from their possession here on Friday. Acting on a tip-off about Pardeep Singh of Kiampura village...

In the aftermath of Pahalgam terror attack, Kashmiri students are facing the heat again, in different parts of the country. With reports coming from several parts of the country on incidents of violence and threat to Kashmiri students, the ones...

Apprise them about measures taken for their safety

Continuing with demolition of houses of drug peddlers, the Amritsar city police commissionerate today demolished the home belonging to a drug trafficker identified as Sonu Singh, alias Mota, in Mustafabad area of Indira Colony here today. According to the police,...

Commemorating 106 years of the Jallianwala Bagh massacre, the Jallianwala Bagh Chair at Guru Nanak Dev University organised a seminar to analyse the April 1919 events through the lens of vernacular literature. Scholars of Hindi, Punjabi and English languages were...

The Punjab government recently unveiled its ambitious project to clean 15,000 ponds (chappars) in 13,500 villages of the state. Earmarking a sum of Rs 4,573 crore for the work, the focus seems to be on reviving and replenishing ponds that...

A significant pictorial artwork showcasing the visual splendour and historical depth of the Customs Heritage Gallery at Land Customs Station Attari was unveiled by Alok Srivastava, IRS Commissioner Customs, Amritsar, on his first day in office on Friday. This artwork...

The consignment was apparently dropped by drone

A special enrollment campaign was organised in the campus of Ashok Vatika Public School under the guidance of principal Anchal Mahajan and CO Barendra Kumar of 11 Punjab NCC Battalion. The caretaker Ravi Kumar and Kunal Sahdev, sports teacher, motivated...

Visitors from Jammu and Kashmir reportedly stayed at these places

To review the progress of the Amritsar Bulk Water Supply Scheme (ABWSS) initiated by the Punjab Government to ensure continuous supply of clean water to city residents, the Chief Executive Officer of Punjab Municipal Infrastructure Development Company (PMIDC), Deepti Uppal,...

With the prices of wheat straw crashing this season owing to decrease in the population of milch cattle and the industry shifting to paddy straw instead of wheat hay as fuel, the wheat growers are worried as the crop residue...

The Amritsar rural police have confiscated three weapons, including two Glock pistols, and arrested two persons in this connection. They were identified as Kashmir Singh and Sonu, both residents of Mehma Pandori village falling under the Chatiwind police station here....

Condemning the terrorist attack on tourists in Pahalgam as cowardly, brutal and inhumane, the Diocese of Amritsar, Church of North India, held a prayer meeting to express solidarity with the families of the victims. The meeting brought together members of...

An anti-terrorist squad from Uttar Pradesh has reportedly arrested an alleged Khalistani terrorist, identified as Mangat Singh, from a village here. He had been evading arrest for the past three decades. However, Amritsar rural police chief Maninder Singh has denied...

The Vigilance Bureau (VB) will examine the role of Tehsildar and a Girdwar following the arrest of revenue patwari yesterday. The Patwari was arrested by vigilance for demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 2.5 lakhs in the name of...

With the change in weather, the Health Department is gearing up for medical exigencies like dengue and chikungunya outbreaks. In this regard, Deputy Commissioner Sakshi Sawhney held a meeting today with officials of the Health Department to discuss measures to...

BSF troops and the Punjab Police recovered one pistol with magazine, two drones and one packet of suspected heroin from border areas of Punjab, consequent upon extensive search operations based on specific information from BSF intelligence set-up. A joint search...